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Area 51 is the unofficial name for the Groom Lake military testing site located about 90 miles from Las Vegas. The origin of the "Area 51" name appears to be shrouded in secrecy, as is the facility to which it refers. No matter what the area is called, its enduring tales of aliens and spaceships have captured the world's imagination. more »
After a censor missed deleting "Aurora" on a military secret-project budget, speculation has grown over the existence of a beyond secret spy plane. Able to fly at six times the speed of sound using a revolutionary propulsion system engineered by the famous Lockheed Skunk Works, it was supposedly developed as a second line of... more »
Though it is mainly associated with UFOs and alleged government cover-ups, Area 51 is the nickname of a real U.S. military base located in the Nevada desert. Area 51 has been used to test experimental aircraft for more than 50 years and the tight security around the base has only added to its spooky aura. more »
The Area 51 military installation in the deserts of Nevada is now more commonly known as Nellis Air Force Base. The Nevada Department of Transportation has given the highway that runs past the facility a special designation as the Extraterrestrial Highway. Strange lights abound in the area and some people think they may be UFOs. more »
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Area 51 is a nickname for a military base that is located in the southern portion of Nevada in the western United States, 83 miles (133 km) north-northwest of downtown Las Vegas. Situated at its center, on the southern shore of Groom Lake, is a large secretive military airfield. The bases primary purpose is to support development and testing of experimental aircraft and weapons systems. By Peter W. Merlin"rich_groom_1977">Rich, p. 57. Rich describes Groom in 1977 as being "...a sprawling facility, bigger than some municipal airports, a test range for sensitive aviation projects"
The base lies within the United States Air Forces vast Nevada Test and Training Range. Although the facilities at the range are managed by the 99th Air Base Wing at Nellis Air Force Base, the Groom facility appears to be run as an adjunct of the Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC) at Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert, around southwest of Groom, and as such the base is known as Air Force Flight Test Center (Detachment 3)."cambell_afftc">Area 51 researcher Glenn Campbell claims that AFFTC Detach read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area+51
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