The wildest aircraft people THINK America operates in secret

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Published 2024-07-12
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The United States has long led the world in fielding advanced new airpower technologies, from the first-ever miitary aircraft to the invention of modern stealth. But for every paradigm-shifting aircraft like the F-117 Nighthawk, B-2 Spirit or F-22 Raptor, there’s a long list of prototypes, technology demonstrators and design proposals that never see the light of day.

These classified aircraft programs serve as proof that America is keeping some of the most exotic flying platforms this world has ever seen tucked away behind the veil of classified funding... And that invariably leaves room for people to let their imaginations to run wild.

So, let's talk about some of the most famous (and controversial) secret aircraft the US has been alleged to operate.

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All Comments (21)
  • @SandboxxApp
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  • The mere fact the F-117 flew combat missions for a decade before being photographed answers the question of are we operating advanced aircraft the public is not unaware of.
  • @rontonkin7751
    The Stargate program alone must cost multiple billions of dollars a year!
  • I lived in Ojai California, every time a space shuttle landed at Edwards Air Force Base it flew overhead and the house would shake from its double sonic booms. Then I started hearing double sonic booms when the shuttle wasn’t flying (early 90’s). Not too long after the double sonic booms there was an incident. Something crashed in the mountains above Ojai and the MILITARY closed all access to those mountains for about a week and a half. Something other than the shuttle was definitely flying in the early nineties.
  • @panpiper
    I've spent most of my life believing in Aurora and now at 65, I'm too old to change my mind. I will continue to believe in Aurora because I want to! 😉
  • @AugieTbrah
    My dad flew was a flight engineer for C-141sout of the west coast for 20 years and he swears he saw Aurora flying over the pacific in the mid 90s. He says it tailed them for a few hours going to Japan. Dude doesn’t believe in anything supernatural or aliens or whatever but he was sure about seeing that
  • @DtWolfwood
    I grew up hearing about the Aurora so yeah that'll always be my favorite.
  • @TimAZ-ih7yb
    In 2016 personally witnessed an unknown/unidentified aircraft on multiple nights flying over an unpopulated area in the central U.S. The engines emitted a low, rumbling sound different from anything I’ve ever heard.
  • @helix1061
    With the Black Budget, there is no doubt that top secret aircraft are being developed. Had read about 10 years back that the US Air Force has a strategy of staying about 20 years ahead of our adversaries. Also, no one mentions anything new with the Space Force.
  • Wouldn't doubt it! From an interview with the president of Lockheed's Skunkworks division, he stated that the U.S. is so far ahead in aviation technology, it's if WWI was held today the U.S. would be bringing F-4 Phantoms to fight the great war, now take it for what it's worth, but being 50 years ahead of everyone else. Kind of makes it stupid to go toe to toe with that type of knowledge!!
  • @spaceweasel
    OK. You asked for it. I'm a past Air Force Weather Tech, so I know my planes and meteorological phenomena. One late afternoon, while lying on a lounge chair in my back yard, I saw something streak down from high altitude right over me. This thing came down so fast it glowed cherry red on the edges. When it came down to what I estimate to be 10,000ft, it stopped! I could see the red glow disappear. This thing was cloaked! I knew there was something there but couldn't make out the shape. Then I saw three conical jets light up and push this thing forward, slowly. Once again, when the jets were turned of, this thing blended into the sky. This repeated four or five times until it was out of my view. At no time was it moving fast enough to be supported at elevation by wings or any aeronautical support. It just floated slowly. There you go.
  • @getahanddown
    A key part of what people label Aurora is a 'string of puffs' trail indicating some pulse engine.
  • @kickin37404
    I always thought I had seen an alien craft until I learned about the TR3B. I was so spooked I went and hid under the nearest large tree.
  • @alphazuluz
    That rocket-assisted C-130 taking off in what looked like 11 feet was INSANE!!!
  • I like that. Technological Cryptids. Rolls off the tongue nicely. And has presence in the real world. Keeping in mind what a helicopter is and how it works. It blows my mind that a stealth helicopter is even remotely possible. Yet we managed to pull one off ish. God bless America.
  • I saw a Stealth Relay Aircraft -TR3A in 1985. Mather was closed for the weekend and as I locked up the squadron building, I heard a weird turbine sound, similar to a short intake NAVY jet. I watched it go around into the sunset and the shape was undeniable. It reminded me of the Air Force recruiting poster showing the rounded tips on the delta wing "USAF 2000" jet. Only later in AW&ST did I learn what I saw.
  • @billwhite1603
    How long was the SR-71 flying before the general public knew about it? The F-117 before it was used in Panama for it's first battle action, NOT desert Storm?