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# UNCLASSIFIED SECRET NATO RESTRICTED

## 'BLACK' AND OTHER AIRCRAFT AS UAP EVENTS

## WESTERN PROGRAMMES

1. It is acknowledged that some UAP reports can be attributed to covert aircraft programmes - in which unusual air vehicles may be seen, either at the experimental stage or in service. UAP reports often describe the shapes that are shown at Figures 1 to 9. It is noted that certain viewing aspects of these vehicles may be described as 'saucer like' hence they are not ignored by observers - as more conventional and familiar aircraft shapes would be, but are frequently reported as UAPs.

2 SR-71 Programme Figure 1 shows an SR-71. Flights have been conducted since the 1960s. It is known that this was a US supersonic (M3+) reconnaissance aircraft that operated over the UK. This aircraft was also known as 'SENIOR CROWN'.

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4. Figures 7 and 9 show head-on silhouettes of the F117 and B2 'Stealth' aircraft and of other aircraft, the body/fuselage shape of which can be reported respectively as 'saucer or arc/boomerang shaped' under certain silhouette and lighting conditions. These aircraft types are

unfamiliar as they are rarely spotted in UK airspace.

5. It is important to note that since these aircraft cannot hover then accelerate, they cannot be the cause of reports where these phenomena occur.

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## RUSSIA

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7. In 1992 Russia announced a new flying machine, called a thermoplane, constructed by designers of the Moscow Aviation Institute, according to Moskovskaya Pravda newspaper. This unusual airship, outwardly resembling a flying saucer, is intended to be used for ecologically sound highly effective technologies in the field of superblock construction; control and remote exploration of the environment; and large scale life-saving operations.

8. According to experts the fuel and economic efficiency of the thermoplane will exceed that of an aeroplane by five to seven times, two to three 2-3 times for an automobile and can be compared with seagoing vessels up to 20 thousand tonnes displacement. Tests on the thermoplane are being conducted in Ulyanovski Aviation Industrial Complex (Volga region). The diameter is ~40m and depth 16m.