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Jun 10, 2011 · On a remote portion of land along Groom Lake in southern Nevada, about 80 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada, is a top-secret US military installation popularly known as Area 51.
Nevada Test Range topographic chart centered on Groom Lake. The origin of the name "Area 51" is unclear. It is believed to be from an Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) numbering grid, although Area 51 is not part of this system; it is adjacent to Area 15.
Nov 24, 2020 · Area 51 quickly became a favorite location for the CIA's classified airborne espionage ops. But as projects became more technologically complex, the bare-bones facility needed major...
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Sep 19, 2019 · Area 51 refers to a map location and is the popular name for a United States Air Force base. It is at Groom Lake, a dry lake bed in the Nevada Desert, 85 miles (135km) north of Las Vegas....
Sep 9, 2024 · Area 51, secret U.S. Air Force military installation located at Groom Lake in southern Nevada. It is administered by Edwards Air Force Base in southern California.
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Jul 17, 2019 · What is Area 51? Area 51, officially named the Nevada Test and Training Range at Groom Lake, is a high-security open training range for the U.S. Air Force in southern Nevada — though the...
Jan 13, 2015 · 𝕏. Despite the CIA’s release of previously classified documents in 2013 that acknowledged the existence of Area 51 as a top-secret U.S. government research facility, many questions about the...
