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Code Name Aurora

Posted on July 28th, 2007 by announcer

Code name, Aurora, once thought to belong to the B-2 Bomber or to the F-117A Nighthawk programs, is now known to refer to a super-secret hypersonic long-range stealth aircraft designed and built for the USAF and CIA at Lockheed’s ADP facility in Burbank, California. A number of sources have reported Aurora flying from Nellis AFB’s Watertown Strip (Area 51) at Groom Dry Lake, Nevada.

Officially, Aurora’s top speed has been set at 3,800 miles per hour with a cruise range of 5,750 miles and an operational ceiling of 150,000 feet (28.4 miles). Some independent information places Aurora’s top speed closer to 5,000 miles per hour and the operational ceiling at about 40 miles…