Project 1794

How to Build a FLYING SAUCER
by ncarmichael on September 20, 2012


Aero Sys Div, 1969 (RG 342 UD-UP 138; NND 63253; Boxes 35 and 58)

By Michael Rhodes

Recently declassified records from the Aeronautical Systems Division, USAF (RG 342 – Records of United States Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations) reveal some surprising, perhaps never-before-seen images:



The above illustration was discovered in the pages of a document titled “Project 1794, Final Development Summary Report” (d.1956) The caption reads “USAF Project 1794”. However, the Air Force had contracted the work out to a Canadian company, Avro Aircraft Limited in Ontario, to construct the disk-shaped craft. According to the same report, it was designed to be a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) plane designed to reach a top speed of Mach 4, with a ceiling of over 100,000 feet, and a range of over 1,000 nautical miles.



Curiously, these pictures bear a strong resemblance to ‘flying saucers’ in popular science fiction films made during the years these reports were created: 1956 and 1957.



Source: http://blogs.archives.gov/ndc/?p=426

Nice post ReuniteR, I actually remember hearing of the Avro company before, back in the early days of the UFO stuff perhaps the 70's or 80's.

It may have been back during the days of " fate ", magazine, or perhaps the old UFO magazine articles.

This article brings back lots of old memories......

I just did a search and found out that fate magazine might still be published today......lol, I thought it ended long ago.

It started in 1948, 1 year before I was born.

now where's my hammer again...ha ha