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Lockheed Martin Skunk Works

The legendary advanced projects division behind the U-2, SR-71 and F-117. Its former director Ben Rich is said to have told an audience in 1993, 'We now have the technology to take ET home.' Lockheed also builds the Aegis SPY-1 radar that tracked the Tic Tac objects from the USS Princeton in 2004. Researchers frequently name Lockheed as the likeliest corporate home of reverse-engineering work, and To The Stars recruited former Skunk Works engineer Steve Justice.

On the record

  • Steve Justice's role at To The Stars.
  • Lockheed's Aegis SPY-1 radar on the USS Princeton tracked the 2004 Nimitz objects.
  • Scientists research: Lockheed's classified aircraft shop behind the U-2, SR-71, F-117 and RQ-170. Macheret managed its plasma programs from 2006 to 2014, and while there he wrote AAWSAP DIRD 33 as one of three Lockheed authors. In UFO lore, Skunk Works is the most named suspect for reverse-engineering, and two of its people joined DeLonge's circle.
  • Three of the 38 DIRDs were by Lockheed Martin staff (Teofilo, Golightly, Macheret), all in the FY2010 batch.
  • DIRD 33 shows a 'proof-of-concept experiment being investigated by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics'.
  • Macheret patent US 8,916,795, 'Plasma actuated vortex generators', assigned to Lockheed Martin.
  • Lockheed's Skunk Works announced a Compact Fusion Reactor effort in 2014.
  • Steve Justice left Skunk Works to lead TTSA's aerospace division in 2017.
  • GAO testimony of 24 July 1986 on Lockheed's special-access document control.
  • A 1953 sighting by Lockheed pilots and ground crew was filed with Blue Book.

Claims (14)

The Ben Rich quote, reported second-hand by attendees.secondhandSourced, unconfirmed1993 attendees
Lockheed as a holder of recovered craft.speculationSourced, unconfirmedbelievers
The Nimitz 'Tic Tac' was a Lockheed test vehicle.anonymousSourced, unconfirmed
Legacy crash-retrieval and reverse-engineering programs are held inside defense contractors.secondhandSourced, unconfirmed
Skunk Works people seeded DeLonge's disclosure effort, so it is a channel for controlled release.speculationSourced, unconfirmed
Macheret's DIRD was one small part of a UFO reverse-engineering study.firsthandSourced, unconfirmed
Asked the day the F-117 was unveiled whether alien technology was in it, Ben Rich said no.Lazar's first UFO conference: Q&A with George KnappfirsthandSourced, unconfirmedGeorge Knapp
A DOPSR-cleared document (6 Sep 2023) in Rep. Burchett's November 2024 hearing packet describes a UAP material divestment plan proposed to OSAP by Lockheed Space Systems VP Dr James Ryder, a facility holding 1950s crash-retrieval material, and a technology-transfer agreement into Reid's proposed waived PSAP, killed by CIA DS&T's Glenn Gaffney.Lockheed Martin - UFO Reverse Engineering, Material Exploitation, & Legacy ProgramsfirsthandSourced, unconfirmedDOPSR-cleared statement (author unknown), cited by UAP Gerb; to verify in the hearing record
Lockheed's divestment material was the 1953 Kingman craft.Lockheed Martin - UFO Reverse Engineering, Material Exploitation, & Legacy ProgramsanonymousLeadUAP Gerb (Sam)
A 1986 GAO review of Lockheed Burbank SAP document control found 1,460 discrepancies among about 40,000 secret and top-secret items.firsthandOn the recordGAO (Aug 1986)
Tonopah Test Range Site 4 stores 'the interesting stuff' and is involved in UFO operations.Lockheed Martin - UFO Reverse Engineering, Material Exploitation, & Legacy ProgramsanonymousLeadUAP Gerb (Sam)
'I was told for decades that Lockheed had some of these retrieved materials'; he sought a classified approval to see them and was refused.Harry ReidUFOs in the Private Sector - Lockheed MartinsecondhandSourced, unconfirmedHarry Reid
Lockheed test pilots and ground crew saw a disc with anomalous acceleration in 1953; three swore statements and the report went to Blue Book.Blue BookUFOs in the Private Sector - Lockheed MartinfirsthandSourced, unconfirmedLockheed witnesses (Blue Book file, cited by UAP Gerb)
GAO's Frank Conahan testified on 24 Jul 1986 that Lockheed's SAP document control was poor and that DIS inspectors had been barred; 46 documents were destroyed and 17 transferred without record.GAO testimony on Lockheed's special-access document control (24 July 1986)UFOs in the Private Sector - Lockheed MartinfirsthandOn the recordGAO testimony, 24 Jul 1986

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Area 51 and S-4 orgBDM Corporation orgKona Blue (DHS prospective SAP, 2011) orgThe Legacy Program orgThe MITRE Corporation orgNorthrop Grumman orgNaval Air Station Patuxent River (Pax River) orgPeraton (Veritas Capital) orgAir Force Plant 42 (Palmdale) orgSAF/AQ (Air Force acquisition) orgSandia National Laboratories orgBen Rich personBernard Haisch personBill McDonald personBoyd Bushman personGlenn Gaffney personHarry Reid personJim Ryder personJohn Piña Craven personJoshua K. LeBlanc personKarl Nell personMary Sturtevant personMaj. Gen. William "Neil" McCasland personNorman R. Bergrun personRobert Cardillo personDr. Sergey O. Macheret personSteve Justice personSteven Greer personWillard Miller personCrystal City, Virginia placeCIA memo on channelling contractor IRAD (5 April 1982) documentGAO testimony on Lockheed's special-access document control (24 July 1986) documentThe Silent War: John Pina Craven on Project Sand Dollar (2001) document

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