Area 51 - Alive, Well, And Said Expanding//Debunkers NOT allowed!//Positive sign sez President

Area 51 - Alive, Well, And Said Expanding
By Norio Hayakawa From Wes Thomas

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 this type of misinformed article did not serve to
curtail the general public�s interest in and rightful scrutiny of AREA
51 (Groom Lake Complexes), particularly in regards to those 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 clearly 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 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
military 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. 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).
The night prior to the day that I climbed the Tickaboo 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 illlumination 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 particular 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, anyone can easily get right next to the Green River
Missile Launch �complex�. There is nothing top-secret going on over
there.  Rather than the Green River Missile Launch �complex� (which
Jim Wilson seemed to have inferred as the possible site of the new
AREA 51), we should keep a closer eye 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 (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 to bring about �transparency
effect� as well as distorted image size of the aircraft. All this, in
addition to several new black, triangular aircraft (such as 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

Sir Arthur C.B.E. Wholeflaffers A.S.A.; Pres. of Human-Alien Contact
Agenda said this is a "positive" step in the "right" direction.