Northrop Grumman TR6 Telos

[aim9xray]

Just to set the record straight. The "V" shaped craft is a real thing. It belongs to or is managed by the Navy in some role. It was tested around Hudson Valley in 1983/1984. The governor of Arizona saw it close up in 1997.

Why was the Hudson Valley selected as a test site? Comprehensive instrumented Navy test ranges?

 

[sublight_]

Why was the Hudson Valley selected as a test site? Comprehensive instrumented Navy test ranges?

Every Navy contractor and his mother was in Hudson Valley. I believe this thing was an urban hostage rescue platform, birthed from the Iranian hostage rescue failure. Where better to test it than an actual urban area.

The info-graphic on the first post is completely fake, with the single exception of being similar to what this thing looked like.