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the mysterious restricted area in the Nevada desert known as "Area 51."
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Area
51 is located about 100 miles from Las Vegas, Nevada. Because of
government restrictions prohibiting civilian access to Area 51, conspiracy theories
have gone
rampant for decades. This is a 575 square mile area located in the region of Groom Lake.
Private
and commercial pilots are prohibited from flying between the following
coordinates: North West Corner 37° 28' 00"N -
Long: 116° 00' 03"W, North East Corner 37°
28' 00"N - 115° 35' 3"W, South East Corner 37°
06' 00"N - 115°35' 03"W, and South West
Corner 37° 06' 00"N - 116°
00' 03"W.
Area 51 lies within a region,
called the "Nevada National Security Site," formerly known as the "Nevada Proving
Grounds." This area was cordoned off by the U.S. Government for the testing of
nuclear bombs. The U.S tested nuclear weapons here from 1951 to 1992.
Because of various levels of
radio activity, which could result in death or harm to human and animal life, it was normal protocol to
restrict civilians from the area. On the occasion of the 17th nuclear test
protocols were eased up. The government allowed television cameras and crew from KTLA
of Los Angeles to
transmit the live test from a distance at a observation point on Mount Charleston.
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Alien Controversy
Among the conspiracy theories surrounding area 51 is the alleged 1947 UFO crash
in Roswell, New Mexico. Theorists believe that the alien survivors of the crash
and their spaceship were transported from Roswell to Area 51 where scientists
could reverse engineer alien technology into something that the U.S. Military
could use.
This rumor went viral in 1989 after a contract worker, Robert Lazar,
was interviewed by KLAS-TV investigative reporter George Knapp in Las
Vegas.
Recently, Los Angeles Times reporter Annie Jacobsen reported in her book about
Area 51 that an unnamed source told her that the crash was actually a Horten
Brothers HO 229 Flying wing that was acquired by Russia and made to look like a UFO.
Strapped in the cockpit were a couple of dead soldiers who were allegedly altered by Nazi
Dr. Josef Mengele to appear like aliens. Jacobsen said that her source was an engineer with a top
secret clearance who worked at Area 51 and had also worked for the top secret
Manhattan Project that developed the atomic bomb. The source
believed that the Soviets sent this craft to the US to spark a panic similar to
the frenzy when America heard the Orson Wells production of "War of the Worlds."
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for video.
Video of U.S. Army forces discovering the Horten HO 229 was found on YouTube:
Spy Planes or UFOs?
Several aircraft companies, including Lockheed and Hughes, were involved in
"Black Projects" at Area 51. The Cold War was in bloom and the U.S. needed
aircraft that could fly at extreme high altitudes to photograph facilities over
the Soviet Union.
U2
The
first aircraft arrived in Area 51 in 1957, was made by Lockheed Skunk Works and
was referred to as code name "AQUATONE." At first, the U2 aircraft was not part
of the U.S. Air Force (USAF) fleet, but solely used by the Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA) for intelligence gathering. The U2 could fly at an altitude of
70,000 feet the earliest models were powered by Pratt & Whitney J57 turbojet
engines. The plane was 63 feet long, had a wing span of 103 feet and could reach
a top speed of 475 miles per hour. Later in her career, the U2 would be known as
"The Dragon Lady" by the Air Force.
On May 1, 1960, CIA pilot Francis Gary Powers was shot down over Russia while
conducting an aerial reconnaissance mission. Powers took off from a secret CIA
facility in Pakistan, flew over the Soviet Union to photograph missile launch
facilities. Soviet radar detected his aircraft and counter measures were
launched at Power's U2. The aircraft was hit by a S-75 Dvina surface-to-air
missile and Powers was forced to bale out. Powers was captured when his
parachute landed and was charged wit espionage. He was sentenced to a total of
ten years and in 1962 got his freedom after a prisoner exchange for
Soviet KGB Colonel Vilyam Fisher. Powers returned home but not to a hero's
welcome because of the classified nature of his mission. Lockheed hired
Powers as a test pilot and he worked for the corporation from 1963 to 1970.
Powers was later hired by NBC to pilot their helicopter. He died after covering
a brush fire when his aircraft ran out of fuel and crashed in recreational area
near Encino, CA.
In 1998 the
CIA declassified Project AQUATONE and Powers was posthumously awarded a
Prisoner of War Medal, a Distinguished Flying Cross, and a CIA Director’s Medal
in 2000.
The nuclear proving grounds of the Nevada desert turned out to be the logical
hiding place for the home base of spy planes. Guards posted in the outer
perimeters would keep the curious with little or no explanation. Many believed
the government was hiding the remains of alien space craft in the mysterious
desert base. Over a period of many hears some people were sneak past
security to report strange sighting of unidentified flying object in the sky
over Area 51.
A-12 Oxcart
Three
years before the shooting down of Gary Power's U2, the CIA realized that it
needed an aircraft to fly higher and much faster to avoid detection by the
Soviet Union. Lockheed built the
A-12 aircraft to fly at 90,000 feet at Mach 3.2. The plane became the
technological foundation for the B-70 and the many air craft to follow. The
identity of the pilots were held secret until the project was declassified in
the 1980's and were only know as "secret heroes of the cold war."
According to the CIA, the Oxcart was first deployed in 1967, conducting missions
not only over the former Soviet Union but Viet Nam.
On May 1, 1965 the A-12 Oxcart broke the altitude/speed record at 85,000 feet
and Mach 3.35. To this day, the A-12 holds the record for the highest and
fastest aircraft ever made.
Back in the 1960's, CBS reporter and anchor man Walter Cronkite told his
television audience that the CIA has been collecting Area 51UFO reports.
Today, thanks to the release of classified documents many can understand why
this proved to be an excellent cover story for their private air force of spy
planes.
The iRumorMill.com crew is following this story and will continue to post
findings here as we get them.
Personal research resource:
You can order a copy of the audio book "Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base"
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Area
51 is located about 100 miles from Las Vegas, Nevada. Because of
government restrictions prohibiting civilian access to Area 51, conspiracy theories
have gone
rampant for decades. This is a 575 square mile area located in the region of Groom Lake.
Private
and commercial pilots are prohibited from flying between the following
coordinates: North West Corner 37° 28' 00"N -
Long: 116° 00' 03"W, North East Corner 37°
28' 00"N - 115° 35' 3"W, South East Corner 37°
06' 00"N - 115°35' 03"W, and South West
Corner 37° 06' 00"N - 116°
00' 03"W.
The
first aircraft arrived in Area 51 in 1957, was made by Lockheed Skunk Works and
was referred to as code name "AQUATONE." At first, the U2 aircraft was not part
of the U.S. Air Force (USAF) fleet, but solely used by the Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA) for intelligence gathering. The U2 could fly at an altitude of
70,000 feet the earliest models were powered by Pratt & Whitney J57 turbojet
engines. The plane was 63 feet long, had a wing span of 103 feet and could reach
a top speed of 475 miles per hour. Later in her career, the U2 would be known as
"The Dragon Lady" by the Air Force.
Three
years before the shooting down of Gary Power's U2, the CIA realized that it
needed an aircraft to fly higher and much faster to avoid detection by the
Soviet Union. Lockheed built the
You can order a copy of the audio book "Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base"
