Exotic Aircraft

Real disc-shaped and unconventional aircraft programs, including the one the U.S. military actually built and cancelled.

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While the Air Force was explaining away saucer sightings, it was funding a real one. It hovered, wobbled, and never worked.

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Assembled from the numbered notes in the articles above — each entry links to the publisher, with the specific claims it supports listed underneath.

Source	Publisher	Cited
Avro Canada VZ-9AV Avrocar ↗ The turborotor and ground-effect design concept, the roughly 35 mph top speed, the instability and "hubcapping" above about three feet, the 1961... [note 2]	National Museum of the United States Air Force	4
Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar, 1958-1961 ↗ Avro Aircraft Limited's development of a vertical take-off vehicle intended to cruise on a cushion of air, and the construction of two... [note 1]	U.S. Army Transportation Corps	1

Title	Level	Objects	Record
471.6 Guided Missiles, 1 July 1952	fileUnit	15	333334717
471.6 Guided Missiles, 1 January 1952	fileUnit	4	333334712
DFD Avrocar I Progress Report	item	1	68170
Disc Flight Development, Avrocar I Progress Report	item	1	68175
Avrocar Continuation Test Program and Terrain Test Program	item	1	68405