-Caveat Lector- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=000343180237640&rtmo=0XXKKxiq&atmo=99999999 &pg=/et/99/7/1/ecndaro01.html Slip-up points to secret American spy plane By John Pratty A SLIP-up by American defence officials may have confirmed the existence of a new stealth reconnaissance aircraft. Daro, the American Defence Airborne Reconnaissance Office, issued a report in 1997 concerning unmanned aerial vehicles, or robot aircraft. The report makes a fleeting reference to a vehicle called the "Air Force Special Platform". According to Janes' International Defence Review, Daro commander Major-General Kenneth Israel recently admitted that the report reference was to "a covert reconnaissance aircraft - in the classified world." Paul Beaver of Janes said: "It appears to be quite a large, delta-winged manned aircraft that uses conventional jet power to cruise in excess of Mach 2. It could be the aircraft which has been dubbed Project Aurora, or another project called 'Senior Citizen'. Over the years there have been many air-to-air sightings of the plane, from the North Sea to North America and even as far afield as Turkey." In spite of the large number of in-flight sightings, no report has been published of sightings on the ground. "The project exists - and they must have built at least five or six prototypes," said Beaver. The so-called "black" programmes arouse intense interest among aerospace industry watchers, who go to extreme lengths to discover details about programmes like Aurora. Links: American Defence Airborne Reconnaissance Office - Federation of American Scientists [FAS] http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/daro/index.html Options for enhancing the Department Of Defense's unmanned aerial vehicle programs - FAS http://www.fas.org/man/congress/1998/cbo%2Duav.htm Janes' International Defence Review http://catalogue.janes.com/idr.html Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Web Site - Nasa Wallops Flight Facility http://uav.wff.nasa.gov/ Hydrogen-fueled pulse detonation propulsion system - Information Management Branch, Nasa http://larcpubs.larc.nasa.gov/randt/1994/6%2DSectionB4.www15.html Aurora Project or "deep black" projects - Heriot-Watt University http://www.icbl.hw.ac.uk/%7Ecjs/aurora.html 10 September 1998: Unmanned flights make pilots an endangered species http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=000343180237640&rtmo=qssJqxX9&atmo=99999999 &pg=/et/98/9/10/ecfauto10.html * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.sonic.net/~ric * ICQ# 19633976 * * *** SkeptiChat: sliding down the razor-blade of life *** now featuring SkeptiNews: All The News That's Fit To Question email INFO or SUBSCRIBE SKEPTICHAT to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
