That air craft looks fantastic in the picture. An interesting theory. One question though? I don't see any tentacles in that picture

Typical of the MOD to play UFO activity as ' a secret aircraft test', If it IS an unmanned combat aircraft why not actually fly it out in the day, and / or come out with it and show it to the public?

I think the truth is it IS an uMANned craft, the MOD is trying to hide the fact they are piloted by creeatures they have no contact with.......
and that we ., the people are too stupid to believe that there is such a thing as Aliens , so they come up with the story that looks liek something we've seen before and say " look, its ours, you don't need to look any further"

When a picture was taken of the stealth bomber tailed by 2 other planes the US gov. had to admit that they had black triangle crafts of the stealth nature, but these had been in service years before anyone new about them.
In this case, as far as i am aware having only come across artists impressions, there are no pictures and therefore they could still carrying on saying that they havent even test flown it yet and will not start till at least 2010, why tell everyone and their cat that it is already being flown 2-3 years before they said.
Of cause when it was announced that they would start to develop these craft maybe they were already in service, but that still doesnt explain why you would admit to that if no one has any pictures of it in flight.
Its easier if people think its a UFO.

hey folks, I live in the Ribble Valley between Salmesbury BAE Systems (where Typhoon and in the futre F-35 is fabricated) and Warton BAE Systems (where Typhoon and probably f-35 is/will be, respectively assembled and test flown). Around this time last year I saw Taranis in the air in this area, I am something of an aircraft enthusiast and have no doubt about what I saw. At the time BAE were telling us on their official site that it wouldn't be test flown until 2012 (and at a BAE facility in Australia!!) The craft I saw also had a Typhoon escort of one that I definately saw and I think, another that I could only hear in the cloud cover somewhere. The Typhoon I saw was missile armed. The sighting only lasted around twenty seconds or so as they passed a break in the clouds but the sun was lighting up the underside of the aircraft beautifully. Taranis had a mostly dark colouring but the air beween the clouds was so clear and you could see rectangular patches of a lighter colour (possible repair/replacement panels??) I wouln't say it was a scale model given the comparison in size with Typhoon (very roughly around two thirds of the size) and that they were quite obviously at a similar altitude, possibly 2000-3000 ft. The typhoon I saw was obviously tailing or chasing taranis and only came into view moments before Taranis disappeared abover the clouds again but seemed to be travelling a little faster. The engine powering Taranis was also definately very similar sounding to the Hawk trainer which which it shares it's Adour engine (much quieter than tyhoon with a definate high pitched jet 'whistle'). I have no doubt that Taranis is already undergoing test flights at this time. As I said I have an enthusiastic interest in aircraft of all types and a fair knowledge of what is generally believed to be out there in a conventional sense. Ive also lived near airfields most of my life as my parents worked for both BAE systems (at Warton) and Agusta-Bell (as it was) in Frosinoni, Italy. On asking my grandfather worked in the Fleet Air Arm and BAe about UFO's in general he has always insisted that they were of Earthly origin and that he knew of programs to produce very 'UFO' like craft. He sadly died some time ago before my interest in these things really blossomed and I often 'kick myself' for not asking more direct detailed questions, but I was a child at the time so maybe he wouldn't have ellaborated too much anyhow. Things I do remeber him saying are that he had seen things that 'would make your hair curl' figuratively one assumes! Also that there were things he could tell me that I would never believe in any case. He was an engineer mostly concerned with propulsion tech (jet engines, missile systems). Anyway I offer this evidence that Taranis is indeed flying and its my belief that there are possibly dozens of similar systems out there being test flown or even operational. The main reason for the secrecy these days is more likely to be commercial than political.

Man.....apologies for the horrendous typo's and word ommisions in that last post hope you guys can follow it OK!!!!