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Date: 01-23-98 (16:20)             Number: 195
From: JACK SARGEANT                Refer#: NONE
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most of them considered it only a "rumour."
A similar thing happens at Groom Lake. My Intelligence friend
suggested I look more closely. Forget the UFO stories he told me. I
did research, stumbled upon various articles and revelations by a
former director of the Skunkworks. A year later I became convinced
that his analysis was spot-on. Lockheed Skunkworks is busy with a new
type of drone. I discovered for example that at Groom Lake one finds a
SMALL HANGER - and someone with a sense of humour has painted the
number "18" on it. (In UFO literature much is made of Hanger 18 where
UFO's are supposedly stored). Someone at the Skunkworks has a sense of
humour. Nice touch. And at night, a light is seen looping the loop
over Groom Lake and doing all manner of manoevres deep into the night.
It takes off, like it's protege at Swartkops - some time after dusk.
When people became too curious about this "American UFO" the USAF had
to engage in a land-grab to keep the curious at bay. Critics always
say "But what could possibly exist in such a small hanger? How can
that possibly be a secret?" Well, small aircraft are HOT SECRETS.
I asked my American Engineer informant what's the rationale behind the
light on the plane? His reply: "If you need accurate performance
statistics on a stealth aircraft then radar is no good - a light is
better." My friend the spy, tells me that there's also the issue of
'"responsibility." If you see a light at night which looks like the
proverbial "UFO" then you don't think: There goes the USAF/SAAF or the
Russians or whoever. His hints suggested that these lights may have
their uses in fooling other people in other countries. He hinted that
there is more to be gained from other people thinking they're being
visited by UFOs than them realising the they're being spied on by an
earthly power. Perhaps even, the troops might not want to report such
a sighting for the sake of being made fun of. So when all is said, it
would seem that there is much to be gained from this kind of spying.
Other possibilities exist too which I've not had a chance to dig into
- such a "close-up" spying on bases which one normally can't get near.
Has anyone ever bothered trying to fire an anti-aircraft missile at a
UFO? Would anyone dare?
The land with the most "UFO's" seems to be the USA. Either Aliens have
organised regular tourist trips to the "land of the free" or perhaps
the "UFO's" are actually American in origin to begin with?
Bottom Line: There's a lot of hot computer and aeronautical technology
out there in military circles. And they've been at these things for
decades. The Skunkworks D21 drone was classified for 25 years after it
had been shelved. Such is the secrecy which surrounds the existence of
drones.
USAF Space Plane....
Recently the Skunkworks won the contract for the next generation space
shuttle. In Popular Science they mentioned the radical design. A
single-stage, lifting-body, space plane, flown completely from start
to finish by a computer. It is cheap compared to the current shuttle
and it is a radical departure from the norm.
Popular Science mentioned that experienced aeronautical engineers
commented on the suspicious nature of the Skunkworks bid. It's
well-known that Skunkworks has developed the most radically advanced
aircraft created this century. The SR71 Blackbird; U-2 spyplane; F117a
Stealth bomber. These engineers commented that NASA is generally
conservative and likes to use proven technology. Engines must have
been functioning for at least 8 years before NASA will touch it for
their manned program. So how does the Skunkworks get away with this?
These engineers suggest that Skunkworks must have developed and flown
a Space Plane for the USAF - and this thing must have been flying for
at least 8 - 10 years already.
But where is it? We've never heard of it. Have you? I've never come
across a single rumour or ounce of evidence to support this idea.
Unless someone is keeping it a damned good secret - which I think is
entirely possible.
Clementine...
I was surprised when the Clementine satellite was launched and it was
sent off to map every square inch of the Moon. Then it set off for?
(Was it Venus?). What really surprised me was that Clementine was
supposed to be the first project funded by the Department of Defence
to leave Earth orbit. I'm curious. Since when does the Moon (or Venus?
Is it Venus?) have anything to do with US National Security? Why would
they want to map ever square inch of the Moon? The obsession with
mapping the Earth completely for military purposes has been an ongoing
project for some time. This data is stored in computer for the
navigation of missiles, drones, cruise missiles and military aircraft.
Is the Solar system being mapped for military purposes? Or has it
already been mapped?
ION Engines....
I remember reading a lot about the wonders of Ion engines back in the
1970's. They are low-impulse engines. i.e. they don't have much
"kick." But they have an incredible top-speed. They're ideal for solar
system exploration to the Outer planets. Why wait 10 years for a
Voyager when a constantly accelerating ION engine could send a probe
racing across the solar system at many times the speed of a
conventional rocket.
There is also another development worth noting - which I've never
heard anyone speak of. I saw an interview of a scientist who stated
that the next engine which we need to develop is a nuclear rocket
engine. It makes me think of the nuclear submarine. This was the
concept of a single Captain in the US Navy who decided to try sticking
a nuclear reactor in a submarine. He found it could be done and hey
presto he invented the nuclear submarine. How easy would it be to
produce a nuclear rocket engine with today's nuclear technology? I've
never heard of any work being done on it. Or has there been work on it
which we know nothing of?
But back to ION Engines. I vaguely remembered the ION engine, but
strangely no one writes about it any more. My buddy the spy had told
me this about drones: "You won't see anything about it in books and
magazines. The real stuff is all hush hush." I thought I was dreaming
about ion engines. Then I stumbled upon a book I'd had in the 1970's.
There it clearly stated, in 1972, that in the 1960's NASA had had a
working ION engine. It ran for 40 hours on a test bed - 30+ years ago.
It was supposed to be the next generation space probe engine. But it's
not.
Have Ion engines been classified and moved out of NASA's area?
Why didn't NASA ever make use of an idea so promising? Scientists were
saying what a hot idea this was and then.... poof.... the idea
dissappears from public view. Or is NASA not allowed to use it? Is it
perhaps the preside of the USAF?
USAF Space Exploration....
So I began wondering. Is it possible that the USAF has gone beyond
mere space planes - and has it already been scouting out the solar
system - AHEAD of NASA? I have noted some discrepancies in the history
of astronomy and I was digging into these issues. Then I began
wondering about this possibility...
So I decided to pose my Engineer informant the question. His response:
"Plenty." Of course he refuses to tell me more. Perhaps I'm being had.
But I'm wondering and seriously posing the question. However, he
promised me he'd point me in the right direction. He suggested I
contact the Federation of American Scientists - and he gave me a
contact name. I noted that they had a project which spoke of curbing
excessive Govt Secrecy. Currently I'm waiting for a reply from them.
But my question is this: Can anyone provide me with any further
thoughts, suggestions and contacts in this regard? No one seems to
have ever really dug into this problem (not that I know of). Is it
possible that the USAF has taken a greater interest in space
exploration than we may ever have thought? The exact rationale behind
it may be interesting. Could it be PERHAPS, as a suggestion, that all
these stories of UFOs have really been taken seriously all along, and
that the solar system was to be scouted ANYWAY? (Regardless of whether
anything was found or not).
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