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   XPost: alt.alien.research, alt.paranet.abduct, alt.conspiracy   
   From: garymatalucci@gmail.com   
      
   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   
      
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