[MHGinTN]

I tend to agree regarding the secret airforce craft ... 509th being the only a-bomb group at the time. I would love to see some alternate 'translations' of the memo in Ramey's hand, but I have to say the program made a strong case for the 'translation' they offered. Ther emight just be alternate translation potential, along lines you've suggested! Survivors? Well ya, of bomber crew members perhaps.

[dinodino]

I recall reading somewhere where we were developing nuclear-powered disc aircraft; I think it was in Popular Mechanics. In fact, because nuclear tech was involved, the records were still classified decades later. The crash of a prototype would certainly account for the aviators and the heightened secrecy.