Avrocar Saucer Test Flights, Malton 1960
Saucer-shaped VTOL craft hovers, transitions over rough terrain in USAF tests.
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Film footage documents the Avrocar, a saucer-shaped VTOL aircraft, undergoing control system modifications, static tests, tethered flights, fueling, vertical takeoffs, hovering, and free flights over concrete, gravel, grass, ditches, and unprepared terrain by Avro and USAF pilots.
Notable Characteristics
- Sound: Sound
- Environment: ground
Reported Motion
- hovering, transition from ground cushion to flight, maneuvers over obstacles
Evidence Notes
- Detailed shot list in NARA catalog
- Digital MP4 object available
NARA footage of experimental Avrocar VTOL saucer tests for USAF; known human technology project, intriguing disc shape and hover capability warrant archival note amid UAP disc reports.
Disc
visual
95%
Prosaic Leads
- Avrocar prototype aircraft
- USAF/AVRO test program
- Cold War VTOL development
Anomalous Indicators
- Saucer/disc shape matches historical UAP reports
- Low-altitude hover and terrain transition
Evidence Gaps
- Exact test dates within window
- Performance specs
- Project outcomes
Evidence Quotes // source statements
Open archive"saucer-shaped vehicle with new transition control, flight demonstrations displaying its ability to operate from ground cushion to in-flight over unprepared terrain and ditches."
Unknown speaker
Summary of film content
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Chronology Trace // before & after
Official Files // source material
1 linkedAvrocar Continuation Test Program and Terrain Test Program
[ { "levelOfDescription": "item", "recordType": "description", "shotList": "Summary: Coverage of the Avrocar, a saucer-shaped vehicle with new transition control, flight demonstrations displaying its ability to operate from ground cushion to in-flight over unprepared terrain and ditches. (Shot list to follow.) 1) Shows modification of the Avrocar control system at the Avro facility. 2) Series of shots of Avrocar being installed in static test rig and testing new control system. 3) MLS of aircraft in tethered flight over ramp. 4) Series of shots of Avrocar being fueled; vertical takeoff; hovering; free flight over concrete, gravel and grass surfaces; ditches and landing. 5) Shows Avro test pilot operating aircraft over various types of terrain and natural obstacles before