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There is almost no evidence to suggest it had, other than a few sightings. The most lingering question is whether the United States military actually produced even a prototype of the SR-91 Aurora. The top-secret Aurora project was first reported in 1989, and there have been numerous “sightings,” while experts have suggested the unique noise signature could be a “pulse detonation engine.” Most of those can be taken with a large grain of salt, but in July 2021, the documentary series Found and Explained profiled the mysterious SR-91 “Aurora,” a rumored triangle shaped, hypersonic spy plane that was developed in the 1990s.Īs the episode of the syndicated series noted, a number of people have reported seeing an aircraft that matches the Aurora’s description, but it questioned whether it could have been the flying-wing designed Northrop B-2 “Spirit” bomber instead. He regularly writes about military small arms, and is the author of several books on military headgear including A Gallery of Military Headdress, which is available on the SR-91 Real or Not? – There is no shortage of TV shows and YouTube videos that question the existence of UFOs, big foot and even ponder whether the Earth is flat. Peter Suciu is a Michigan-based writer who has contributed to more than four dozen magazines, newspapers and websites. Given these facts, the Aurora is little more than enigma at this point. It has also been speculated that Lockheed's Skunk Works, now the Lockheed Advanced Development Company, could have been the prime contractor for such project – but to date almost nothing has been released that indicated there was even a project for such an aircraft. The only other notable "evidence" of the existence of the SR-91 is that "sky quakes" were reported to have been heard at times over Los Angeles – and while those could be from aircraft operating out of Groom Lake (aka Area 51) in Nevada, there is little to suggest it was the Aurora. Moreover, where would a prototype aircraft take off from and then land? The North Sea isn't exactly a remote body of water so it would seem a rather unlikely place to test an advanced aircraft.

Wouldn't there have been a danger that Soviet aircraft, submarines or other vessels would have seen such a plane? In the accounts little is noted about speed and if the aircraft were traveling at Mach 5 it would have been hard to even determine its shape, while there is also no reason to suggest why a prototype of a truly top-secret aircraft was flying slow enough and low enough to be witnessed over the North Sea.

A more likely answer could have been that the triangular-shaped aircraft was a Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, which had been tested by the RAF in the late 1980s.