From: "David E. Parsons" 
Subject: SNET: AREA 51.....Alive, Well and EXPANDING??
Date: 1 Feb 1998 15:02:22 -0500
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Subject: AREA 51.....Alive, Well and EXPANDING??
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There is no truth whatsoever to the ridiculous rumor that AREA 51 and its
operations were abandoned and were relocated elsewhere, such as to Utah.
Basically, this rumor had originated from a disinformative article
written by Jim Wilson that first appeared in the June, 1997 issue of
POPULAR MECHANICS.  The unexpected article no doubt was greatly
"appreciated" by Nellis AFB and particularly by those at the "remote
operating base" at Groom Lake.  The folks at Nellis AFB probably rolled on
the floor laughing over the article on AREA 51, which was for the most part
filled with factual errors much to their absolute delight!!   The June,
1997, POPULAR MECHANICS piece also must have brought much delight to the
then Secretary of the Air Force, Sheila Widnall.
     
   It is my hope that that type of misinformed article did not serve to
curtail the general public's interest in and rightful scrunity of AREA 51
(Groom Lake Complexes), particularly in regards to the issues relative to
the alleged infractions of environmental statutes at the site.
    The article, written by Jim Wilson, science editor of POPULAR
MECHANICS, inferred that "the Air Force had abandoned top-secret testing at
its once most secret test site".   Then Wilson came to the hasty conclusion
and stated that "we know why and we know where they moved to (i.e., Utah)".
 Nothing is farther from the truth than this overly generalized inference.
Jim Wilson, despite his probable sincerity and good intentions, obviously
missed the whole picture.
    To begin with, he obviously took a wrong turn on "Groom Lake dirt road"
and went to the wrong location.  It  was obvious from the photo that what
he did was go south on the "Mail Box dirt road" from Hwy 375, crossed the
"Groom Lake dirt road" and went further south all the way till he
encountered an old, poorly maintained wind fence, believing that he had
arrived at the back gate of AREA 51, when in reality he had arrived at the
northeastern boundary of Range 61.  There he decided that nothing was
happening at AREA 51, and made a hasty statement, saying "the 'cammo dudes'
are no longer patrolling the perimeter of AREA 51" and further rashly
stated that "what we found was a securely locked wind fence that appears to
have been undisturbed for months".
    He further commented that even though he had arrived at the back door
to AREA 51, there was "no guard post".  Brilliant!!   (There never was
any.....ever at that location!!).  He also stated in the article that the
"warning signs flanking the gate aren't very 'threatening' either".   (The
reason for that is because there never existed any "threatening" warning
signs there except the sign that says NO TRESPASSING......Nellis Bombing
Range).  It is because that location is not AREA 51........it is merely the
northeastern boundary of Range 61.  Wilson then came to the rather naive
conclusion that "AREA 51 has shut down!!".  Again, a brilliant conclusion!!
    
