B-21 Raider spotted over Philippines?
Sorsogon 101
Unknown aircraft in Sorsogon?
On the morning of September 2 exactly 6:15am, what seemed like a stealth bomber was captured
using a Fujifilm Xt2 +50-200mm camera at the skies of Santa Magdalena, Sorsogon by our contributor, Michael Fugnit.
According to a facebook post by “Sorsogon 101”, a contributor called Michael Fugnit reportedly spotted an unknown aircraft over Sorsogon in the early morning of September 2, 2021 at 6.15am.
He took the photo of the unknown aircraft with a Fujifilm Xt2 camera + 50-200mm lense in the skies of Santa Magdalena, Sorsogon, Philippines.
Michael Fugnit
RQ 180 Drone ?????????????? ✈️️
Sept2
6:15am
Location: Sta Magdalena Sorsogon
Fujifilm Philippines
Fujifilmxt2 +50-200mm
According to Michael, he make an educated guess that it could be a Northrop Grumman RQ-180.
However, no one really know exactly how the RQ-180 looks like other than concept renderings. Its existence has never been confirmed by the US Air Force.
A photograph was taken over Edwards Air Force in November 2020, which have the same silhouette as the photo taken over Sorsogon, and was widely guessed to be the RQ-180 spy drone.
In the comment section of Sorsogon 101, many commenters are guessing that it might be the Chinese Xian H-20. But the shape does not match the photo, not to mention it isn’t likely that a Chinese bomber would be able to travel this far away from any PLAAF base.
In our own initial educated guess, it could actually be the Northrop Grumman B-21. We made a video a few month back detailing the production plans (which we probably just contradicted our own guess) to replace the B-1 and B-2 bombers, would likely burst it’s initial order for 100 planes.
Other noticeable trait of the unknown aircraft is that it has 2 contrails very close together. Meaning that the aircraft definitely have 2 engines, which the B-21 satisfy. For the RQ-180, its a bit more complicated…
Given the total lack of knowledge of how a RQ-180 looks like, its extremely difficult to assert that the aircraft in the photo is indeed a RQ-180.
Of course, we can similarly say the same of B-21 for being an “aircraft still under testing and not yet in production”. THATS if we choose to believe the official narrative put out by the US Air Force.
Or could the unknown aircraft just be a “known” operational drone: the RQ-170 Sentinel?
So in a way, the RQ-170 could very well be the unknown aircraft in question. The only issue is that, the RQ-170 seemed to be single engine (which likely should have only 1 contrail?) and the wings seemed to be much thinner in the photo than the rendering.
The lack of information and sighting of RQ-180, the operational status of RQ-170, the “still in testing” B-21…. it’s really anybody’s guess what that aircraft actually is.
What do you think?
Share your opinion in the comments below. What do you think this unknown aircraft actually is.