AF Admits Developing Nuclear-Powered Flying Saucers
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Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 13:26:10 -0700
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>Subject: [SO] Magazine Discovers USAF Saucer
>Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 06:37:31 EDT
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>http://www.cosmiverse.com/paranormal100902.html
>Magazine Discovers USAF Saucer
>October 9, 2000 08:23 CDT
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>A secret U.S. Air Force experiment in the development of nuclear-powered
>flying saucers have been reported in the current issue of Popular Mechanics
>magazine.
>
>UFO Updates of Canada circulated news of the magazine reports over the
>weekend. The cover story article was developed from a Freedom of Information
>request the magazine filed with the government. The Air Force project was
>declassified in May, 1999, according to the report, and the experiments were
>conducted beginning in the 1960s.
>
>"The proposed Lenticular Reentry Vehicle (LRV) was 40 feet in diameter, 90
>inches thick at the center, and had an empty weight of 17,042 pounds. The
>craft was designed to operate for six weeks at an altitude of 300 nautical
>miles. It was part of the black budget, classified as secret on Dec. 12,
>1962," says the report.
>
>The Canadian UFO group says the article speculates the LRV may have been
>responsible for some UFO sightings. "An engineering study obtained by
>Popular Mechanics describes a re-entry heating test that, at the time, could
>have
>allegedly been accomplished only by a high-altitude drop of a flying
>prototype, probably from a high altitude balloon. An unnamed retired
>contractor claims to have seen the LRV at a Florida base in the late 1960s,"
>says the report.
>
>The magazine also speculates that a LRV crash may have been responsible for
>honeycomb-like debris found by an Australian farmer in 1975.
>
>Staff Writer Sally Suddock
>
>Also from:
>majorstar @aol.com
>Filer's Files #40
>
>US AIR FORCE'S NUCLEAR SAUCER REVEALED
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>Popular Mechanic's cover story of the November 2000 issue reveals the Air
>Force attempted to develop a Lenticular Reentry Vehicle (LRV) that was 40
>feet in diameter, 90 inches thick at the center, and had an empty weight of
>17,042 pounds. The craft was designed to operate for six weeks at an
>altitude of 300 nautical miles. It was part of the black budget, classified
>as secret on Dec. 12, 1962, and remained classified until May 1999.
>Thereafter, the Department of Defense successfully sought to have the
>documents distribution restricted to defense contractors. Popular Mechanics
>obtained a copy of the documents and speculates the LRV may have been
>responsible for some UFO sightings. An engineering study describes a
>reentry
>heating test that, at the time, could have allegedly been accomplished only
>by a high-altitude drop of a flying prototype, probably from a high altitude
>balloon. A friend of mine claims to have seen the LRV at a Florida base in
>the late 1960s. The Popular Mechanics article also speculates that a LRV
>crash may have been responsible for honeycomb-like debris Jean Fraser found
>during 1975 on her family's ranch in Brisbane. According to a report by the
>University of New South Wales, the debris contained minerals commonly found
>in aircraft-grade fiberglass panels. Based on the report, MUFON rejected
>rumors that the debris were of alien origin. A photo on page 68 compares a
>bit of the debris to an LRV engineering drawing.
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