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The
Groom Lake Base is this top-secret military base located 90
miles north of Las Vegas (which is in Nevada). It's in grid
number 51 of the Nevada Test Site, so it's called Area 51. The
United States Air Force Flight Test Center controls the base.
It's best known for testing exotic aircraft and weapons. The
base was created in 1954 as a place to test the secret U-2
spyplane that was used to fly missions over the Soviet Union.
Then it started to house the SR-71, A-12 and D-21 drone. The
F-117A was tested there, also. In the 1980's the base
increased in size, along with the runway (which increased to
the present 6 miles). Then, mysterious lights began to appear,
and armed guards known as the cammo dudes started patrolling
the border. The government closed many viewpoints from which
the Area 51 base could be seen. In 1989, a "physicist" named
Bob Lazar claimed that he worked at a base south of Area 51
and also claimed that Area 51 was testing extremely advanced
aircraft and UFO's they got by trading with the aliens. Since
then, Area 51 has been thought to be the test center of
captured UFOs because of the lights in the night sky.
Area
51, also known as Groom Lake, is a secret military facility
about 90 miles north of Las Vegas. The number refers to a
6-by-10-mile block of land, at the center of which is a large
air base the government will not discuss. The site was
selected in the mid-1950s for testing of the U-2 spyplane, due
to its remoteness, proximity to existing facilities and
presence of a dry lake bed for landings. Groom Lake is
America's traditional testing ground for "black budget"
aircraft before they are publicly acknowledged. The facility
and surrounding areas are also associated -- with varying
levels of credibility -- with UFO and conspiracy stories. In
1989, Bob Lazar claimed on a Las Vegas television station that
he had worked with alien spacecraft at Papoose Lake, south of
Area 51. Since then, "Area 51" has become a popular symbol for
the alleged U.S. Government UFO cover-up. [GC 8/96]
Area 51 Information
A public link page providing a variety of resources on this
topic.
Overhead: Groom Lake - Area 51
On 17 April 2000 Aerial Images posted on its Web site 2-meter
imagery of Area 51 acquired by Russia's Space Information
KVR-1000 satellite system. The Area 51 images were acquired as
part of the company's deal with Sovinformsputnik, a commercial
arm of the Russian Aviation and Space Agency.
Area 51 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Area 51 (formally known as Air Force Flight Test Center,
Detachment 3 and also known as Dreamland, Watertown Strip,
Paradise Ranch, The Box, Groom Lake, and The Directorate for
Development Plans Area) is a remote tract of land in southern
Nevada, owned by the federal government of the United States,
containing an airfield whose primary purpose is the secret
development and testing of new military aircraft. It is famed
as the subject of many UFO conspiracy theories.
Skeptic's Dictionary, Area 51
"Area 51" is a part of an off-limits military base near Groom
Dry Lake in Nevada. UFOers are sure it is used to hide aliens
from us.
TerraServer.com - Special Interest - Area 51
On April 17, 2000, TerraServer®.com released the first ever
high-resolution satellite images of Area 51, Groom Lake,
Nellis Air Force base, and the Nevada Proving Grounds to the
general public.
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Area 51 - Dreamland Resort
Largest Area 51 Research web site; Photos of the top secret
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