Old disclosed area 51 data released in 1990 by DOD re released under CIA disclosure.
new hype over old news has been fueled by CNN syndicated media as old files that are from 1990 are finally compiled for the national archives. Since 1990 area 51 has been in the stories of UFO researchers and now the test facility is being publicly acknowledged this is due to the popular movies mentioning the test facilities and an never stopping flood of UFO researchers and conspiracy social entrepreneurs whom manipulate this test site as a major alien base. Most have known since 1990 this was a test area for advanced flight platforms.
Construction and expansion on unmanned space plane command center. Launch faclities are at RW18 southeast of atomic consortium fields near lake.
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Newly declassified CIA documents confirm the existence of Area 51, a test site for U.S. spy planes.
The truth really is out there … in Nevada.
Documents obtained by George Washington University’s National Security Archive confirm for the first time what conspiracy theorists and UFO fanatics have long argued — that Area 51 exists.
Chosen as the site for a top secret testing facility in the 1950s for the U-2 spy plane, the parcel of land, which for decades was never identified on any government maps, resides in the desert of southern Nevada.
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Area 51 file photo near Rachel, Nevada.
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“The outlines of Area 51 are shown on current unclassified maps as a small rectangular area adjoining the northeast corner of the much larger Nevada Test Site,” the newly released National Security Archive documents state.
On a secret landing strip adjacent to a salt flat known as Groom Lake, the CIA used Area 51 to test numerous reconnaissance aircraft during the Cold War with the Soviets, and the site was quickly renamed.
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Not listed for decades on official government maps, Area 51 is located in southern Nevada, adjacent to a salt flat known as Groom Lake.
“To make the new facility in the middle of nowhere sound more attractive to his workers,” one of the men in charge of the U-2 program renamed it “Paradise Ranch, which was soon shortened to the Ranch,” the documents state
even theses maps were out in 1980 so all of the hype is just a case of we told you so.
- Location
- Xerox PARC Map Viewer* with location of Groom Lake base marked.
- Latitude/Longitude List
- Groom Lake
- Map of inner area of Groom base. (61k) A selected portion of the unofficial Groom map published by the Area 51 Research Center [ordering info], showing waste burial trenches and many support buildings. (6/21/95)
- 1908 Map of Groom Lake vicinity. (30k)
- Nevada Military Facilities
- Nevada Restricted Areas Map*, from Paul McGinnis
- Overview Maps of Nellis Range
- Nellis Range Chart. The official military air chart used by pilots on exercise is available by FOIA at nominal cost. See DR#21 and DR#23
- Nellis "Site Characterization Project"* by Center for Land Use Interpretation
- Map of Nellis Range from 6/4/96 article.
- Miscellaneous
- 1997.04.01: Annotation of a Mystery - Annotations and transcript of a call allegedly from a pilot flying his small airplane into Area 51. (3 pages) - Transcript - By Pyewacket - Event: 4/1/97 - Source: Art Bell (Radio Show) <1/7/98 Imported #5>
General Links
- Map of Groom Lake, Tikaboo Valley and Rachel - From Area 51 Viewer's Guide, based on a USGS map. (188k) - Photo - Source: Riskers <2/9/97 #1>
- Some maps and satellite images of Area 51 - Mostly take from other web sites but a few that seem original. (188k) - Photo - Source: Riskers (Web Site) <2/9/97 #2>
- USGS Elevation Relief Map - USGS data rendered by Purdue U - Graphic <3/21/97 #3>
- R-4808 N -- A Lesson in Chart Reading - A flight instructor uses R-4808 N, also known as Area 51 or Groom Lake, as an example of Restricted Airspace and shows readers some of it's features. (1 pages) - Map - By Paul Quade - Published: 9/11/97 <1/16/98 #4>
- "Page includes scan of the Las Vegas Sectional Aeronautical Chart, 58th edition, September 11, 1997, enlarged views of some features, a short history of the area, as well as some definitions taken from the FAA Aeronautical Information Manual."
- The Ultimate Page To The Unexplained - Follow the links to MUCH information, maps, and plenty of photographs of and around Area 51 - By DJBeirne@home.com <8/9/99 #6>
As you can see all of the data CNN is spouting of is from 1997
The CIA first tested drones in Area 51 because of course they did
By Brian Fung, Published: August 16 at 3:35 pmE-mail the writer
Project AQUILINE (U.S. Government / George Washington University National Security Archives)
Two unmanned aerial reconnaissance programs operated by the CIA during the Cold War may have anticipated the rise of military drones by a half-century, according to newly declassified government documents.
The two programs, known as AQUILINE and AXILLA, took shape during the early 1960s when mounting losses of U-2 spy planes convinced agency officials of the need for small, undetectable aircraft capable of conducting limited flyovers and bombing sorties.
