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Groom Lake is a salt flat [15] in Nevada used for runways of the Nellis Bombing Range Test Site airport (XTA/KXTA) on the north of the Area 51 USAF military installation. The lake at 4,409 ft (1,344 m) elevation is approximately 3 + 3 ⁄ 4 mi (6 km) from north to south and 3 mi (5 km) from east to west at its widest point. [ 16 ]
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In 2001, NAFR was renamed the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) and in October 2001, the range group personnel and assets for range operations transferred to the 98th Range Wing. [36] In 2005, Indian Springs AFAF was renamed Creech Air Force Base and in 2010, the NTS was renamed the Nevada National Security Site . [ 37 ]
In the Warner Bros. movie Looney Tunes Back in Action, Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck visit a secret military base in the Nevada Desert, used mainly as a storage for extraterrestrial lifeforms and technology and government secrets, called Area 52. In the movie, this base is the "real" Area 51, and the name "Area 51" is only a cover for Area 52.
Groom Lake is a dry lake, [1] also described as a salt flat, [2] in Nevada.It is used for runways of the Nellis Bombing Range Test Site airport (KXTA). [3] Part of the Area 51 USAF installation, it lies at an elevation of 4,409 ft (1,344 m) [4] and is approximately 3.7 miles (6.0 km) from north to south and 3 miles (4.8 km) from east to west at its widest point, and is approximately 11.3 miles ...
Connie West, co-owner of an alien-themed motel in the tiny U.S. desert outpost of Rachel, Nevada, believes they are coming no matter what. Tiny Nevada town near secretive Area 51 braces for alien ...
Rachel is over 100 miles (160 km) north of Las Vegas in the Great Basin Desert, along Nevada Highway 375 (the "Extraterrestrial Highway") in Nevada. The tiny town receives a substantial number of visitors and tourists, catered to by a small tourist shop, a 12-room motel, and an alien-themed restaurant and bar, the Little A'Le'Inn.
Connie West, co-owner of an alien-themed motel in the tiny U.S. desert outpost of Rachel, Nevada, believes they are coming no matter what. A whimsical invitation on Facebook has urged UFO ...