UAP Personalities

Edgar Albert Fouché (22 February 1948 – 11 May 2017) was a former U.S. Air Force avionics and electronics specialist and later a defense-industry engineer and manager. He became known in UFO and black-project circles in the late 1990s for his claims about highly classified aerospace programs, especially the alleged triangular craft known as the TR-3B.:contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}

Fouché presented himself as a whistleblower with long experience in military electronics, cryptographic systems, and “black” programs. His presentations combined personal biography, descriptions of advanced aircraft and radar systems, and detailed technical claims about exotic propulsion, anti-gravity concepts, and secret government projects.

Edgar Fouché was born in Americus, Georgia, into a family he described as fifth-generation French-Americans, with several relatives historically involved in government, intelligence, and classified work.

He often traced his interest in secrecy and intelligence back to these family roots, sometimes mentioning a claimed ancestral connection to Joseph Fouché, the powerful French statesman and intelligence organizer who served under Napoleon.

Fouché served in the U.S. Air Force for roughly two decades, beginning in the late 1960s. He reported assignments at multiple bases, including overseas postings and U.S. installations associated with tactical and strategic aviation.

According to documents he shared publicly, his specialties included:

• Maintenance and testing of advanced avionics and fire-control radar systems (including the APG-66/APG-68 family)

• Work with electronic warfare and electronic counter-measures test equipment

• Exposure to NSA-related cryptologic systems and automatic test equipment

He claimed that some assignments brought him into proximity with highly classified test ranges, including facilities associated with Nellis Air Force Base and the wider Area 51 complex. These postings form the biographical foundation for his later statements about secret aircraft and the TR-3B.

After leaving active military service, Fouché worked for several U.S. Department of Defense contractors from the late 1980s through the mid-1990s. He stated that he held positions such as:​

• Engineering Program Manager

• Site Manager

• Director of Engineering

In these roles he said he interfaced with major commands (TAC, SAC, ATC, PACAF) and with leading aerospace and electronics manufacturers, further deepening his exposure to classified programs and technologies. Independent public confirmation of the specific classified projects he referenced is limited; most information comes from his own presentations and documents he released.

Fouché first came to wider public attention in the UFO community in 1998, when he gave a detailed talk at the International UFO Congress in Laughlin, Nevada. In this presentation he:​

• Described his military and contractor background

• Claimed knowledge of a secret U.S. triangular craft, the TR-3B

• Presented slides outlining the craft’s propulsion and performance

• Displayed personnel records and other documents as “offer of proof” for his credibility

Parts of his story and documentation later appeared in the British documentary “Riddle of the Skies” on The Learning Channel, and more recently he has been featured posthumously in documentaries such as Secret Space UFOs: Rise of the TR-3B.

Fouché co-authored the novel *Alien Rapture: The Chosen* (often credited as *Alien Rapture – The Chosen*) with writer Brad Steiger. The book, published in the late 1990s, is presented as science fiction but draws heavily on Fouché’s claimed experiences, including:

• The existence of the Aurora program and other black aerospace projects

• Secret bases such as Area 51

• Advanced triangular craft with unconventional propulsion

• Government secrecy and MJ-12–type oversight groups

Fouché sometimes characterized the novel as a vehicle to disclose sensitive information under the cover of fiction, blending dramatized storytelling with his technical and conspiratorial themes.

In later years, Fouché continued to appear in interviews, online articles, and forums discussing the TR-3B and related technologies. His claims circulated widely in UFO literature and on the internet, influencing how many enthusiasts think about “black triangles” and alleged anti-gravity craft.

He died in Texas on 11 May 2017. Even after his death, his 1998 presentation and writings continue to be shared and debated in UFO and alternative propulsion communities.

Fouché’s most famous assertion is that the U.S. developed and deployed a large, triangular aircraft known as the TR-3B (sometimes called “Astra” or linked in popular culture with the nickname “Black Manta”). According to his narrative:

• The TR-3B is an operational, man-made craft, not an alien vehicle

• It was the most exotic product of the highly classified “Aurora” program

• It is reportedly funded and tasked by agencies such as the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), NSA, and CIA

• He claimed to be the first to publicly expose the TR-3B and its associated “flying triangles” and “Magnetic Field Disruptor” technology in 1998.

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In Fouché’s description, the TR-3B is a massive, silent, triangular craft:​

• Planform: Large isosceles triangle with slightly rounded corners

• Size: Approximately 600 feet (about 200 yards, “two football fields”) across

• Lights: Bright light sources at each corner and a larger circular structure in the center

Flight characteristics:

• Able to hover silently

• Capable of very slow, low-altitude flight

• Also able to perform extreme accelerations and high-speed maneuvers when required

He suggested that many “black triangle” UFO sightings in Europe and the United States, including well-known wave reports (such as Belgium in the early 1990s), could be attributable to the TR-3B or related platforms.

At the heart of Fouché’s TR-3B story is an exotic propulsion concept he called the Magnetic Field Disruptor (MFD). In his account:​

• The central circular structure of the triangle is a plasma-filled accelerator ring

• This ring is said to contain a highly pressurized fluid or plasma (often described as a mercury-based or similarly dense medium)

• The accelerator rotates at extremely high speeds (tens of thousands of RPM), generating enormous pressures and electromagnetic fields

Fouché claimed that the MFD:

• Creates a powerful toroidal magnetic field

• “Disrupts” or partially cancels local gravitational effects

• Reduces the effective mass or weight of the vehicle by up to about 89%, making it extremely light and maneuverable

With most of its apparent weight neutralized, the TR-3B would supposedly require only conventional propulsion (such as standard jet or rocket engines) for high performance, since far less thrust is needed to move a much “lighter” craft.

Fouché also attributed several advanced material and stealth features to the TR-3B:

• An electro-chemically reactive outer skin able to alter:

• Reflectivity

• Radar absorptivity

• Visible color and apparent brightness

• Early use of quasi-crystalline materials (“quasicrystals”) in the vehicle’s skin, allegedly improving strength and electromagnetic properties

These properties, he said, allowed the craft to greatly reduce its radar cross section and even visually “disguise” itself, for example by mimicking the appearance of a smaller aircraft under certain lighting and radar conditions.

According to Fouché, the TR-3B emerged from a long-running compartmentalized program within the U.S. black budget system:​

• Developed under the broader “Aurora” program concerned with next-generation reconnaissance and strike aircraft

• Joint oversight by intelligence and reconnaissance agencies (NRO, NSA, CIA)

• Heavy use of special access programs (SAPs) and need-to-know compartmentalization

• Partial integration of reverse-engineered technologies allegedly derived from recovered UFOs or “alien reproduction vehicle” concepts

He maintained that, while not every UFO sighting is a TR-3B, some reports of giant, silent triangles are evidence that this craft has been operational since at least the mid-1980s or early 1990s.

Fouché’s claims about the TR-3B are highly controversial and remain unverified:​

• No declassified documents or mainstream aerospace disclosures have confirmed the existence of a TR-3B or a working Magnetic Field Disruptor

• Aerospace analysts and skeptics generally view the detailed propulsion description as inconsistent with known physics and engineering constraints

• Official sources do not acknowledge the program, and black-triangle sightings have alternative explanations, including misidentified aircraft, atmospheric phenomena, or observational error

Nevertheless, within UFO and alternative-propulsion communities, Fouché’s narrative has become one of the most influential modern stories linking black-triangle sightings to a specific, named U.S. black project. His descriptions of a large, triangular craft with quasi-gravity control continue to be widely cited in discussions of the TR-3B and alleged secret space-plane technology.