A PRIMER: BLACK AVIATION PROJECTS REAL, RUMORED AND UAPs
A PRIMER: BLACK AVIATION PROJECTS REAL, RUMORED AND UAPs By Steve Douglass A friend of mine asked if I could include a list of suspected black project aircraft that I have either been involved with or written about. In the spirit of clarity, here's a sort of primer. No way is this list comprehensive. Embedded inks will take you to more information. To understand rumored secret aircraft from the 1970s to 2026, it is helpful to recognize how real aerospace research, classified programs, and field observations sometimes intersect in unexpected ways. NORTHROP XST Long before the 1990s rumors took off, there were real precedents for extreme secrecy. In the 1970s, Northrop’s XST (Experimental Stealth Technology) demonstrators quietly proved that radical faceted shapes could dramatically reduce radar signature. That work led directly to Tacit Blue in the early 1980s — a bizarre, curved, whale-shaped aircraft designed to test low observable surveillance concepts. Tacit Blue flew d...
