From: thomsona@netcom.com (Allen Thomson)

Los Angeles Times News Service
Washington Post, 26 May 1995

Man Indicted for Trying to Sell Stealth Plans

Los Angeles, May 25 -- In a move the government called a warning to disgruntled aerospace workers tempted to peddle U.S. defense secrets, a former Lockheed engineer was indicted today on attempted espionage charges for allegedly trying to sell secret plans concerning the Sea Shadow, a Navy stealth project.

John Douglas Charlton, 62, allegedly tried to sell the plans concerning the ship and other projects to an FBI agent posing as an official from an unnamed Western European government, according to prosecutors. Charlton, who in an interview denied the allegation as "a pack of lies," worked for Lockheed divisions in Sunnyvale and Burbank, Calif. including the high-tech military research group known as the Skunk Works, where the Sea Shadow was designed. If convicted on all charges, he faces up to 105 years in prison and $2.75 million in fines.