Posted on 03/28/2010 8:18:46 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
After nearly five decades, guys like James Noce finally get to tell their stories about Area 51.
Yes, that Area 51.
The one that gets brought up when people talk about secret Air Force projects, crashed UFOs, alien bodies and, of course, conspiracies.
The secrets, some of them, have been declassified.
Noce, 72, and his fellow Area 51 veterans around the country now are free to talk about doing contract work for the CIA in the 1960s and '70s at the arid, isolated Southern Nevada government testing site.
Their stories shed some light on a site shrouded in mystery; classified projects still are going on there. It's not a big leap from warding off the curious 40 or 50 years ago, to warding off the curious who now make the drive to Area 51.
The veterans' stories provide a glimpse of real-life government covert operations, with their everyday routines and moments of excitement.
Noce didn't seek out publicity. But when contacted, he was glad to tell what it was like.
"I was sworn to secrecy for 47 years. I couldn't talk about it," he says.
In the 1960s, Area 51 was the test site for the A-12 and its successor, the SR-71 Blackbird, a secret spy plane that broke records at documented speeds that still have been unmatched. The CIA says it reached Mach 3.29 (about 2,200 mph) at 90,000 feet.
But after September 2007, when the CIA displayed an A-12 in front of its Langley, Va., headquarters as part of the agency's 60th birthday, much of the secrecy of those days at Area 51 fell away.
Advance warning to UFOlogists: Sorry, although Noce and other Area 51 vets say they saw plenty of secret stuff, none make claims about aliens.
(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.nwsource.com ...
thought you might want to see this.
Well, as glad as I am to know the truth from these folks, I am sorta sad that their were no alien sightings or wrecked ships to be spoken of, it would have been such fun to get into and share.
oops-—grammar difficulties....’there were’ not ‘their were’. Duh.
for later
Well there is S4 which is not mentioned and not far from the Groom Lake Facility. You also need to remember that his work was probably compartmentalized.
The Kook to Kook AM crowd will be deeply saddened.
Just within this month, they did almost a whole program
with some ex military guy that had been stationed there.
Oh yes, he said, it is very real, and the little green men are deep in the bunkers at area 51, haha.
I wonder if this guy was ever featured in the Popular Science magazine?
hmmm...not familiar with your comment substance but believe it holds out a glimmer of hope for alien confirmation, right?
There was no mentioned of work at Papoose Lake.
Don’t know anything about Papoose Lake, either. Dang.
That's just what they want us to believe... And Obamacare will reduce the deficit.
My Dad admitted to me a little while ago that he had been to Area 51 when he was an Air Force Officer at the Skunk works in the 60’s.
I should have known it. He has a picture of an SR-71 on his wall...
...autographed by Kelly Johnson.
hey, this is just disinformation! Don’t you know, they’re not going to come out and just TELL you about the secret stuff;)
I was there a few times in the early ‘80’s. About all I can say is there were “weird looking things”.
my sister knew a guy who dated a girl who married completely different people who knew someone who saw a moose bite a papoose once
I’ll stand by my close relative’s assertions who worked there . . . I forget the timeframe of his duty there, however.
Much appreciate the ping.
Interesting.
Thx.
* wink * wink *
gee thanks...most informative! Sounds like the real deal, very well documented and trustworthy information.
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