I think it was a model not real aircraft,but I was never heard about
it before.
A B&W version of this image appears on page 49 of the 'Aerofax' Douglas A-3
Skywarrior book, published in 1987, along with the two images posted below.
The caption to the above image states :-
'This artist's rendering shows the proposed Upper Surface Blowing research aircraft
as it would appear in flight over the distinctive dirigible hangar at NAS Moffett Field.
NASA Ames Research Center still hopes to obtain the funding to modify an A-3
airframe and fit it with four turbofans to provide for upper surface blowing.'
The description, on the previous page, relates how, in 1983, NASA Ames selected
the A-3 as a basis for a follow-on USB research aircraft to the modified DHC Buffalo
based QSRA.
"Seeking to develop a high-speed Upper Surface Blowing (USB)
research aircraft to extend into higher speed and altitude the work done with it's
QSRA..."
The proposed engines were the GE TF34 or the Garret ALF502.
The wing and tailplane would be all-new.
Also see below an image of the QSRA, from airliners.net.
cheers,
Robin.