Project 1794: Declassified Records of a USAF–Avro Canada Supersonic Flying Saucer Effort

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In the 1950s the US Air Force and Avro Canada pursued Project 1794, a supersonic flying saucer aiming for Mach 3–4 and extreme altitude, but it likely never left prototype while fixed‑wing aircraft dominate today and saucer sightings are probably human‑made rather than alien.

US Air Forces 1950s supersonic flying saucer declassified
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US Air Forces 1950s supersonic flying saucer declassified

Tighten the strap on your tinfoil hat: Recently declassified documents show that the US Air Force was working on, and perhaps had already built, a supersonic flying saucer in 1956.