Mystery Flying Wing Aircraft Photographed Over The Philippines

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Mystery Flying Wing Aircraft Photographed Over The Philippines
The aircraft resembles the one seen in an image taken in California a year ago that is thought to be of the elusive RQ-180 stealth spy aircraft.
By Tyler Rogoway September 4, 2021

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The Philippines sits between the South China Sea and the Philippine Sea, two contentious and highly surveilled bodies of water that regularly see large amounts of military activity, especially Chinese and American. All types of military aircraft constantly frequent the skies above both seas, from bombers to drones, but on September 2nd, at around 6:15 AM local time, landscape photographer Michael Fugnit captured something very unique in his lens—what appears to be a stealthy flying wing aircraft with a diamond-shaped fuselage and slender wings, a centralized exhaust, potentially featuring twin engines, and a ventral fuselage bulge.

Fugnit tells The War Zone that he was up early in Santa Magdalena to catch the perfect sunrise when he noticed an aircraft overhead moving along at a good clip. The single image he took showed something that is unlike any normal commercial or military aircraft that usually criss-cross the skies over the region on a daily basis.
Michael Fugnit

The original image Michael provided. He states that it was taken by a "Fujifilmxt2 +50-200mm" which, combined with high-altitude and the early morning lighting, would explain the small resolution and grainy nature of the image.

We must state that we cannot authenticate the image at this time, although we gave it a cursory examination in photoshop and nothing major stood out. We do not have any reason to believe the photographer fabricated it, either, although it is only prudent to underscore that the factual status of the photograph could change. We will continue to examine the image using various tools and are reaching out to other photo experts to give us their opinion.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/42261/mystery-flying-wing-aircraft-photographed-over-the-philippines

[catfish1957]

Since our Chicom enemies can and have reverse engineered most of our technology, it gives them plenty of time and resources to develop their own state of the art stuff. Then add the fact the plane is pretty much right off the China coast.

Folks, I am afraid we are about to lose our standing as world leader militarily.

[Fishrrman]

Catfish:
"Folks, I am afraid we are about to lose our standing as world leader militarily."

Agreed.
That "mystery aircraft" is either American OR Chinese.
The fact that it could be "either" validates your statement above.

The Chinese remain ascendant, as we decline.