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Published: Sept. 10, 2024, 6:27 p.m.

In 2013, a feature article appeared on the website of legendary aerospace and defense giant Lockheed Martin that quickly had aviation buffs talking. The piece, titled \u201cSpeed is the New Stealth,\u201d claimed that a new hypersonic aircraft was under development at the company\u2019s famous Skunk Works facility, which would soon set a new standard for speed and stealth in American aerospace technologies. They called it the SR-72, an aircraft Aviation Week had already dubbed "the son of Blackbird" after its predecessor, the legendary SR-71.\xa0

Today, the status of the SR-72 program remains in question, although recent reports suggest that America's next secretive spy plane could soon be taking flight. This week on\xa0The Micah Hanks Program, we delve into the mystery surrounding this aircraft, it's relationship to the fictional "Darkstar" program depicted in the film Top Gun: Maverick, and also look at UAP sightings that could involve encounters with unacknowledged U.S. stealth technologies.

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Show Notes

Below are links to stories and other content featured in this episode:

• NEWS: James Earl Jones, voice of Darth Vader, dies aged 93
• Astronauts would have been fine on Boeing's Starliner during landing, NASA says
• China\u2019s Classified Space Plane, Shenlong, Returns from Secretive 267-Day Mission in Space
• Japanese Eels Have Evolved the Ability to Escape a Predator\u2019s Stomach After Being Eaten
• DARKSTAR: Secretive SR-72 Hypersonic Aircraft, Successor to Lockheed Martin\u2019s Legendary SR-71, Could Soon Take Flight
• SKUNK WORKS: Speed is the New Stealth: Lockheed Martin Skunkworks\xa0
• It Sure Seems Like Darkstar, Lockheed\u2019s Secret High-Speed Jet, Is Real

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