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Volume 46 - No. 04

January 28, 2016

by Frederick Gomez

It was a historic day in Washington, D.C., when President Barack Obama became the first sitting president to ever acknowledge (publicly) the top secret facility known to UFO enthusiasts around the world, as “Area 51.” The announcement came as a surprise on December 8, 2013, at the Kennedy Center Honors. In paying tribute to actress Shirley MacLaine (who has claimed to have seen many extraterrestrial spacecraft) in a ceremony applauding her lifetime contributions, the president could not resist the temptation in introducing the actress: “Now, when you first become president, one of the questions that people ask you is what’s really going on in Area 51.” With all eyes in attendance showing unexpected surprise, the president continued his banter, “When I wanted to know, I’d call Shirley MacLaine. I think I just became the first president to ever publicly mention Area 51. How’s that, Shirley?”

Long-regarded as America’s top secret location, it is officially referred to as the Nevada Test and Training Range, and Groom Lake. This ultra-secret facility has produced many shocking manifestations of advanced technology such as the U-2 spy plane and a variety of Star Trek arsenal which includes various stealth aircraft, such as the top secret “Bird of Prey,” a nod in the direction of Star Trek’s Romulan Empire. In the forefront of stealth-cloaking technology, Area 51 is so top secret as to openly post signs miles away from its immediate vicinity warning trespassers: USE OF DEADLY FORCE IS AUTHORIZED. All of which adds to the mystique as well as the legend and lore of this place we popularly call Dreamland or Area 51. Located in the southern portion of Nevada, 83 miles northwest of Las Vegas, this facility was established by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in April of 1955. According to the Central Intelligence Agency, the correct names for the site are, Homey Airport or Groom Lake. The name “Area 51” was used in a CIA document from the Vietnam War era. Since that time other pet The Paper - 760.747.7119

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names were applied down through the years, such as The Box and the ever-popular Dreamland. While “The Box” refers to the restricted airspace over Area 51, the nickname “Dreamland” was inspired by the lyrics from Edgar Allen Poe’s poem “Dream-Land” (1844): “But the traveler, travelling through it, May not-dare openly view it! Never its mysteries are exposed, To the weak human eye unclosed.”

Area 51’s space-age advancements often require the facility to physically expand in order to keep up with its amazing flying machines! For example, in testing the top secret Oxcart stealth jet flying at 2,200 mph, it took the Oxcart pilot 186 miles just to make a Uturn! So, in order to better accommodate the aircraft, Area 51 had

to expand its land around the air base by adding over 38,000 additional acres, as well as expanding the restricted airspace by creating a 440-mile box above the compound! For obvious security reasons, there is only so much that key U.S. government personnel can and cannot reveal about Area 51. One of the most effective ways of maintaining high security is called ‘compartmentalization.’ In other words, classified information is given only in ‘a need-to- know basis,’ and only to authorized personnel. That way, if our national security is breached by any espionage, such penetration is confined to specific areas, or compartments, and no farther. A key question often

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asked is, can the U.S. President gain unrestricted access to such highly-sensitive areas, such as found in Area 51? This particular question is discussed, globally, on the public internet, which often muddles and confuses the general populace because the answers come from a variety of unreliable sources and, therefore, creates rumors and ‘unsubstantiated truths.’ The answer to the question regarding if the U.S. President truly has unrestricted access to Area 51 is clearly, yes. As commander-in-chief, he has that carte blanche authority. However, any other high-ranking official may not have that same level of access, unless their work is specifically assigned or connected to that particular phase of secret develop-


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