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FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Area 51, Nevada ~ 14 APR, 2009
Serving The Best Troops And Veterans In The World | The Canteen Crew

Posted on 04/13/2009 5:59:36 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe

 
 
 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Area 51, Nevada

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Area 51 is a nickname for a military base located in the southern portion of Nevada in the western United States (83 miles north-northwest of downtown Las Vegas). Situated at its center, on the southern shore of Groom Lake, is a large secretive military airfield. The base's primary purpose is to support development and testing of experimental aircraft and weapons systems.

The base lies within the United States Air Force's vast Nevada Test and Training Range. Although the facilities at the range are managed by the 99th Air Base Wing at Nellis Air Force Base, the Groom facility appears to be run as an adjunct of the Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC) at Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert, around 186 miles southwest of Groom, and as such the base is known as Air Force Flight Test Center (Detachment 3).

Other names used for the facility include Dreamland, Paradise Ranch, Home Base, Watertown Strip, Groom Lake, and most recently Homey Airport. The area is part of the Nellis Military Operations Area, and the restricted airspace around the field is referred to as (R-4808N), known by the military pilots in the area as "The Box."

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The intense secrecy surrounding the base, the very existence of which the U.S. government barely acknowledges, has led it to become the frequent subject of conspiracy theories and a central component to unidentified flying object (UFO) folklore.

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Area 51 shares a border with the Yucca Flat region of the Nevada Test Site (NTS), the location of 739 of the 928 nuclear tests conducted by the United States Department of Energy at NTS. The Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository is approximately 40 miles southwest of Groom Lake.

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The original 6-by-10 mile rectangular base is now part of the so-called "Groom box", a 23-by-25.3 mile rectangular area of restricted airspace. The area is connected to the internal NTS road network, with paved roads leading south to Mercury and west to Yucca Flat. Leading northeast from the lake, the wide and well-maintained Groom Lake Road runs through a pass in the Jumbled Hills.

The road formerly led to mines in the Groom basin, but has been improved since their closure. Its winding course runs past a security checkpoint, but the restricted area around the base extends further east. After leaving the restricted area, Groom Lake Road descends eastward to the floor of the Tikaboo Valley, passing the dirt-road entrances to several small ranches, before converging with State Route 375, the "Extraterrestrial Highway", south of Rachel, Nevada.

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Groom Lake is not a conventional airbase, as frontline units are not normally deployed there. It instead appears to be used during the development, testing, and training phases for new aircraft. Once these aircraft have been approved by the United States Air Force or other agencies such as the CIA, operation of that aircraft is generally conducted from a normal air force base. Groom is reported, however, to be the permanent home for a small number of Soviet-designed aircraft which are analyzed and used for training purposes.

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Soviet spy satellites obtained photographs of the Groom Lake area during the height of the Cold War, and later civilian satellites produced detailed images of the base and its surroundings. These images support only modest conclusions about the base, depicting a nondescript base, long airstrip, hangars and the lake.

Unlike much of the Nellis range, the area surrounding the lake is permanently off-limits both to civilian and normal military air traffic. Radar stations protect the area, and unauthorized personnel are quickly expelled. Even military pilots training in the NAFR risk disciplinary action if they accidentally stray into the exclusionary "box" surrounding Groom's airspace.

Perimeter security is provided by uniformed private security guards working for EG&G's security subcontractor Wackenhut, who patrol in desert camouflage Jeep Cherokees and Humvees, and more recently, champagne-colored Ford F-150 pickups and gray Chevy 2500 4X4 pickups. Although the guards are armed with M16s, no violent encounters with Area 51 observers have been reported; instead, the guards generally follow visitors near the perimeter and radio for the Lincoln County Sheriff.

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 Deadly force is authorized if violators who attempt to breach the secured area fail to heed warnings to halt. Fines of around $600 seem to be the normal course of action, although some visitors and journalists report receiving follow-up visits from FBI agents. Some observers have been detained on public land for pointing camera equipment at the base. Surveillance is supplemented using buried motion sensors and by HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters.

Learn More About Area 51 HERE!!

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We pray that your hope, courage, and dignity remain unbroken, so that you may show others the way.

God Bless You All ~ Today, Tomorrow and Always

 

 



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To: laurenmarlowe
Thanks, lauren, for today's Road Trip: Area 51, Nevada!