    I suggest next time that he go to the right location......towards the
real Guard Shack area.....(west all the way on Groom Lake Road).......
where he may really encounter the "cammo dudes", white Jeep Cherokees and
perhaps a Blackhawk chopper or two to welcome him, if he dare go to the
Guard Shack area.  He would also see some real "threatening" warning signs
along the dirt road that clearly say LETHAL FORCE WILL BE USED.
    From what I understand from several reliable sources,  Groom Lake has
not had a major lessening of activity whatsoever.  In fact, there may be
more going on at Groom Lake now than before.
    In October of 1997, I observed the Groom Lake facility from high atop
Tickaboo Peak and verified with my own eyes that the facility is not only
there but even thought that there may be slightly more structures out there
than before!   A couple of new water tanks seem to have been added recently
behind the big hangar area.  Also, deducing from a fairly recent, highly-
detailed panoramic photo that I acquired (allegedly taken several months
after the closure of both the Freedom Ridge and White Sides) I have no
doubt that there are some new constructions going on, particularly along
the southwest slope next to Groom Lake.  (I had observed the Groom Lake
facility a number of times before from both the White Sides hill and the
Freedom Ridge before those hills became off-limits to the public).
    Also, the night prior to the day that I climbed the Ticakboo Peak in
October of 1997, we were standing at the exact spot where Jim Wilson had
stood......at around 7:30 p.m., at the northeastern boundary of Range 61.
As we were looking towards the direction of Groom Lake, we were surprised
by a sudden illumination of the sky just over the direction of Groom Lake
and witnessed around 3 or 4 reddish "balls" of lights that appeared over
the direction of Groom Lake and then disappeared momentarily, after which
the sky over that area returned to total darkness.  I could not speculate
what those reddish "balls" of lights were......but this went on
intermittently for about three times during the next 20 minutes or so.
There was no doubt that there was activity of some kind that night at Groom
Lake.  This was in stark contrast to the allegation by Jim Wilson that
nothing is going on at AREA 51 and that nothing was going on when he was
standing at the northeastern boundary of Range 61, looking towards the
Groom Mountains.  Probably nothing major was going on that was visible on
that particularly day or evening when he was there.  Moreover, we must bear
in mind that most sensitive programs are thought to be conducted below
ground level, to begin with.
    Primarily because of the misinformative article from the June, 1997,
POPULAR MECHANICS, the whole world now seems to be under the impression
that there is nothing going on at AREA 51, and that everything had moved to
the Green River Missile Launch "complex" in Utah.
    One of the erroneous facts that Jim Wilson mentioned in the June, 1997
POPULAR MECHANICS article was that there was an "officially named AREA
6413" in Utah.  There is no "officially named AREA 6413" in Utah.  What he
meant to say was Restricted Air Space 6413 in Utah.   However, even to this
date, it is my understanding that anyone can easily get right next to the
Green River Missile Launch "complex".  I doubt that there is anything
top-secret going on over there.  Rather than the Green River Missile Launch
"comlex" (which Jim Wilson seemed to have inferred as the possible site of
the New AREA 51), we should keep a closer watch on the new "non-lethal"
weapons programs as well as the new "bacteriological warfare programs"
going on at Dugway Proving Grounds
in Utah.  It is, by far, more "interesting" there than the Green River area!!
    All in all, the June, 1997 POPULAR MECHANICS article was in such a
drastic contrast to the more well-researched article that coincidentally
appeared one month prior, in the May, 1997 issue of POPULAR SCIENCE in
which Groom Lake was mentioned several times, with an inference that there
was still plenty going on at Groom Lake.
    Some of the ongoing programs at AREA 51, according to reports from the
Monitoring Times and other publications, seem to include a new series of
B-2 follow-on by Northrop/Grumman at S-2, possible series of newer Darkstar
(Tier 3 - UAV) by Lockheed at S-4 and Tier 2+ and Tier 3+  UAVs at S-9 by
such as Teledyne Ryan Aero.
    In June of 1997, after the article appeared on POPULAR MECHANICS, I was
informed that some new components of new, small-scale VTOL produced by
Lockheed had just been transferred to Groom from Air Force Plant 42 in
Palmdale, California.
    There is no doubt that there are new generations of Unmanned Aerial
Vehicles (UAVs  -  remotely controlled surveillance platforms, etc.) being
tested at Groom Lake.
    New testing of "skins" for outer coating for a new generation of
stealth program is going on as well, as inferred by the May, 1997 issue of
POPULAR SCIENCE.
    A new generation of "electro chromic panels" are probably continuing to
be tested at the facility.  A move towards "daytime" stealth capability
(such as through the use of special sensors for transmission of image
reflections of the background environment on the lower as well as upper
bodies of the aircraft) may be in the works at AREA 51.
    I would not be surprised at all if they were working on such as limited
tri-dimensional holographic image maximization that could be integrated
with the "electro chromic panels" used to reflect background environment on
the aircraft not only to bring about "transparency effect" but also to
bring about image size distortion of the aircraft.
    All this, in addition to several new black, triangular aircraft (such
as the alleged TR-3A Black Manta) that they may be working on.
    Anyway, the point is that there may indeed be some new programs going
on in Utah and elsewhere, but to infer that AREA 51 "moved" to Utah is
totally unfounded.

Norio Hayakawa
http://www.eagle-net.org/groomwatch

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