A video of a mysterious aircraft thundering over a U.S. military installation has set off a wave of speculation online, and the leading theories all point to aircraft the Pentagon would rather nobody photographed.
The aircraft was captured flying over McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, Kansas. It is believed to be the B-21 Raider, a nuclear-capable stealth bomber carrying a unit price tag of roughly $700 million.
That identification is unconfirmed. OutKick's David Hookstead, who first published the footage, wrote that a reflection off what appears to be a cockpit window around the seven-second mark is the strongest evidence for the B-21 - but allowed it could also be the RQ-170 Sentinel or the RQ-180, a classified surveillance drone whose existence the government has never acknowledged. Other observers have argued the shape is a better match for the older B-2 Spirit.
McConnell is a tanker base, home to the KC-46 Pegasus, and sits well outside the B-21's Edwards Air Force Base test corridor - which is part of why the sighting drew attention, and part of why some doubt the identification.
Mysterious aircraft was spotted flying over McConnell Air Force Base in Kansas, fueling speculation that it may have been a rare glimpse of America's costly, top-secret B-21 Raider stealth bomber - reports
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