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Originally posted by Arbitrageur
To this day I remain unconvinced that anyone outside the "need to know" circles knows for sure exactly what Aurora was for, whether it was funded under another name, or what. But the fact that it appeared in the procurement document, and then was never funded takes some of the fun out of it. That's not to say we aren't working on hypersonic craft, that link makes an interesting read about what IS publicly known about such aircraft, as well as speculation about things that aren't publicly known.
Transcript of Video
by Beth Vegh, Pegasus
One day Air Force pilots will blast off from US bases and reach their targets, flying six times the speed of sound. The Air Force just completing a successful test flight that can make this simulation a reality. It's an experimental plane using a new engine that not only burns its fuel but it blows itself up for greater propulsion.
NASA analyst, aviation consultant, Ken Christiansen my guest now.
Reporter (Bill): Ken, good morning.
Ken: Mornin' Bill
Bill: In english now, not in science talk,
Ken: (chuckles)
Bill: How does it work?
Ken: Very, very complicated. Ah, basically ah, as we transcended from one area to another, from jets to uh, scramjets and rockets, this is more of an explosion within the combustion chamber. A series of very small explosions or large explosions but pulse up to maybe a thousand a second and that will, just like the jetson cars that accelerated you would hear the pulsing umm..much like that.
Bill: Check that out. You see that go off the runway?
Lady in background: hmph
Bill: It was gone. What would this do for aviation, Ken? If we can do it succesfully?
Ken: I think as you go through the uh different technologies, what what really, this is gonna be an enabler to go in the Mach V to Mach X regime
Bill: Which is how fast?
Ken: Ah, very fast.
Bill: That three thousand miles an hour, what is that?
Ken: About three thousand um, you're talking about 2300 miles at Mach 3, so, just under, just under 10,000, within that range.
Bill: So you can take off, you can take off from a runway -- let me be sure I get this right -- fly it at six times the speed of sound and then come back home again?
Ken: Yes, much like the shuttle. The shuttle goes up and comes back as an orbiter. This vehicle would actually be able to take off from a runway or maybe uh a modified launch pad and then return like an aircraft.
Bill: How, how does a human being stand that ...at six times the speed of sound? What, what, what would that feel like?
Ken: It's, it'll be gradual. A human can't that immediate uh, acceleration, so much like the space shuttle, the existing space shuttle, the accelerate from, or they leave the pad at zero and then go up to 17,500 miles an hour to reach orbital velocity. To go into uh, into space, but that's a gradual. In the shuttle's situation it takes about 9, 9 and a half minutes to uh to accelerate to that speed.
Bill: You need the, the equipment to be able to stand it too. How, if if it could be done, what would it cost?
Ken: Uh, that's TBD at this point. The monies that I uh read about on the, when I researched this item, um, it's it's in the millions but this will clearly go into the billions as this, as this is developed. Air Force has been doing it. Darpas been doing it. Um NASA, uh Dryden Flight Research Center in the uh, does it.
Bill: Yeah uh everyone does it yeah. Wonder what Wilbur and Orville are thinking about this right now. (laughs) uh huh, cool.
Lady in background: (laughs)
Bill: Thank you, Ken. Ken Christiansen. The future, someday.
Ken: You're welcome, Bill
Lady in background: 10,000 miles an hour
Bill: (whistles)
Lady: That's NY to LA in 20 minutes (snaps her fingers). How'd you like that? I'm in.
Bill: I like it!
Lady: Even me. Even I'd get on that flight.
Hill AFB, Utah 1985 During war games at Hill AFB, Utah, I was standing out on the flightline, guarding the perimeter, the entry-access control point. The rest of the base was in black out conditions, with black plastic over the windows of the buildings. All of the sudden, an aircraft or an airship was above me, of unknown origin. It was the biggest aircraft I have ever seen, completely silent and moved approximately ten miles an hour, almost floating. It was triangular, no visible engines, no markings, gun metal black. It essentially looked like it could fly in space. And when it accelerated, it leaped frog; that it is to say, it blinked out and reappeared farther away. It basically disappeared when it accelerated. BV
Under a NASA contract it received about eight years ago, GASL has been conducting wind-tunnel tests on mock-ups of a so-called scramjet engine, which would be powerful enough to propel the new plane to speeds far beyond the capabilities of anything flying today. The fastest commercial plane today is the SST Concorde, which travels at Mach 2.2, or more than twice the speed of sound. The SR-71, a military jet built by Lockheed Corp., flies at Mach 3.5.
And when it accelerated, it leaped frog; that it is to say, it blinked out and reappeared farther away. It basically disappeared when it accelerated.
Originally posted by Phage
Interesting. But what's your point? Scramjets have been under development for quite a while.
Originally posted by ArbitrageurYes. Well, until we have proof of those, maybe we are better off talking about planes we at least know exist? Asking for patience now after Fouche has been twiddling his thumbs or whatever for 10 years is a little bit insulting, he made these TR-3B claims a long time ago!
