Originally posted by RFBurns
More than likely, its in lockdown status. Maybe they got worried after letting our nuclear secrets slip away from Los Alamos Nat. Labs. Boy lots of security there eh.
RFBurns
ISTR reading somewhere about a year or so ago that the USAF was abandoning Groom Lake. And it would make sense that
they would do so ... if you want to test super-secret
equipment of any sort, you don't really want the stuff
to be at the world's most famous Secret Base, with maybe
hundreds of tourists with cameras lurking to get a picture
of UFOs. They may not see any flying saucers, but they
*might* see some of the deep black stuff that the USAF
wants to keep hidden. A secret base that's no longer
secret isn't much use to anyone ... so it wouldn't surprise
me if all the juicy stuff was moved lock, stock, and
barrel to an undisclosed location.
Here's a silly thought: Maybe the whole area 51 craze
was started by a foreign intelligence agency, in the hope
of getting lots of people to show up at the base, so that
they could infiltrate spies in among the regular tourists.
Why? Well, if there are a lot more people, there's a lot
less explaining to do. If a guard asks "What are you doing
out here in the middle of nowhere?" you then have the
perfect cover story "I'm looking for UFOs".
Just a thought.
Respectfully,
Brian P.