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This article is about the U.S. Air Force installation in Nevada. For other uses, seeArea 51 (disambiguation).

Area 51

Asatellite imageof Area 51 from 2000 shows dryGroom Lakejust

northeast of the site.

IATA: none ICAO: KXTA

Summary

Airport type Military

Owner U.S. ederal Go!ernment

Operator United States Air or"e

Location Southern #e!ada$U.S.

ElevationAMSL %$%&2 ft ' 1$(&0 m

Coorinate!

()*1%+0&,# 115*%-+%0,/oordinates (

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Area 51, also officially known as Groom Lake[1]or Homey Airport(ICAOKXTA! is a remote detachment of "dwards Air Force

#ase$ Accordin% to theCentral Intelli%ence A%ency(CIA!, the correct names for the Area 51 facility are the&e'ada est and

rainin% )an%eand *room +ake,[]tho-%h the name Area 51 has .een -sed in official CIA doc-mentation$[/]Other names -sed

for the facility incl-de Dreamland,[0]aradise !anch,[5][]"ome #ase, $aterto%n Stri&,[2]and most recently "ome' Air&ort$[3]he

area aro-nd the field is referred to as ()4033&!$[6]

It is located in the so-thern portion of&e'adain the western 7nited 8tates, 3/ miles (1// km! north4northwest of+as 9e%as$

8it-ated at its center, on the so-thern shore of*room +ake, is a lar%e military airfield$ he .ase:s c-rrent primary p-rpose is

officially -ndetermined; howe'er, .ased on historical e'idence, it most likely s-pports de'elopment and testin% of eect of conspiracy

theoriesand a central component to-nidentified flyin% o.>ect(7FO! folklore$[][11]Altho-%h the .ase has ne'er .een declared a

secret .ase, all research and occ-rin%s in Area 51 areop 8ecret?8ensiti'e Compartmented Information(8?8CI!$[]

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o 1$ *room +ake

@istory

o $1 *room +ake

o $ World War II

o $/ 74 pro%ram

o $0 OCA) pro%ram

o $5 B41 a%.oard

o $ Forei%n technolo%y e'al-ation

o $2 @a'e #l-e?F4112 pro%ram

o $3 +ater operations

/ 7$8$ %o'ernment:s positions on Area 51

0 8ec-rity and operations

5 Ci'il A'iation identification

"n'ironmental laws-it

2 1620 8kyla. photo%raphy

3 7FO and other conspiracy theories

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1 "

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ap showin% Area 51, &AF), and the&8

he ori%inal rectan%-lar .ase of .y 1 miles (6$2 .y 1 km! is now part of the so4called D*room .oacent to Area 15$ Another e

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ain article Silver mining in Nevada

+ead and sil'er were disco'ered in the so-thern part of the *room )an%e in 130, [13]and the "n%lish*roome +ead ines

+imitedcompany financed the Conception ines in the 132s, %i'in% the district its name (near.y mines incl-ded aria, Willow

and White +ake!$ Also, the historical town of )osswell was located here -ntil e'ac-ation of the 78 ilitary$ [16]he interests in

*room were ac=-ired .y $ #$ Os.orne and partners and patented in 132, and his son ac=-ired the interests in the 136s$

[16]Claims were incorporated as two 161 companies with minin% contin-in% -ntil 1613 and res-min% afterWorld War II-ntil the

early 165s$[16]

World War II

he airfield on the *room +ake site .e%an ser'ice in 160 as Indian 8prin%s Air Force A-ect, the director, )ichard $ #issell, r$, -nderstood that, %i'en the e

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Californiaoffices$ o preser'e secrecy, personnel flew to &e'ada on onday mornin%s and ret-rned to California on Friday

e'enin%s$[0]2

XCA!T program

ain articles+ocheed A-1and S!-1 #lacbird

A41 d-rin% radar testin% at *room +ake

"'en .efore 74 de'elopment was complete, +ockheed .e%an work on its s-ccessor as part of the CIA:s 234A!Tpro>ect,

in'ol'in% the A41, a ach4/ hi%h4altit-dereconnaissanceaircraft L a later 'ariant of which .ecame the famed 78AF8)421

#lack.ird$

he second EF41A Interceptor prototype at *room +ake, &e'ada (78AF Khoto%raph!

