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		nyrath on Oct 8, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: US Air Force’s 1950s supersonic flying saucer decl... The saucer looks suspiciously like "Project Silver Bug" http://www.foia.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-090218-169.... It appeared in many of the popular magazines of the time http://blog.modernmechanix.com/issue/?magname=MechanixIllust... IIRC it was cancelled because it was incredibly unstable. Had a tendency to spin like a top.

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