In 1956 the U.S. Air Force (USAF) developed what is known as "Project 1794". Contemplated the design and development of an aircraft unlike any known aircraft or helicopter designed to be able to take off and land vertically. It was capable of speeds of up to three and four times that of sound, at altitudes up to 30,000 meters. It has been over 50 years and finally the National Archives and Records Administration has declassified documents related to this project: we can see how it would have been a flying saucer earthling.
There are few who claim to have seen a "flying saucer". There are thousands of alleged photograph of dish shaped aircraft many of which are obvious frauds, and it is possible that some of them correspond to aircraft prototype developed by the great powers, or even remain secret, or whose development was abandoned decades ago and ever we will learn of its existence. However, every so often, any document related to these developments is "declassified" by governments and their content reaches the public. This is the case of so-called "Project 1794," the National Archives and Records Administration of the United States just to publicize.
As you can guess seeing the photographs, it is the design of an aircraft unlike anything we're used to seeing at airports. It has the unmistakable shape of the "flying saucers" that have been reported many times over and wide, and was developed in the mid 1950s in the United States Air Force, Air Force there. According to authorities, never became a mass-produced vehicle, but it is known that the project "reached at least the initial phase of research and development", and had been assigned to the Canadian Avro Aircraft company.
It seems that, at least on paper-this flying saucer model child of the Cold War was capable of speeds of up to three to four times the speed of sound (Mach 3 or 4), had a range of nearly 1,850 kilometers and could Flight reach heights of up to 30 thousand feet above sea level. Only a few have declassified images and an internal memorandum, so not many details of the project. However, their very existence forces us to reflect on the amount of "toys" that have tried similar (or managed) build over the last 50 or 60 years, of which may never have any news. The "Project 1794" may be one that was abandoned in the early stages of development, it has been declassified. But it is likely that other, more advanced, sleeping in a remote hangar USAF. Do not you think?
