Users of Google"s map service have taken to leaving reviews of the enigmatic Area 51 base.Pranksters claiming to have visited the site which is available to view on the mapping service have left a number of spoof reviews for the allegedly top secret military base said bysome to house technology derived from UFOs.
Area 51 in the Nevada desert may be the rumoured home of aliens and intergalactic spaceships, but according to Google users, it"s just not worth visiting.
Its one of the most secretive places on the planet but now five insiders have revealed new details about Area 51.Its been a staple of science fiction and conspiracy theories for decades, nestled in the Nevada desert 100 miles from Las Vegas Area 51 is believed by many to be a staging ground for everything fromblack project test flights to the reverse engineering of alien spacecraft.
Area 51. It"s the most famous military institution in the world that doesn"t officially exist. If it did, it would be found about 100 miles outside Las Vegas in Nevada"s high desert, tucked between an Air Force base and an abandoned nuclear testing ground.
After nearly five decades, guys like James Noce finally get to tell their stories about Area 51. Yes, that Area 51. The one that gets brought up when people talk about secret Air Force projects, crashed UFOs, alien bodies and, of course, conspiracies. The secrets, some of them, have been declassified. Noce, 72, and his fellow Area 51 veterans around the country now are free to talk about doing contract work for the CIA in the 1960s and '70s at the arid, isolated Southern Nevada government testing site. Their stories shed some light on a site shrouded in mystery; classified projects still are going on there. It's not a big leap from warding off the curious 40 or 50 years ago, to warding off the curious who now make the drive to Area 51.
The veterans' stories provide a glimpse of real-life government covert operations, with their everyday routines and moments of excitement. Noce didn't seek out publicity. But when contacted, he was glad to tell what it was like. "I was sworn to secrecy for 47 years. I couldn't talk about it," he says. In the 1960s, Area 51 was the test site for the A-12 and its successor, the SR-71 Blackbird, a secret spy plane that broke records at documented speeds that still have been unmatched. The CIA says it reached Mach 3.29 (about 2,200 mph) at 90,000 feet.
Area 51. It's the most famous military institution in the world that doesn't officially exist. If it did, it would be found about 100 miles outside Las Vegas in Nevada's high desert, tucked between an Air Force base and an abandoned nuclear testing ground. Then again, maybe not— the U.S. government refuses to say. You can't drive anywhere close to it, and until recently, the airspace overhead was restricted—all the way to outer space. Any mention of Area 51 gets redacted from official documents, even those that have been declassified for decades.It has become the holy grail for conspiracy theorists, with UFOlogists positing that the Pentagon reverse engineers flyingsaucers and keeps extraterrestrial beings stored in freezers.
Urban legend has it that Area 51 is connected by underground tunnels and trains to other secret facilities around the country. In 2001, Katie Couric told Today Show audiences that 7 percent of Americans doubt the moon landing happened—that it was staged in the Nevada desert.Millions of X-Files fans believe the truth may be "out there," but more likely it's concealed inside Area 51's Strangelove-esque hangars—buildings that, though confirmed by Google Earth, the government refuses to acknowledge.
The problem
is the myths of Area 51 are hard to dispute if no one can speak on the
record about what actually happened there. Well, now, for the first
time, someone is ready to talk—in fact, five men are, and their stories
rival the most outrageous of rumors. Colonel Hugh"Slip" Slater, 87,
was commander of the Area 51 base in the 1960s. Edward Lovick, 90,
featured in "What Plane?" in LA's March issue, spent three decades
radar testing some of the world's most famous aircraft (including the
U-2, the A-12 OXCART and the F-117). Kenneth Collins, 80, a CIA
experimental test pilot, was given the silver star. Thornton "T.D."
Barnes, 72, was an Area 51 special-projects engineer. And Harry Martin,
77, was one of the men in charge of the base's half-million-gallon
monthly supply of spy-plane fuels. Here are a few of their best
stories—for the record:
On May 24, 1963, Collins
flew out of Area 51's restricted airspace in a top-secret spy plane
code-named OXCART, built by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. He was
flying over Utah when the aircraft pitched, flipped and headed toward a
crash. He ejected into a field ofweeds.......
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After nearly five decades, guys like James Noce finally get to tell their stories about Area 51. Yes, that Area 51. The one that gets brought up when people talk about secret Air Force projects, crashed UFOs, alien bodies and, of course, conspiracies. The secrets, some of them, have been declassified. Noce, 72, and his fellow Area 51 veterans around the country now are free to talk about doing contract work for the CIA in the 1960s and '70s at the arid, isolated Southern Nevada government testing site. Their stories shed some light on a site shrouded in mystery; classified projects still are going on there. It's not a big leap from warding off the curious 40 or 50 years ago, to warding off the curious who now make the drive to Area 51.
