Message posted by Peter Merlin on June 14, 2012 at 19:22:42 PST:
This is the second X-47B to be shipped across the country from one test site (Edwards AFB, CA) to another (NAS Patuxent River, MD). The wings had to be removed from the airframe so that it would fit on the nation's highways. Both times, Northrop Grumman officials tried to forestall the inevitable "flying saucer" reports by leaving the landing gear down and locked so that bystanders could clearly see that it is an airplane. Unfortunately, too many people are more willing to believe a fantastic explanation than a mundane one, and the news media fans the flames.
In Reply to: Re: 'UFO' Creates Panic on DC Highway posted by OldThudMan~!!~ on June 14, 2012 at 17:13:53 PST:
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