From: skunk-works-digest-owner@mail.orst.edu To: skunk-works-digest@mail.orst.edu Subject: Skunk Works Digest V5 #206 Reply-To: skunk-works-digest@mail.orst.edu Errors-To: skunk-works-digest-owner@mail.orst.edu Precedence: bulk Skunk Works Digest Wednesday, 22 February 1995 Volume 05 : Number 206 In this issue: X-29 "national security" airstrips in California End of the Aurora Myth? info Re: End of the Aurora Myth? Joe Baugher's Archive ... a sense of history Re: End of the Aurora Myth? Re: End of the Aurora Myth? Prop Speeds NYT article on CIA Re: Prop Speeds Triangular Craft - Belgian Sightings Triangular Craft Connecting to Harbor See the end of the digest for information on subscribing to the skunk-works or skunk-works-digest mailing lists and on how to retrieve back issues. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: The Space Wastrel Date: Fri, 17 Feb 1995 22:36:47 -0500 (EST) Subject: X-29 My second attempt to post this... I am using the "authoritive" address from V5#205. Perhaps a little bit different from a normal posting. A mail-order bookseller that I patronise has copies of "The Grumman X-29: Aero Series V.41" by Steve Pace for $3.95. The description reads: A technical profile of the super-agile fighter jet, covers the development of the unique forward-swept wing configuration, its fly-by-wire controls, three-pitch surface control, the hallmark power plant engine and more. Well illustrated, some color. 86 pages. Paperbound, originally published at $10.95 If you are interested, the address is: Edward R. Hamilton Bookseller Falls Village CT 06031-5000 Quote the reference number 942790 and include $3 per order (not per book) for shipping and handling (that is, as many books as you order will be shipped for $3). All orders should be paid by cheque in advance (no credit cards or COD). Overpayments (if a books sells out) are refunded. All books are gauranteed to be new. No questions asked on returns. To answer the obvious questions: That is the complete and correct address. He really doesn't accept phone orders or credit cards. I have purchased books from him before. I have no other interest in the company. And finally, having delurked for the first time... keep up the good work. I really enjoy skunk-works (even if it does wander off into X-Files territory occasionally). TSW ------------------------------ From: TRADER@cup.portal.com Date: Sun, 19 Feb 95 23:31:08 PST Subject: "national security" airstrips in California "National security" airstrips in California's desert ____________________________________________________ by Paul McGinnis, February 19, 1995 Aviation Week (February 6, 1995) mentioned the existence of Northrop's Tejon Ranch radar cross section range in California. Because I've been out in that area several times to see the facility, I have prepared some information telling people how to get there with some other useful information. The Tejon Ranch installation is located at the base of the Tehachapi Mountains in a northwestern part of the Antelope Valley. Some people have referred to this place as the "ant hill", but I think they are confusing the Northrop installation with the Ant Hill Oil Field airstrip on the other side of the Tehachapi Mountains, east of Bakersfield. To give you some idea of how far you will have to drive to get there, it should be noted that the Northrop facility is approximately 105 miles from downtown Los Angeles, by road. (1 mile = 1.609 kilometers) I recommend using an offroad vehicle (4WD) or pickup truck to get out to see the facility, because some of the roads are quite rough. (I've navigated the dirt roads in the area in a 1988 Honda Civic, and I have to had to worry about damage to the car, because of these dirt roads.) The roads near the facility can be quite rocky or washed out in places. There are numerous dirt roads crisscrossing the area, that are usually not marked, and some are poorly maintained. It would be quite easy to get lost or have your car break down up there. When the maps show unimproved dirt roads in the area, they are not joking. Using the FCC database, I have found that the facility is located at 34 degrees 55' 25" North latitude, 118 degrees 31' 48" West longitude. The airstrip is not shown on the 7.5 minute U.S. Geological Survey topographic map of the area, dated 1973 (Liebre Twins Quadrangle, 34118-H5-TF-024). It also does not appear on the 1986 Defense Mapping Agency aeronautical chart JOG NI 11-4. However, it appears in DeLorme Mapping Company's 1990 "Southern & Central California Atlas & Gazetteer" collection of topographic maps. In this part of the desert, the dirt roads are given numbers. Although the FCC records list the Northrop facility at 7000 230th