The Flying list

Ok,so someone has spilled the beans that there maaaayyyyybeeee 7 to 8 Black Projects getting some airtime so lets figure them out..Locks doors and shuts off lights...
1.Green Lady
2.Flying Dorito
3.F1117 Companion
4.Fast mover
5.Rq180 (maybe Skunkworks advertising platform)
6.Wichita
7.Texas
8.Brilliant Blizzard
9. Boscombe Downs, (hesitant addition)
10.North Sea sighting

a reply to: Blackfinger
What do you mean by getting some airtime?

What is this about?

Airtime is flying.What this about is finding out which ones are flying now.Or are the ones on the list the ones we know about.

Who is that "someone"? I would start there..

Nevertheless, we may not know about such projects, but you can't deny that they've been observed.

I like the idea that technology is possibly advanced enough to provide a vehicle or transport to visit all the planets in our solar system, maybe even beyond.

Isnt the rq180 a northrop bird?

Whats the flying dorito the a12?

Fast mover is kinda vague. Couldnt that be a few aircraft on your list?

Whats the brilliant blizzard?

a reply to: Blackfinger

"Wichita" just had their annual riverfest last week so there were hot air balloon rides and yes, the Doritos helicopter was taking happy riders around every 10 minutes and advertising they're black ops Doritos.... pfffft, paranoid much? Besides wichita having multiple aircraft industries and lots of small personal runways around, there are a lot of aircraft around, always.

a reply to: Blackfinger

Sounds interesting, and am definitely interested. but...........

Seriously, have you never heard of referencing? because at the minute it just sounds made up,

can you supply where you got that list from?

a reply to: BASSPLYR

Fastmover generic term, could mean anything that can fly above Mach x.

Brilliant Buzzard(not Blizzard) is supposedly what made a 'Blackstar' story about 17 years ago. My hunch is that it's a Two-Stage-Recon-Vehicle that is flying for a loong while now..

a reply to: Blackfinger
Makes sense. Who's your source?

originally posted by: SpeedFanatic
a reply to: BASSPLYR

Fastmover generic term, could mean anything that can fly above Mach x.

Brilliant Buzzard(not Blizzard) is supposedly what made a 'Blackstar' story about 17 years ago. My hunch is that it's a Two-Stage-Recon-Vehicle that is flying for a loong while now..

Is that the project supposedly related to the XB 70? The only thing I don't buy with the two stage thing is they tried it with Sr 71 and it didn't pan out very well.

a reply to: Blackfinger

I don't buy 3, 8-10.

3. The bird would have been retired a long time ago if it ever existed. There's a reason the TR-3B story is considered embarrassing by AvWeek. Besides, I do think Northrop's Whale was as close as was ever actually made for the companion, honestly. Remember, Tier 3 was going to be a big B-2 sized drone and the project fell apart. The Tier 3- was the stealthy drone from Lockheed that went splat and got cancelled. Tier 2+ is what the Global Hawk came from.

8. Blackstar would be IMPOSSIBLE to keep secret. Satellites are just way too easy to track.

9. This has been explained a number of times and just gets eye rolls from me.

10. Possible it was something, but equally possible (since there was no pictures taken) it was a mistaken ID. Or it could have been one of the above.

I *DO* believe there are several black platforms flying. It's just these have become like the UFO sightings, more about believing than any substantial data. Like Aurora. oy.

a reply to: anzha
My theory is that aroura was something else all togther. Something very useful. Not an airplane or vehicle or budget line item for the b2. And it went by a different name but aroura would have made a good nickname

a reply to: anzha

Im still trying to figure out what they mean by flying dorito. Sounds like something michael schratt would come up with. I thinl ots a reference to the a12 avenger. The closest thing to that flying would appear to be Wichita. But wichitah is no a12.

a reply to: anzha

Tr3b. Are you positive something that looks like its depictions doesnt exist? Probably doesnt go by the name tr3b though.

a reply to: BASSPLYR

1. Aurora. It was something Sweetman latched onto and then would not let go of. It was a line item. it went away. He was convinced it was a Mach 5 replacement for the SR-71. DESPITE everyone rolling their eyes repeatedly.

2. Flying Dorito was the nickname for the A-12 attack plane that utterly failed in development. I suspect there is a UAV with a similar profile or at least one enough like it to get the nickname.

3. I am pretty sure the TR-3B was a mix up. it's another flying triangle. I am sure there are plenty of flying wings out there. I just don't think its closely related to the TR-3B design that's been thrown around forever. It was a fiction everyone latched onto.

a reply to: anzha

Aroura would have been a good nickname for the project.

There is indeed some sort of triangle that doesnt fly that has lights on each corner and is capable of some amazing and odd stuff.

a reply to: BASSPLYR

We need real data, not anecdotes, for that last.

Too many people get in on the group think on what they see.

There are some, like a few here, that I would put above that when they see things.

OTOH, far too many people are just too excited and really want to see X, Y or Z aircraft a little too much and it taints their observations.

Yawn. Sorry, but I tire easily when discussing SAP aircraft. Always someone on here with "inside" knowledge they can't divulge, or a sighting they can't document, (pics or it didn't happen.) From time to time on this forum it's been said, "stay tuned. Big announcement in, (insert month/year here,)" but, never happens. All those thousands of folks at 51, Edwards and Plant 42 must be really good at keeping secrets and slight of hand.

a reply to: SonofaSkunk

Keeping it hidden on the ground is the easy part. That would be why most sightings are of them flying. You can't hide them when they're in the open.

As for the rest, welcome to SAPs. Take it or leave it.

a reply to: anzha

Yeah. Photo evidence. Would be good from my experience they dont photograph well. You just get a light at night. Theyre hard to confuse with conventional craft with the unique way they move.