NTS / Area 51 Nuclear-UFO Lore.
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UFO folklore around the Nevada Test Site (NTS/NNSS) and adjacent Area 51 / Groom Lake. The NTS (carved from the Nellis range by Truman in Dec 1950, AEC-run) hosted 928 nuclear tests; Area 51 borders…
UFO folklore around the Nevada Test Site (NTS/NNSS) and adjacent Area 51 / Groom Lake. The NTS (carved from the Nellis range by Truman in Dec 1950, AEC-run) hosted 928 nuclear tests; Area 51 borders Yucca Flat. Mainstream sources attribute most local UFO sightings to classified aircraft - U-2 sun-glint at dusk, A-12 OXCART's disk-like high-speed planform, later F-117 and drones - which Project Blue Book cross-checked against flight logs. Bob Lazar's late-1980s S-4/Papoose 'reverse-engineering' claims, widely judged fabricated, cemented the modern alien legend. The CIA did not officially acknowledge Area 51 until 2013. Net: nuclear secrecy + secret aircraft, terrestrial explanations.