Street West, you can not get there by going down Avenue D, and going north on 230th Street West. Because it is behind some low hills, the facility can be difficult to see. I will provide directions to two locations -- one location is just outside the Northrop gate (poor viewing of the base, but an interesting excursion) and the other location allows you to see the facility from perhaps 3 miles to the east. The eastern viewing location also gives you quite a panoramic view of the Antelope Valley, and surrounding mountains. You should zero your trip counter on your vehicles odometer as you exit Highway 14. To get near the area, take Highway 14 north from Palmdale or south from Mojave. Exit at Rosamond Blvd. (look for the sign that reads "Edwards AFB / Rosamond". (Edwards AFB is quite a ways to the east.) Go west on Rosamond Blvd. At 2.3 miles west of Highway 14, you will see one of my dining recommendations in the area, Villa Basque restaurant. Keep going west -- at 15.4 miles from Hwy. 14, the paved road will make a sharp bend to the left and become 170th Street West. Go right (north) on the dirt road instead. At 16.9 miles from Hwy. 14 (1.5 miles north of Rosamond Blvd.), you will see a sign that says Broken Arrow Road (with an arrow pointing along a road that runs towards the northwest.) Broken Arrow Road leads directly to the Northrop gate several miles away (sorry, I didn't take mileage readings for that road.) If you continue north on 170th Street West, you will end up at the eastern viewing site. At the base of the Broken Arrow Road sign, someone painted a blue object (a skull??) on a rock. If you continue north, you will encounter a short stretch of very rough road (a "washboard road" if you will...). As your trip counter goes past 18.1 miles (2.7 miles from Rosamond Blvd.) you will pass an antenna on a pole. I'm not sure if this is for a road sensor, like on the Groom Lake road. At 19 miles (3.6 miles from Rosamond Blvd.) the road will go west for 0.5 miles and then go north again. The viewing site is 20.6 miles from Hwy. 14 (5.2 miles from Rosamond Blvd.) Look towards the west (left) and there it is!! You will see a hangar, radar antennas, a water tank, and several smaller buildings on top of a small hill. It looks like the facility probably got more use during the B-2 Stealth bomber's early testing, a few years ago, than it does these days. (The canyon behind the facility is Tylerhorse Canyon.) My estimate for the runway length is 4000 feet (1231 meters). If you follow Broken Arrow Road, it will eventually come to a gate, like those used by cattle ranchers, marked with "Private Property" signs. You should not go beyond the gate, to prevent getting charged with trespassing. (I have seen local law enforcement in the area.) Apparently, to keep Northrop employees on the road, and prevent them from getting lost, someone came up with the idea of using signs with red arrows on them to point the way, and keep the workers on the right road, so you can follow the red arrows also. There is at least one creek along Broken Arrow Road that may have water in it -- cross carefully so you don't get stuck in mud. It is very unlikely that you will see anything classified up there. Just enjoy the expedition, watch the desert hares and flocks of birds, and relax outdoors, and you won't be disappointed. For those with scanners, here are some Northrop frequencies: (I haven't heard much activity, but I've been up there on weekends.) 462.35 MHz -- main channel for the facility (repeats 467.35 MHz) 123.35, 123.525, 314.6, 382.6 MHz -- Northrop aviation channels (used at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Mojave airport Northrop operation, and Edwards AFB Northrop operations also.) 158.28 MHz -- general use Northrop channel (also used at Edwards AFB). Another interesting place is the CIA's El Mirage Flight Test Facility, used for testing their Gnat-750 and Predator UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, i.e., reconnaissance drones.) These UAVs resemble large model airplanes. The El Mirage facility is operated by the manufacturer of the UAVs, General Atomics Corp. It has a 3700 foot (1138 meters) long runway in DMA aeronautical chart JOG NI 11-5. To get there, exit Highway 14 at Avenue P in Palmdale, and go east. You will go past Air Force Plant 42 (Lockheed's Skunk Works occupies the big hangar at the western part of Plant 42) and the Blackbird (SR-71) Museum. (Most of this trip is on paved roads). Go north on 40th Street East, and then east on Avenue N. Go south on 90th Street East and make a left turn (east) on Avenue O. You will pass Alpine Butte Wildlife Sanctuary -- the buttes there are not too difficult to climb, and