FARK.com: (6227973) Strange vehicle that crashed at Area 51 and covered up by the US government was an airplane and National Geographic has declassified pictures that "prove" it

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		Strange vehicle that crashed at Area 51 and covered up by the US government was an airplane and National Geographic has declassified pictures that "prove" it (news.nationalgeographic.com)		151
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Grables'Daughter		2011-05-23 03:44:43 PM

Solved.

Ken at Popehat		2011-05-23 03:55:43 PM

Then who the hell has been probing me?

TheShavingofOccam123		2011-05-23 03:55:53 PM

Could explain the rapid early success of the SR-71. Looks very similar.

JustSeanV67		2011-05-23 03:55:58 PM

I saw this over the weekend & thought even the skin matched the stories from back then.

/Tea Panties will still call it lies.

umrdyldo		2011-05-23 03:57:10 PM

If it were so top secret, who was allowed to take pictures?

Wettner		2011-05-23 03:57:11 PM

This was reverse engineered from the Allspark.

Cat Food Sandwiches		2011-05-23 03:57:24 PM

This happened in 1963. Weren't the UFO's at Area 51 in the 40's?

killerkas		2011-05-23 03:57:28 PM

Finally closure.

StupidPopMediaReference		2011-05-23 03:57:37 PM

Ken at Popehat: Then who the hell has been probing me?

*raises hand* Guilty.

eightballart		2011-05-23 03:57:50 PM

Still doesn't explain the Roswell crash.

/dammit, I'm out of tinfoil

killerkas		2011-05-23 03:58:38 PM

Cat Food Sandwiches: This happened in 1963. Weren't the UFO's at Area 51 in the 40's?

The 40's crash was a Russian spy plane taken from Germany technology.

Specter177		2011-05-23 03:58:42 PM

umrdyldo: If it were so top secret, who was allowed to take pictures?

Everything to do with flight testing has pictures taken of it. Whether those pictures are ever released or not is another story.

stealthd		2011-05-23 03:59:04 PM

Wake up, sheeple!

Man On Fire		2011-05-23 03:59:14 PM

TheShavingofOccam123: Could explain the rapid early success of the SR-71. Looks very similar.

yes. the A-12 Oxcart was a CIA aircraft to replace the U-2. the SR-71 was the non-secret version.

Specter177		2011-05-23 03:59:29 PM

killerkas: Cat Food Sandwiches: This happened in 1963. Weren't the UFO's at Area 51 in the 40's?

The 40's crash was a Russian spy plane taken from Germany technology.

According to one person. Still looks like a spy balloon to me.

Goodfella		2011-05-23 04:00:11 PM

Theory Of Null		2011-05-23 04:00:43 PM

There goes tourism.

Pythagoras		2011-05-23 04:01:01 PM

umrdyldo: If it were so top secret, who was allowed to take pictures?

I imagine the same person who was allowed to take pictures of the president in the situation room.

pd2001		2011-05-23 04:01:10 PM

From 90,000 feet (27,400 meters), the plane's cameras could capture foot-long (0.3-meter-long) objects on the ground below.

5...

NittLion78		2011-05-23 04:01:38 PM

...or if you are to believe Annie Jacobsen, it was the Soviets.

Link (new window)

Avon_Barksdale		2011-05-23 04:02:10 PM

I know for a fact that that ladder depicted in slide #1 was not invented until 1971. Also if you look closely you will see that the "dirt" on the ground matches exactly the "moon surface." from when we landed on the "moon"

"finger quotes"

DjangoStonereaver		2011-05-23 04:02:28 PM

Cat Food Sandwiches: This happened in 1963. Weren't the UFO's at Area 51 in the 40's?

Nope; it was part of the Nevada Test Range (it was, in fact, Area 51 of the range) and didn't get (not) built until
the U-2 program in 1955. It was used for target practice during WWII, however.

HailRobonia		2011-05-23 04:02:30 PM

YoMammaObama		2011-05-23 04:03:20 PM

trappedspirit		2011-05-23 04:04:17 PM

milowitz		2011-05-23 04:04:18 PM

umrdyldo: If it were so top secret, who was allowed to take pictures?

You still need to document things, you just end up classifying all related material accordingly. Photos, audio, whatever.

ds394		2011-05-23 04:04:53 PM

Nobody else thought of this?
pusz4frog.files.wordpress.com

Retort		2011-05-23 04:05:06 PM

Princess Amidala is at Area 51?!

greggerm		2011-05-23 04:05:23 PM

/sizzling

ko_kyi		2011-05-23 04:05:29 PM

pd2001: From 90,000 feet (27,400 meters), the plane's cameras could capture foot-long (0.3-meter-long) objects on the ground below.

