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The CIA asked the AEC to acquire the land, designated "Area 51" on the map, and to add it to the Nevada Test Site. [9]: 56–57 Johnson named the area "Paradise Ranch" to encourage workers to move to "the new facility in the middle of nowhere", as the CIA later described it, and the name became shortened to "the Ranch".
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The Tonopah Test Range (TTR, also designated as Area 52) is a highly classified, restricted military installation of the United States Department of Defense, and United States Department of Energy ( nuclear stockpile stewardship) located about 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Tonopah, Nevada. It is part of the northern fringe of the Nellis Range ...
Known by its map designation as Area 51, this middle-of-nowhere site became a new top-secret military base. ... Kelly Johnson, one of the leading engineers of the U-2 project, gave it a more ...
A self drawn map showing a number of interesting government facilities and their extensive ranges in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The map was originally intended for Area 51, but it's also used in Nellis Air Force Base, Tonopah Test Range, Yucca Mountain, Mercury, Nevada, Nevada Test Site, Nellis Air Force Range, and Desert ...
The Nevada Test and Training Range ( NTTR) is one of two military training areas at the Nellis Air Force Base Complex in Nevada and used by the United States Air Force Warfare Center at Nellis Air Force Base. The NTTR land area includes a "simulated Integrated Air Defense System", several individual ranges with 1200 targets, and 4 remote ...
Rachel, Nevada. / 37.64667°N 115.74528°W / 37.64667; -115.74528. Rachel is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lincoln County, Nevada, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 48. [2] As the closest settlement to the Nellis Air Force Range and Area 51, Rachel enjoys a modest celebrity status, particularly among ...
Skinwalker Ranch, previously known as Sherman Ranch, is a property of approximately 512 acres (207 ha), [ a] located southeast of Ballard, Utah, that is reputed to be the site of paranormal and UFO -related activities. [ 1] Its name is taken from the skin-walker of Navajo legend concerning vengeful shamans .