give a fine view of Edwards AFB to the north, Plant 42 to the west, and El Mirage and Lockheed's Helendale radar cross section to the range. It would be a good spot to camp on and watch the aerial activity above the Antelope Valley. Continue east on Avenue O until you get to 240th Street East and go south (right) on 240th Street East. Go south to Avenue P, and then east (left) on Avenue P. You will go through the town of El Mirage. Look for a sign that reads El Mirage Airport Road and make a left turn there (go north on that road.) At the end of the road, there will be an aircraft graveyard to the left (west) and the El Mirage facility to the north. Offroad vehicle and motorcycle enthusiasts use the bed El Mirage Dry Lake to the northeast. (Sorry, I don't have any radio frequencies for the El Mirage facility.) You could also continue on to Lockheed's radar cross section range north of Helendale, California. For more details on the Lockheed facility, you can use Internet FTP and connect to host ftp.shell.portal.com . My Lockheed report is file lockheed-rcs-report in the directory /pub/trader/secrecy. In that report, I mentioned photos of a radar cross section (RCS) testing pylon. I may have overestimated the height of the pylon, if the pictures I saw are of scale models for RCS, instead of actual aircraft. This is the facility that Ben Rich mentions in his book, where they put a scale model of the Stealth fighter on a pole, and there was no radar return until a crow landed on the model. Paul McGinnis / TRADER@cup.portal.com / PaulMcG@aol.com ********************************************************************** Anonymous FTP access to files dealing with excessive military secrecy is available from Internet host ftp.shell.portal.com (IP address 156.151.3.4) in the /pub/trader directory. Read the 00readme files for descriptions of the files. Writings from Glenn Campbell, author of the "Area 51 Viewer's Guide" are available in /pub/trader/secrecy/psychospy. (Web users can use URL ftp://ftp.shell.portal.com/pub/trader/ ) ------------------------------ From: James Easton Date: Mon, 20 Feb 95 16:48 BST Subject: End of the Aurora Myth? WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- CIA Director R. James Woolsey on Monday denied that the U.S. government is building a new-generation spy plane to replace the SR-71 Blackbird, which was retired during the Bush administration. During an appearance at Wichita State University, Woolsey was asked to comment on recent news reports that a top-secret plane dubbed the Aurora is being fielded to provide the high-speed reconnaissance missions that the Blackbird performed. "That is a scam," Woolsey said. When he said that neither he nor the secretary of the Air Force nor the secretary of defense "have ever heard of Aurora," the questioner in his audience wanted to know if Woolsey was implying just that the name was incorrect. "The name, the project, the notion," is wrong, Woolsey responded in perhaps the most categorical public denial by a senior Clinton administration official. Some in Congress have questioned the wisdom of retiring the Blackbird and leaving the United States with no high-speed, high-altitude reconnaissance plane to supplement the intelligence-gathering contributions of spy satellites. Some news reports have said a secret new spy plane has been undergoing nighttime test flights in the Nevada desert. In later comments during an interview with The Associated Press, Woolsey denied that any new plane such as the Aurora was being flown in tests, but he did not specifically deny that a new-generation spy plane was at some stage of development. "What the stories have said is that there is actually something out there flying around that is a follow-on" to the Blackbird, Woolsey said, adding later, "It's either a joke, a scam or a misunderstanding." Asked whether a new-generation spy plane was in an early stage of development, as opposed to already in test flights, Woolsey said: "There are all sorts of studies for all kinds of things to follow-on for aircraft, but there isn't anything out there that remotely fits the description of what's been described as Aurora, that is actually flying around and being used." [END] Well, that's a rather unequivocal answer. Does anyone disagree that the Aurora myth ends here? Cheers, James. - ------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: TEXJE@VAXB.HW.AC.UK Internet: JAMES.EASTON@STAIRWAY.CO.UK - ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ From: JOHN Date: Mon, 20 Feb 95 18:54:40 EST Subject: info Hope this does not have an major effect on the Skunk-works press-release@augusta.lmsc.lockheed.comm Subj: Lockheed to Lose 800 Jobs Through