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Basics of Area 51

THE BASICS OF AREA 51:

What is Area 51? Area 51 is the base that didn't exist, and still
doesn't as of 2004 in some aspects. Area 51 is a place the United
States government uses for development and testing of top secret
aircraft, and some say even extraterrestrial vehicles. The base which
doesn't appear on maps, didn't exist as far as the government was
concerned for quite some time. In 1995 President Clinton signed a
document excluding the base from environmental monitoring. With that
document, the government at least admitted that something was out
there, it referred to the base as "The United States Air Force
operating location near Groom Lake".

Location: Area 51 is about 90 miles northeast of Las Vegas Nevada. A
remote location near Papoose mountain in the Mohave desert, part of
the Nellis Air Force Bombing Range. The base sits at the edge of a
dry lake bed, Groom Lake. Other names for the base are "Dreamland,
The Farm, Groom Lake, and Watertown. While all these names are used
for the base, none of them are official. It is believed that just
like most material related to Area 51 the names for the base are
classified material as well.

The Nellis Bombing Range which was established in 1940 by President
Roosevelt with the signing of Executive Order 8578 seized 3.5 million
acres of land, including the dry lake bed, and some mountains to
create the range. The range over years has been broken up into
sections, which is where some believe the name "Area 51" came from.

What is Area 51 for? In the Mid 40's Area 51 was just some landing
strips, used for training pilots. In 1955 Tony LeVier, discovered the
location while searching for a place to test the U-2 spy plane.
Shortly after the CIA started work on the location. A runway was
built on the southern end of the lake bed, and Lockheed Skunkworks
began construction of a facility. This same year President Eisenhower
signed documents restricting the airspace above the base. In 1960 the
base began to expand when testing of the A-12 or blackbird began. The
expansion included lengthening the runway to 8500', a fuel facility
that is estimated to hold over 1.3 million gallons of fuel, as well
as additional restricted land and airspace making the "groom box" as
its called.

Over the years many aircraft were developed and tested at this site.
The Have Blue, F117, D-21 Drone, and many other stealth or radar
evading/spoofing vehicles. However over the years the secrecy
surrounding the base has led some to believe things other than
aircraft testing take place at this location.