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It contains numerous references to Area 51 and Groom Lake, along with a map of the area. [9] Media reports stated that releasing the CIA history was the first governmental acknowledgement of Area 51's existence; [53] [54] [15] rather, it was the first official acknowledgement of specific activity at the site. [50]
In August 2024, a wave of drone sightings over Plant 42, a US Air Force facility in Palmdale, California, caused a major wave of concern. The US Air Force officially confirmed these reports, in replies to journalists' inquiries. In response, the FAA imposed new restrictions in the airspace over that facility. [30] [26]
In late 1957, the CIA approached the defense contractor Lockheed to build an undetectable spy plane. The project, named Archangel, was led by Kelly Johnson, head of Lockheed's Skunk Works unit in Burbank, California. The work on project Archangel began in the second quarter of 1958, with aim of flying higher and faster than the U-2.
Alleged CEO killer Luigi Mangione was flown back to the city from Pennsylvania in the department’s federally-funded spy plane. ... 51 a.m. on Dec. 19 and arrived in Blair County, Pa., at 10:24 a ...
Famous aircraft such as the U-2 spy plane and the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird were tested in the area, and some conspiracy theorists believe that is where the government does research on alien ...
In December 2014, NASA awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to study the feasibility of building the SR-72's propulsion system using existing turbine engine technologies, The $892,292 (~$1.13 million in 2023) contract funded a design study to determine the viability of a TBCC propulsion system by combining one of several current turbine engines, with a very low Mach ignition Dual Mode Ramjet (DMRJ).
A-12 60-6925, No. 122, mounted inverted for radar testing at Area 51. After development and production at Skunk Works, in Burbank, California, the first A-12 was transferred to Groom Lake test facility (Area 51). [16] On 26 April 1962 it was taken on its first (unofficial and unannounced) flight with Lockheed test pilot Louis Schalk at the ...
P-51 Mustang; F-6A, F-6B, F-6C, F-6D, F-6K all based on models of the P-51 Mustang. All F-6 aircraft retained their armament; missions were flown fully armed. Most F-6s were fitted with one K-24 oblique camera mounted behind the pilot in the cockpit and one vertical camera along centerline of the lower fuselage.