Project 1794
The day a flying saucer almost became real
4.4 (19)
40 mins
Discover how Cold War anxiety and ambition led engineers to explore flying saucer aircraft as the next leap in aviation. Follow the rise and fall of a secret project that promised vertical takeoff and unmatched speed, but struggled against physics, politics, and control.
Ep 1:
Declassified: America's Flying Saucer
In 2012, archivists uncover a stunning Cold War secret: blueprints for an American flying saucer designed to hit Mach 4, born from Nazi tech fears and a maverick designer's vision.
Ep 2:
Jack Frost's Impossible Machine
A brilliant engine catches fire three times, funding collapses, and a canceled fighter jet program drags Jack Frost's saucer dream down with it into chaos and layoffs.
Discussions (9)
Brandon
Level 5 · 7 mo agoAgreed, the flight logs show it was an unstable mess that capped at 20 knots. Definitely a failure.
Elena
Level 2 · 7 mo agoI don’t think the failure was a cover story at all. The thing couldn't even lift its own weight and cooked the pilots? That sounds like regular military incompetence to me not some 4D chess move lol.
Jack
Level 2 · 7 mo agoThat Mach 4 spec is nonsense. A radial flow turbine would disintegrate under that much stress.
