CIA document release acknowledges Area 51
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="newly">newly</span> <span word="declassified">declassified</span> <span word="CIA">CIA</span> <span word="document">document</span> <span word="confirms">confirms</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="existence">existence</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="famed">famed</span> <span word="Area">Area</span> 51 <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Nevada">Nevada</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="conspiracy">conspiracy</span> <span word="theorists">theorists</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="disappointed">disappointed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="spy">spy</span> <span word="agency">agency</span> <span word="offers">offers</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="proof">proof</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="alien">alien</span> <span word="spaceship">spaceship</span> <span word="landings">landings</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="desert">desert</span>.</p><p><span word="Area">Area</span> 51 <span word="has">has</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="fodder">fodder</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="science">science</span> <span word="fiction">fiction</span> <span word="films">films</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="wild">wild</span> <span word="UFO">UFO</span> <span word="tales">tales</span> <span word="claiming">claiming</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="imposed">imposed</span> <span word="secrecy">secrecy</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="site">site</span> <span word="northwest">northwest</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Las">Las</span> <span word="Vegas">Vegas</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="cover">cover</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="evidence">evidence</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="extraterrestrials">extraterrestrials</span> <span word="touching">touching</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Earth">Earth</span>.</p><p><span word="Instead">Instead</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="encounters">encounters</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="flying">flying</span> <span word="saucers">saucers</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="documents">documents</span> <span word="released">released</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="CIA">CIA</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span> <span word="recount">recount</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="sensational">sensational</span> <span word="history">history</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Area">Area</span> 51 - <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="testing">testing</span> <span word="range">range</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="government">government</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="U">U</span>-2 <span word="spy">spy</span> <span word="plane">plane</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Cold">Cold</span> <span word="War">War</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="CIA">CIA</span> <span word="in">in</span>-<span word="house">house</span> <span word="history">history</span> <span word="makes">makes</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="mention">mention</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="legendary">legendary</span> "<span word="Roswell">Roswell</span> <span word="incident">incident</span>," <span word="when">when</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="weather">weather</span> <span word="balloon">balloon</span> <span word="crashed">crashed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="Mexico">Mexico</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1947. <span word="UFO">UFO</span> <span word="true">true</span> <span word="believers">believers</span> <span word="allege">allege</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="alien">alien</span> <span word="spacecraft">spacecraft</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="went">went</span> <span word="down">down</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Area">Area</span> 51'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="hangars">hangars</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="hidden">hidden</span> <span word="evidence">evidence</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="extraterrestrial">extraterrestrial</span> <span word="corpses">corpses</span>.</p><p><span word="But">But</span> <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="CIA">CIA</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="secrecy">secrecy</span> <span word="surrounding">surrounding</span> <span word="Area">Area</span> 51 <span word="was">was</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="Martians">Martians</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="hiding">hiding</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="spy">spy</span> <span word="plane">plane</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Soviets">Soviets</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="U">U</span>-2 <span word="reconnaissance">reconnaissance</span> <span word="aircraft">aircraft</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="designed">designed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="snoop">snoop</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="former">former</span> <span word="Soviet">Soviet</span> <span word="Union">Union</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="high">high</span>-<span word="altitude">altitude</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="development">development</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="top">top</span>-<span word="secret">secret</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="April">April</span> 1955, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="CIA">CIA</span> <span word="chose">chose</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="remote">remote</span> <span word="dry">dry</span> <span word="lakebed">lakebed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Nevada">Nevada</span> <span word="desert">desert</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="testing">testing</span> <span word="ground">ground</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="designated">designated</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="maps">maps</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Area">Area</span> 51.</p><p><span word="Test">Test</span> <span word="flights">flights</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="U">U</span>-2 <span word="aircraft">aircraft</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="conducted">conducted</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="higher">higher</span> <span word="altitude">altitude</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="commercial">commercial</span> <span word="airliners">airliners</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="military">military</span> <span word="planes">planes</span>.</p>
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