Aviation Week And Space Technology
Aviation Week and Space Technology (commonly abbreviated AW&ST) is one of the aerospace industry's most respected and long-running trade publications, covering military and civilian aviation, space, and defense technology. The publication has a history of publishing carefully sourced reporting on classified aerospace programs, including initial public disclosures of advanced black project aircraft that later became acknowledged programs.
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Connection to Mark McCandlish and Brad Sorenson
William B. Scott, a senior engineering editor at AW&ST, played a direct role in documenting the ARV disclosure story. In December 1990, Scott published some of Mark McCandlish's technical sketches relating to the Aurora craft, which drew attention to McCandlish's claims about advanced classified aircraft. Scott subsequently reached out to Brad Sorenson, McCandlish's primary source for the ARV Flux Liner description, for direct comment.
On December 3, 1990, Scott conducted a detailed interview with Sorenson — an interview that remained out of public circulation for decades and was first publicly discussed by UAP Gerb. In that interview, Sorenson confirmed the existence of the classified aerospace exhibit at Air Force Plant 42, the Aurora craft, the B-2 bomber losing competitor, and the three ARV Flux Liners. Scott chose not to publish the ARV-related portions of the interview, later indicating he had difficulty believing claims about flying saucers capable of faster-than-light travel derived from recovered non-human technology.