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10.07.2026.

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"The beast" spotted; F-47 takes off? PHOTO

Footage of an unusual aircraft, allegedly recorded near the secret U.S. “Area 51” base, has sparked weeks of debate among military analysts over whether it is the F-47 aircraft.

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"The beast" spotted; F-47 takes off? PHOTO
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The aircraft, filmed at night, could be a technology demonstrator or an early predecessor of Boeing’s F-47, the new U.S. sixth-generation fighter aircraft.

The aircraft was recorded from a great distance using an infrared camera, making it impossible to reliably confirm its identity.

However, several unusual features are visible, including an elongated nose, large forward control surfaces known as canards, and swept-back, rearward-positioned wings.

Such an appearance differs significantly from previous expectations that the F-47 would be a large, triangular aircraft with a completely tailless design, The War Zone reports.

The design has reminded some experts of Boeing’s secret experimental aircraft “Bird of Prey”, which was also tested in the same area during the 1990s and was only revealed to the public in 2002.

There are also similarities with Boeing’s experimental X-36, a small unmanned tailless aircraft developed to study highly maneuverable combat aircraft.

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