Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The VZ-9AV Avrocar was an attempt to build a stealthy aircraft that could fly at high speeds. The project was projected to cost $3 ...

While most Canadian aircraft manufacturers focused on producing rugged bushplanes for northern conditions, Avro Canada pursued ambitious, futuristic projects like fighter jets, jet airliners, and the ...

Unidentified flying objects (UFOs) or flying saucers became a cultural obsession since amateur pilot Kenneth Arnold reported sightings of flashing bright lights around the skies of Mineral, Washington ...

Nevertheless, the Avrocar is still a part of aerospace history as a cautionary example and as a pop culture icon. Its "flying saucer" shape has secured its place in museums and documentaries, ...

A recent article in the New York Times cited sources' comments that U.S. government contractors are in possession of metal alloys and other parts "recovered from unidentified aerial phenomena." This ...

Meet the VZ-9AV Avrocar: Is the alien spacecraft that crashed in Roswell, New Mexico, back in July 1947 now in the collection of the National Museum of the United States Air Force? It certainly could ...

Just like the automobile market, the military industry has spawned quite a few weird vehicles over the years. While some ideas were abandoned while still on the drawing board, some were developed into ...

You read it well: the U.S. Air Force developed a real Flying Saucer. Even though newly declassified documents concerning the U.S. flying saucer projects already made the news when they were released ...

It's not from outer space, but it sure does look like it. In the 1950s, the Canadian Air Force wanted to create a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) vehicle that could hover below radars, intercept ...