Saturday, October 6, 2012

Project 1794: Plans for an Air Force flying saucer (images)





Recently declassified U.S. National Archives images confirm that the Air Force once hired Canada's Avro Aircraft to build a flying saucer. The project never quite got off the ground, it would seem.This declassified cover image from a 1956 document titled "Project 1794, Final Development Summary Report" shows an artist's concept of U.S. Air Force plans for a flying saucer. Built by Canada's Avro Aircraft, the saucer was supposed to fly at speeds of up to Mach 4. But apparently, it barely got off the ground. [Read more]









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