Is area 51 the only base called "Area XX"

neonerd

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or are there other bases like that? Area 26, area 69, whatever....just some other number

also the base doesn't have to be top secret, just wondering if they have them
 

slick230

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It's called Area 51 because on aeronautical maps, every piece of land is sectioned and given a number. Groom Lake is in Area 51, so everyone just started calling it Area 51.
 

neonerd

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Originally posted by: slick230
It's called Area 51 because on aeronautical maps, every piece of land is sectioned and given a number. Groom Lake is in Area 51, so everyone just started calling it Area 51.

so the entire place isn't actually called area 51?

within what we "call" area 51, there are areas like "area 23"?
 

rahvin

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No the millitary likely refers to it as the groom lake air force base. Or like most air force bases, groom lake for short.
 

slick230

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Groom Lake is inside Area 51 of the Nellis Test Range in Nevada, part of Nellis Air Force Base. Area 51 is just one section. It is not broken down into further sections like Area 23.
 

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Originally posted by: slick230
Groom Lake is inside Area 51 of the Nellis Test Range in Nevada, part of Nellis Air Force Base. Area 51 is just one section. It is not broken down into further sections like Area 23.

No Area 51 isn't broken down but there are other "areas".


oh and all the really cool sh1t is at Dulce anyway.
 

PoPPeR

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Originally posted by: BannedTroll
Originally posted by: slick230
Groom Lake is inside Area 51 of the Nellis Test Range in Nevada, part of Nellis Air Force Base. Area 51 is just one section. It is not broken down into further sections like Area 23.

No Area 51 isn't broken down but there are other "areas".


oh and all the really cool sh1t is at Dulce anyway.
cool shit... like aliens?!

 

slick230

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Originally posted by: PoPPeR
Originally posted by: Zeppelin2282
I thought they moved area 51....
where woudl they move it to? Area 23?

Rumors are that they moved the highly secret stuff to Utah, Dugway Proving Grounds, a place you DO NOT want to go near, unless you like chemical and biological weapons.
 

Brutuskend

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Here is your answer.

The origin of the name "Area 51" apparently is classified; however, several theories have been proposed. It is generally agreed upon that the provision of an area designation for the operating location relates to the use of area designations at the adjacent Nevada Test Site, which are used to divide the site into readily identifiable parts. The Nevada Test Site consists of areas numbered 1 through 30, exclusive of 13 (which is off-site), 21, and 28, which was erased by the redrawing of the boundaries of its neighbors, Areas 25 and 27. <1983 Map of the Nevada Test Site Showing Numbered Areas> The Tonopah Test Range, which is not on the Nevada Test Site but is in part operated by the Department of Energy, was referred to as "Area 52" in a 1990 internal telephone directory for the Nevada Test Site and older documents refer to Tonopah as "Project 52."

Link to more.

Edit.
Damn iT. (missed it by......this much)
 

Bootprint

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Originally posted by: fanerman91
Okay I'm confused. Why the sudden obsession with the 51s?

I dont' know, area 51 is so 1990's when a theory that a replacement for the SR-71 was flying around. It was the reason I joined AOL in the early 90's.