Lockheed Martin, one of the biggest names in global defense and aerospace, has pulled back the curtain on a next-generation military aircraft following a wave of online speculation that the company could be working with UFO-derived technology.
The defense giant introduced Vectis on Monday, a secretive unmanned combat drone designed by its famed Skunk Works division. The large stealth aircraft will be remotely operated and is expected to fly alongside US fighter jets, supporting human pilots during missions.
Ahead of its official debut at a major US Air Force conference in Washington, DC, Lockheed Martin stirred curiosity with an enigmatic social media post. The teaser showed only the outline of an unfamiliar aircraft and declared that Skunk Works had “unlocked” the “next level.”
That vague preview quickly fueled unsubstantiated claims online, with some users suggesting Lockheed was concealing additional projects allegedly created by reverse-engineering debris from crashed UFOs.
“Now let’s see the reverse-engineered craft,” one commenter wrote. Another demanded: “Now show us the antigravity craft you’ve been hiding from the public for the past 70 years.”
Former CIA scientists and military whistleblowers have made claims about recovered UFO materials in the past. However, both the Pentagon and the White House have consistently said there is no physical evidence that extraterrestrial craft or materials have ever been recovered.
Lockheed Martin says it plans to build five Vectis drones by 2027. The advanced aircraft is intended to give the US military a versatile new capability, with potential roles ranging from air-to-air combat and ground strikes to covert intelligence-gathering missions.
There is no evidence that the futuristic Vectis combat drone has any connection to UFO technology. Still, speculation persists in part because at least one former Lockheed employee has claimed that rumors involving the contractor and alleged recovered craft are true.
On September 12, defense contractor Lockheed Martin shared a cryptic teaser that prompted widespread speculation about a possible aircraft powered by UFO technology.
On September 14, Lockheed Martin revealed a full-scale Vectis model and video footage of its new unmanned combat drone.
Boyd Bushman, a former Lockheed Martin and Texas Instruments engineer who died in 2014, publicly claimed he had worked with UFOs and aliens to reverse engineer spacecraft ’24 hours a day.’
During his deathbed confession, Bushman even revealed a stack of photographs he alleged were of extraterrestrials he worked with on the secret projects at Area 51 in the Nevada desert.
‘They’re approximately five feet four inches to five feet tall,’ Bushman said, as he held up images of what he touted as a real alien lifeform.
Bushman’s claims have never been verified, and skeptics claim his photos appeared to show commercially available prop dolls sold online.
Lockheed has rarely commented on claims that its secret research divisions have any ties to potentially extraterrestrial materials, with a spokesman telling reporters in 2023: ‘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.
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