Clearer photo of mysterious unidentified flying object taken in Kansas

[trainedobserver]

A clearer photo of the mysterious unidentified flying object in Texas has surfaced. The image—enhanced [below]—clearly shows a boomerang-shaped blended wing object with two exhaust nozzles that seems clearly different from a B-2 bomber. It was "completely silent" and did "severe 180 degree turns in the sky in the shape of an S."

It has been seen with a fighter escort. Most likely the next generation stealth bomber. Silent, highly maneuverable, shaped like a triangle. Where have I heard this before?

 

[Charlie Prime]

Interesting! Thanks T.O.

The size is very hard to determine, for example, although the image size at contrailing height suggests that it is bigger than an X-47B. However, the basic shape—while it resembles Boeing's Blended Wing Body studies or the Swift Killer Bee/Northrop Grumman Bat unmanned air system—is different from anything known to have flown at full size, lacking the notched trailing edge of Northrop Grumman's full-size designs.

 

[Goggs Mackay]

I wonder about the colour? Everything 'stealth' we've seen to date has been jet black. Unless this pic just captured reflected light from a certain angle.

It would be great if there was actual video, especially showing flight characteristics alluded to.

 

[manxman]

its a blue sky, its the kind of reflective stealth i would imagine, invisibility cloak style, its not new tech anymore, they could quite easily have a much better version now.

no idea how they could possibly muffle the roar from twin jet engines tho.

 

[boomerang]

I wonder about the colour? Everything 'stealth' we've seen to date has been jet black. Unless this pic just captured reflected light from a certain angle.

It would be great if there was actual video, especially showing flight characteristics alluded to.

How do we know its only possible color is green ?

 

[Goggs Mackay]

How do we know its only possible color is green ?

Yes, you're right - we don't know.

 

[manxman]

we are looking at plasma stealth, no doubt about it for me, but there again i remember reading about it 10 years ago, planes like the blackbird generated a plasma field all along any leading edges, it was a problem, but even then they realised its future stealth value,.




The idea of making planes invisible was boosted by observations made during the US space programme. They observed that a spacecraft was not sensed by radar or radio waves upon re-entering the atmosphere because a lot of friction on the surface caused it to heat up, creating a plasma ‘bubble’ around the craft that made it unable to be sensed by radar detectors.


A concept called plasma aerodynamics uses the shape of the plane and other features to ‘cloak’ or hide the plane from detection. One way of doing this could be to have an onboard device that zaps the atmosphere just in front of the aircraft, providing a cloud of plasma to fly into.

Another idea suggests using an onboard device that surrounds the craft in a plasma cloud that can absorb radar.

A third idea is to paint planes with radioisotopes that ionise the atmosphere surrounding the plane, placing it in a plasma sheath or glove. Electromagnetic radiation behaves differently in plasma and thus can’t be used to detect the plane.

The advantage of flying a plane in a plasma cloud is that it can reduce drag by 2%, making the plane fly more quickly and efficiently.

 

[DaveM]

How about that plane possibly being something like the SR72?

 

[mike]

a-12 avenger ii - Bing Images

 

[Double Nought Spy]

The photo in this thread is one someone ran through photoshop or something, adding the green color to bring out the shape. The actual unmolested photo is available on line. It can be seen here, in the comments where the photographer shows up to try to put some of the nonsense associated with the photo where it belongs. Good luck wit' dat.

Clearer photo of mysterious unidentified flying object taken in Kansas

 

[manxman]

aye, right on these guys doorstep
Northrop Grumman, Boeing, Honeywell.

 

[stan w.]

Large UAV bomber/cruise missile platform.

 

[PCarr]

Large UAV bomber/cruise missile platform.

Maybe, but what is your reasoning? Naked assertions aren't very interesting.

 

[junius]

I've seen a B2 bomber in flight at reasonably low level. Escorted by 2 F16 fighter jets. Is this standard practice? In other words will the B2 only fly during daylight with a fighter escort, not for protection but to disguise its engine noise? (Or not as the case may be)?

 

[ALPHA ROMEO UNIFORM]

Reminds you of late Kenneth Arnold sighting and just how long have they been around?