Recent Black Projects

• Bird of Prey - An Innovative Technology Demonstration by Peter W. Merlin
• Are UFOs In Actuality the Military's Ultimate Sky Spies? by Steve Douglass
• Lockheed Senior Prom - Stealth Cruise Missile
• Lockheed Senior Peg - Lockheed's competition to the B-2 Stealth Bomber
• ATF Program YF-23A - Northrop's competition to the F-22 Stealth Fighter
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)

Black Project Sightings

• Possible Sighting of the RQ-180 over Area 51, Oct. 2021
• F-117 photographed at Coyote Summit during Red Flag 21-3
• Fastmover Test Flight at Area 51, 4/3/2002
• Crashed Test Flight out of Area 51
• Experimental Aircraft Sighting in 1995

Historic Black Projects at Area 51

Black Projects History

• Black Projects: Time from First Flight to Public Announcement
• Black Projects at Groom Lake: Into the 21st Century
• DREAMLAND - Fifty Years of Secret Flight Testing in Nevada
• DREAMLAND Timeline - Very comprehensive article covering half a century of Area 51 history
• It's No Secret - Area 51 was Never Classified - The biggest secret about Area 51 is that it was never secret

Projects Aquatone (U-2, 1955-1957) and Oxcart (A-12, 1960-1965)

• 17th Roadrunner Reunion (October 1-5, 2001) - The 2001 meeting of the former elite Black Projects group, based at Area 51
• 40th Anniversary of the A-12 - Roadrunners Reunion, April 27, 2002
• 18th Roadrunner Reunion (Sept.29-Oct.3, 2003) - The 2003 meeting of the former elite Black Projects group, based at Area 51
• More SR-71 Blackbird links - Links to other web sites
• OXCART Down! - Searching for the remains of a secret spy plane - A-12 crash near Wendover, UT, 24 May 1963
• Seeking the Dirty Bird - U-2 crash near Pioche, NV, 4 April 1957
• U-2 SPYPLANES: What You Didn't Know About Them ! - Article covering the U-2's actual scientific research missions
• Early U-2 Photos - Powerpoint Slideshow with early photos from the U-2 program at Area 51

Project Have Blue (1977-1979), Senior Trend / F-117 (1981-1992)

• YF-117A (Article 782) at Area 51 (1983) and Edwards AFB (2005)
• The Lockheed Martin F-117A Nighthawk
• First Public Display of the F-117 at Nellis AFB, April 21, 1990
• F-117 Stealth Fighter Photos - High-resolution close-up photos of the Nighthawk
• Last four F-117 Stealth Fighters return to TTR on April 22, 2008
• List of F-117 Articles with Serial Number and Current Status

Other Black Projects Locations

• Aerial photos of Air Force Plant 42 - 2020 photos including Lockheed Skunkworks and Northrop's Black Projects Division
• Air Force Plant 42 - Lockheed 'Skunkworks' and Northrop's Black Projects Division
• RAF Boscombe Down - Introduction to Boscombe Down Operations and Security
• RAF Machrihanish - Introduction to Scotland's "Area 51"

Black Projects Technology

• What is an RCS Facility? - RCS 101 - Radar Cross Section explained in simple terms; article by Tom Mahood with friendly permission
• Patent Descriptions - New aircraft designs from the United States Patent and Trademark Office
• Donut on a Rope Contrails - Are they made by normal jet aircraft or Secret Black Programs?

Archive

Note: Articles in this section are largely outdated. We will keep them online as historic documents in this Archive section.

• Secret U.S. Aircraft Projects at Groom Lake by Andreas Parsch
• The AURORA Program, Dead or Alive?
• Other known and rumored Black Projects
• RAF Boscombe Down Incident - The worlds most comprehensive article on the infamous Black Program crash at RAF Boscombe Down