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Skunk Works Digest          Sunday, 2 April 1995        Volume 05 : Number 229

In this issue:

	re: Trader John (+ spy plane info)
	Bill Purcell

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From: TRADER@cup.portal.com
Date: Sat,  1 Apr 95 08:56:52 PST
Subject: re: Trader John (+ spy plane info)

In an earlier message, BROWN A <92913938@mmu.ac.uk> wrote:

>I've been told that a good source of info is "Trader John" on portal.cup, but
>unfortunatly, that is all I've got to go on. What I'm looking for is the full 
>e-mail address needed to get through.

Actually, it's just TRADER@cup.portal.com . I run a secrecy FTP site [see
[below] and put out an occasional newsletter on the "sources and methods"
that can be used to uncover military secrets, the NEON AZIMUTH.

Since you asked about "Aurora" I'll tell you what I'm pursuing through
the Freedom of Information Act. Both of these are classified aircraft, 
and I had to file FOIA appeals since the Air Force denied my FOIA requests
on "national security grounds".

Item 1 -- Program Element 0603223F, listed as "new surveillance aircraft"
in Department of Defense Future Years Defense Planning documents. Current
program as of Fiscal Year 1994. This could be the unmanned, large Stealth
aircraft that Jane's Defence Weekly mentioned -- program was recently
cancelled.

Item 2 -- PE 0207591F -- codeword OMEGA, listed as "advanced program
evaluation" and funded for 105.1 million dollars in Fiscal Year 1995.
The rumor is that this a hypersonic Trans Atmospheric Vehicle (TAV).

Sorry if I haven't been online much in the last 2 months -- I've been
extremely busy with a number of projects.

Paul McGinnis / TRADER@cup.portal.com / PaulMcG@aol.com

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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/ and
America Online users can use Keyword:FTP)

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From: kklapper@vt.edu
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 1995 15:20:36 +0500
Subject: Bill Purcell

 I'm curious if you have an e-mail address of a former Skunworks engineer by 
the name William (Bill) Purcell. He's a member a few on-line services like 
Prodigy and Compu Serve. I know he's also worked on Northrup's B-2 and for 
McDonnell-Douglas. If you have it but would prefer not to give it out then 
I'd appreciate it if you could have him contact me.
Thank you,

Kevin Klapperich
kklapper@vt.edu


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