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If this story sounds familiar, you may have seen my post I wrote a few years ago on Reddit's /r/hobbydrama. The script for this video I adapted from that writeup.

Sources used:

Paul Ciotti. 1986. “Tempest in a Toy Box” Los Angeles Times. October 19, 1986. https://www.latimes.com/archives/lax...

John H. Cushman Jr. 1988. “Air Force Lifts Curtain, a Bit, on Secret Plane (Published 1988).” November 11, 1988. https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/11/us...

How the Secret Development of the F117 Led to the Birth of the Misleading F19, the Stealth Fighter That Never Was.” 2020. The Aviation Geek Club. February 19, 2020. https://theaviationgeekclub.com/howt...

“History of Stealth: From Out of the Shadows.” n.d. Accessed March 24, 2022. https://www.airforcemag.com/article/h..., Clare. 2023.

“When a TopSecret Stealth Aircraft Crashed In a California Forest Two Years Before It Was Publicly Announced.” Warhistoryonline. January 17, 2023. https://www.warhistoryonline.com/airc....

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:32 The 1962 United States TriService Aircraft Designation System
3:02 Stealth Technology
5:39 The F19 MUST exist, right?
7:42 Testors is selling WHAT?
9:38 The Big Reveal
11:05 The Fallout
12:06 Some Concluding Thoughts
13:56 Outro
14:25 top secret