June LOCKHEED TO LOSE 800 JOBS THROUGH JUNE SUNNYVALE, California, February 20, 1995 -- Lockheed Missiles & Space Co. (LMSC) will reduce its workforce by 800 jobs by the end of June, according to Vance Coffman, executive vice president of Lockheed Corporation and acting president of LMSC. Despite significant consolidations of LMSC facilities and functions, he said, our analysis of the competitive marketplace "indicates we must effect further streamlining of our ways of doing business." For the second half of 1995, he added, "further reductions of a similar magnitude could be necessary, driven by continuing competitive analysis and our evaluation of the situation in June." The newly announced reductions will cut across all areas -- technical, administrative and managerial. For employees who lose their jobs, LMSC will continue to offer a range of services through its Career Transition Center. The center is staffed mainly by NOVA, the Santa Clara Valley private industry council that helps clients during employment transition. # # # February, 1995 95-19 Contact: Bob Burgess (408) 742-7442 Jim Graham (408) 742-7531 ------------------------------ From: Illya Kuryakin Date: Mon, 20 Feb 1995 15:54:11 -0800 Subject: Re: End of the Aurora Myth? Yup. I disagree. Wouldn't be the first time the gov has bold-faced lied to the public. A year before the F-117 was photographed and 'officially announced' one researcher did a foia asking for information and specifically used the designation F-117 Nighthawk. The reply he received was 'no, there is not'. Rick kuryakin@arn.net ------------------------------ From: I am the NRA Date: Mon, 20 Feb 95 19:27:36 EST Subject: Joe Baugher's Archive Some skunkers asked about an archive for Joe Baugher's a/c histories... >From: danl@col.hp.com (Daniel Lockhart) >Newsgroups: rec.aviation.military >Subject: Re: Joe Baugher's Archive? >Date: 8 Feb 1995 22:23:02 GMT >Lines: 14 >There is an anonomyous FTP site at byrd.mu.wvnet.edu. > >Directories are pub/history/military/airforce >sub directories are /p_series_fighters > /f_series_fighters > /bombers/US.bombers > >daniel regards dwp ------------------------------ From: I am the NRA Date: Mon, 20 Feb 95 19:33:30 EST Subject: ... a sense of history For the Complete Blackbird Collector More a study in history/sociology than in technology. [All quotes except [these]] Bluebook, October 1964 [1] Heaven's Hellions Saga of America's Toughest Pilots who tamed the worlds hottest jet figther-- the 2,000 moph A-11. Accompanying cover photo of side view of bright finish a/c, "bar camera" pod, FX-934 on Fuselage, lettered & flagged for US Air Force (I ASSume its a stock shot.) [With story, one photo, "a-11" photo, apparently the same, tail number 06934, and lots generic X-craft photos.] Heaven's Hellions Saga of the unsung Edward's Commandos-Americas's toughest pilots who tamed the worlds hottest Jet fighter-- the 2,000 moph A-11. [Note the recycling of purple prose...] by Don Lion It was a top-secret briefing-just a few days before President Lyndon B Johnson made the public announcement that astounded the world. The room in the Senate Office Building had been checked for "bugs", and there were aremed security agents at the door as the lean Air Force General faced the key members of the Military Affairs Comittee. The Senators stared in fascination at the display board covered with classified photos of the new weapon. "This is the world's most advanced combat plana", the man with three stars explained with curt pride, "and it travels more than 2,000 miles per hour. It flies higher than the U-2, faster than the hottest fighter on either side of the Iron Curtain and packs enough megatons to kill any city. Every damn thing about this hunk of hardware is tricky, special and triple classified." It didn't look like any bomber that anyone in the chamber had ever seen before. It resembled a wierdly stretched out interceptor, with peculiar wings. It hardly seemed real. The fabulous few known as the Edward's Commandos are the worlds coolest, toughest, slickest and most tigerish test pilots. They number less than 70. They are a special breed of winged engineer who handle Uncel Sam's newest experimental aircraft, planes such as the Mach 3 A-11 long range bomber that "normally" operates a dozen miles above the earth's surface. "There are so many ways a bid like the A-11 could burn or choke or smash or murder from the inside out, any pilot who made one small mistake", a staff ofiver from Edwards recently told this reporter, "that we have to hand-pick the cream of the pros." It is at Edwards, a huge hot chunk of Mojave waste that sprawls over 301,029 acres of Califoirnia that the A-11 and other fantastic new