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.
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.
cool shit... like aliens?!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.
where woudl they move it to? Area 23?Originally posted by: Zeppelin2282
I thought they moved area 51....
Originally posted by: PoPPeR
where woudl they move it to? Area 23?Originally posted by: Zeppelin2282
I thought they moved area 51....
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."
Originally posted by: fanerman91
Okay I'm confused. Why the sudden obsession with the 51s?
Originally posted by: PrinceofWands
Originally posted by: Nikamichi
Area 69 is my personal favorite.
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