Ed sent this to me it was a response to someone bugging him for documents thats why its better to have patients and wait cause he said everyday hes asked to show documents: you can find Ken Seddington UK, or John Purdie Producer of Channel 4 News UK, or Tim Shawcross who did the 5-6 hour interview(Channel 4), or Don Waldrop Ex-MUFON, Or Bob Brown, Summer Seminars and International UFO Congress, and Jim Courant of the IUFOC.
"All these people and many more who I don't remember names were shown approximately 200 documents, of my Security classifications, assignments, reviews, citations for many medals, certificates of training on many different systems (4,000 hours [not credits] of military, DoD, and Defense contractors training) and the 2 MJ-12 documents, etc. "
Well, if you believe him, good for you.
Yes I read that last year and it's one of the best threads on ATS, I didn't know you were following it too. However I don't know if any of the hypersonic projects have anything to do with the project called "Aurora" or not. As you said the names change so it may be irrelevant whether it's got any relationship to the original Aurora budget item we saw in the P1.
Originally posted by zorgon
Intelgurl and I have been separately tracking this bird for 3 years now
SR-72 Confirmed: Mach 6 Project Blackswift
www.abovetopsecret.com...
"Instant acceleration" can only happen in the quantum world as far as I know when the momentum of subatomic particles can change more or less instantly when they absorb or release quantized energy packets like photons.
Originally posted by Phage
Scramjets are fast but they do not instantly accelerate.
Yes, he said he copyrights lots of government documents because he'd love the government to challenge his copyright claims, thus giving some legitimacy to the documents.
Originally posted by derfred33
I think this guy is interesting. liked the idea of copyrighting the mj documents
The following Fouche quote comes from the beginning of a speech he made to the International UFO Conference 1998:
"Before I gave a presentation to the International UFO Congress in Laughlin, Nevada in August, I brought over 200 documents as an offer of proof to substantiate my credibility. These documents contained information on the positions and assignments I held in the US Air Force and as a DoD contractor. They also detailed clearances I held, classified and non-classified (DoD & Military) technical training I received (over 4,000 hours), and performance reviews from 1968 to 1995. As a civilian, from 1987 to 1995, I performed as Engineering Program Manager, Site Manager, and Director of Engineering for several DoD Contractors.
These documents were viewed by Ken Seddington of the International UFO Congress, Jim Courrant, a UFO investigator, and Tim Shawcross and John Purdie of Union Pictures in London England.Some of these documents are shown in "Riddle of the Skies" special, which will be on The Learning Channel next month.
"With my training and experiences with intelligence equipment, special electronics, black programs, and crypto-logical areas, I received other government opportunities. I filled positions as Major Command Liaison, Headquarters manager, and DoD factory representative for TAC, SAC, ATC, and PACAF following the Vietnam war.
"Later in my career, as a manager of defense contractors, I dealt with classified "black" programs developing state-of-the-art Electronics, Avionics, and Automatic Test Equipment. I was considered an Air Force expert with classified electronics counter-measures test equipment, certain crypto-logical equipment owned by the National Security Agency, and Automatic Test Equipment. I’ve worked with many of the leading military aircraft and electronics manufacturers in the US.
"At different times I participated as a key member in design, development, production, and Flight-Operational-Test and Evaluation in classified Aircraft development programs, state-of-the-art avionics, including electronic countermeasures, satellite communications, crypto-logical support equipment. During my military career, I was "hand picked" (Development Cadre) for many of the Air Force's newest fighter and bomber development programs. I also represented many of these programs for TAC, SAC, PACAF, and ATC: These programs include but are not limited to: B-1, F-111, F-15, A-10, F-16, and the B-2. Other research and development programs I worked as far back as the 70s are still classified Top Secret.
"My involvement with black programs developing stealth aircraft is classified. I am perhaps the only person who has actually worked at the Top Secret Groom Lake Air Base, within Area-51 of the Nellis Range, and have proved that I had the position, training, and clearances to be there. This (side) is a F-117 Stealth Fighter being readied at Groom Air Base at night. Notice the fog engines in work for cover. My last position for the Air Force was as a Strategic Air Command Headquarter’s Liaison.
"As a Defense Contractor-Manager, I performed as an Engineering Program Manager and Site Manager for DOD contractors involved in classified development, logistics support, electronic engineering, and technical data development from 1987-95. I have completely disassociated myself from the Defense industry. I consider myself a writer and inventor now.
My beautiful and talented wife started Fouché Media Associates to market our revolutionary behavior modification software, Neurosync MIME. The software uses hypnotic Entrainment and Alpha and Theta subliminal messaging, which I may add, had its roots in CIA Mind Control research of the 50s and 60s.
- Edgar Fouche - Copyright 1998/99 - Fouche Media Associates,
Originally posted by derfred33
I think this guy is interesting. liked the idea of copyrighting the mj documents
Originally posted by KIZZZY
"I could have been a contender"
Originally posted by stealthyaroura
Regardless of the claims made and the need for proof
this would of course be great if it all turned out true with
full undeniable evidence BUT if it does not then I for one
wont be that disappointed.A little but no big deal.