+ockheed EF41A 46/0 in Air Befense Command markin%s 16/$ he only EF41A in ABC markin%s, its first test fli%ht occ-rred on 2

A-%-st 16/ at *room +ake, &e'ada$ It was e

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than ten times that n-m.er$ *room +ake:s fi'e4tho-sand foot asphalt r-nway was .oth too short and -na.le to s-pport the

wei%ht of the Oected$ he site had to .e away from any cities

and military or ci'ilian airways to pre'ent si%htin%s$ It also had to ha'e %ood weather, the necessary ho-sin% and f-el s-pplies,

and an ei%hty4fi'e4h-ndred4foot r-nway$ &one of the air force .ases met the sec-rity re=-irements, altho-%h, for a time,

"dwards Air Force #ase was considered$ In the end, *room +ake was the only possi.ility from the standpoint of sec-rity .-t its

short r-nway and a-stere facilities meant a ma>or -p%rade wo-ld .e re=-ired .efore O

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connected with the Oor #lack.ird 'ariants A41, the a.orti'e EF41Ainterceptor 'ariant desi%ned to intercept

8o'iet manned .om.ers, and theB41#lack.ird4.aseddronepro>ect$ #y the end of 16/, nine A41s were at Area 51, assi%ned

to the CIA operated D116th 8pecial Acti'ities 8=-adronD$[]A mock4-p of the D)econnaissance 8trike421D ()8421! was

inspected .y the Air Force on 0 -ne 16$ he concept of a strike A41 with strate%ic .om.in% capa.ilities ran into political

pro.lems from .oth the Air Force, which was in'ol'ed with the#42 9alkyriepro%ram at the time and a lack of enth-siasm

from Befense 8ecretary )o.ert 8$ c&amara$c&amara and his DwhiM kidsD saw no need for additional manned .om.ers in

the a%e ofIC#s$ In addition c&amara was phasin% downAir Befense Commandand saw no -se for the EF41A Interceptor$

Accordin%ly, only the reconnaissance 'ersion of the )8421 remained (it kept the DstrikeD part of the name, howe'er!$ Where the

A41 was desi%ned for clandestine o'erfli%hts of 8o'iet territory, the )8421 carried additional side4lookin% cameras and other

sensors which %a'e it m-ch %reater capa.ilities$ On 2L3 Becem.er 16, a contract was iss-ed to +ockheed to .-ild si< test

)8421s$[]

Accordin% to le%end, Kresident +yndon #$ ohnsonasked an aide soon -pon takin% office after the Gennedy Assassination what

the )8421 was for$ he aide responded, Dstrate%ic reconnaissanceD$ h-s, when ohnson anno-nced the eect was a DWhiteD or open pro>ect, the CIA:s A41 was not$ Its

e

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ain article +ocheed D-1

he B41 mo-nted on the .ack of the 41$ &ote the intake co'er on the drone, which was -sed on early fli%hts$

Followin% the loss of *ary Kowers:74o'er the 8o'iet 7nion, there were se'eral disc-ssions a.o-t -sin% the A41 OCA) as

an -npiloted drone aircraft$ Altho-%h Gelly ohnson had come to s-pport the idea of drone reconnaissance, he opposed the

de'elopment of an A41 drone, contendin% that the aircraft was too lar%e and comple< for s-ch a con'ersion$ @owe'er, the Air

Force a%reed to f-nd the st-dy of a hi%h4speed, hi%h4altit-de drone aircraft in Octo.er 16$ he air force interest seems to

ha'e mo'ed the CIA to take action, the pro>ect desi%nated DN41D$ #y Octo.er 16/, the drone:s desi%n had .een finaliMed$ At

the same time, the N41 -nderwent a name chan%e$ o separate it from the other A414.ased pro>ects, it was renamed the DB4

1D$ (he D1D was re'ersed to D1D!$ Da%.oardD was the pro>ect:s code name$ []

he first B41 was completed in the sprin% of 160 .y +ockheed$ After fo-r more months of checko-ts and static tests, the

aircraft was shipped to *room +ake and reassem.led$ It was to .e carried .y a two4seat deri'ati'e of the A41, desi%nated the

D41D$ When the B41?41 reached the la-nch point, the first step wo-ld .e to .low off the B41:s inlet and eection,

drowned when sea water entered his press-re s-it$ Gelly ohnson personally cancelled the entire pro%ram, ha'in% had serio-s

do-.ts from the start of the feasi.ility$ A n-m.er of B41s had already .een prod-ced, and rather than scrappin% the whole

effort, ohnson a%ain proposed to the Air Force that they .e la-nched from a#45@.om.er$[]

