dawn

The concept of dawn it has various uses. The word comes from the Latin word dawn, which is linked with meanings like "aura", "radiance" Y "brightness". It may refer to the pinkish-toned lighting that precedes the appearance of the Sun and, by extension and symbolism, to the origin or beginning of something.

For example: "He left with the dawn covering his face", «We are before the dawn of a project revolutionary«, «I just fell asleep with the aurora».

It is known as polar aurora to a particular luminosity that appears in the sky during some nights in the polar regions. This phenomenon is generated from the collision of solar electrons and protons against the poles, an event that produces a light faint. The Northern Hemisphere aurora is called Northern Lights, while the polar aurora of the southern hemisphere is called southern aurora.

dawn, on the other hand, is the roman goddess of dawn, sister of Sun and the Moon. Mythology states that dawn flies through the skies to announce the arrival of the dawn. With the tears that she sheds for the death of one of her children, the dew is created.

Notably dawn is also a proper name of woman, whose saints are the September 8th.

The composer and conductor Héctor Panizza composed an opera entitled «dawn«. One of his arias, titled "Song to the flag", is one of the official songs of Argentina. His lyrics state: "High in the Darling, a warrior / fearless eagle soars in triumphal flight ".

The plane that never saw the light of day

The name Aurora is also related to a reconnaissance ship whose existence was never confirmed. Despite the lack of evidence, this supposed North American project became a myth that would last for more than two decades.

In March 1990, the magazine Aviation Week & Space Technology announced the news: in the budget that the North American government had presented for the year 1985, the amount of $ 455 million intended for the production of a «black ship». The article spoke of an "Aurora project", which referred to a group of ships exotic and not to a particular model. Apparently, around 1987, the already considerable sum of money reached 2.3 billion.

Without a doubt, the main reason for the success of the Aurora rumor is that it would supposedly reach Mach 6 speed, 6 times that of sound. The suggestion from the public was such that in the mid-1990s there were reports of sightings of the ultrasonic craft in California and the United Kingdom. Witnesses claimed to have seen stelae of smoke with strange shapes and have heard sonic booms, at the same time as unidentified flying objects. The lack of explanations by the government, added to the expectations of the people, made these phenomena quickly related to the already popular North American project.

One of the most resounding testimonies came from the mouth of Bob Lazar, who had worked for the mysterious facilities S-4, in Nevada. In his statement, he claimed to have seen a dawn in mid-flight while he was traveling by bus, near Groom Lake. The noise produced by the ship, according to Bob, had been a tremendous roar that gave the feeling of being tearing the sky. Despite not having had the opportunity to observe it in detail, he was able to describe several of its physical characteristics, such as that it had a large size. In addition to recounting his encounter with the plane, he said he had received confirmation from his supervisor that it was the mythical Dawn.