US Reveled Declassified documents on Areal 51 Purpose UFOs

US Reveled Declassified documents on Areal 51 Purpose UFOs

A newly declassified CIA papers reveal the truth about Nevada’s Area 51 and its secret mission, which was not to study UFOs, but to test the U-2 and other spy planes.

The CIA's story about the legendary test site is contained in "The Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance: the U-2 and Oxcart Programs."

The document was approved for release in June, with just a few remaining redactions, in response to a Freedom of Information request filed by George Washington University's National Security Archive back in 2005.

The facility had been used during World War II as an aerial gunnery range, and the officials decided it would be "an ideal site for testing the U-2 and training its pilots

Atomic Energy Commission's (AEC) agreed to add the area to its real estate holdings, "and President Eisenhower also approved the addition of this strip of wasteland, known by its map designation as Area 51, to the Nevada Test Site.

the site was nicknamed "Paradise Ranch," or simply the Ranch

The first U-2 test flight took place at Area 51 on Aug. 4, 1955, and over the years that followed; the site was used for training U-2 pilots.

The Groom Lake facility was also used for development of the U-2 spy plane's successors, including the Lockheed A-12 Oxcart and the D-21 Tagboard.

Area 51 served as a test site for the F-117 stealth fighter.
To this day, the area surrounding the facility has been closely guarded, and the airspace is off-limits to civilian air traffic.

the CIA book makes no mention of Roswell or alien spacecraft.

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Suggested Reading -

Groom Lake/Area 51 Finally Declassified National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 434


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