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== Historical development ==

Early roots are traced to alleged [[Nazi UFOs|Nazi antigravity projects]] such as the ''[[Haunebu]]'' and ''[[Die Glocke]]'' craft of the 1940s.~~<ref name="Nazi">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_UFOs |title=Nazi UFOs |website=Wikipedia |access-date=2025-05-15}}</ref>~~ Following [[Operation Paperclip]], German scientists were absorbed into U.S. and Soviet black programmes, seeding a decades-long technological rivalry said to culminate in a covert multinational fleet code-named [[Solar Warden]].~~<ref name="Solar">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_qC-8gWrJ4 |title=Solar Warden Conspiracy – The Secret Space Program |website=YouTube |access-date=2025-05-15}}</ref>~~

Early roots are traced to alleged [[Nazi UFOs|Nazi antigravity projects]] such as the ''[[Haunebu]]'' and ''[[Die Glocke]]'' craft of the 1940s. Following [[Operation Paperclip]], German scientists were absorbed into U.S. and Soviet black programmes, seeding a decades-long technological rivalry said to culminate in a covert multinational fleet code-named [[Solar Warden]].

A 1986 ''National Journal'' investigation reported an undisclosed Pentagon budget surge to more than US$22 billion for fiscal 1987, allegedly underwriting early ship construction and deep-space propulsion research.<ref name="BlackBudget">{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/cia-rdp90-00965r000504560001-4 |title=Pentagon’s Top-Secret “Black” Budget Has Skyrocketed During Reagan Years |work=National Journal |date=1986-03-01 |access-date=2025-05-15}}</ref> Legal cover was provided by special-access rules codified in 50 U.S.C. § 3348, permitting year-on-year secrecy waivers for sensitive programmes.<ref name="USCode">{{cite web |url=https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:50%20section:3348%20edition:prelim) |title=50 U.S.C. § 3348 – Reports relating to special access programs |publisher=United States Code |access-date=2025-05-15}}</ref>

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 == Historical development ==
-Early roots are traced to alleged [[Nazi UFOs|Nazi antigravity projects]] such as the ''[[Haunebu]]'' and ''[[Die Glocke]]'' craft of the 1940s.<ref name="Nazi">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_UFOs |title=Nazi UFOs |website=Wikipedia |access-date=2025-05-15}}</ref> Following [[Operation Paperclip]], German scientists were absorbed into U.S. and Soviet black programmes, seeding a decades-long technological rivalry said to culminate in a covert multinational fleet code-named [[Solar Warden]].<ref name="Solar">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_qC-8gWrJ4 |title=Solar Warden Conspiracy – The Secret Space Program |website=YouTube |access-date=2025-05-15}}</ref>
+Early roots are traced to alleged [[Nazi UFOs|Nazi antigravity projects]] such as the ''[[Haunebu]]'' and ''[[Die Glocke]]'' craft of the 1940s. Following [[Operation Paperclip]], German scientists were absorbed into U.S. and Soviet black programmes, seeding a decades-long technological rivalry said to culminate in a covert multinational fleet code-named [[Solar Warden]].
 A 1986 ''National Journal'' investigation reported an undisclosed Pentagon budget surge to more than US$22 billion for fiscal 1987, allegedly underwriting early ship construction and deep-space propulsion research.<ref name="BlackBudget">{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/cia-rdp90-00965r000504560001-4 |title=Pentagon’s Top-Secret “Black” Budget Has Skyrocketed During Reagan Years |work=National Journal |date=1986-03-01 |access-date=2025-05-15}}</ref> Legal cover was provided by special-access rules codified in 50 U.S.C. § 3348, permitting year-on-year secrecy waivers for sensitive programmes.<ref name="USCode">{{cite web |url=https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:50%20section:3348%20edition:prelim) |title=50 U.S.C. § 3348 – Reports relating to special access programs |publisher=United States Code |access-date=2025-05-15}}</ref>