home" is a close but memory-distorted version of what he actually said, as evidenced by his presentation scripts, which he followed closely. Quoting Rich as saying, "We have the technology to take E.T. Their description is not bad for being based on memory, and I was just looking at a photocopy of the original slide last week. I won't hold it against Keller and Harzan that they describe his UFO slide as a black disk flying into space, rather than as a metallic flying saucer in a cloudy sky with a sunburst. Perhaps he mentioned it earlier in his UCLA speech, or maybe Keller and Harzan simply forgot. By 1993, he was ending with the YF-22 winning the Advanced Tactical Fighter fly-off competition, something the Skunk Works was justifiably proud of at the time. The overall description of Rich's presentation matches (for the most part) his standard script, though I'm not sure that I believe he ended that talk with a discussion of the F-117A. The Keller/Harzan accounts of his 1993 UCLA speech are based solely on memory and were only reported years after the event. Most of his so-called quotes are not traceable back to a reliable source. The main point of my earlier posts was simply that Ben Rich did not say what some people claim he said.
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