Some hangar 18, area 51 information (UFO)



Some Hanger 18, area 51 Information


>A friend of mine who doesn't have access to the .net asks
>
>"...what can you find out about Area 51, Facility S4 in the
> Mojave desert. I know SETI is, literally, right around the
> corner from it but nobody's talking about what the other
> is for."

OK ... Camp Fire Story Time!

Others have answered with the basic information about the Groom
Lake Facility. Actually Groom is just one part of the Nevada Test Range,
also known as the Nellis Test Range, or Nellis Complex.

The site for the base was allegedly discovered by Lockheed legendary
aircraft designer Kelly Johnson and one of the Lockheed Company test pilots
who were out in a light plane looking for a secure facility to use in the 
testing and pilot training phases of the CIA U-2 program. The U-2 pilots 
called the place Watertown Strip. Lockheed employees have usually called the 
place The Ranch.

The Lockheed Company pilot accompanying Kelly Johnson on this trip was
supposedly the great Lockheed test pilot, Tony LeVier. I believe all this 
was circa 1955 or so.

Recently the number of places called The Ranch by Lockheed employees, and
other government and company employees, has grown to at least two. For
example the Tonapah Test Range (TTR) is in the northwest corner of the Nellis
Complex. TTR is also called The Ranch by some.

There is a little information about this very early Groom history
in Kelly Johnson's biography. Also some of it is in Francis Gary Power's
book "Overflight" and also in Gann's novel about U-2 pilots, "Black Watch".

Now for some interesting hints about some of the stuff they may have out
there 'on the range'.

I have excerpted some interesting quotes from several issues of
a leading aerospace publication, Aviation Week and Space Technology (AW&ST)
and a less well known publication, that imply some really interesting things. 

The less well known publication has nothing to do with aerospace, but
the author of the second source article is an excellent researcher of
BLACK (Top Secret Special Access Required) aircraft.

This researcher used a pen-name at the time, but I will name him because
his real name has since come out.

The implications from these two different sources is that
our country (the U.S.) is working on some VERY unusual aircraft.

More unusual than you think!

The implication is that the U.S. has not only JUST advanced the science
of Aerospace, but that they're REALLY TRYING to advance it to an 
incredible level!

The journalists/writer I'm excerpting have excellent contacts with 
leading Aerospace people. These articles have been mentioned in 
other contexts before, but there is more interesting information in 
them. The fact that these people are aerospace journalists and not 
UFO journalists or writers is significant.

There are black aircraft flying in the Southwest as reported in the
following AW&ST issues:

Dec. 18, 1989 issue. Pages 42-43, 
Oct. 1, 1990 issue. Pages 20-23, 
Dec. 24, 1990 issue. Pages 41-44, 
Jan. 8, 1990 issue. Page 74 (A letter to the editor).

SOME (not all) of these aircraft are VERY unusual. The term 
'exotic aircraft' has started to be used in referring to them.

Read each one of these carefully. I've capitalized certain words
for effect, to make sure they're not missed.

First, some of the AW&ST articles:

"Although facilities in remote areas of the Southwest have been home to
classified vehicles for decades, the NUMBER and SOPHISTICATION of new
aircraft appear to have INCREASED SHARPLY over the last 10 years, when
substantial funding was made available for "deep black" projects." (AW&ST
10/1/90 pg.20)

"Do we now possess the "ULTIMATE" WEAPONS featured in comic books-
the ones SO DEVASTATING any potential adversary would never think of
disturbing the peace for fear of the good guys' retaliation?"
(AW&ST 12/24/91 pg. 44).

"SEVERAL VEHICLES, though, appear to INCORPORATE TECHNOLOGIES THAT OUTSTRIP
THOSE now employed by engineers charged with developing MORE TRADITIONAL,
CURRENT-GENERATION AIRCRAFT". (AW&ST 10/1/90 pg. 20)

"In addition, there is substantial evidence that another family of
craft exists that relies on EXOTIC PROPULSION AND AERODYNAMIC SCHEMES
NOT FULLY UNDERSTOOD AT THIS TIME" (AW&ST; 10/1/90; pg 20).

"Hard as it may be to fathom, there is REASON TO WONDER WHETHER COMPLETE
KNOWLEDGE OF THE MOST EXOTIC AIRCRAFT MAY REACH "The Top," all for
super-security." (AW&ST 12/24/91 pg. 44).

"Industry experts who have worked on "deep black" programs, believe that
it would be HIGHLY UNUSUAL for all but a very few political officials to
have access to or knowledge of these programs. History has shown, they 
maintain, that elected officials and their staffs are poor security risks."
(AW&ST 10/1/90 pg 21)

"Several of these people had hands-on experience with a number of the 
classified vehicles. Although prevented from discussing specific projects, 
these individuals said, "There are BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS OUT THERE," 
referring to aircraft based at the Nevada test locations." 
(AW&ST 10/1/90 pg 20)

Now for the second source article. This article was written under the
pen-name of Al Frickey, and it's entitled: "A Look at Aurora and Some
UnFunded Opportunities (UFOs)". This piece appeared in (of all places) 
the Feb. 1988 issue of "Gung Ho" magazine. The person using the pen-name
of Al Frickey was James Goodall. 

Jim has written several books on the Stealth Fighter (F-117A) and is
planning several other books. He is a member of the Minnesota Air National
Guard. Currently he is trying to get Zenith Aviation Books to publish
the 400 page SR-71A Pilots Manual!

Note, the term UnFunded Opportunities (UFOs) is NOT new. One place 
where one can find it used, is in the Sweetman/Goodall "Lockheed 
F-117A" book; pg. 17.

There is no need to capitalize any of these paragraphs. The implications 
are more clear.

Allow me to quote several sections of it:

As for UnFunded Opportunities (UFOs), these are programs dealing with
technology so advanced that one Air Force officer involved in SR-71
development said: "We are flight testing vehicles that defy description.
To compare them conceptually to the SR-71 would be like comparing
Leonardo da Vinci's parachute design to the space shuttle."

Other officers are similarly emphatic about the nature of these new systems.
"We have things that are so far beyond the comprehension of the average
aviation authority as to be really alien to our way of thinking,"
says one retired colonel.

"Lets put it this way", explained one retired Lockheed engineer. "We
have things flying in the Nevada desert that would make George Lucas drool.""

Now remember, these are Aerospace people saying these things, NOT UFO
researchers!

>Also, my friend would be interested in any new data on
>Hangar 21.

I'm certain your friend is referring to the Wright Patterson AFB (WPAFB) 
Hangar 18 stories that surfaced in 1974 (?) or so. As someone mentioned,
there was also a movie out by this name. Probably the most similar and 
reliable information about these stories is the Barry Goldwater WPAFB 
story.


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