obviouslydelusional wrote:

Remember that the glory days of most of the "serious guys" (and by
that I mean black aircraft aficionados) were the early to mid 1990s.
It was during this period Popular Science, Wired, AvWeek and more all
had major stories about Area 51.   Books were written.   What caught
everyones imagination was that virtually NOTHING was known about the
place.  Maybe there WERE aliens!!  So much was a mystery.

I don't think that the early "serious guys" felt like
"so much was a mystery". At least not "mystery" in terms
of aliens and grays and caputred saucers. Those guys were
fascinated by the planes, the unique security hardware and
the black budget. I think it was the sensationalistic
rags (pop mechanics et al) that played up the UFO aspect.

Now welcome to the new millennium.  We have Google Earth with high res
coverage of most of the Nellis Range. Private websites like DLR can
hire out for even higher resolution satellite pics.  Flightaware
tracks Janet flights.  Environmental impact statements detailing what
happens where.   Quality night vision stuff is cheap.  There is
fantastic radio scanning and DF gear.  This has all pushed back the
boundaries of the unknown to the point where many have lost interest.
People aren't gonna go squat out in the desert for days on end if
there aren't aliens...

People never did squat out in the desert for days
for aliens or otherwise. A tiny handful of people
camped out there. But my guess is that the vast
majority of them did it because Glenn and the
old timers did and they wanted to do the same
before the boundaries got pushed even further.
Those very limited few that continued to camp
out, take photos etc, typically focus on the
same thing they always did. Same thing in my
first paragraph - planes, hardware, budget.

And now that we have Google Earth and satellite pics and
all the other legit research, STILL, the DLR kids
"want to believe".

So nothing at all has changed. The base still does what
the base always did. The young explorers are now older
and don't have the energy and joint health to physically
hang out at the border. The sharks are still trying to
make a buck off the place. And the die hard UFOers probably
still believe Lazar disassembled space ships at S4.

Here's my suggestion, to you. Figure out what YOUR personal
interest is in the base. Focus on that. Do good, honest,
responsible, ethical, legal research to try and disprove
or support your interest. Don't worry about what others
believe or have gotten "burned out on". Present your
evidence to the world and let people make up their
own minds about everything.


Craig 'Lumpy' Lemke

www.n0eq.com