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Dwight
Eisenhower was the 34th American President who served in
office from January 20, 1953 to January 20, 1961. One of
the important events during his presidency was the
increase in interest about Area 51.
Area 51 Facts: Fast Fact Sheet
Fast, fun facts and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
about Area 51.
Where is Area 51? Area 51 is located in
the southern portion of Nevada in the
western United States, 83 miles (133 km)
northwest of Las Vegas. Area 51 is situated
on the southern shore of Groom Lake. Area
51's coordinates are 37 degrees 14 minutes
north latitude, 115 degrees 48 minutes west
longitude.
What is inside Area 51?
High-level, covert technological experiments
on aircraft and weapons systems are believed
to take place inside Area 51.
Why is it called Area 51?
The number 51 refers to the grid reference
of the secret military base on an old map of
the Nevada Test Site.
Area 51 and Aliens: Due to its secret
nature, numerous conspiracy theories have
connected Area 51 with Aliens. Many
conspiracy theorists believe that Area 51
contains captured Alien spaceships and the
bodies of Aliens. Others believe in
alien-government collusion.
What's the connection between the Roswell
Incident and Area 51? The
Roswell UFO Incident
occured in New Mexico whereas Area 51 is in
Nevada. The two have been connected via
conspiracy theories that expound that that
wreckage, or even alien bodies from the
Roswell crash, are being held at the Area 51
US military base.
Area 51 Facts
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facts on Area 51 for kids.
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Area 51
Facts - 1:
Area 51 is the
"operating location near Groom Lake", a military base
that operates as Detachment 3 of the Air Force Flight
Test Center. The Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR)
is a United States Air Force non-flying unit that
provides command and control of top secret test and
training programs. The Nellis Air Force Base supports
operations at the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR),
now known as the Nevada National Security Site.
Area 51
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2: The Area 51
military base lies within the United States Air Force's
vast Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) that covers
approximately 3,026,700 acres and employs over 1,000
civilians and has over 8,000 military personnel.
Area 51
Facts - 3:
The top secret military base
came into prominence in the 1950's era during the Cold War and has
been referred to by a number of different names including Dreamland,
Groom Lake, Paradise Ranch, Red Square, The Farm, Home Base,
Watertown Strip, and Homey Airport
Area 51
Facts - 4:
The purpose of the base is top
secret but is it is believed to conduct High-level, covert
technological experiments on new and innovative aircraft and weapons
systems. The top secret projects, referred to as black projects, are
approved by the by the US Air Force or other agencies such as the
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), who have confirmed that the site
was first established as part of a wider Atomic Energy Commission
test site.
Area 51
Facts - 5:
Black Projects are
highly classified military or defense projects that are
unacknowledged publicly by the US government and the
military. The people who work on Black Projects
typically include scientists, aerospace engineers,
pilots and executives from the defense industry and
NASA.
Area 51
Facts - 6:
The base at Groom
Lake has traditionally been the US testing ground for
the latest designs of secret aircraft aka "black"
aircraft. Flight tests for the U-2 ultra-high altitude
reconnaissance aircraft, YF-12 and SR-71 "Blackbird"
interceptor aircraft, the Lockheed A-12 reconnaissance
aircraft, F-117A "Nighthawk" stealth attack aircraft,
spy planes, stealth helicopters and various unmanned
aerial reconnaissance vehicles (UAVs) are all believed
to have been conducted in the region.
Area 51
Facts - 7:
The restricted airspace is
completely off-limits to any unauthorized aircraft or personnel. It
is referred to as R-4808N, but popularly known by military pilots as
"The Container" or "The Box".
Area 51
Facts - 8:
Area 51 prohibited
to civilians and under military protection. The sinister
"Use of Deadly Force Authorized" signs across the region
add to the mystery surrounding the area and attract UFO
enthusiasts to the area. They watch for UFO's
(Unidentified Flying Objects) on public land at Mile
Marker LN 29.5 on remote Nevada Highway 375 using the
"Black Mailbox" (now a white mailbox), which is the only
landmark on this stretch of the highway, as a meeting
place.
Area 51
Facts - 9:
The very existence
of Area 51 was only publicly acknowledged by the US
government in August 2013. No descriptions of the
facility have ever been released but the ground level of
the base satellite images. However, Russian satellite
photos leaked to US sources appear to show runways,
aircraft hangar, control tower, guard posts, radar
antennas, offices, housing facilities and "scoot
and hide" buildings. The easy access design of the
"scoot and hide" buildings or shelters enable any
aircraft to quickly take cover when satellites passed
overhead.
Area 51
Facts - 10:
Claims have been
made that the visible buildings on the Area 51 base
is only a small part of the actual facility and that the
surface buildings rest on top of a massive underground
facility has up to forty levels and is connected to
different areas via underground tunnels and railways.
Area 51
Facts - 11:
The history of
Area 51 began during WW2 when the United States Army Air
Corps built two small runways on the salt flat at Groom
Lake in the Nevada desert for training pilots who were
testing the latest, top secret "black" aircraft.
Area 51
Facts - 12:
The runways fell
into disuse after WW2, but the top secret remote
location in Nevada became linked with the infamous event
known as the
Roswell UFO Incident.
