This picture would’ve landed anyone in jail 60 years ago. Secrets above top secret have code words to them.
This is OXCART. Designed to replace the U2, which incidentally is still flying today.
This airplane was so secret that we could not allow anyone to see it fly. In a caravan, truckers with the fake name Road Runners took the pieces of this airplane up to Area 51 so they could be put back together and test It. This picture was taken with a privacy or blast wall to the right so that the very few people who were at Area 51 could not see what was going on. They were getting ready to test the very first Blackbird in 1962. There is something more unique about this photograph. I’m going to ask you to tell me what you think it is.
I already know the answer.
What are those small bomb shaped items on the back of this airplane?
What are they using them for?
Were they later used on the SR 71?
Let me know what you think
written by Linda Sheffield