Weird California sighting

Well, I hope this is an ok place to post this as I can’t start a new thread yet, and I don’t think this really deserves its own thread in any case. These are just the suppositions of someone new to the rabbit hole, and I hope you all can correct me where I’m going wrong (within the limits of what can be posted safely of course, no need for orange jumpsuits here!)

-The “Green Lady” is a very high speed, high altitude manned platform. Very cool to see, might be confused with a meteor.

-The Wichita and Amarillo sightings/photos are two different platforms, one which is possibly grey (?) the other is black and will stay that way for the foreseeable future?

-There is a companion aircraft to the F-117 that is still black and will likely stay that way forever, unless her mission gets taken over by another platform, and even then, might stay black.

-There have been multiple technology demonstrators/one offs over the (many) years that are still black and will likely stay that way. They are either in a museum at groom lake, buried, or blown up (on purpose.)

-We (humans) have damn near silent/totally silent depending on the platform black (or other colours, or “invisible”) triangles that can hover, and go very, very, very fast. The ability to hover and go fast might not be the same platform, I’m not sure. If you think about 6th generation fighters, these are “9th generation or beyond” for lack of a better term. Many, many, years in advance of the white world.

-We have space capabilities far beyond anything the average joe could imagine (Going by stories and individual posts from a certain member who hung up his boots in 2014, you know who I mean.)

Are there any I'm missing? Are there any projects scheduled to go grey/white soon minus the LRS-B?

Hell, none of this is probably correct, but I’m doing my best to circumnavigate the few rabbit holes I have found so far. Am I even sort of in the right ballpark Zaphod/BASSPLYR/etc…those who are much more experienced than I?

Also, if anyone who reads this could point me in the direction of interesting threads, rabbit holes, and posts related to the black world of aircraft (and beyond) I would really appreciate it. I’m trying to learn as much as I can, by reading between the lines, and putting together little bits and pieces, to try and form a bigger picture.

Thanks for the help and again, I apologise if this is an inappropriate place to post this

a reply to: goobypls1234

One thing I've learned is that it helps to have family or very trusted friends who have very advanced science degrees / engineering degrees to vaguely discuss ideas with, preferably if they also have a career in the defense industry or military...

I'm not a SME or insider but I would also be sure to check out threads related to science and engine advancements as other rabbit holes to dive down.

The funny thing to see is someone in the know's eyes light up when you ask them a question after which they just chuckle and drink their scotch and change the subject.

Looks like I'll be transferring to Tennessee soon - I've had no luck here in North Texas with any sightings - wonder if I'll have any luck over there? I've had a boss who has a U2 model on his desk (former USAF) mention something about them doing "really really cool things with engines" near where I'm moving to...

a reply to: SonOfThor

Where in Tennessee? Just general area.

A great thread, and it made me think of this link I recently ran across, and an article about Winged Aircrafts Over Texas that was written around time of this Cali sighting/thread, 2014. This article is chocked full of winged air craft details, past,present and speculative,and the site in general covers other military vehicles and tech.
I added it to my bookmark, great coverage Foxtrot Alpha

a reply to: SonOfThor

Well, I'd love to meet someone in the know some day, especially if I can make them chuckle and drink their scotch, haha. Threads related to science and engine advancements you say? I'm on it. Thanks for the tip!

a reply to: Zaphod58

South / southeast of Nashville. Now that our little one is getting to be a few months old we plan to get back out for a lot more camping after the move, so I'm all ears for any general areas that may be worth camping at.

Side note - with my luck the only sightings I'll ever see will likely be while off camping / hunting by myself and then no one will believe me, lol...

a reply to: SonOfThor

Between Marietta, Knoxville, and Huntsville. That's the east coast high speed corridor.

originally posted by: BASSPLYR
a reply to: Zaphod58

Also was it Wyoming where a member relayed his sighting of a aircraft using plasma actuators in its exhaust. Maybe demonstrator for that new augmentative turbine. Or the new aural stealty tech.

I think that might have been Michigan

originally posted by: BASSPLYR
a reply to: Zaphod58
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Also was it Wyoming where a member relayed his sighting of a aircraft using plasma actuators in its exhaust. Maybe demonstrator for that new augmentative turbine. Or the new aural stealty tech.

Can you point me in the right direction of that anecdote? I'm at work and can't be bothered searching for it. Yeah, I'm being lazy...

a reply to: AussieNutter

Here's the thread I'm referring to.

www.abovetopsecret.com...

a reply to: Northernhollow

Thanks mate.

Apologies for screaming to be spoon fed too - I'll wipe your spoon clean too before returning it

a reply to: Zaphod58

Well that sounds pretty awesome. I'll have to keep my eyes up once we relocate.

a reply to: SonOfThor

We lived between Marietta and Huntsville. Got to watch every F-22 built go over doing flight tests. Got quite a few private airshows. Even saw a couple Su-27s go through.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Nice! Yeah we are excited about the move for many reasons, but it would be great to get a glimpse of some of what is up there. I've got a solid amount of leave saved up and plan to get a few longer hunting / camping trips in so I'll try and find some spots with decent elevation to see what I can see when I retire in the evenings...

a reply to: SonOfThor

There are several areas around there they'll run low level, and even mock attacks on bridges. The bridge across the river in Bridgeport, Alabama was "attacked" by Hornets and Strike Eagles all the time for years.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Thats actually pretty cool!

a reply to: SonOfThor

I talked to my other half. If you don't mind a little bit of a drive, Battery Hill near the Bridgeport/South Pittsburgh area. They do low level through there sometimes.

a reply to: Zaphod58

I often see "intersting" planes coming and going from dobbins in marietta. Mostly its just C-130's and C-5M's but every couple days / weeks I will see something that shouldn't be there but is. I used to watch the F-22's all the time rolling out and heading to the line. Some great stuff to watch for coming out of GA, not quite as exotic looking as some of the stuff out west but I can't guarentee they are loaded with all the goodies. Saw an interesting RC-135 looking aircraft the other day, it didn't look quite like the regualr ones though and I almost side swiped someone because I was staring at it while driving home from work, woops lol.

a reply to: Bfirez

That was probably Combat Sent. It headed to the UK on deployment recently.

www.thedrive.com... Realy interesting article , " they are flying around"