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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.

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KEYWORDS: area51; canteen; coldwar; oxcart; troopsupport; ufo; usaf
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To: The Mayor
And in 2nd and snagging the silver....The Mayor!!


41 posted on 04/13/2009 6:45:04 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: AZamericonnie

Yup! This will sure be a fun trip! :o)

42 posted on 04/13/2009 6:51:15 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: laurenmarlowe

On our way back from Arizona last year, Violet and I stopped in LV for a couple days. We toured the Atomic Reasearch Museum an the internal tour of Hoover Dam.

On our journey north, we passed by Nellis AFB, spooky place!


43 posted on 04/13/2009 6:55:06 PM PDT by Randy Larsen ( BTW, If I offend you! Please let me know, I may want to offend you again!)
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To: laurenmarlowe
y 2 strange craft by Dragonnie.

44 posted on 04/13/2009 6:56:20 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Randy Larsen

Howdy Randy! Congratulations to you and your family on the new arrival.

That area is just fascinating to me. Remote and SPOOKY, LOL!


45 posted on 04/13/2009 7:02:38 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: wastedyears
And rounding out the top 3....wastedyears bags the bronze!!


46 posted on 04/13/2009 7:05:18 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: laurenmarlowe
Thank You!

I'm with you,fascinating,aliens or not! It topped off a great adventure!

47 posted on 04/13/2009 7:05:54 PM PDT by Randy Larsen ( BTW, If I offend you! Please let me know, I may want to offend you again!)
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To: SandRat
Hehehe!


48 posted on 04/13/2009 7:07:31 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: SandRat
Bad Economy Hits Galacticly


49 posted on 04/13/2009 7:08:12 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: SandRat

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50 posted on 04/13/2009 7:08:32 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Randy Larsen

Indeed!

Heard a rumor you and Violet may get to come this way in October for the shoot, I sure hope so!


51 posted on 04/13/2009 7:09:21 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: laurenmarlowe

Maybe...Saving my aluminum cans!

It sure would be nice to see everyone!


52 posted on 04/13/2009 7:12:14 PM PDT by Randy Larsen ( BTW, If I offend you! Please let me know, I may want to offend you again!)
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To: Kathy in Alaska; All
Gotta scoot MA! Y'all have a great week, see ya next Monday night.

Will be spending the rest of the week at a really fun event, our Annual Art Festival!

Main Street Arts Festival!

53 posted on 04/13/2009 7:14:28 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: laurenmarlowe

Looks like Miss Addy had a great time.....just look at her and her first PEEP. LOL!!

No little people, but I hide Hershey Kisses and tiny Snickers every year. It’s fun.


54 posted on 04/13/2009 7:20:39 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: laurenmarlowe

Good night and rest well, lauren. Thanks for all you do for our troops. And I’m off for home. Back in a bit.


55 posted on 04/13/2009 7:22:30 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: laurenmarlowe

Awwwwwwwww....she is simply adorable! I really hate that I
didn’t get to meet her last weekend!

Looks like y’all had fun for Easter. It’s always more fun
with a little one involved!


56 posted on 04/13/2009 7:29:20 PM PDT by luvie (Zero is dumb as a rock)
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To: laurenmarlowe

Oooooo....this thread sounds spooky! “Area 51” sounds so
mysterious.

Thanks for all your hard work!


57 posted on 04/13/2009 7:31:11 PM PDT by luvie (Zero is dumb as a rock)
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To: Kathy in Alaska
God be with all our Canteen Heroes....and the brave military
around the world.

Thank God for the Navy snipers who rescued the hostage off
the coast of Somalia!

58 posted on 04/13/2009 7:38:34 PM PDT by luvie (Zero is dumb as a rock)
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To: Kathy in Alaska
after stipping away the paint on the Area-51 warning sign guess what I found..




59 posted on 04/13/2009 7:38:45 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: LUV W

Remember 24 is on tonight.


60 posted on 04/13/2009 7:42:38 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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