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When the stealth bomber was top secret and still being tested, most of the army, air force, and navy was unaware of it. Something flying at such a high altitude
by spookybones 7y ago
When the stealth bomber was top secret and still being tested, most of the army, air force, and navy was unaware of it. Something flying at such a high altitude was considered impossible. Naturally, Air Force fighter pilots were some of the first to observe it, and some of those pilots wondered out loud if it was an alien encounter. No one at Area 51 corrected them. So, this could be a similar scenario. It could even be the case that those working on this unidentified flying object did not know the new radar tech was being tested. The many branches of the DoD are not as coordinated as they may seem.
I still don’t believe there was unassisted visual confirmation. And if they are using combined radar imagery, it seems that much more likely that a glitch in one radar system would cause a glitch in all systems. Then again, I’m heavily speculating.
- Gpetrium 7y agoSometimes a perceived "lack of coordination" is built into the program to ensure the principle of least privilege is followed, lowering the risk of leakage and many other issues that may occur.
- WindowsFon4life 7y agoDo you mean SR-71 instead of the B2?
- le-mark 7y agoIndeed, B-2 doesn't fly particularly high, this comment seems a bit inaccurate.
- mmorris 7y agoProbably meant the U-2.
- InCesna14995 7y agoNever underestimate a Cessna 150 filled to the load-bearing-safety brim with conspiratorial materials. #Area50995
- spookybones 7y agoYes! Sorry, I meant the SR-71.
- erik_landerholm 7y agoPretty sure more than one pilot had unaided visual confirmation.
- Rebelgecko 7y agoThe stealth bomber has the same maximum altitude as a B-52 from the 1960s
- dnadler 7y agoI read recently that there was one pilot who made visual contact. He described the object as a cube inside a sphere, which sounds a bit like the plasma cloaking theory described above. I'll try to find the link.