The contradictions surrounding the events at Roswell,
New Mexico, gave rise to countless conspiracy theories
that linked the Roswell UFO incident with the Area 51 US
military base in the Nevada desert.
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Area 51
Facts - 13:
Reports of
Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO's), flying saucers and
alien bodies attracted massive media attention and
speculation. One of the most dominant of the theories
was that the wreckage from the crash and according to
some, the bodies of dead aliens, had been sent to Area
51.
Area 51
Facts - 14:
The remote,
isolated region drew attention again during the Cold War
when the Army Air Force and the CIA, who needed to know
capabilities and intentions of the Soviets, furthered
their partnership with Lockheed to develop high altitude
aircraft to use in surveillance missions. Refer to the
U-2 Incident
Area 51
Facts -
15: Lockheed, under
the guidance of systems engineer Clarence (Kelly)
Johnson, was considered one of the best-known American
aircraft designers at the time and "Skunk Works" became
the official alias for the Lockheed Advanced Development
Projects.
Area 51
Facts - 16:
In April, 1955 the Groom Lake
region was chosen by Kelly Johnson of Lockheed, test pilot Tony
LeVier and CIA representative Osmond Ritland as a test site for the
U-2 ultra-high altitude reconnaissance aircraft.
Area 51
Facts - 17:
Secrecy was critical to the
project's success and the remote military base offered easy access
by aircraft yet was out of the way of commercial flight paths. The
site was also big enough to take a considerable number of personnel
and afforded easy access to supplies via a major city.
Area 51
Facts - 18:
The CIA, the
Atomic Energy Commission and Lockheed oversaw base
operations and the initial construction works were
completed by July 1955. The test flights for U-2's began
and President Eisenhower signed an Executive Order 10633
restricting the airspace over Groom Lake.
Area 51
Facts - 19:
The top-secret
Cold War era program known as Oxcart, aimed to develop a
spy plane that would be undetectable in the air and
could be used for information gathering missions in the
USSR and the countries behind the Iron Curtain.
Area 51
Facts - 20:
In April 1957 a
U-2 crashes during testing near Groom Lake, killing the
pilot.
Area 51
Facts - 21:
In 1961 Colonel
Robert J. Holbury, USAF, was named Commander of the
Groom Lake base.
Area 51
Facts - 22:
On February 26,
1962 the Lockheed the Archangel 12 or A-12
reconnaissance aircraft was shipped via truck to Area 51
and the first flight test of the A-12 Blackbird was made
on April 26, 1962 at Groom Lake. The A-12 could travel
at speeds of more than 2,000mph and take clear pictures
of objects on the ground from an altitude of 90,000
feet.
Area 51
Facts - 23:
On February 27,
1965 the first test of the D-21 Mach 3+ reconnaissance
drone was launched from an A-12 Blackbird at Groom Lake.
Area 51
Facts - 24:
In November, 1977 the F-117A
"Nighthawk" stealth attack aircraft was shipped to Area
51 for testing.
Area 51
Facts - 25:
1984: Nearly
89,000 acres of land was seized to enlarge the border of
restricted land far from the base. In the same year the
First Stealth fighter squadron moved from Groom Lake
into new facilities at Tonopah Test Range
Area 51
Facts - 26:
On July 17, 1988 a
soviet spy satellite took a photograph of Area 51 which
was released in "Popular Science" magazine and other
publications.
Area 51
Facts -
27: Public interest in Area 51 increased
due to the Robert "Bob" Lazar interview with
investigative reporter George Knapp which was broadcast
on Las Vegas TV station KLAS in May 1989. Bob Lazar, a
researcher at Groom Lake testing facility stated he had
encountered several flying saucers and had been hired to
reverse engineer extraterrestrial craft at "S4" facility
at Papoose Lake, just southwest of Area 51.
Area 51
Facts -
28: Bob Lazar also
claimed that he was given introductory briefings
describing the historical involvement by
extraterrestrial beings with planet Earth for the past
10,000 years. Lazar stated that the extraterrestrial
beings, or aliens, allegedly originated from planets
within the Zeta Reticuli star system.
Area 51
Facts -
29: The Reticulum
constellation is located at a distance of about 39
light-years (12 parsecs) from the Earth. According to
Lazar the Aliens were referred to as Zeta Reticulans,
but were popularly called "Greys".
Area 51
Facts - 30:
The "Greys" were
described as small, grey-skinned humanoid beings with an
enlarged head and large black eyes. Conspiracy theorists
linked the "Greys" to the alleged crash-landing of a
flying saucer in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947
Area 51
Facts - 31:
Descriptions of "Greys"
are commonly included in alien abduction claims and "Greys"
have been featured as aliens in the 1977 movie Close
Encounters of the Third Kind, the 2011 film Paul and
various television series such as the X-Files and
Stargate SG-1.
Area 51
Facts - 32:
A depiction of a
facility similar to descriptions of Area 51 was featured
in the 1996 movie Independence Day complete with a
government cover-up, an alien autopsy and a captured
alien spaceship.
Area 51
Facts -
33: The U.S. military
installation known as Area 51 been one of the worst-kept
secrets on the planet. It is without doubt the location
for top secret test of "black" aircraft but as to the
theories concerning Aliens - that's all they are, just
theories...
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