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Everything that goes on at Area 51 is classified 'top secret' when it's going on.
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You can absolutely drive through an atmospheric bomb test and not be affected.
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Who would have thought that in the 1950s, Burbank was a hotbed of international espionage?
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Because it flew without a pilot, the D-21 was designed to fly over territory where the U.S. was denied access and to take photographs of weapons facilities from altitudes as low as 1,500 feet. But the project was canceled on July 30, 1966, after a fatal accident at sea during the drone's first official launch.
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In 2001, Katie Couric told 'Today Show' audiences that 7 percent of Americans doubt the moon landing happened - that it was staged in the Nevada desert.
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As far as I know, all the presidents know about Area 51. It would almost be impossible for them not to.
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Urban legend has it that Area 51 is connected by underground tunnels and trains to other secret facilities around the country.
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I'm not an aviation historian, I'm not an Air Force aficionado, and I'm definitely not a ufologist. I'm not someone who studies UFOs.
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Back in the 1950s, there was a top-secret program code-named SUNTAN being conducted at a top-secret facility called Skunk Works. Its objective? To develop a liquid-hydrogen-powered spy plane. Because liquid hydrogen is incredibly volatile, early experiments were conducted inside a bomb shelter with eight-foot-thick walls.
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