Uploaded July 2011 | Updated September 2026, 54 minutes ago
Why shouldn't presidents and politicians have a "need-to-know" of what is going on at Area 51? To save his election for the second term, when President Johnson learned CIA's secret, A-12 Blackbird reconnaissance plane whose top speed reaches Mach 3+, he wanted to announce it to the world. However, as CIA refused to reveal their secret, President Johnson announced the existence of the A-12 modified into the Air Force's Mach 3 YF-12 evaluated as a Mach 3 interceptor.
Why shouldn't presidents and politicians have a "need-to-know" of what is going on at Area 51? To save his election for the second term, when President Johnson learned CIA's secret, A-12 Blackbird reconnaissance plane whose top speed reaches Mach 3+, he wanted to announce it to the world. However, as CIA refused to reveal their secret, President Johnson announced the existence of the A-12 modified into the Air Force's Mach 3 YF-12 evaluated as a Mach 3 interceptor.