The government files, which were released under the Freedom of Information Act to George Washington University’s National Security Archive, offered the first official acknowledgement of Area 51. But it’s what was happening there that is arguably more interesting.
AQUILINE was developed first. In 1965, two engineers from the Office of Research and Development issued a request for proposals for a small, unmanned drone. Douglas Aircraft was the only company to respond.
“The AQUILINE prototype developed by Douglas Aircraft . . . was essentially a powered glider with an 8.5-foot wingspan,” the documents read. “The aircraft weighed only 105 pounds. AQUILINE’s tail-mounted engine drove a two-bladed propeller.”
A 3.5-horsepower engine originally meant for chainsaws was responsible for driving the propeller.
Even as AQUILINE was moving forward, the CIA was developing another drone prototype. The AXILLARY project looked much more like a conventional aircraft:
Project AXILLARY (U.S. Government/George Washington University National Security Archives)
AXILLARY wound up being too large and loud for covert missions, the CIA determined, but considered using it as a peacetime device or as a way to deliver warheads over short ranges.
To turn the drone into a self-guided missile, the CIA installed an autopilot system for $50,000 and added radar-homing equipment. AXILLARY would likely have been deployed to North Vietnam — presumably to disable surface-to-air missile sites, according to the documents.
“The radar homing system proved successful as AXILLARY sought out and destroyed a radar during testing at China Lake Naval Air Station,” the documents read. “However, the end of US involvement in Vietnam in early 1973 led to the cancellation of DoD funding.”
AQUILINE was ultimately also canceled in 1971. Despite being near invisible to chase aircraft in flight tests, the cost of the project was turning out to be a major boondoggle — especially because the drone could only be recovered by crashing it into a net near the ground.
“One or more of the aircraft was always being repaired, and eventually three of the five AQUILINE prototypes were destroyed in testing,” said the documents.
At least one of these prototypes was flown from Area 51 more than 20 times, according to Chris Pocock, a historian and author of several books about the CIA’s U-2 program.
The United States still spends vast amounts on drone programs. The Predator project alone cost $2 billion, and the Reaper program nearly $12 billion. But unlike their predecessors nearly 50 years ago, today’s machines are vastly more lethal, undetectable and sustainable
November 11, 1989
ParaNet Information Service (Denver, CO)--This evening saw
perhaps an unprecedented event in UFOlogy. KLAS-TV in Las Vegas,
Nevada has been airing a UFO special during the evening news
which began on Monday dealing with the UFO mystery and cover-up.
The series, which has been covered by ParaNet, began its coverage
with a history of UFOs beginning in the late 1940s and moving
forward through the numerous sighting reports to the cattle
mutilations, which was aired last evening. As promised at the
close of last evening's show, George Knapp, a news anchorman for
Channel 8 in Vegas, stated that a scientific person would be
featured on tonight's program who has claimed to work at Area 51,
the government's super-secret test range at Nevada Test Site at
Mercury, Nevada.
Indeed, quite a story was told by Robert Lazar, a physicist who
claimed that he had worked on a project at Area 51 involving
flying disks provided by alien intelligences.
Over the last year, ParaNet has carried stories relating to
possible involvement with the government in projects of this
nature at the Nevada test site. Up to now, the stories have been
of a very speculative nature. Although the material presented by
Robert Lazar remains unconfirmed, enough information has been
disclosed that ParaNet's large investigative staff in Nevada has
started an intensive investigation into this release. Both Lazar
(formerly known only as "Dennis") and Lear have appeared on
Channel 8 -- Lear appearing on numerous occasions together will
Bill Cooper discussing Lear's famous 'ET Hypothesis.' On a past
KLAS-TV report, Lear was shown to have traveled to locations
appearing to overlook the test site which purportedly provided a
good view of the objects as they flew into the night sky. Lear
attempted to shoot video of an object as it maneuvered through
the night sky during last summer, however nothing was captured on
the tape of a substantive nature. Lear also relates that his
group was harassed by a Lincoln County sheriff following his
attempts to take the pictures.
Below is a transcript of the program that aired this
evening. All paragraphs out of quotes are the narrator of the
segment. We were as accurate as possible on the transcription,
however there are a couple of places where comments were edited
out due to inability to understand what was being said.
Further reports will be provided as information becomes
available.
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We've been working on the story for some time....UFO
researchers claim that there is a secret government within our
government. Now this may be hard to believe coming from the UFO
perspective, but we have learned that Watergate and the Iran
Contra scandal that factions within our government can and do
pursue their own hidden agendas outside of the law; outside the
control of the Congress or the knowledge of the American people.
This is exactly the type of operation that we hear about tonight.
It's a chilling scenario with worldwide implications that may
have its roots right here [Las Vegas, Nevada].
Area 51, that mysterious corner of the Nevada Test Site, is
no longer considered a secret. The fact that secretive things
go on here isn't evident; even to the Soviets who make daily spy
flights over the facility to take a peek at what's going on.
