One of the world’s biggest defense and aerospace companies has introduced a new military aircraft, prompting renewed speculation that the United States may be developing technology linked to UFOs.
On Monday, Lockheed Martin unveiled Vectis, a classified unmanned combat drone. The large, remotely operated stealth aircraft is designed to accompany US fighter jets and carry out missions alongside military pilots.
Before the aircraft was revealed at a major Air Force conference in Washington, DC, Lockheed published a cryptic image showing the silhouette of an unidentified craft. The company said its secretive Skunk Works division had “unlocked” the “next level.”
The post quickly fueled unsupported claims on social media that Lockheed was concealing other aircraft designs allegedly reverse-engineered from debris recovered from crashed UFOs.
One commenter wrote, “Now let’s see the reverse-engineered craft.” Another added, “Now show us the antigravity craft you’ve been hiding from the public for the past 70 years.”
Although former CIA scientists and other military whistleblowers have made claims to the contrary, the Pentagon and White House have said that no physical evidence of UFOs has ever been recovered.
Lockheed says five Vectis drones are expected to be built by 2027. The aircraft is intended to perform a range of missions, including engaging enemy fighters, striking ground targets and covertly collecting intelligence.
There is no evidence that Vectis was inspired by UFOs. However, at least one former Lockheed employee has claimed that the long-running rumors about extraterrestrial technology are genuine.
On September 12, defense contractor Lockheed Martin released a cryptic message that many interpreted as a hint about an aircraft using UFO technology
On September 14, Lockheed unveiled a full-scale model and video of Vectis, its new unmanned combat drone
Boyd Bushman, a former Lockheed Martin and Texas Instruments engineer who died in 2014, claimed publicly that he had spent years working with UFOs and aliens to reverse-engineer spacecraft “24 hours a day.”
In what was described as a deathbed confession, Bushman displayed a collection of photographs that he said showed extraterrestrials involved in secret projects at Area 51 in Nevada.
“They’re approximately five feet four inches to five feet tall,” Bushman said while holding up images he presented as depicting a real alien lifeform.
Bushman’s allegations have never been verified. Skeptics have argued that the photographs appeared to show commercially available prop dolls sold online.
Lockheed has seldom addressed claims that its secret research divisions used materials of possible extraterrestrial origin. In 2023, a company spokesman told reporters, “Questions about UAPs are best addressed by the US government.”
The defense contractor is best known for creating the F-35 fighter jet, the F-22 Raptor and the C-130 transport plane.
Its Skunk Works division, which was founded in 1943, has been tasked with developing cutting-edge aircraft quickly and quietly for decades.
On Monday, Lockheed claimed that the Vectis unmanned fighters would ‘deliver a new level of lethality, survivability, adaptability and operational flexibility for America and its allies.’
Lockheed Martin revealed the new aircraft at a major Air Force conference in Washington
Conspiracy theorists have claimed that the Vectis is a piece of reverse engineered technology using recovered UFOs
Its space-age aircraft has a tailless, flying-wing design, boosting its stealth ability and lowering the drag normal fighter jets experience.
The Vectis also has a hidden engine intake on top of its body, making it harder for enemy radar to detect.
The unmanned craft is roughly 34 feet long with a 38-foot wingspan, about the same length as an MQ-9 Reaper drone and similar in wingspan to the F-35.
With less drag from extra fins and flaps sticking out, Vectis will be able to carry bigger payloads of weapons, which are also kept inside the craft until launched.
Despite touting their new drone’s game-changing advancements, skeptics continued to claim Lockheed was still holding back after their announcement in Washington.
‘Release the Alien Reproduction Vehicles, we know you produce them,’ one person replied to Lockheed’s announcement on X.
‘Quite an alien-looking design,’ another social media user claimed.
Boyd Bushman sat down with independent aerospace engineer Mark Q Patterson shortly before he died at age 78 on August 17, 2014, where he revealed a stack of photographs he said were of extraterrestrials
Bushman, a former Lockheed Martin employee, claimed that his people inside Area 51 sent him pictures of not only alien bodies, but also UFOs being held at the base
In recent days, satellite images have also captured new drone designs at a secret base in Asia, known as China’s Area 51.
Documentary director Dan Farah said that several US officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, believed the world was now locked in a new Cold War to reengineer the alien technology recovered from these ships.
Air Force veteran-turned-whistleblower David Grusch and former CIA scientist Dr Hal Puthoff have both claimed that the US government has been running a secret UFO recovery program since the 1940s, which has taken control of at least ten extraterrestrial craft.
According to Lockheed, the drone unveiled on Monday was only a full-scale model of the Vectis. The first full-scale prototype is expected to be delivered to the military by the end of 2027.
