Star Shield and the Legacy of Ronald Reagan
by Michael Schratt (*) 2010 in Black Projects.
What was it that Ed Burns saw on the night of March 24, 1983 over the Teconic freeway?
In addition, what was it that the 11 security guards witnessed hovering over the Indian Point nuclear reactor on July 24, 1984?
Was it a TOP SECRET man made experimental craft, or was it something extraterrestrial in origin?
Ground breaking research by classified aircraft historian Joseph Jones may provide the name of the contractor who built the craft, and explain some of the sightings associated with the Hudson Valley boomerang. On March 23, 1983 President Ronald Reagan outlined his plan for a defensive system which would protect the United States against an attack by intercontinental ballistic missiles. Commonly referred to as the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) or “STAR WARS” by the media, this “vision of the future” was designed to offer a “new hope” for America. The long term proposal specifically employed multiple technologies such as: ground based chemical lasers, airborne lasers, spaced based particle beam accelerators, rail guns/”brilliant pebbles”, and rapid response anti-missile systems.
Collectively, these technologies were designed to over-lap each other, providing for a “fail safe” system which would protect the country. However, by the late 1980’s, SDI was deemed “too expensive” and “too technologically advanced” for the deployment of a practical integrated system. Was this simply a cover story cleverly designed to influence the media into thinking that “SDI was a failure”? Curiously, Reagan’s ”STAR WARS” speech which he delivered to the American people on the night of March 23, 1983, came less than 24 hours before a massive sighting of a giant boomerang shaped craft on the night of March 24th near Millwood NY. Was this just a coincidence, or was Reagan “briefed” on a new research and development program which had already initiated early test flights?
During the March 24th 1983 sightings, multiple eyewitnesses reported seeing a 200 foot wide boomerang shaped craft which carried a large compliment of red, white, green and blue lights. One large amber light was centrally located on the craft. The strange object moved slowly, and was reported to be virtually silent, or emitting a low “hum” (similar to that of an electrical transformer). Some eyewitnesses stated that they were no more than 100 to 200 feet from the object. According to the International UFO Reporter (July/August 1983), at least 100 residents, including police officers sighted a large Boomerang or V-shaped object flying over Yorktown NY on the night of March 24, 1983. On the same night in Mount Kisco NY, ten eyewitnesses reported seeing a large colorful object hovering 500 feet above Rt. I-684. People slammed on their brakes, and pulled off to the side of the road nearly causing multiple accidents. One observer stated that when the craft flew directly over his car at an altitude of 300 feet, he could see a pattern of red, blue, and white lights in a V-shaped pattern. In Mahopec NY, hundreds of people reported seeing a large boomerang shaped craft (estimated to be 150 feet across), that was hovering over the Taconic highway. A police officer who was at the scene, stated that when he got directly under the craft, he could hear a slight humming sound. In New Castle NY, a boomerang shaped object the size of a 747 was seen hovering over a nearby field for two minutes before it departed towards Yorktown.
Near the end of his second term in office, Reagan already had two Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (START) summits with Soviet General Gorbachev. One in Geneva Switzerland on November 19, 1985. The other took place in Reykjavik, Iceland on October 11, 1986. However, both of these summit meetings failed to accomplish a long term arms reduction plan. This was largely due to the fact that SDI was something Reagan considered very dear to his heart. In fact, his SDI proposal was essentially his "crusade", and something he was unwilling to "budge" on during talks with General Mikhail Gorbachev. However, on December 8, 1987, a breaktrough was made at the White House, and an official START treaty was finally signed during Reagan’s summit meeting in Washington DC. Why had the two previous attempts “failed”? Did Reagan feel confident that he now possessed an “ace in the hole” technology which was already “field tested”? Indeed, as Aviation Week and Space Technology highlighted in their December 24, 1990 issue: “Eight years of the Reagan administration were very good to the black world”.
From the breakthrough efforts by stealth aircraft researcher Joseph Jones, we now can identify a possible aerospace contractor that was involved in the construction of at least some of the aircraft associated with the Hudson Valley sightings. According to Jones, the term “STAR SHIELD” was the actual designation for the SDI program, and not the fanciful “STAR WARS” term adopted by the media.
The internal codename for this program was called “Brilliant Buzzard” aka “ASTRA” or airborne surveillance and tracking. This program dealt with setting up an electro-magnetic “shield” around the United States thereby effectively creating an “iron dome”. This would be accomplished by building gigantic boomerang shaped flying wing craft which could loiter over American cities. By “linking” the aircraft together, these craft would form a protective electromagnetic “umbrella” over the continental United States (something Nikola Tesla proposed over 100 years ago). This “shield” would render enemy ICBM’s ineffective and ultimately obsolete. In addition, directed energy weapons on-board the craft could also be used as an effective defensive deterrence. This system also allowed for real-time tracking of enemy targets as well as covert surveillance missions. According to Jones, the primary contractor was Boeing, with JP Aerospace retained as a possible sub-contractor. JP Aerospace has been in the business of designing Lighter Than Air (LTA) vehicles for over 31 years. In fact, their website makes the bold claim that they are “America’s other space program”.
(*) Michael Schratt is a private pilot/military aerospace Historian and has lectured across the USA on the unique subject of “mystery aircraft,” and classified propulsion systems buried deep within the military industrial complex. Michael talks about the evidence that supports the claim that elements within the military industrial complex (specifically the American aerospace industry) have designed, built and tested flown saucer shaped aircraft which mimic the form, fit and function of that as we perceive to be extraterrestrial UFOs.
Michael Schratt, aerospace historian, at MUFON’s 2010 Symposium. Titled, "Bombshell UFO case files revealed", Schratt examines advanced black budget aircraft, possible Nazi technology, and UFO case files from MUFON and CUFOS. He asks the audience to determine what is ours and what might be extraterrestrial.
