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Sep 22, 2019 · Roberts’ Facebook event had gone so viral that millions of people said they’d actually “storm Area 51,” the nearby mysterious military base that’s long mystified conspiracy theorists and pop...
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- Rachel E. Greenspan
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) or Groom Lake (after the salt flat next to its airfield).
Sep 19, 2019 · Area 51 was created during the Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union as a testing and development facility for aircraft, including the U-2 and SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance planes....
May 27, 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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Jan 16, 2013 · What Goes on at Area 51? Some have connected the site with the alleged government coverup of an alien spacecraft crash. Others claim the moon landing was filmed there.
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Jul 1, 2022 · The CIA, U.S. Air Force, and defense contractor Lockheed Martin worked together at Area 51, which is located in a dry lakebed in the desert outside Las Vegas, Nevada. For security purposes, primary access to Area 51 was by aircraft.
Feb 13, 2023 · After a U-2 was shot down by a Soviet anti-air missile in 1960, the CIA began developing the next generation of spy plane at Area 51: the titanium-bodied A-12.
