YouTube video · UAP Gerb · c. late January 2026
The Hidden Wing - US Air Force UFO Reverse Engineering Programs
UAP Gerb sets out his 'Hidden Wing' model: a waived Air Force test programme spread across Edwards, the Nevada ranges and Utah that flies recovered craft, derivative airframes and reproduction vehicles, with contractors at Plant 42. He maps the Air Force offices that would run and protect it, from acquisition and the Rapid Capabilities Office to AFOSI's special projects office, using official mission directives, CVs and FOIA releases that put Terry Phillips in DoD IG UAP meetings. The witness Ed, whose records Gerb has seen, says he worked on the programme at Edwards; the office-by-office map and the gatekeeper names are Gerb's reasoning.
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1947
Air Materiel Command seeks German underground expertsPaperclip request for four technicians, including Xaver Dorsch, for an 'underground plant program'.
July 1948
AFOSI formed; custody orderAFOSI created; Kissner dates a classified custody order to the same month.J. Andrew Kissner's statement on the 1947 recoveries (1994)
1953
Kingman and Upshot-KnotholeEric Henry Wang was scientific monitor at Upshot-Knothole, with Stansel under him.
1997
Castle's triangle heads toward EdwardsGerb ties the 29 Palms triangle's departure to the R-2508 complex.
2009
Dugway disc in a hangarContractor witness MS describes a seamless disc being dismantled at the Avery area (date as in the linked case).
December 2016
Phillips heads Air Force SAP securityExecutive director of AFOSI's special projects office until 2021.
2020
Mellon's Signal exchangePartner says a 1950s Air Force secretary's memo still governs recoveries.
4 March 2021
Phillips briefs the DoD deputy IGFOIA releases show him in the IG's UAP evaluation meetings.
26 July 2023
Grusch on waived programmesGrusch says the Gang of Eight should be told of waived programmes.
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On the record (7)
In a 2020 Signal exchange Mellon released in 2024, his partner said a still-classified 1950s Air Force secretary's memo governs recoveries and that an SCES-2 is the Air Force gatekeeper.Mellon's posted screenshots, 23 April 2024.firsthandChristopher Mellon's 2020 Signal screenshots (posted 2024)Christopher Mellon
FOIA releases show Terry Phillips in multiple classified meetings of the DoD IG's UAP evaluation and briefing the deputy IG in March 2021.Black Vault releases, February and July 2025.analysisDoD Inspector General UAP evaluation files (FOIA, 2025)Terry Phillips
AFOSI's special projects office is charged to 'secure, recover, and protect' sensitive technologies and lists sites at Palmdale, Wright-Patterson, Kirtland and Crystal City.AFOSI public mission statements.analysisAir Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI)
The Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office runs about 30 programmes under a board chaired by the defence acquisition under secretary and leans heavily on AFOSI.Walden at the Mitchell Institute, 2018.analysisDepartment of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO)Randall Walden
Randall Walden commanded a classified flight test squadron at Nellis, led the Rapid Capabilities Office and joined the Aerospace Corp board in 2023.Public CV.analysisRandall WaldenThe Aerospace Corporation
In 1947 Air Materiel Command asked for German technicians, including Organisation Todt's Xaver Dorsch, for an underground plant programme.Paperclip documents.analysisAir Force Materiel Command (AFMC)
Eric Henry Wang headed special studies at Wright Air Development Center, was scientific monitor at Upshot-Knothole in 1953 and moved to Kirtland in 1956.1961 obituary and Kirtland yearbook.analysisWright-Patterson AFB & 'Hangar 18'Kirtland Air Force Base
Witness testimony (5)
Decisions on the programmes rest with career senior executive officials both in and out of government, and waived programmes should be reported to the Gang of Eight.Grusch's 2023 hearing testimony.firsthandGrusch, Fravor and Graves under oath
Neil McCasland was in charge of the Roswell material shipped to the Wright-Patterson laboratory.DeLonge's email to Podesta (WikiLeaks).secondhandTom DeLongeunnamed sources → Tom DeLonge → told itMaj. Gen. William "Neil" McCaslandAir Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)Roswell: the Army's 'flying disc'To The Stars Academy
Ed, a retired Air Force officer, worked on Hidden Wing test and evaluation at Edwards with the Nevada range, and later saw 30 to 40 percent of Air Force budget moved to black accounts before financial review.Gerb has seen Ed's military records; first heard through Greer's notes.secondhandEd (retired Air Force officer) → UAP Gerb → told it
A contractor saw a seamless disc being partly dismantled in a hangar at Dugway's Avery area.Witness MS as Gerb relays.secondhandwitness MS → UAP Gerb → told it
Eric Davis says there are no reproduction vehicles and no success in propulsion and power, only some materials discoveries.Davis at SOL 2024; Gerb disputes him (see below).firsthandEric W. Davis
Alleged / one person's word (8)
People with firsthand Air Force legacy experience told Gerb the Rapid Capabilities Office packages acquisition-office involvement, and named its integration office directly.Gerb's unnamed sources.anonymousunnamed insiders → UAP Gerb → told itDepartment of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO)
Several non-public legacy insiders, one in Air Force UFO research, have been harassed by the FBI since 2021.Gerb's unnamed sources.anonymousunnamed insiders → UAP Gerb → told it
The Hidden Wing tests recovered craft, derivative airframes and reproduction vehicles across Edwards, Nevada and Utah ranges, with pilots from the Air Force and Navy test pilot schools.Gerb's own reasoning; not shown by a record.speculationAir Force Plant 42 (Palmdale)Area 51 and S-4
Air Force test and evaluation special programmes, under AFMC and AFRL, sit at the hands-on top of the chain, with Boeing, Lockheed and Northrop at Plant 42.Gerb's own reasoning; not shown by a record.speculationAir Force Materiel Command (AFMC)Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)Air Force Plant 42 (Palmdale)
AFOSI's special projects office and DARPA's security office may be behind reprisals against Grusch and Borland.Gerb's own reasoning; not shown by a record.speculationAir Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI)Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Air Materiel Command received the Roswell wreckage and built early underground facilities with Paperclip expertise.Gerb's own reasoning; not shown by a record.speculationAir Force Materiel Command (AFMC)Roswell: the Army's 'flying disc'
Eric Davis is practising programme protection, perhaps on AFRL's instruction, when he denies reproduction vehicles exist.Gerb's own reasoning; not shown by a record.speculationEric W. DavisAir Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)
Richard Doty's stories, including his account of a disinformation job offer in 2019, are disinformation.Gerb's own reasoning; not shown by a record.speculationRichard DotyDisinformation by design