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Area 51 exists.

To deny this is a surreal folly that only the U.S. military has the temerity to attempt. Some people believe Area 51 is nothing more than a cold war relic, a top-secret base that saw the testing and development of the U2 and SR-71 Blackbird spy planes, and, most recently, the latest round of stealth fighters and bombers. Others are convinced that it's the spot where crashed alien ships are taken, living and dead aliens are studied, and other-worldly technologies are reverse-engineered and applied to a super-secret generation of deadly weapons and aircraft.

No one on the outside knows the secrets of Area 51, but there are a number of things about the base that we do know with a very high degree of certainty:

* Area 51 is a tiny part of the sprawling Nellis Test Range, managed by the Air Force and used for flight training, bombing runs, flight testing and weapons development. The entire restricted zone includes hundreds of thousands of acres, an area larger than Connecticut and Rhode Island combined.

* An extensive crew of private security guards patrol the area, aggressively countering ordinary citizens' harmless attempts to peek behind the ludicrous veil of secrecy and surreal denial. They often place road sensors, signs, camera pods and other equipment on public land, including surrounding land controlled by the Bureau of Land Management.

* The military has engaged in an ongoing and intensifying campaign to confiscate and restrict access to a staggering amount of public land surrounding the area, closing several popular vantage points located many miles outside of the base's buffer zone.

* Photographic film and videotapes are routinely confiscated and not returned. Private citizens are searched without warrants or probable cause. The Air Force pays the Lincoln Country Sheriff's office at least $50,000 a year to respond to incidents along the base perimeter, effectively playing local enforcer to an Air Force that officially refuses to acknowledge the area's very existence.

* As many as 10 flights of private 737 aircraft fly into and land at the base on a routine schedule. These flights have been logged and tracked between Area 51 and Las Vegas a number of times, and there is a restricted terminal at McCarran Airport in Las Vegas where the fleet of 737s take off and land every day, ferrying workers to and from the base.

* A number of individuals have filed lawsuits in which they contend that during their employment at Area 51, their job duties included the unauthorized and illegal disposal and burning of toxic and hazardous wastes in open pits. These workers claim their work with these materials have severely impacted their health, further stating they were denied protective clothing and equipment by their employers. The government, named in the suits, has so far stonewalled, officially denying the existence of the Area 51 installation, thereby effectively removing the employees' ability to pursue legal action.

* One report of the covert installation's annual budget places estimates between $1 billion and $1.5 billion. A report in the Las Vegas Review-Journal quotes a source as claiming that a secret entertainment complex known as "Sam's Place" existed within the base boundaries, and that some officers routinely indulged such extravagant tastes as grapefruit flown in from Israel ($25 each), canned tuna from South America ($26 per can), prime rib and New York steaks as regular lunch items, $50,000 a month worth of bottled water and regular servings of frog's legs, king crab and filet mignon served at no charge.

* Another report in the Las Vegas Review-Journal contends that a sheet metal worker for a base contractor contracted hantavirus syndrome at an unspecified Air Force facility within the Nellis Air Force Range Complex.

ParaScope opposes the government secrecy and duplicity involved in the existence and operation of Area 51. The installation is funded by public money, and the taxpayers have a right to know what takes place there. Accountability is a cornerstone of a democratic republic, and without citizen oversight of this base and others like it, public trust will erode and government of, by and for the people as we know it will cease.

Do your part. Contact these people and let them know you're paying the bills at Area 51 and you want a full accounting of the base and its activities. For a sample letter and suggestions on how to contact and communicate with public and private officials, check our "Shout" area within ParaScope, accessible via the main screen. The people have a right to know, and together, we can find the answers to this mystery.

Send your comments, inquiries and complaints to:

Col. Warren A. Bennett,
554th Range Squadron
3770 Duffer Drive
Nellis AFB, NV 89191-7001

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