planes are being tested every day by handpicked teams of civilian and military aces. [paragraphs passed over of Patuxent river, etc....] The A-11, for example, whistles along so fast that her special titanium skin must endure temperatures of 300 - 1,000 degrees. If the cooling system fails and the pilot does not eject or drastically reduce speed he'll fry alive, [other high altidiude horrors deleted, as generic...] [History of Edwards...] An ordinary flyer might have hit the panic button and bailed out without further questions, but the types who fly the X-15 and A-11 are definately extraordinary [Tale of engine out testing gone wrong on a B58, then on to test prep and "these are real engineers" rhetoric...] On the A-11 flights, the larger and more complex craft is handled by two qualified test pilots but the "battle crew" is not usually aboard. Only on cross-country missions does the A-11 travel with combat personnel, and on tests their seats are filled by engineers and Lockhead technical experts. Every test is different. [...] If it is an A-11 or perhaps [...] an F-105 Thuinderchief ... the jet jockey takes it up to 35,000 feet before he even considers any test manouvers. [need of flight testing to wriong out supersonic flight control systems] =========================================Here Endeth..... The whole thing is maybe ten times that much purple prose. The refs of interest are to the bomber role, and to the two man crew of an A-11 (!). [1] Bluebook is, to put it politely, of the "tabloid" school of "journalism". Other cover stories are: Ian Flemings ... Inside Tips on Macao's Girls and Pleasure Palaces and Richard Burton Speaks out on Liz, Sin and the Stars. [This particular issue was sitting on top of a pile at a flea market.] ===== As to the recetn staement, ex-CIA on "no Aurora". Maybe. Maybe no. I bet a careful reading of the gentleman's job description would include: Lie, convincingly, if in the national interst to do so. I'm not saying he is, The Aurora thesis has some weak spots. Lots of 'em. regards dwp ------------------------------ From: Jason Duncan Date: Mon, 20 Feb 1995 19:38:29 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: End of the Aurora Myth? On Mon, 20 Feb 1995, James Easton wrote: > WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- CIA Director R. James Woolsey on Monday denied that > the U.S. government is building a new-generation spy plane to replace the > SR-71 Blackbird, which was retired during the Bush administration. uhm..... we are supposed to believe the CIA???? COME ON! - -Just $0.02 ------------------------------ From: kelleher@consilium.com (John Kelleher) Date: Tue, 21 Feb 95 10:31:16 -0800 Subject: Re: End of the Aurora Myth? James Easton wrote: > "That is a scam," Woolsey said. Hmm. Never before have I heard such a straightforward definition of a typical government black project. Talk about open government!! (Sorry - couldn't resist.) John ------------------------------ From: dougt@u011.oh.vp.com (Doug Tiffany) Date: Sun, 15 May 94 2:36:23 EDT Subject: Prop Speeds It's been kind of slow these last couple of days, so maybe some people won't mind if I ask an off topic question. I was wondering if some of the aircraft experts out there could tell me why the speed of a propeller should (or could) not exceed the speed of sound. I read this fact in an article once, and it was mentioned on "Wings" (on the Discovery Channel), but they never explained why. Thanks in advance. - -- Douglas J. Tiffany (dougt@u011.oh.vp.com) Varco-Pruden Buildings Northern Division Van Wert OH. (419) 238-9533 ------------------------------ From: HACKETT@vilas.uwex.edu Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 13:34:28 CDT Subject: NYT article on CIA Please note the article headed "CIA Mission: Strengthen Ties to Capitol Hill". "A message to the CIA's spies went out this month....asking spies to list everyone in Congress with whom they had "personal ties" or a "working relationship." I know it reeks of witch hunts and McCarthy-ism but personally I would like to know if my member of Congress had a "working relationship" with the CIA. ------------------------------ From: Ralph the Wonder Llama Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 16:48:09 -0600 (CST) Subject: Re: Prop Speeds >It's been kind of slow these last couple of days, so maybe some people >won't mind if I ask an off topic question. I was wondering if some of >the aircraft experts out there could tell me why the speed of a >propeller should (or could) not exceed the speed of sound. I read >this fact in an article once, and it was mentioned on "Wings" (on the >Discovery Channel), but they never explained why. This reminds me of a small article in Popular Mechanics (Science?) a few years ago. It was about a special aircraft that was built to break the sound barrier, using a prop as propulsion!!! Does anyone recall this as well, or am I going nuts? I seem to remember the plane as being about the size of a Piper Cub, with a pusher prop and a high wing. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Guslick / ^ \ IRC: HaveBlue NAR #53962 TIP #112 ---(.)==<-.->==(.)--- Klein bottle for sale - michaelg@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu SR-71 Blackbird Inquire within. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "And who the heck is this Kibo guy?" ------------------------------ From: James Easton Date: Tue, 21 Feb 95 18:51 BST Subject: Triangular Craft - Belgian Sightings Regarding... >From: "J. Pharabod" >Date: Mon, 13 Feb 95 16:18:58 MET >Subject: Re: Triangular Craft - Belgian Sightings >Here is the transcript of the contact (from Belgian military sources): ... >...It seems that this drop is the one quoted in the Paris-Match article: " >while descending from 3,000 meters to 1,700 meters...in one second!" So, >both of us were wrong: it was not 1 second, it was not 3 or 4 seconds, it >was 2 seconds! Hi Jean-Pierre, This transcript matches exactly the radar footage I have on tape and I am delighted to agree on this compromise . >This is an old article (Paris-Match dated July 5, 1990, though in fact it >was published last day of June). As I said previously, there have been new >studies, with different conclusions. There have indeed. However, I believe that the article referred to is particularly important as it provides a detailed "snapshot" of the conclusions nearer the time of the event and the reasons for those conclusions. We may agree or disagree with any ensuing studies and their differing conclusions, however, there is no disputing the consistency of the reports during that time, especially when compared with previous and subsequent reports from outwith Belgium. You have been most helpful in clarifying some of the issues surrounding these events. Cheers, James. - ------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: TEXJE@VAXB.HW.AC.UK Internet: JAMES.EASTON@STAIRWAY.CO.UK - ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ From: James Easton Date: Tue, 21 Feb 95 18:50 BST Subject: Triangular Craft Regarding... >From: jburtens@bournemouth.ac.uk (John Burtenshaw) >Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 10:55:51 +0000 >Subject: Re: Triangular Craft >Following the thread of recent postings on the triangular craft I'd like to >add my few pence (or cents) worth. >In one of the Sunday papers that I read there was a brief report of the now >famous Rendlesham Forest incident that occured in the UK during December >1980.... >The object reported by the USAF airmen seen hovering and then landing at >RAF Woodbridge was described as triangular and made of a black material... >Just a coincidence when viewed with other flying black triangle stories and >the Belgium Triangle incident or something deeper? I have discussed this with John and having recently researched this case, there are strong grounds for believing that the events related to were a deliberate smokescreen to cover up a USAF incident involving nuclear material. John has provided some helpful background information in this respect. There may be an imminent breakthrough in this case and should that transpire, I will post any information which is relevant to this conference. Cheers, James. - ------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: TEXJE@VAXB.HW.AC.UK Internet: JAMES.EASTON@STAIRWAY.CO.UK - ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ From: JMTN47A@prodigy.com (MR DEAN W SMEATON) Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 14:24:49 EST Subject: Connecting to Harbor Please advise telephone number for Harbor. Thank you. - -------FORWARD, Original message follows------- Date: FROM: ID: Subject: Connecting to Harbor - -------FORWARD, End of original message------- ------------------------------ End of Skunk Works Digest V5 #206 ********************************* To subscribe to skunk-works-digest, send the command: subscribe skunk-works-digest in the body of a message to "majordomo@mail.orst.edu". If you want to subscribe something other than the account the mail is coming from, such as a local redistribution list, then append that address to the "subscribe" command; for example, to subscribe "local-skunk-works": subscribe skunk-works-digest local-skunk-works@your.domain.net To unsubscribe, send mail to the same address, with the command: unsubscribe skunk-works-digest in the body. 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