#y late s-mmer of 162, the modification work to .oth the B41 (now desi%nated B41#! and the #45@s were complete$ he

test pro%ram co-ld now res-me$ he test missions were flown o-t of *room +ake, with the act-al la-nches o'er the Kacific$ he

first B41# to .e flown was Article 51, the prototype$ he first attempt was made on 3 8eptem.er 162, and ended in

complete fail-re$ As the #45 was flyin% toward the la-nch point, the B41# fell off the pylon$ he #45@ %a'e a sharp l-rch as

the drone fell free$ he .ooster fired and was D=-ite a si%ht from the %ro-ndD$ he fail-re was traced to a stripped n-t on the

forward ri%ht attachment point on the pylon$ 8e'eral more tests were made, none of which met with s-ccess$ @owe'er, the fact

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is that the res-mptions of B41 tests took place a%ainst a chan%in% reconnaissance .ack%ro-nd$ he A41 had finally .een

allowed to deploy, and the 8)421was soon to replace it$ At the same time, new de'elopments in reconnaissance satellite

technolo%y were nearin% operation$ 7p to this point, the limited n-m.er of satellites a'aila.le restricted co'era%e to the 8o'iet

7nion$ A new %eneration of reconnaissance satellites co-ld soon co'er tar%ets anywhere in the world$ he satellites: resol-tion

wo-ld .e compara.le to that of aircraft, .-t witho-t the sli%htest political risk$ ime was r-nnin% o-t for the a%.oard$ []

8e'eral more test fli%hts, incl-din% two o'er China, were made from#eale AF#, California, in 166 and 162, to 'aryin%

de%rees of s-ccess$ On 15 -ly 1621, Gelly ohnson recei'ed a wire cancelin% the B41# pro%ram$ he remainin% drones were

transferred .y a C45A and placed in dead stora%e$ he toolin% -sed to .-ild the B41#s was ordered destroyed$ +ike the A41

O

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the Gorean War!, -nder the direct command of the Air ateriel Control Bepartment$ In 161 AIC .ecame the Forei%n

echnolo%y Bi'ision (FB!, and was reassi%ned toAir Force 8ystems Command$AIC personnel were sent anywhere where

forei%n aircraft co-ld .e fo-nd$

he foc-s ofAir Force 8ystems Commandlimited the -se of the fi%hter as a tool with which to train thefront linetactical fi%hter

pilots$[2]Air Force 8ystems Command recr-ited its pilots from theAir Force Fli%ht est Centerat"dwards Air Force #ase,

California, who were -s-ally %rad-ates from 'ario-s test pilot schools$actical Air Commandselected its pilots primarily from

the ranks of the Weapons 8chool%rad-ates$[2]

In A-%-st 16,Ira=i Air Forcefi%hter pilot Captain -nir )edfadefected, flyin% his i*41to Israelafter .ein% ordered to

attack Ira=i G-rd 'illa%es with napalm$ @is aircraft was transferred to the *room +ake within a month to st-dy$ In 163 the 78 Air

Force and &a'y >ointly formed a pro>ect known as"ave Doughnutin which Air Force 8ystems Command, actical Air Command

and the 7$8$ &a'y:s Air est and "'al-ation 8=-adron Fo-r (940! flew this ac=-ired 8o'iet made aircraft in sim-lated air

com.at trainin%$[2]#eca-se 7$8$ possession of the 8o'iet i*41 was, itself, secret, it was tested at *room +ake$ A >oint air

force4na'y team was assem.led for a series of do%fi%ht tests$ []

Comparisons .etween the F40 and the i*41 indicated that, on the s-rface, they were e'enly matched$ #-t air com.at was not>-st a.o-t technolo%y$ In the final analysis, it was the skill of the man in the cockpit$ he @a'e Bo-%hn-t tests showed this most

stron%ly$ When the &a'y or Air Force pilots flew the i*41, the res-lts were a draw; the F40 wo-ld win some fi%hts, the i*41

wo-ld win others$ here were no clear ad'anta%es$ he pro.lem was not with the planes, .-t with the pilots flyin% them$ he

pilots wo-ld not fly either plane to its limits$ One of the &a'y pilots was arland W$ DBocD ownsend, then commander of 9F4

11, the F40 trainin% s=-adron at &A8 iramar$ @e was an en%ineer and a Gorean War 'eteran and had flown almost e'ery

na'y aircraft$ When he flew a%ainst the i*41, he wo-ld o-tmane-'er it e'ery time$ he Air Force pilots wo-ld not %o 'ertical in

the i*41$ he @a'e Bo-%hn-t pro>ect officer was om Cassidy, a pilot with 940, the &a'y:s Air Be'elopment 8=-adron at

