U.S. government's positions on Area 51 Area 51

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a letter usaf replying query area 51



cia document 1967 referring area 51


the amount of information united states government has been willing provide regarding area 51 has been minimal. area surrounding lake permanently off-limits both civilian , normal military air traffic. security clearances checked regularly; cameras , weaponry not allowed. military pilots training in nafr risk disciplinary action if stray exclusionary box surrounding groom s airspace. surveillance supplemented using buried motion sensors. area 51 common destination janet, de facto name of small fleet of passenger aircraft operated on behalf of united states air force transport military personnel, mccarran international airport.


the usgs topographic map area shows long-disused groom mine. civil aviation chart published nevada department of transportation shows large restricted area, defined part of nellis restricted airspace. national atlas page showing federal lands in nevada shows area lying within nellis air force base. higher resolution (and more recent) images other satellite imagery providers (including russian providers , ikonos) commercially available. these show runway markings, base facilities, aircraft, , vehicles.


when documents mention nevada test site (nts) , operations @ groom declassified, mentions of area 51 , groom lake routinely redacted. 1 exception 1967 memo cia director richard helms regarding deployment of 3 oxcart aircraft groom kadena air base perform reconnaissance on north vietnam. although mentions of oxcart s home base redacted in document, map showing aircraft s route there okinawa, redactor appears have missed 1 mention: page 15 (page 17 in pdf), section no. 2 ends 3 oxcart aircraft , necessary task force personnel deployed area 51 kadena.


on 25 june 2013, cia released official history of u-2 , oxcart projects officially acknowledged existence of area 51. release in response freedom of information act request submitted in 2005 jeffrey t. richelson of george washington university s national security archives, , contain numerous references area 51 , groom lake, along map of area.








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