HANGAR/18
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DATE=2-5-96
(*BRADSHAW*)
   RUMORS ABOUT ALIEN TECHNOLOGY BEING STORED AT NEVADA'S AREA 51
   MILITARY BASE HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR MANY YEARS.
(***JUANA***)
   BUT THE STORIES HAVE A CLEAR PREDECESSOR---THE LEGEND, OF HANGAR
   18!TAKE THREE SHOT
    GEORGE KNAPP IS HERE WITH AN I-TEAM REPORT... ON HOW THESE TALES
    BEGAN!


S-HANGAR/18
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DATE=2-5-96
   HANGAR 18 IS THE GRANDDADDY OF UFO CONSPIRACY STORIES. IT'S OF
   INTEREST TO US BECAUSE, AS IT TURNS OUT, THERE'S A HANGAR 18 OUT AT
   AREA 51, A PLACE WHICH HAS INSPIRED MORE THAN A FEW UFO STORIES OF
   ITS OWN. WE KNOW ABOUT THIS HANGAR 18 BECAUSE OF A SECURITY MANUAL
   TAKEN FROM THE BASE.

P-HANGAR/18
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DATE=2-5-96
   ((Glenn Campbell/Anti-Secrecy Activist: This is hangar 18....it's
   also possible there's a sens of humor out there. doesnt prove there
   are aliens, but they have a sense of humor.))

IT MAY BE THE PEOPLE WHO RUN THE BASE WITH NO NAME WANTED TO TEASE UFO
BUFFS WHO FORMERLY CLIMBED THE HILLS TO PEER INTO DREAMLAND, OR IT MAY
JUST BE THIS WAS THE 18TH HANGAR BUILT AT GROOM LAKE, BUT THE IRONY OF
THE NAME HAS NOT ESCAPED RESEARCHERS. THE EXISTENCE OF HANGAR 18 WAS
CONFIRMED BY THIS SECURITY FROM AREA 51, A MANUAL THE GOVT SAYS SHOULD
BE CLASSIFIED. IT LISTS THE NAME OF THE HANGAR 18, ALONG WITH EVERY
OTHER BUILDING ON THE BASE, EVEN THE NAMES OF ITS STREETS.
  THE HANGAR 18 LEGEND BEGAN NOT IN NEVADA BUT IN NEW MEXICO.
  PERSISTENT REPORTS CLAIMED THAT DEBRIS AND BODIES FROM FLYG SAUCER
  CRASH SITES HAD BEEN FLOWN TO WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR BASE IN OHIO,
  HIDDEN INSIDE HANGAR 18, AKA THE BLUE ROOM. THE STORY GREW AFTER
  SENATOR BARRY GOLDWATER, CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE
  COMMITTEE, ASKED TO SEE WHAT WAS INSIDE THE HANGAR AND WAS TOLD TO
  NEVER ASK AGAIN. AND A CHEESY MOVIE OF THE SAME NAME ADDED TO THE
  FOLKLORE. NOW, THERE ARE MAPS OF AREA 51 WHICH CLEARLY SHOW THE
  NAMESAKE HANGAR.
  GLENN CAMPBELL IS PARTLY RESPONSIBLE. HIS AREA 51 RESEARCH CENTER
  NEAR AREA 51 HELPED GENERATE WORLDWIDE ATTENTION ON THE BASE. TODAY,
  HE HAS DIFFERENT DIGS.
((Glenn Campbell/Anti-Secrecy Activist: it just happens to overlook the
JKanet terminal out here. this is where all the workers at thebase take
off, park theircars.))
CAMPBELL'S APARTMENT NEAR MCCARRAN ALLOWS A BIRDS EYE VIEW OF EVERY
PERSON WHO FLIES IN AND OUT OF GROOM LAKE. HE OCCASIONALLY COUNTS THE
CARS TO GUAGE ACTIVITY AT THE BASE.
((Glenn Campbell: what ive noticed since the first of january is a
pickup of activity. more cars in the parrking lot.))
ABOUT 30 PERCENT MORE, HE SAYS. WE DONT KNOW FOR SURE WHAT THEY'RE
DOING UP THERE. THE SECURITY MANUAL NOTES THAT COVER STORIES ARE
ROUTINE PROCEDURE. SECURITY FORCES WHO MEET INTRUDERS ARE INSTRUCTED TO
SAY THEY'RE TRYING TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM ORDINANCE AND LOW FLYING
PLANES.
((Jonathan Turley/Law Professor: What we have at the base is a cultural
feeling, anything can happen here because this is a place that doesnt
exist, so how can you have enforcement?))
T-HANGAR/18
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   PROFESSOR TURLEY IS THE LAWYER FOR FORMER AREA 51 WORKERS WHO SAY
   THEY WERE EXPOSED TO TOXIC CHEMICALS OUT THERE. COVER STORIES, ALSO
   KNOWN AS LIES, ARE AMONG THE LEAST OF THE GOVERNMENT'S
   TRANSGRESSIONS AT GROOM LAKE, HE SAYS. SO FAR, FEDERAL COURTS HAVE
   SIDED WITH THE PENTAGON. TURLEY SAYS HE HAS NO DOUBT THE WORKERS
   WILL WIN AND HE EXPECTS THE CASE TO GO TO THE SUPREME COURT.
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(***JUANA***)
(--2 SHOT --)
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.