Koint -%-$ @e had .een watchin% as ownsend Dwa

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keep its distance from the i*412$ As lon% as the F40 was one and a half miles from the i*412, it was o-tside the reach of the

8o'iet fi%hter:s %-ns, .-t the i* was within reach of the F40:s missiles$[]

he data from the @a'e Bo-%hn-t and @a'e Brill tests were pro'ided to the newly formedop *-nschool at&A8 iramar$#y

162, the @a'e Brill pro%ram was eect "ave 7deawas formed which took o'er from the older @a'e Bo-%hn-t, @a'e Ferry and @a'e Brill pro>ects

and the pro>ect was transferred to the onopah est )an%e Airport$ At onopah testin% of forei%n technolo%y aircraft contin-ed

and eect 8CO)" "9"&$ In 1626, the CIA transferred

>-risdiction of the Area 51 site to the Air Force Fli%ht est Center at "dwards AF#, California$ r$ 8am itchell, the last CIA

commander of Area 51, relin=-ished command to 78AF +t$ Col$ +arry B$ cClain$

Ha'e )l(e*$-11+ program

ain articles+ocheed "ave #lue,+ocheed F-11 Nightha%,and Tono&ah Test !ange Air&ort

7nderside 'iew of "ave #lue

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F4112 flyin% o'er mo-ntains

he +ockheed @a'e #l-eprototype stealth fi%hter (a smaller proof4of4concept model of theF4112 &i%hthawk!first flew at *room

in Becem.er 1622$[3]

In 1623, the Air Force awarded a f-ll4scale de'elopment contract for the F4112 to +ockheed Corporation:s Ad'anced

Be'elopment Kro>ects$ On 12 an-ary 1631 the +ockheed test team at Area 51 accepted deli'ery of the first f-ll 8cale

Be'elopment (F8B! prototype 9:;or Alton C$ Whitley, r$ .ecame the first 78AF 005th *

pilot to fly the F4112A$[6]

Altho-%h ideal for testin%, Area 51 was not a s-ita.le location for an operational %ro-p, so a new co'ert .ase had to .e

esta.lished for F4112 operations$[/]onopah est )an%e Airportwas selected for operations of the first 78AF F4112 -nit,

the 005th actical *ro-p(*!$[/1]From Octo.er 1626, the onopah Airport .ase was reconstr-cted and e

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On 12 ay 163, the mo'e of the 005th * from *room +ake to onopah was initiated, with the final components of the mo'e

completed in early 163/$ Krod-ction F8B airframes from +ockheed were shipped to Area 51 for acceptance testin%$ As the #a>a

8corpions tested the aircraft with f-nctional check fli%hts and +$O$ 'erification, the operational airplanes were then transferred to

the 005th * at onopah$ [//]

he )47nit was inacti'ated on / ay 1636$ 7pon deacti'ation, the -nit was reformed as Betachment 1, 52th Fi%hter Weapons

Win%(FWW!$ In 166 the last F4112A (;>?! was deli'ered from +ockheed$ After completion of acceptance fli%hts at Area 51 of

this last new F4112A aircraft, the fli%ht test s=-adron contin-ed fli%ht test d-ties of ref-r.ished aircraft after modifications .y

+ockheed$ In Fe.r-ary?arch 166 the test -nit mo'ed from Area 51 to the 78AF Kalmdale Klant 0and was inte%rated with

theAir Force 8ystems Command51th est 8=-adron$ 8ome testin%, especially )C8 'erification and other classified acti'ity

was still cond-cted at Area 51 thro-%ho-t the operational lifetime of the F4112$ he recently inacti'ated (3! 01th Fli%ht est

8=-adrontraces its roots, if not its formal linea%e to the 005th * )4-nit$[//]

Later operations

F4 d-rin% a )ed Fla% e

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CIA doc-ment from 162 referrin% to Area 51

he amo-nt of information the 7nited 8tates %o'ernment has .een willin% to pro'ide re%ardin% Area 51 has %enerally .een

minimal$

he 78*8 topo%raphic map for the area only shows the lon%4dis-sed *room ine$[/5]A ci'il a'iation chart p-.lished .y

the &e'ada Bepartment of ransportationshows a lar%e restricted area, defined as part of the &ellis restricted airspace$[/]he

