Area 51/ S-4
In article <6666.2CA13F7D@paranet.FIDONET.ORG> Don.Ecker@p0.f3.n1012.z9.FIDONET.ORG (Don Ecker) writes:
As most of you reading this message know, the geographical area known in UFO circles as <Area 51> and the even more elusive S-4 or S/4 or site four, are some of the most heavily secure areas in the U.S., or perhaps even the world.In 1984 the United States Air Force made a patently illegal land grab around the area known as Area 51. Grabbing about 89,000 acre's, the Air Force was later asked in a series of public hearings just who authorized this seizure.
The spokesperson replied "I can tell you who authorized this, but I can not tell you in these open hearings." Well the rest is history. Well almost.George Knapp, the former television journalist with KLAS TV in Las Vegas recently told me that another such grab in now in progress. Reports have been flowing into Knapp from very reliable sources stating that another grab is in the offing. Tired of all the UFO buffs haunting the area with telescopes, cameras, camcorders, AND PUBLICITY, the boys in blue plan to close off all remaining points where the secret site can be viewed.
I just returned from this area, and I purchased an updated Area 51 Viewers Guide. The author, Glenn Campbell, describes a new hill top that over looks the Groom Lake complex, and names it "Freedom Ridge" or some such, and tells us how to get there.
He describes survey markers that definitely give the impression that another land grab in the name of "National Security" is in the making. A small organization has mobilized to fight another land grab, claiming the first one was unconstitutional, and did nothing to enhance Groom Lake Base security, since there are still two known locations on public lands that can overlook the base.
The emphasis is that Groom Lake is gearing up for even more covert, black projects and they want the public to stay the hell out of there back yard.
It was really funny, camping within a mile of the "No Trespassing" signs at A51. We were under surveillance the entire evening and morning. New white Jeep Cherokee vehicles were running up and down the road, with Rayban dudes inside. Cameras are very verboten in this area, I did not attempt to photograph these people.
However, the Blackhawk that bussed us in the morning did get his picture taken...
It was the first time I was ever approached by a helicopter at low altitude (30 feet) and from out of the dawn sun. It was like Apocolypse Now or some similar scenario. The chopper went over White Sides, looking for campers (a mountain on public land that allows one to view Groom Lake), then he went south to the Groom Road, then turned West, and approached us from the East. So he is in the Sun, and as he approaches us, we are blinded by the sun... Very impressive and quite intimidating. I did not wish to loose my camera to the Sheriff, so I only took his picture after he had zoomed over us.
Joe at the Little Al Le Inn, states that this has been a quiet summer at A51, and nobody has brought him in new pictures for some time.
I saw two interesting lights there:
- a Bright yellow/orange glow from the South as I approached the A51 warning signs. This is not the Pappoose Lake area, but the Test Range to the south. I assume these were flares, as described int he viewers manual.
- Old Faithfull - seen every Thurs. at 4:45 am, this is a light that descends into Papoose Lake area. It is far south of Groom Lake, but on the same N-S axis. This was definitely too far south-west of my position to by anything other than the Papoose Lake facility.
The viewer guide sez it's most likely a jet that brings in workers from Las Vegas. I would conclude it looked like slow steady incoming flight pattern of a Jet, but I saw now strobe, it must have been behind the landing lights.
It was interesting to see the bus Lazar describes go past in the morning.
Blue, with blacked out windows...
Just before it entered the Groom Complex area, a Cherokee went by on a gravel road at about 80 mph! I have never seen people drive so fast on dirt in my life. They should get a ticket, that is a public road with a posted limit of 35.
Jeff-
