Air/Spacecraft
Secret Space Missions

Secret space launches and secret missions are certainly nothing new in the United States. The military has been using their new toy the X–37B unmanned shuttle. The first secret mission was completed a little while ago when the orbital test vehicle as it was called, completed a 224 day mission in December of 2010. We have no idea of what really went on up there, but the cargo bay of the shuttle probably contained many different instruments for testing different criteria. Since this was a military mission, we may never know what went on. Now the second mission has taken place with the X–37B. The first mission was designated OTV-1, which meant orbital test vehicle one and the second mission was designated OTV-2, orbital test vehicle 2. The claim is that the X–37B craft, which are exactly 1/3 the size of the current space shuttle, was designed to eliminate the need for astronauts on board. The second mission that the new shuttle is being sent on has not been disclosed either in what it is to accomplish, or how long the vehicle will orbit the earth. Maybe it isn't even on an orbital mission, how would we know? When we read about the X–37B, it is sometimes referred to as a plane and not a shuttle. There are those that think that what the X–37B really is, is a unmanned aerial vehicle that is capable of flying into space. They say that because of its size, it might be able to reach space without having to need a rocket launch and that it could be carried under a larger plane and launched from high-altitude. There are even those that claim that what is being tested ore auxiliary engines that would allow it to use ramjet engines to power itself almost into space at incredible speeds, where it would switch to rocket motors for the rest of the trip. None of this can be verified yet.

Saturn V Rocket Apollo Program

Saturn 5 Rocket, Apollo Program
Photo Source: NASA

Here is something for you think about. A man claiming to be a former astronaut stated that he was on a secret mission for NASA and the US Air Force space command. He said that he was sent to the moon in August 1976. He went on to say that the mission was called Apollo 20 and was classified and that it was a joint mission with the Soviets. He stated that the mission filmed the dark side of the moon. He said that both the American and Soviet governments were very interested on this side of the moon, because there was a very large extraterrestrial vehicle that was wrecked there. A whistleblower named the crew of Apollo 20 and said they consisted of two US astronauts. William Rutledge was one and the other was Leona Snyder. The Russian astronaut was Alexei Leonov, who by the way was the first man to walk in space. Rutledge and Snyder are not listed as US astronauts, because they actually worked for Bell laboratories and were lent to the United States Air Force. The launch took place from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. It was said that both Rutledge and Leonov landed on the moon and went into the wreck, which was found to be an ancient mothership. It is also said that they found a well preserved extraterrestrial female who had died a long time ago. All of what I have told you was heard in an interview online that was conducted by Luca Scantamburlo, an Italian UFO researcher that stated that he was able to verify all of these claims. The whistleblower was William Rutledge. You can view the entire interview at:

http://www.angelismarriti.it/ANGELISMARRITI-ENG/REPORTS_ARTICLES/Apollo20-InterviewWithWilliamRutledge.htm

Minotaur 1

Minotour 1 Rocket
Photo Source: NASA

If you believe that we have discovered just about everyway there is to monitor our planet from space, you would be wrong. The military believes that there may be other ways that were never explored and to this end they have launched a payload aboard a Minotaur 1 rocket on 6 February, 2011. It is interesting to note that the Minotaur rocket is the smallest rocket available to the NRO. Which is the National Reconnaissance Office. We know why the type of rocket was used to launch the secret satellite, because it must not have been bigger than a refrigerator or weighed more than about 1000 pounds. This launch also took place from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Another interesting fact is that the Minotaur 1 first and second stages came from decommissioned Minuteman 2 Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, while the 50XL and Orion 39 third and fourth stage motors come from the Pegasus rocket program. It seems that the Minotaur 1 rocket is completely made from surplus parts.

Space Shuttle

Space Shuttle
Photo Source: NASA

STS-48, or space shuttle mission 48, was said to be on a secret mission. Some believe that there is a war going on in space and that somehow we are involved in it. I don't think that it would make sense to anybody that we were attacking alien craft that were so far ahead of us with their technology that they could turn around and wipe us out without even thinking twice about it. What was the mission of STS-48, the real mission and why was this shuttle taking videos? Were we really testing a new weapon on a UFO and was the shuttle there to observe the results? The beam of light or missile that attacked the UFO seemed to come from Australia. We have a very large military installation near Alice Springs and if the beam of light or missile trail was traced backwards, many believe that this is where it would lead. This base is the largest satellite intelligence gathering facility in the world. After this mission all live satellite feeds from cameras were canceled.

When STS-4 was launched, there was plainly something strange about the flight. It was billed as having experiments on board that were provided by students from Utah State University. But there was also a classified Air Force payload of two missile launch detection systems. The strange part of the flight was that it was being monitored from a secret mission control center located somewhere in Sunnyvale California. On top of that, it was said that all mission objectives were met, but mysteriously the Air Force payload was said to have failed, and the rocket boosters were lost, because it was said that the chutes did not open and they hit the ocean too fast and sunk.

There have probably been hundreds of secret missions into space by now. I would hope that if there is anything out there besides us, that we have not decided to test weapons on it. I also hope that we have not decided to test weapons on satellites from other nations. The whole idea of going into space was for exploration, not destruction.