&ational Atlas pa%e showin% federal lands in &e'ada shows the area as lyin% within the &ellis Air Force #ase$ [/2]@i%her

resol-tion (and more recent! ima%es from other satellite ima%ery pro'iders (incl-din% )-ssian pro'iders and the IGO&O8! are

commercially a'aila.le$[1]hese show the r-nway markin%s, .ase facilities, aircraft, and 'ehicles$

Altho-%h federal property within the .ase is eects that officially acknowled%ed the e

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Area 51 .order and warnin% si%n statin% that Dphoto%raphy is prohi.itedD and that D-se of deadly force is a-thoriMedD -nder the terms of the

165cCarran Internal 8ec-rity Act$

he area s-rro-ndin% the lake is permanently off4limits .oth to ci'ilian and normal military air traffic$ 8ec-rity clearances are

checked re%-larly; cameras and weaponry are not allowed$ [11]"'en military pilots trainin% in the &AF) risk disciplinary action if

they stray into the e

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A closed4circ-it 9 camera watches o'er the perimeter of Area 51

In 1660, fi'e -nnamed ci'ilian contractors and the widows of contractors Walter GasMa and )o.ert Frost s-ed the 78AFand

the 7nited 8tates "n'ironmental Krotection A%ency$ heir s-it, in which they were represented .y*eor%e Washin%ton

7ni'ersitylaw professoronathan -rley, alle%ed they had .een present when lar%e =-antities of -nknown chemicals had .een

.-rned in open pits and trenches at *room$ #iopsiestaken from the complainants were analyMed .y )-t%ers

7ni'ersity.iochemists,who fo-nd hi%h le'els ofdioected -rley:s appeal,[00]and the 7$8$ 8-preme Co-rt ref-sed to hear it, p-ttin% an

end to the complainants: case$

he Kresidentcontin-es to ann-ally iss-e a determination contin-in% the *room eo-rnalists .ecame aware of it$ [03]

1620 8kyla. photo%raphy

*room +ake(-pper left! andKapoose +ake(lower ri%ht!$ Khoto .yBoc 8earls, 1$

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In an-ary , space historian Bwayne A$ Bayp-.lished an article in online aerospace ma%aMineThe S&ace !evie%titled

DAstrona-ts and Area 51 the 8kyla. IncidentD$ he article was .ased on a memo written in 1620 to CIAdirectorWilliam

Col.y.y an -nknown CIA official$ he memo reported that astrona-ts on .oard 8kyla. 0had, as part of a lar%er pro%ram,

inad'ertently photo%raphed a location of which the memo said

here were specific instr-ctions not to do this$ PredactedQ was the only location which had s-ch an instr-ction$

Altho-%h the name of the location was o.sc-red, the conte

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Acti'ities related to a s-pposed shadowyone world %o'ernmentor the a>estic 1or%aniMation$

any of the hypotheses concern -nder%ro-nd facilities at *room or at Kapoose +ake(AGA D840 locationD!, 3$5 miles (1/$2 km!

so-th, and incl-de claims of a transcontinental -nder%ro-nd railroad system, a disappearin% airstrip (nicknamed the DCheshire

AirstripD, after +ewis Carroll:s Cheshire cat! which .riefly appears when water is sprayed onto its camo-fla%ed asphalt,[5/]and

en%ineerin% .ased on alien technolo%y$ K-.licly a'aila.le satellite ima%ery, howe'er, re'eals clearly 'isi.le landin% strips at

*room Bry +ake, .-t not at Kapoose +ake$

In the mid4165s, ci'ilian aircraft flew -nder , feet while military aircraft flew -nder 0, feet$ Once the 74 .e%an flyin%

at a.o'e , feet, an -ne

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In 0, Ban #-risch (pse-donym of Ban Crain! claimed to ha'e worked on clonin% alien 'ir-ses at Area 51, also

alon%side the alien named D4)odD$ #-risch:s scholarly credentials are the s-.>ect of m-ch de.ate, as he was

apparently workin% as a +as 9e%as parole officer in 1636 while also earnin% a KhB at 87&E$[5]

In pop-lar c-lt-re

&o'els, films, tele'ision pro%rams, and other fictional portrayals of Area 51 descri.e itRor a fictional

co-nterpartRas a ha'en fore

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Barlin%ton, Ba'id (1663!$Area 51 The Dreamland 4hronicles$ &ew Eork @enry @olt$ I8#& 62344354046

Katton, Khil (1663!$ Dreamland Travels 7nside the Secret $orld o !os%ell and Area 51$ &ew Eork 9illard ?

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Area 51 reso-rces at the Federation of American 8cientists$

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se%ment a.o-t the en'ironmental laws-it$

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