I examined a lot of CIA declassified UFO files, which are fascinating, because there was a huge UFO craze going on in America. There still is today, but it certainly started in '47. And by the '50s, it was in full force. Annie Jacobsen More Quotes by Annie Jacobsen More Quotes From Annie Jacobsen Americas Top Secret Military Base is so jealously guarded, both in terms of media and in terms of actual physicality, i dont think the Air Force or any of the other military partners or intelligence community partners that are all working out there at Area 51are gon na let anybody anywhere near the entrance to Area 51. Annie Jacobsen tech Americas Top Secret Military Base is so jealously guarded, both in terms of media and in terms of actual physicality. I dont think United States Air Force or any of the other military partners or intelligence community partners that are all working out there at Area 51are gon na let anybody anywhere near the entrance to Area 51. Annie Jacobsen science The CIA teamed up with Army, Air Force and Naval Intelligence to run one of the most nefarious, classified, enhanced interrogation programs of the Cold War. The work took place inside a clandestine facility in the American zone of occupied Germany, called Camp King. Annie Jacobsen king intelligence work war Everything that goes on at Area 51 is classified 'top secret' when it's going on. Annie Jacobsen going everything top secret To understand how black projects began, and how they continue to function today, one must start with the creation of the atomic bomb. The men who ran the Manhattan Project wrote the rules about black operations. The atomic bomb was the mother of all black projects, and it is the parent from which all black operations have sprung. Annie Jacobsen black mother today men In the late 1960s, Ontario Airport was a throwback to a bygone era. Located 35 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, the airport served only two carriers, Western and Bonanza. Passengers could catch regional flights to San Francisco, Sacramento, Las Vegas, Palm Springs, Phoenix and Los Angeles, and that was about it. Annie Jacobsen airport throwback late two You can absolutely drive through an atmospheric bomb test and not be affected. Annie Jacobsen test drive through you Many of the engineers I interviewed worked on reverse-engineering technology. It's a hallmark of Area 51. Annie Jacobsen many hallmark engineers technology One of the few things the Air Force did admit to me existed out there presently without admitting that it was Area 51 is this drone called the 'Beast of Kandahar' which does not fire missiles, unlike the Predator and the Reaper, but just conducts surveillance. Annie Jacobsen things me beast fire The oil under Libya is the champagne of oil, drop for drop the world's most valuable. Annie Jacobsen champagne valuable oil world 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. Annie Jacobsen walls inside back being 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. Annie Jacobsen pilot fly sea feet The Cold War had become a battlefield marked by doublespeak. Disguise, distortion, and deception were accepted as reality. Truth was promised in a serum. Annie Jacobsen cold truth war reality Area 51 is located in southern Nevada desert about 75 miles north of Las Vegas. It's set inside a greater land parcel that's about the size of the state of Connecticut that's called the 'Nevada Test and Training Range.' Annie Jacobsen inside test desert training I believe it is called 'Area 51' because of a project, the very first project that went on out there, in 1951. Annie Jacobsen project first i-believe believe 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. Annie Jacobsen someone air-force aviation force As far as I know, all the presidents know about Area 51. It would almost be impossible for them not to. Annie Jacobsen far about know impossible The area out at Area 51 that was part of the Operation Plumbbob test continues to be contaminated. It was not cleaned up until the '80s. Annie Jacobsen until test out up The idea that Area 51 was this test facility working to move science and technology faster and further than any other nation is true and is one of the great hallmarks of Area 51. There are other areas of the base that are controversial - but they both exist simultaneously - out there in the desert. Annie Jacobsen great desert technology science In many previously classified documents relating to activities at the base, the words 'Area 51' are conveniently blacked out. There's always a euphemism for it - like 'the test facility' or 'the base' - but never 'Area 51.' Annie Jacobsen test words never always