These photos, never before shown in public, are about as close as
anyone will ever come to seeing what the place looks like again.
The dry bed at Groom Lake, the corrugated buildings, a three-mile
long runway and some highly sophisticated radar and detection
equipment. Its been known by many names over the years --
Dreamland; The Ranch; The Skunk Works. If ever there was a place
to test the secret new technology, this is it. And that's
exactly what has been done here for decades.
Area 51 is where Francis Gary Powers and the other U-2
pilots were trained in the 50s. And, where the U-2 itself was
developed. The SR-71 spy plane that spotted Soviet missiles in
Cuba in the early 60s were also developed at 51. 51 is where
Stealth technology was nurtured, where Star Wars devices are
still tested, and where all manner of CIA [unknown] business has
been plotted and refined. It's the perfect place for secret
things, but of course, that's no secret. 51 is ringed by the
forbidden vastness of the Nevada test site; by the looming Groom
Mountain and by sparsely populated desert expanses. But the
people that do live out here have no love lost for the military,
but they're conservative, patriotic and they mind their own
business.
Interviewer questioning a nearby resident of Area 51: "Ever see
something that you can't explain?"
Resident: "Sure, lots of times."
Interviewer: "Care to elaborate?"
Resident: "No." (Laughter).
On any given night at the Rachel Bar and Grill, you might
find three or four people who work at Area 51. They are among
the flowing Budweiser and the cowboy hats. You might find them,
but they are not going to talk to. Not about the things that
they have seen over the mountain. A steady trickle of curiosity-
seekers flows through here; strangers, drawn by strange stories
of lights in the night sky. Their questions also go unanswered.
No one who has worked at Dreamland has ever publicly acknowledged
what so many people have suspected for years: That alien
technology is being tested in the Nevada desert.
The speculation first surfaced in documents obtained by UFO
researchers. Documents about something called Project Aquarius.
The document allegedly prepared for an organization called MJ-12,
states that a program to fly recovered alien spacecraft was
established in 1972 and is continuing in Nevada. The National
Security Agency has confirmed it does have a Project Aquarius but
denies that it has anything to do with flying saucers. NSA will
not say what Project Aquarius is.
Speculation was heightened in 1984, when the Air Force
seized nearly 90,000 acres around Groom Lake. The action was, by
most accounts, illegal. During Congressional hearings about the
land grab, Congressman John Siberling grilled the military about
the legal authority used in the action and was told the authority
was at a much, much higher level than the Air Force.
Siberling asked what authority is higher than the laws of the
United States? The Air Force official said he could respond, but
only in a closed briefing. In 1987, when the Air Force sought to
renew its stranglehold on the Groom range, news articles once
again mentioned the talk about alien spacecraft and subsequent
articles in national magazines quoted un-named sources about
things of alien origin flying in Nevada. Things that would make
film-maker George Lucas drool. Despite the speculation, no one
who knew Area 51 from the inside ever talked publicly about the
saucer story.
Bob Lazar: "Well, there's several uh, actually nine uh flying
saucers, flying disks that are out there of extraterrestrial
origin." The live interview with the shadowy "Dennis" drew
international attention. Portions were broadcast by radio in six
European countries, and in a nationally televised TV special in
Japan.
Despite numerous inquiries and "feelers," "Dennis" has
remained anonymous until now. His real name is Robert Lazar. A
young scientist with eclectic interests. The choice of "Dennis"
was an inside joke -- he says that's the name of his superior at
Groom Lake. It wasn't a joke to Dennis.
Lazar: "He called right after and said, 'Do you have any idea
what we're going to do to you now?' and I said no, and he hung up
the phone."
Lazar's story is by any standard, fantastic. He says he's
telling it in order to protect himself. He said he was hired to
work in area called S-4 which is a few miles south of Groom Lake.
At S-4, he says, are flying saucers, anti-matter reactors and
other working examples of technology that is seemingly beyond
human capabilities.
Lazar: "Right. This stuff came from somewhere else. I know it
is hard to believe, but it is there and I saw it. I know what
the current state-of-the-art is in physics and it it can't be
done."
Checking out Lazar's credentials proved to be a difficult
task. He says he holds degrees in physics and electronics, but
the schools that we contacted say they've never heard of him. He
says he also worked as a physicist at Los Alamos National
Labs where he worked with one of the world's largest particle
beam accelerators, a half-mile long 'behemoth' capable of
generating seven-hundred million volts. Los Alamos officials
told us they have no record of Robert Lazar ever working there.
They were either mistaken or were lying. A 1982 phone book from
the Lab lists Lazar right there among the other scientists and
technicians. A 1982 news clipping from the Los Alamos newspaper
profiled Lazar and his interest in jet cars. It, too, mentioned
his employment at the Lab as a physicist. We called Los Alamos
again, and an exasperated official told us he still had no
records on Lazar. EG&G, which is where Lazar says he was
interviewed for the job at S-4, also has no record. It's as if
someone has made him disappear.
