Hi there.  I thought you may be interested in this article from
the Brisbane 'Courier Mail', Sat. May 8th. 1993.

You probably know all about it and it seems to me to be a
likely candidate for mistaken UFO sightings.

           EXPERIMENTAL JET WILL HAVE PILOTS IN SPIN

WASHINGTON: A joint US-German experimental fighter jet has
completed a revolutionary rapid turn in flight far beyond the
aerodynamic capability of conventional fixed-wing aircraft, the
Pentagon said yesterday.
  The Air Force released video film and photographs of the X-31
aircraft as it slowed yesterday from about 480 km/h to reverse
direction in nine seconds using a tight, looping turn.
  The manoeuvre, relying on special exhaust direction thrusters
on the delta-wing aircraft, took place at 5900m at Edwards Air
Force Base.
  Two of the X-31 Enhanced Fighter Manoeuvrability test jets
have been built in a joint US-German program.

    **End article**

There is an accompanying photograph of a small 'plane with a
huge oblong jet underneath it and the delta wings affixed to
the bottom of the engine. Looks weird.

A head-on view would look something like this;


                     _|_
                    /---\       Body
                    \ o /
                     ---         Jet
       _____________|___|_____________    Wings

M.

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