21 posted on 04/13/2009 6:15:37 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: Parley Baer

Good evening to you Parley Baer, thanks for joining us this evening!

I’ve been through there too, long time ago. Interesting place for sure!


22 posted on 04/13/2009 6:16:06 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: laurenmarlowe

lauren...I hope you had a really nice Easter? Did you find an egg or 2? *HUGS*


23 posted on 04/13/2009 6:16:54 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: AZamericonnie

Good evening Connie! *HUGS*

Thank you for the awesome Tribute To Our Troops!


24 posted on 04/13/2009 6:18:09 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: txradioguy; tongue-tied; SoldierDad; mike1sg; Milo828; mystery-ak; CMS; The Sailor; Jet Jaguar; ...
Honoring Our Heroes

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3 sons (armymarinemom and amdad)
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25 posted on 04/13/2009 6:19:45 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: randog

Howdy randog, thanks for stopping by!

Great story, and I feel certain the Sheriff would have been there at the fence waiting for you upon your return, LOL!


26 posted on 04/13/2009 6:20:55 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: Tanniker Smith

Howdy Tann! It’s great to see you this evening!


27 posted on 04/13/2009 6:21:47 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: All

A PRAYER OF PROTECTION

The light of God surround you
The love of God enfold you
The power of God protect you
The presence of God watch over you
Wherever you are, God is,
And all is well.
Amen.

BLESS THIS HOUSE
 Bless this house O Lord we pray; Make it safe by night and day; 
Bless these walls so firm and stout, Keeping want and trouble out:
Bless the roof and chimneys tall, Let thy peace lie over all;
Bless this door, that it may prove ever open to joy and love.
Bless these windows shining bright, Letting in God's heav'nly light;
Bless the hearth a'blazing there, with smoke ascending like a prayer;
Bless the folk who dwell within, keep them pure and free from sin;
Bless us all that we may be Fit O Lord to dwell with thee;
Bless us all that one day we May dwell O Lord with thee. 
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28 posted on 04/13/2009 6:24:12 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: Kathy in Alaska; LUV W
It's was a wonderful Easter MA, thanks! And I hope yours was as well.

Miss Addy got to have her first PEEP on Saturday, we had a fun Easter Egg Hunt!


29 posted on 04/13/2009 6:25:14 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: laurenmarlowe

What? No pictures of alien spacecraft? ;)


30 posted on 04/13/2009 6:25:19 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Common courtesy, like common sense, isn't.)
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To: Tanniker Smith
Just saw this on another thread:

A 47-year-old woman stuns the crowd (including Simon Cowell) at Britains Got Talent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY
It's 7 minutes long, but worth a watch. Amazing. Simply amazing.

31 posted on 04/13/2009 6:27:21 PM PDT by Tanniker Smith (The sun glinted off chiseled pectorals sculpted during four weight-lifting sessions each week and...)
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers
But...but...there's no alien spaceships at Area 51!!


32 posted on 04/13/2009 6:29:02 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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Rachel, NV is a cool dot of a town. Get a drink at the Li’l Ale’inn. Lots of cool bumper stickers on the bar, as well as UFO stuff. There are a lot of UFO nuts who pass through there, which makes it fun for interesting conversation.


33 posted on 04/13/2009 6:29:18 PM PDT by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ)
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To: laurenmarlowe

Thank you for this evening's thread Lauren! *Hugs*

Oh boy, the souvenirs we're gonna bring home this time!:)

34 posted on 04/13/2009 6:30:10 PM PDT by AZamericonnie
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To: All


Kate Smith ~ God Bless America


35 posted on 04/13/2009 6:30:37 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: SandRat
And Sand is in first....grabbing the gold!!


36 posted on 04/13/2009 6:36:00 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: Tanniker Smith

That’s wonderful Tann! Thanks for posting!


37 posted on 04/13/2009 6:37:26 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: Tanniker Smith

Wow Tann....that’s a Paul Pott’s moment!

Good for Susan...”Bloody Fantastic!” :)

Thanks for posting it. *Hugs*


38 posted on 04/13/2009 6:39:44 PM PDT by AZamericonnie
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To: BIGLOOK; All

Many thanks to BIGLOOK for tonight’s thread!


39 posted on 04/13/2009 6:40:59 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: dsrtsage

Howdy dsrtsage, thanks for stopping in this evening!

I’s love to go there, what a colorful place!


40 posted on 04/13/2009 6:42:44 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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