“The United States Air Force Type 17 Weather Balloon was an experimental and highly secretive weather balloon that used a saucer shape balloon design and █████ technology to test the airworthiness of the ‘strange’ shape. The design however, proved to be more unstable than anticipated, and with a flaw in the cable design, led many of these balloons to break free and travel some distance away. These ‘escaped’ Type 17s can be considered responsible for the ‘UFO sighting craze’ of the late 1940s and 1950s.”
“There is also mention
of an unconfirmed Type 17D that would test an experimental ████████
███████-████████ engine at ██████ ███, ██. This supposed variant could reach
████ mph (████ km/h) and is claimed to have █████ and ████ around it. Details
on this design are extremely sparse and the only visual we have of it is based
off a napkin drawing from former USAF aeronautics engineer, ████ ████.”
More information about
the Type 17 and how it came to New Mexico for regularly scheduled flights in
1947:
https://plane-encyclopedia.com/fake-aircraft/usaf-type-17-weather-balloon/
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.