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[–] robot7247 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
In the early 90s I encountered someone well placed at Rockwell International's aerospace division. We were at a tradeshow getting lunch and the topic of Aurora came up. He immediately stood up and left the table when it did. We thought he had an urgent bathroom need and after 20 minutes someone went to look for him. He was outside the hall on a bench and apparently quite spooked. He said we did not understand how jammed up he'd be if that comment was overheard by the wrong person. He did not come back to the table. Years later another well placed guy at Boeing made an off the cuff remark to me "You have no idea what's at Wright-Patterson. I'm in the business and I can't believe it." but would not elaborate further other than a "Maybe someday we can talk about it.".
This was intriguing stuff and most likely what exactly it entailed will never be known. Research & work product derived from classified military programs get folded into new programs and, stay classified. The F-117A did not come out until 1988. It's first flight was a decade prior, and its development started in the late 1960s. All the aggregated dark programs that enabled it to fly got filed away forever. You see the final result but know nothing of what it took to get there.
[–] JastheMace 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
A guy I knew when I was in the AF worked out at Area 51 maintaining the F-117. They gave him extra money for an apartment and civilian clothes because military BDU's were off limits. They had to fly out there every day on Janice airlines which only does those flights. He said he never saw anything outside of normal military stuff while there, but everything is seperated so you only have contact with your project. So the regular base and military buildings that are always shown, are regular buildings and such. Who knows what is hidden in the mountains near there though.