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Area 51 (also known as “Groom Lake,” “Paradise Ranch,” and several other names) was a secret testing site for CIA’s highly classified U-2 and A-12 OXCART reconnaissance aircraft programs, as well as a training site for the pilots.
Sep 9, 2024 · Area 51, secret U.S. Air Force military installation located at Groom Lake in southern Nevada. It is administered by Edwards Air Force Base in southern California.
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Aug 15, 2013 · Area 51 is a touchstone of America's cultural mythology. It rose to notoriety in 1989, when a Las Vegas man claimed he had worked at the secret facility to discover the secrets of crashed alien...
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 ( ICAO : KXTA , FAA LID : XTA ) [ 2 ] or Groom Lake (after the salt flat next to its airfield).
Jun 20, 2011 · Annie Jacobsen uncovers secrets of the mysterious military base, Area 51, stationed outside of Las Vegas, Nev.
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Sep 18, 2019 · Area 51 was the birthplace of overhead espionage for the CIA. It’s where the U-2 spy plane was first built back in the 1950s, and it’s where the intelligence community has worked with its ...
Mar 25, 2013 · The U.S. Air Force base in southern Nevada, known unofficially as Area 51, is where some of the world’s most advanced aircraft have been flown and tested.
