Area 51 is the common name of a highly classified United States Air Force (USAF) facility within the Nevada Test and Training Range. A remote detachment administered by Edwards Air Force Base, the facility is officially called Homey Airport or Groom Lake (after the salt flat next to its airfield).
Details of its operations are not made public, but the USAF says that it is an open training range, and it is commonly thought to support the development and testing of experimental aircraft and weapons systems. The USAF and CIA acquired the site in 1955, primarily for flight testing the Lockheed U-2 aircraft.
The intense secrecy surrounding the base has made it the frequent subject of conspiracy theories and a central component of unidentified flying object (UFO) folklore. It has never been declared a secret base, but all research and occurrences in Area 51 are Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information. The CIA publicly acknowledged the base’s existence on June 25, 2013, following a Freedom of Information Act request filed in 2005, and declassified documents detailing its history and purpose.
Area 51 is located in the southern portion of Nevada, 83 miles (134 km) north-northwest of Las Vegas. The surrounding area is a popular tourist destination, including the small town of Rachel on the “Extraterrestrial Highway”.
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Big Secrets at Area 51 Area 51 is America’s most famous—and mysterious—military test facility. The name is an unofficial one, likely reflecting the base’s parcel number as determined by Nevada land grids; today’s officially approved names are Groom Lake or, alternatively, Homey Airport. The U.S. military and intelligence communities established the base in 1955. Since … Read more
From firsthand eyewitness Leighton Ward, we have a compelling story of Men in Black, thinly veiled threats, and what may have been some form of secret, underground military facility in Arizona.… Area 51 The Revealing Truth of Ufos, Secret Aircraft, Cover-Ups & Conspiracies “This particular hole had no disturbances at all. I only found it … Read more
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The government came up with an ingenious idea: they created a group within the heart of officialdom whose job it would be to keep people away from the really important parts of the UFO phenomenon. Area 51 The Revealing Truth of Ufos, Secret Aircraft, Cover-Ups & Conspiracies Although the U.S. government had no real idea … Read more
Yes, he was visited by three Men in Black, but they were not of the kind that the U.S. government of the day might have been expected to dispatch. Area 51 The Revealing Truth of Ufos, Secret Aircraft, Cover-Ups & Conspiracies While Albert Bender certainly didn’t lie to Gray Barker, he most certainly did not … Read more
