What is Area 51? And why is it so secretive?

Built, 1955 (1955) (as Paradise Ranch). In use, 1955–present. Events, Storm Area 51 (2019). Garrison information. Garrison, Air Force Test Center (Detachment 3).

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22 Sept 2025 — After the U-2 was put into service in 1956, Area 51 was used to develop other aircraft, including the A-12 (also known as OXCART) ...

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July 1955 - The CIA begins using Area 51 to develop the high-altitude U-2 reconnaissance plane. Other aircraft are also tested at the site later, including the ...

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20 Sept 2019 — I mean, the government admitted its existence all the way in 1955, when it was being built. The CIA used the Atomic Energy Commission as, ...

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19 Sept 2019 — Although it opened in 1955, its existence was only officially acknowledged by the CIA in August 2013.

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19 Aug 2025 — The site is known as Area 51 because that was its designation on maps created by the Atomic Energy Commission. During World War II (1939–45) ...

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The Groom Lake facility was established in the wake of the Roswell incident of 1947 in which it stored and studied a crashed extraterrestrial spacecraft and its ...

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20 Sept 2019 — In 1955, he and Lockheed aircraft designer Kelly Johnson selected the secluded airfield at Groom Lake to be their headquarters. The AEC added ...

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24 Nov 2020 — In short, Area 51 was created during the Cold War to help America peek in on the Soviet Union. But, because of its clandestine beginnings and ...

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