5...

5 dollar

The_EliteOne		2011-05-23 04:05:38 PM

pd2001: From 90,000 feet (27,400 meters), the plane's cameras could capture foot-long (0.3-meter-long) objects on the ground below.

5...

5 dollar...

greggerm		2011-05-23 04:06:02 PM

DAMMIT ds394.

(Shaking my fist.)

Salmon		2011-05-23 04:06:06 PM

Cover up of a cover up!

Now it was a plane?

Now that I've been raptured, , I can just ask the big guy (Randy savage) what really happened.

Doctor_TeethMD		2011-05-23 04:06:15 PM

Pythagoras: umrdyldo: If it were so top secret, who was allowed to take pictures?

I imagine the same person who was allowed to take pictures of the president in the situation room.

So they've been taking pictures for the Illuminati I MEAN GOVERNMENT for at least 48 years? That's what THEY WANT YOU TO THINK. WAKE UP SHEEPLE.

/Guy has pictures of Obama doing the Salat in a hut in Kenya wallpapered with the original U.S. constitution, too.

litespeed74		2011-05-23 04:07:05 PM

I'm more concerned about area 52. I think the government is trying to draw attention to area 51 while aliens and humans are hanging out in area 52.

chaddsfarkprefect		2011-05-23 04:07:43 PM

I'm faster in the SAC, ladies!

durbnpoisn		2011-05-23 04:08:09 PM

Now I know where LucasFilm got the design for Queen Amidala's Cruiser!!

irgunner		2011-05-23 04:08:25 PM

This has nothing to do with the Greys that crash landed there years prior except that the same facility was used.

I am Ahab		2011-05-23 04:08:37 PM

Sooooo, it wasn't a streetlight? Shiat...

chechcal		2011-05-23 04:08:44 PM

Wait, when the hell was there ever an allegation of a UFO crash at or near Area 51? I thought the tinfoil story was that the aliens crashed at Roswell, then we took them out to Nevada and created Area 51 to hide it.

Then something about Will Smith and Bill Pulman.

twfeline		2011-05-23 04:08:48 PM

I've been through Wendover a few times.
Now I know why those people looked so weird.

/Called themselves "Martians" or "Mormans" or some shiat.

Grables'Daughter		2011-05-23 04:09:17 PM

litespeed74: I'm more concerned about area 52. I think the government is trying to draw attention to area 51 while aliens and humans are hanging out in area 52.

Please look into this flash.

Contrabulous Flabtraption		2011-05-23 04:10:07 PM

Everything about OXCART is F*CKING. AWESOME. With the end result being the most f*cking awesome thing ever made by humans, the SR-71

Profedius		2011-05-23 04:10:40 PM

It was a high altitude balloon with a microphone used to listen for the possible detonation of a nuclear device by the Soviet Union. It was covered up because we didn't want the Soviet Union to know that nuclear detonations could be detected in the upper atmosphere.

JohnnyC		2011-05-23 04:10:58 PM

TheShavingofOccam123: Could explain the rapid early success of the SR-71. Looks very similar.

It's pretty much the same exact design only slightly smaller than the SR-71.

There is an SR-71 mothballed at our local "Air Zoo" at an indoor hanger. I've spent quite a bit of time walking around that jet. One of my all time favorites.

farkreader007		2011-05-23 04:11:45 PM

Strange airplane in question.

nmiguy		2011-05-23 04:12:09 PM

Ken at Popehat: Then who the hell has been probing me?

Sorry that was me. I was looking for my watch...

JohnWayne'sMangirdle		2011-05-23 04:12:44 PM

ds394: Nobody else thought of this?

Had it copied and ready to post, you smart fast guy.

HailRobonia		2011-05-23 04:13:35 PM

litespeed74: I'm more concerned about area 52. I think the government is trying to draw attention to area 51 while aliens and humans are hanging out in area 52.

52? That's numberwang!

cgraves67		2011-05-23 04:13:39 PM

litespeed74: I'm more concerned about area 52. I think the government is trying to draw attention to area 51 while aliens and humans are hanging out in area 52.

The shiatty redneck paintball pit in podunk Mackinaw, IL? I've been there, but I couldn't tell the aliens from the toothless inbreeders.

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