Area 51 by Charles River Editors & Marshall Whitehurst

Author:Charles River Editors & Marshall Whitehurst
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Published: 2016-02-03T00:00:00+00:00

A picture of U-2 flight lines used at Area 51

HAVE FERRY, the second of two MiG-17F "Fresco"s loaned to the United States by Israel in 1969

Eventually there were seven specialized gunnery schools but Area-51 was one of the first. Initially, this very technical training was only open to volunteers. Later, only certain specialists were accepted. Along with learning gunnery, soldiers needed to learn to repair the planes inside and out and repair the radio equipment. The navigator and bombardier were given training—when facilities permitted. The idea of flying through the air with such dangerous weapons and hoping to hit the correct target without training seems ludicrous. On the other hand, no one expected Pearl Harbor. The military had to hit the ground running—or the air, flying. Even when training did happen, it took a mere six weeks.

The stigma of Area 51, as a mythical or frightening place, no doubt is the result of what apparently has actually happened there. Nearly everything that does happen at Area 51, or the remainder of the test site, is classified as top secret while it is ongoing. That should come as no surprise. Actually, much of what the military does is top secret regardless of where it is. But, Area 51 has become synonymous with secrets, as though something devious is happening and we don’t get to know about it. Much of the time, the literature reads like schoolchildren pouting because a playmate told another playmate a secret—but they won’t tell you.

The fact is that the government’s experiments have been so controversial and unpredictable that, to carry them out publicly, would probably not have been wise. Even the scientists and military experts involved did not know what the results might be; that’s what testing is all about.

Plus, the science is so advanced beyond the understanding of the typical high-school, or even college, educated citizen, that it is, if nothing else, a time-saver to test in secret and explain later. The average person struggles to operate their home computer so they can chat and watch movies. Understanding how nuclear weapons are made, used, and managed is well beyond their abilities. They want the U.S. to be the strongest country in the world, but they don’t want to admit they don’t understand what is being done or why. There are experts who do understand and Area 51 is their playhouse.

In 1995, the magazine, “Popular Mechanics,” splashed “Flying Saucers Are Real!” across its January cover. Inside, they rephrased the title slightly: “Flying Saucers: The Real Story: From the hopeless tangle of claims and counterclaims emerges the documented fact that secret military research has explored flying saucer flight.”[36] Like most of the mind-numbingly vast amount of available information about Area 51, Science and Technology Editor Abe Dane’s article is an undocumented firsthand account with no witnesses or recordable evidence. Not even a photo. There are some blurry photos that look more like movie sets. The only crisp photo is, ironically, of an unnamed photographer aiming either a camera lens or binoculars toward the camera.

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