Brilliant Buzzard
Since 1990, eyewitnesses have spotted this aircraft near Edwards AFB, CA by residents of Mojave, CA, and workers at Edwards AFB. A total of five separate sightings of this vehicle were reported to Aviation Week and Space Technology.
Eyewitness report a large, pale grey aircraft, with a fighter style cockpit, podded underwing engines, wingtip mounted verticle stabilizers, and canards, which may be retractable. They also note a prominent 'hump' rising from the rear of the fuselage, centered over the wing.
It has all the characteristics of a 'carrier' aircraft - but what could it be carrying? The most likely answer is 'Pumpkin Seed' - an unmanned reconnaisance vehicle which would be unable to take off under its own power.
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