They have all the chances that inexperienced observers may consider them for UFOs.

1. RQ-3 Darkstar
Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin / Boeing. The first test flight: 1996. Period of Use: None. The program closed in 1999. Secrecy: filmed in 1995. Dimensions: length - 4, 5 m .; wingspan - 21 meters .; Flight characteristics: cruising speed - 463 km / h, the ceiling height - more than 13, 7 thousand. Km.
Contact UFOs: The official life expectancy of a nameless spy plane was brief and bleak. The car plagued with failures in just three years, the program was discontinued. However, in 2003 the magazine Aviation Week reported that the UAV identical invisibility has been used in Iraq. This gave rise to speculation, though publicly announced the closure of the program only to revive it in secret to perform sensitive tasks





2. U-2
Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin. The first test flight: 1955. Period of application: from 1957 to the present. Secrecy: filmed in 1960. Dimensions: length - 15 m .; wingspan - 24 meters .; Flight performance: Maximum speed - 805 km / h, the ceiling height - 26 thous. Km. Links to UFO: Designed specifically for high-altitude reconnaissance, U-2, its long wings and airframe silver color was pretty omens for observers, both on the ground and in the air. In the 60 years the aircraft began to paint in black to reduce reflection coefficient.



3. SR-71 Blackbird
Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin. The first test flight: 1964. Period of application: from 1966 to 1990 and from 1995 to 1998. Secrecy: filmed in 1964. Dimensions: length - 32 m .; wingspan - 17 meters .; Flight performance: Maximum speed - 3, 9 thous. Km / h, the ceiling height - 26 thous. Km. Contact UFO: This type of spy plane "flying wing" is even more unusual species than for U-2. The project was briefly revived in the mid-90s, and the rumors that the new draft Aurora, managed to become legendary, is the successor to the SR-71, is provided as apologists for the existence of UFOs and the skeptics, a new source of unexplained phenomena.



4. P-791
Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin. The first test flight: 2006. Period of use: unknown. Contact UFO photos and videos made by eyewitnesses during the first 5-minute test flight in 2006, tore the veil of secrecy. This aircraft is a hybrid that uses wings to fly, and tanks with gas, became an occasion for stories about secret aircraft, quietly plowing the night sky.



5. F-117A Nighthawk
Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin. The first test flight: 1981. Period of application: from 1983 to 2008. Secrecy: filmed in 1988. Dimensions: length - 20 m 3 .; wingspan - 13, 3 m. Flight performance: Maximum speed - 1130 km / h, the ceiling height - 13, 7 thousand. km. Contact UFO: This tactical strike aircraft invisible to the long-range, which can stay in the air indefinitely, due to the possibility of refueling, remained classified for nearly 80 years of the last century. For a couple with the B-2 Spirit, looks like a bat Nighthawk was an excellent candidate for a delta-shaped UFO.



6. B-2 Spirit
Manufacturer: Northrop Grumman. The first test flight: 1989. Period of application: from 1997 to the present. Secrecy: filmed in 1988. Dimensions: length - 20 m .; 9 wingspan - 52, 1 m. Flight performance: Maximum speed - 1100 km / h, the ceiling height - 15 thous. km. Contact UFO: Despite the fact that the long-range bombers had never been in the full sense of the word "unidentified object", as it was presented to a wider audience in the eight months prior to the first flight. Nevertheless, it has all the chances that inexperienced observers may find it a UFO. On which side do not look, B-2 looks like a masterpiece of design genius aliens.

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