Dark Eagles: A History of the Top Secret U.S. Aircraft

Editorial: 'Aurora may be going 'boom' in the night,' Antelope Valley Press, March 12, 1992.

764

Janice Castro, 'Grapevine — R.A.F. to U.S.A.F.: Gotcha!' Time (May 25, 1992), 15.

765

'Possible 'Black' Aircraft Seen Flying in Formation with F-117s, KC-135s,' Aviation Week and Space Technology (March 9, 1992), 66, 67.

766

William B. Scott, 'New Evidence Bolsters Reports of Secret, High-Speed Aircraft,' Aviation Week and Space Technology (May 11, 1992), 63.

767

Ibid., 62.

768

Private source.

769

Computer Message, Subject: Contrails, From: Steve 1957, America Online, 93-09-19, 17:39:11 EOT.

770

Industry Observer, 'Combined Cycle Powerplant,' Aviation Week and Space Technology (July 20, 1992), 13. 'Impulse Motor' as in 'Give me full impulse, Scotty!'

771

Scott, 'New Evidence Bolsters Reports of Secret, High-Speed Aircraft,' 62, 63.

772

Letters, Flight International (December 22, 1993/January 4, 1994), 39; and (January 26-February 1, 1994), 47.

773

William B. Scott, 'Recent Sightings of XB-70-Like Aircraft Reinforce 1990 Reports from Edwards Area,' Aviation Week and Space Technology (August 24, 1992), 23, 24.

774

William B. Scott, 'Secret Aircraft Encompasses Qualities Of High-Speed Launcher for Spacecraft,' Aviation Week and Space Technology (August 24, 1992), 25.

775

Peter W. Merlin, 'Dreamland — the Air Force's remote test site,' Aerotech News and Review (April 1, 1994), 9.

776

'Groom Lake's secret revealed?' International Defense Review (September 1993), 706. The new hangar is reportedly known as 'Hangar 18.' This is an inside joke; 'Hangar 18' is the supposed name of the facility at Wright-Patterson AFB where the Air Force keeps its captured flying saucers and dead aliens.

777

Michael A. Dornheim, 'United 747 Crew Reports Near-Collision with Mysterious Supersonic Aircraft,' Aviation Week and Space Technology (August 24, 1992), 24.