For the first time, the National Archives has released schematics of a UFO-like saucer that the US Air Force was designing in the 1950s.The plan, creatively named Project 1794, was to engineer a 3.1 million prototype that would reach a maximum speed "BETWEEN MACH 3 AND MACH 4, A CEILING OF OVER 100,000 FT. AND A MAXIMUM RANGE WITH ALLOWANCES OF ABOUT 1,000 NAUTICAL MILES," the document reads. (Mach 4 is 3,044.8282 miles per hour, for those of you who never watched Star Trek.)
So we're looking at a flying saucer that takes off and lands vertically, and can make it from Miami to New York in 24 minutes. And designers were optimistic, saying their plan had improved throughout contract negotiations. But the military's grand aspirations crash-landed in 1960 when they finally canned the project. "CURIOUSLY," the National Archives notes, "THESE PICTURES BEAR A STRONG RESEMBLANCE TO 'FLYING SAUCERS' IN POPULAR SCIENCE FICTION FILMS MADE DURING THE YEARS THESE REPORTS WERE CREATED: 1956 AND 1957."
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