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Big Black Delta Mystery Solved?

jonerik writes "According to this article from Space.com, hundreds of sightings of enormous arrowhead-shaped aircraft that have been logged since the 1980s just might have been solved. According to a new report by the National Institute for Discovery Science, the craft (referred to as Big Black Deltas, or BBDs) are massive black airships on the order of 600 feet long, 300 feet wide, and 40 feet tall, weighing on the order of 100 tons and capable of carrying huge loads over long distances. Since a 2001 NIDS study correlated sightings of large triangular or delta-shaped objects with Air Force Materiel Command and Air Mobility Command bases throughout the United States, it's assumed that the BBDs are DoD transport airships. Dr. L. Scott Miller, professor of Aerospace Engineering at Wichita State University, agrees with much of the NIDS report. 'I do think that a large airship, with a heavy lift and other mission objectives, has been built,' says Dr. Miller. 'Lockheed has shown a great deal of interest in airships for many years. The real question is whether the Department of Defense has committed to buy and use such machines.'"

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  1. Airship by papasui · · Score: 5, Funny

    Great you got an airship now all you need is a guy named Cid to fly it and some dudes with swords.

  2. Re:Electrokinetic Drive? by Bearpaw · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Elecrokinetic propulsion means that no propellers or jets are used."

    Someone want to explain that one?

    It's a form of buzzword propulsion.

  3. Hey man, don't bogart the consciousness by xant · · Score: 5, Funny

    Consciousness studies are usually conducted with what I would term "consciouness aids". In the Timothy Leary sense. This could explain almost everything else this website reports on.

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    It's rare that you're presented with a knob whose only two positions are Make History and Flee Your Glorious Destiny.
  4. They're out there, waiting and invisible by patiwat · · Score: 5, Funny

    The airships don't come and go - they're out there constantly. They're just invisible, both to optical and radar wavelengths. The ships are actually filled with tall, thin, vicious aliens who want to exploit earth's natural resources and kidnap earth's children.

    The reason they haven't landed yet is because they find earth's atmosphere poisinous. The high humidity burns their skin the way hydrochloric acid burns human skin. They haven't developed the appropriate environmental suits yet because (despite being able to traval intersteller distances) they're not that smart, and don't know, for instance, how to turn door knobs. They're also confused about where to land, since all of their original crop sign navigation markers were soon replaced by the work of Disney executives and 30 year-old nerds who don't have girlfriends.

    Patiwat Panurach
    patiwat@sloan.mit.edu

  5. Re:Bullshit. I saw one. by Peridriga · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thank you for posting...

    An appointment has been made for a visit by many men in dark suits and black sunglasses to visit you and 'explain' to you what you 'really saw'.

    Please contact truth@mib.gov to schedule a time that is acceptable for you. We will most likely disregard you request and just shove you into a black van during the day.

    Once again, thank you for your coperation on this matter.

    The Management,
    -- Employee #82108302