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Breaking: Triangular craft spotted at Area 51

A triangular aircraft has just been captured on video flying over Area 51.

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Brian Dunning
Jan 22, 2026
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Photo credit: Anders Otteson, UncannyExpeditions.com

About a week ago, this photo was taken in the night sky above Area 51. It depicts a single-engine jet aircraft with a triangular configuration. It has been nicknamed the Dorito — for obvious reasons.

Anders Otteson is the photographer, and this is actually a still from a video which you can see on his YouTube channel. He is one of a number of people who spend a lot of time trying to see what they can in this — well, interesting bit of airspace. This photo was captured with a thermal camera attached to a conventional camera, and was a super lucky shot. These planes are too high to hear (stealth aircraft tend to be quieter than most anyway) and the thermal cameras have a pretty tight field of view. He also spotted a B-21 Raider flying around at the same time.

So the question is: what is it? We can make a pretty strong guess.

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