US Air Force 1950s flying saucer - declassified info

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US Air Force’s 1950s supersonic flying saucer declassified | ExtremeTech

Recently declassified documents show that the US Air Force was working on, and perhaps had already built, a supersonic flying saucer in 1956.

The aircraft, which had the code name Project 1794, was developed by the USAF and Avro Canada in the 1950s. One declassified memo, which seems to be the conclusion of initial research and prototyping, says that Project 1794 is a flying saucer capable of “between Mach 3 and Mach 4,” (2,300-3,000 mph) a service ceiling of over 100,000 feet (30,500m), and a range of around 1,000 nautical miles (1,150mi, 1850km).

Project 1794 front coverAs far as we can tell, the supersonic flying saucer would propel itself by rotating an outer disk at very high speed, taking advantage of the Coandă effect. Maneuvering would be accomplished by using small shutters on the edge of the disc (similar to ailerons on a winged aircraft). Power would be provided by jet turbines. According to the cutaway diagrams, the entire thing would even be capable of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL).
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Project 1794 or... 1947 the year of the Roswell Incident....

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OmegaFenix said:
Project 1794 or... 1947 the year of the Roswell Incident....
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I also thought of the Roswell incident. It might well have been a prototype, at altitudes of 100 000 feet, the passengers would need pressure suits, which could've given them an alien appearance, as these suits weren't known commonly before the space race.
 
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I also thought of the Roswell incident. It might well have been a prototype, at altitudes of 100 000 feet, the passengers would need pressure suits, which could've given them an alien appearance, as these suits weren't known commonly before the space race.
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Yeah. To the eyes of a 1940s farmer who had probably heard the famous 1938 War of the World's broadcast it could have look like something from another world.
 
If I was a top secret branch of the military and people where getting close to the truth I would "declassify" this, made up, super secret project to throw people off the trail as everyone will no go, "So that thing that crashed in the desert was just a prototype of this thing." Crisis avoided.
 
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