Sure, nothing weird is happening in Area 51

[moe.ron]

Bush renews Area 51
secrecy order
Claims exempting base from disclosing info of 'paramount interest'

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Posted: September 19, 2003
9:00 p.m. Eastern

© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com

Fueling continued speculation about the top-secret government base, President Bush has renewed the exemption allowing the military to refuse to provide any information about its operations at Area 51 in Nevada.

Saying it was of "paramount interest" to exempt the Groom Lake facility, Bush signed the order, which has been renewed every year since President Clinton first put it in place in 1995, the Associated Press reports.

Area 51, located on a dry lake bed 90 miles north of Las Vegas, has been the subject of widespread speculation, with some believing the federal government is hiding evidence of extraterrestrial vehicles or life forms. The mystery began in the nearby town of Rachel several years ago when a worker at the Nevada Test Site allegedly saw alien space ships at the base.

The Extraterrestrial Highway, a portion of Route 375 renamed by the state of Nevada.

In issuing the exemption, AP reports, Bush cited 1994 lawsuits that were brought by injured workers and the widows of two workers who claim the men were harmed by toxic materials at Groom Lake.

"It is baffling to see the government continue to cover up what went on at Area 51," attorney Jonathan Turley, who represents the family, told the news service. "It is clear that there were … crimes and that government officials continue to resist any disclosure that would confirm such criminal content."

One result of Bush's renewal is exempting the Air Force from following federal, state or local solid-waste and hazardous-waste laws if classified information would be disclosed.

While acknowledging the existence of the base, the federal government has not revealed what goes on there. The area is constantly patrolled and is under a no-fly zone.

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[phisigduchesscv]

Well one thing that supposedly goes on at Groom Lake is that it is the landing site for the Aurora. I've seen the contrail once for the Aurora - it kind of looks like someone is blowing circles/holes with cigar smoke but in a contrail shape - very weird looking.

Also, I remember the show Unsolved Mysteries profiling a guy who claimed he had worked at Area 51 and that they were testing alien technology there and describe some of the stuff that was going on there. The thing is the government and based said he was crazy and he never worked there. Some Vegas report that was covering his story dug up some office directories and for the years the guy, Robert or Richard something, he was actually listed in those years directories. What were they covering up there?

[Optimist Prime]

How to clone celebritites. I'll be disapearing in a black van soon.

[librasoul22]

They need to stay out of my business.

[AlphaSigOU]

For many years, 'Area 51', Groom Lake or 'Watertown Strip' has been the place where cutting-edge projects from the highly-classified 'black world' are first tested, away from the prying eyes of the public. You won't see it on most maps; the Las Vegas aeronautical chart shows a restricted area box (R-4808) extending from the surface to space (even the prohibited area surrounding the White House and the Capitol (P-56) does not extend that far up); Air Force pilots who accidentally cross 'The Box' are subject to intense security debriefings and risk losing their wings.

The U-2, A-12 and SR-71 reconnaissance aircraft were first tested at Groom Lake, so were the F-117 fighter-bomber and B-2 bomber, as well as various experimental unmanned drone concepts. A little-known project was also tested at Groom Lake as well: captured Soviet Union fighter aircraft were evaluated by the 4477th Test and Evaluation Squadron 'Red Hats'.

Occasionally, pilots training at the USAF Fighter Weapons School (aka 'Red Flag') at Nellis AFB were given a little taste of duking it out with real Russian aircraft on the vast Nellis Gunnery and Test Range (larger than the states of Rhode Island and Connecticut combined).

As the F-117 slowly emerged into the 'white' (unclassified) world, a purpose-built base was constructed for them in the northern end of the Nellis Range near the town of Tonopah. They were later moved to Holloman AFB, New Mexico after Gulf War I.

Nearly all satellite photos published of Groom Lake curiously show no aircraft parked on the ramps - the orbital paths of Russian and other reconnaisance satellites are well known and aircraft are hidden away before the satellites have a chance to see them. The few vantage points on the ground have been swallowed up by the Air Force in the name of 'national security'.

It's a known fact that most Groom Lake personnel travel to and from Las Vegas in Boeing 737 aircraft with plain markings from a nondescript private terminal on the west end of Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport. 'Janet Air' (from its call sign, 'Janet', probably changed by now) is at its busiest in the mornings and afternoons making the flights to and from 'Area 51' and possibly other classified locations that have not yet seen the light of day.

As for the stories of UFOs and extraterrestrial aliens... I smell a deliberate campaign of disinformation to keep the public attention from going deeper into detail as to the true purpose of Groom Lake - a great place in the middle of Bumf*ck, Nevada where you can test cutting-edge aircraft designs without air traffic and airspace limits.