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Topic started on 24-6-2004 @ 07:10 PM by Laxpla

Seems real, and the background looks like Area 51 a little. This reminds me of the UCAV, but not the long of wings? Any suggestions? Dosn't it seem to be hovering because of the plane alignment and the runway?

[edit on 24-6-2004 by Laxpla]

reply posted on 24-6-2004 @ 07:13 PM by devilwasp

a scaled down version of the B-2 bomber?
looks like it.

reply posted on 24-6-2004 @ 07:15 PM by Trojanex

RQ-3A DarkStar Tier III Minus

perhaps this is it? look at this website.

www.fas.org...

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reply posted on 24-6-2004 @ 07:16 PM by machinegunjordan

now it is the best picture of snowbird i have ever seen, it is probably a fkae pi because it is so close and so good but it is snowbird. and it is hovering

EDIT darkstar

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reply posted on 24-6-2004 @ 07:17 PM by Laxpla

I believe Traojanex is right, those pictures match just about right.

reply posted on 24-6-2004 @ 07:28 PM by onlyinmydreams

yes, it's a DarkStar... a robotic recon plane.

Pictures like this have circulated in trade mags like Aviation Week for years... so it's not really so secret.

reply posted on 24-6-2004 @ 08:58 PM by WestPoint23

that is not the snowbird the snow bird is a dimond shape craft with a wing fused body that is not the snowbird.

reply posted on 24-6-2004 @ 09:01 PM by machinegunjordan

well from that angle you cant tell if it is diamond shaped it looks diamond shaped from that angle

reply posted on 24-6-2004 @ 09:23 PM by rvfried

One of the few remaining copies of the RQ-3A is now at the Wright Patterson AFB Airforce Museaum.

reply posted on 24-6-2004 @ 09:30 PM by Shugo

Dark Star is just a set of wings with an enclosed computer system in the front basically. There's really nothing special about it. MGJ, the pic is real.

I have heard that the project has been canceled though.

reply posted on 24-6-2004 @ 09:33 PM by machinegunjordan

well now i know its real but from that angle it looks like a fake snowbird i have only seen front pictures of the darkstar

reply posted on 25-6-2004 @ 11:13 AM by WestPoint23

from that pic you can clearly see the wings extending out of the body

reply posted on 25-6-2004 @ 11:16 AM by Nerdling

It's a modified darkstar.

reply posted on 25-6-2004 @ 11:28 AM by huskers

Looks like a picture of the Darkstar at Edwards when it wa being tested. The program ended after the Darkstar became the DarkSplat on the runway here.

reply posted on 25-6-2004 @ 09:03 PM by WestPoint23

darksplat what are you talking about?

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reply posted on 27-6-2004 @ 07:37 AM by FredT

Originally posted by Shugo
Dark Star is just a set of wings with an enclosed computer system in the front basically. There's really nothing special about it. MGJ, the pic is real.

I have heard that the project has been canceled though.

The Dark Star program was canceled, but vague snippets of a stealthy high altitude drone were used in Iraq. It could be a follow on project

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