[GunRunner]

"Those guys who came forward may very well be telling the truth, with the caveat that they wouldn't know if there was something going on," said Stanton T. Friedman, a nuclear physicist, lecturer and top UFO researcher.

So, let me get this straight. The guys who work there don't know the whole story, but you do Mr. Friedman?

Why don't you enlighten us?

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Problem is that the Groom Lake military installation did not exist until 1955. The first big, well-publicized UFO sightings began in 1947.

[Netizen]

I think he just means that they may not have been privy to information going on in other areas of the base. Sort of like one person not knowing all of the ingredients of a secret recipe.

[Frank_Discussion]

“So, let me get this straight. The guys who work there don’t know the whole story, but you do Mr. Friedman?”

At what point did Friedman say he knew the whole story? And what specifically was wrong about the quote?

Security compartmentalizations can be very effective, and are used all the time on sensitive projects. These guys may NOT know every project in their area, so what Friedman said is quite accurate.

Compartmental security was used to hide the Manhatten Project for years until Japan was bombed, and we have grown very good at that kind of security over the years. If (and I mean IF) UFO’s were under research at Area 51, not everyone would know, that’s just how that sort of thing is managed.

[GingisK]

...The guys who work there don't know the whole story...

This is called "compartmentalization". I know a man who designed a complex device, and never knew what it was for until he saw it on the bottom of an F-16 at an air show.