Lazar: "Well, they're trying to make me look non-existent to the
places that I called...."
Interviewer: "Explain. Called where?"
Lazar: "Well, the schools that I went to; the hospital that I
was born at; past jobs, and nothing comes up with my name on it."
He smiles, but out of futility, knowing the whole thing must
sound ridiculous. According to Lazar, his employer was the
United States Navy. He says he and other government employees
would gather near EG&G, fly to Groom Lake, then a very few people
would get into a bus with blacked out or no windows and drive to
S-4.
Interviewer: "You get off the bus, what do you see?"
Lazar: "A very interesting building. Its got a slope of
probably about 30 degrees which are hangar doors, and it has
textured paint on it, but it looks like sand. It's made to look
like the side of the mountain that it is in, whether it's to
disguise it from satellite photographs or what...."
He says he was never told exactly what he would be working
on, but figured it had something to do with advanced propulsion.
On his first day he was told to read a series of briefings, and
immediately realized how advanced the propulsion really was.
Lazar: "The power source is an anti-matter reactor. They run
gravity amplifiers. There is actually two parts to the drive
mechanism. It's a bizarre technology. There is no physical
hookups between any of the systems in there. They use gravity as
a wave using wave guides that look like microwaves."
It took awhile, Lazar says, before he actually saw one of
the flying disks, however there were hints everywhere.
Lazar: "Right. They had a poster, and it looked like a
commercial poster, like it was lithographed, like you could buy
it at K-Mart or someplace, but they were all over the place and
it had the disk that I coined the term 'the floor model' which
lifted off the ground about 3 feet out at the area, in the Dry
Lakes area, and the caption on it said 'They're here.' These
posters were all over the place."
Later, he got to see the real thing.
Lazar: "When I was led in, it was the first time that I saw the
'floor model' in the hangar sitting down, and I was told they
could have walked me in the front door but they purposely wanted
to walk me by it. I was told not to say anything and to keep my
eyes forward and walk past the disk to the office area. And I
did. And as we went by it, I just kinda stuck my hands on it,
just to run it alongside the thing and uh ....After that I got to
see actually lift off the ground and operate."
Interviewer: "You actually got to see more than one?"
Lazar: "Yeah. The hangars are all connected together. There
are large bay doors between each one. There were nine total that
I saw, each one being different. Like they had the assortment
pack."
Security at S-4 was oppressive Lazar said, and his superiors
used fear and intimidation almost as a brainwashing tool.
Lazar: "They did everything but physically hurt me."
Interviewer: "They put a gun to your head?"
Lazar: "Yeah."
Interviewer: "You mean they actually put a gun to your head?"
Lazar: "They did that even in the original security briefing.
Guards there with M-16s. Guys there slamming their fingers into
my chest, screaming into my ear, they were pointing weapons at
me. Like I said, it's not a good place to work."
That fear factor would surface later. Lazar agreed to
undergo a polygraph exam as part of this report. Polygrapher Ron
Clay asked about the technology that Lazar had seen.
Polygrapher: "Did you knowingly lie when you had actually seen
anti-gravity propulsion in operation?"
Lazar: "No."
The results of this exam were inconclusive. Lazar appeared
to be truthful on one test; deceitful on a second. Clay
recommended that a second examiner be brought in. Polygrapher
Terry Tabernetti (sp?) runs a corporate security operation and is
a former Los Angeles police officer. He put Lazar through four
tests and concluded there were no attempts to deceive.
Tabernetti sent his test results to a third polygrapher who
agreed the results appeared truthful. The charts were then sent
to a fourth examiner who did not agree suggesting that Lazar
might be relating information he'd learned from someone else.
The polygraphers concurred and decided they would not issue a
final statement on truthfulness until more specific testing can
be conducted. And that's where it stands.
Tabernetti believes the difficulty in determining Lazar's
truthfulness stems from the fear that was drilled into him.
Lazar: "Well, I am telling the truth. I've tried to prove that.
What's going on up there could be the most important event in
history. You're talking about contact, physical contact and
proof from another planet, another system, another intelligence.
Thats got to be the biggest event in history, period. And, it's
real and it's there. And I had an extremely small part in it.
I'm convinced that what I saw is absolute proof of that. There
is no way that we could have created those disks. There is no
way we could have made the disks, the power supplies, anything
that goes with it."
Lazar says he has no intention of going on any UFO lecture
circuit. He is not looking to do any additional interviews. In
fact, he was not too crazy about doing this one. He did it after
certain unfavorable things started happening in his life, and he
did it because he feels that whoever is running the show up at S-
4 is perpetrating a fraud on the American people and the
scientific community.
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