Boeing and Lockheed Martin would always use the term rocket science to make rockets seem more esoteric than they were and to demotivate new entrants like SpaceX.
Number one is that the Air Force and contractors like Lockheed and Northrop know a lot more than NASA.
It also probably wasn't the most advanced aviation craft that Lockheed had operational at the time.
And Ben Rich, the director of Lockheed Skunk Works at the time, would openly express frustration at all the money he had to spend on tech protection.
These are the two code names used for the long rumored high speed black triangle stealth surveillance craft made by Lockheed Martin and allegedly tested out of Groom Lake.
And this was around the same time Lazar was there. After all, the Aurora was probably Lockheed's answer to Northrop's B2.
Something Lockheed had trouble explaining away.
Finally, there are British Ministry of Defense documents from the late 90s that discuss black triangular high-speed recon aircrafts made by Lockheed Martin that utilize exotic propulsion.
And if you're Lockheed and in possession of a real UFO craft, and maybe the work on that craft has stagnated,
See, if you're Lockheed, you want the right talent and awareness around the UFO issue.
Martin Corporation, pre-Lockheed merger, was represented by a mathematician named Lewis Witten.