Area 51’s UFO myths became a cover for secret testing of ...

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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