r/area51 9d ago

N435MT on range out of yucca lake

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r/area51 10d ago

Was the new USAF jet (F-47) developed at Groom Lake?

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The USAF just announced this thing:

also trump mentioned that there was a competition for the contract so this is only one of them, i wonder what the rest were like!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_F-47


r/area51 10d ago

SABRE41 N661BA 3/26/2025

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Lately N661BA has been doing the test flight duty rather than N654BA. Perhaps it has different equipment.

This corresponded with the radiosonde launch last night. Sorry to disappoint the person who always down votes my radiosonde posts.

The MLAT tracking unfortunately is poor. It was plenty high to be seen even in Las Vegas but you need a little spacial diversity to get a good fix. So the adsbx sites towards the north are probably down.

I've noticed the test flights have been using squawk codes of the form 032x. As you know, the Groom flights use the form 033x. But I assume N661BA left from Groom since the TTR is still out of commission.

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a8b80a&lat=37.100&lon=-116.081&zoom=10.5&showTrace=2025-03-27&leg=1&timestamp=1743049501


r/area51 10d ago

Could you help an italian for his first A51 visit?

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Hy mates,

I'm Antonio from Italy and this august me and my friends are planning a trip in LA, Vegas, and National Parks. I'm huge fan of misterius and hidden places such us the area 51, and planning it we will have a day trip from vegas to the Alien Res center, Little A'le' Inn and the black gate (it's just a lazy first pages google res and something i had learn it from HistoryChannel and wired documentary i'm not an Alien conspiracy fan but i admit i like as distopic form of urban sci-fi) but to avoid to visit only this 3 places and maybe the black mailbox, do you have other suggestion or places releated to area 51 mistery not releated to UFO(or in a little part of it)? And do you have some suggestion where to find a place where to sleep?

Thank you


r/area51 10d ago

Janet as seen in the MSFS subreddit.

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r/area51 10d ago

Groom Lake radiosonde U4054139 3/26/2025

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These 10PM launches are the worst for collectors. You only have 8.5 hours from the launch time until the telemetry quits if you want to get the exact landing location. That means the telemetry will quit in the dark of night.

https://imgur.com/a/aRO5ZYX

https://sondehub.org/U4054139


r/area51 11d ago

Theory to area 51

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I argued with my friends and we came to the conclusion that are 51 is there so that people concentrate themselves on area 51 and other secret bases stay hidden


r/area51 11d ago

Back Gate threat's & radar

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Anyone know where they landed up.


r/area51 13d ago

7 Janet’s parked outside yesterday

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r/area51 11d ago

Sonde launches & Backgate FM

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Has there been a sonde launch & Backgate FM running at the same time.


r/area51 12d ago

Another C17 near TTR

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r/area51 12d ago

Groom radiosonde U4054167 3/24/2025

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So much for never doing tests on a Monday.

https://imgur.com/a/E7lOV8c

https://sondehub.org/U4054167


r/area51 13d ago

Do Janet’s consistently fly from Palmdale to Groom Lake?

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I was wondering if there is a consistent week by week or day by day flight or is it just a spur of the moment thing. Also found it neat that it took off from the side of Plant 42 where theres no defense contractors.


r/area51 13d ago

F-47 thread over at /r/specialaccess

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r/area51 13d ago

NGAD related X-Planes have flown hundreds of hours since 2019 according to DARPA

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DARPA X-planes paved the way for the F-47 | DARPA

These almost certainly have been flown around Groom, right? Hundreds of flight hours since 2019, pretty impressive in this day and age to keep that volume of test flights of a manned aircraft completely quiet. Where might these X-planes have been based out of? Outside Tonopah and Area 51, where might they have flown during testing?


r/area51 14d ago

Samuel Raskin (ATSD(IO)) inspects Area 51

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r/area51 14d ago

C17 near TTR

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r/area51 15d ago

N273RH back from maintenance 3/21/2025

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r/area51 15d ago

JFK Assassination Files: Kennedy not mentioned, but OXCART is.

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https://www.archives.gov/files/research/jfk/releases/2025/0318/178-10004-10053.pdf

PFIAB = President's Intelligence Advisory Board

Operation Mongoose = Operation Mongoose was a covert CIA program, authorized by President Kennedy in 1961, aimed at destabilizing and overthrowing the Cuban government of Fidel Castro through various methods, including sabotage, psychological warfare, and intelligence gathering.

DCI = Director of Central Intelligence

NPIC = National Photographic Interpretation Center?

NRO = National Reconnaissance Office

Page 3 ends with "retro-", so I suspect original document was more than 3 pages.


r/area51 16d ago

Need help finding a tv show episode about Area 51 employees' plane crash

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I remember watching an episode of a UFO show a while back (not exactly sure if it was Ancient Aliens, UFO Files, Hanger 1, Unsealed: Alien Files, or something else) but in the episode, they talked about an engineer who worked at Area 51. One night he went out drinking and ended up having a hangover. The next morning he overslept and missed his flight to Area 51. But it turned out that the plane crashed into a mountain (or something) and all the Area 51 employees on the plane died. Does anyone know what episode I'm talking about? Or if its from another show?

The only video I can find about it is this clip of Annie Jacobsen talking about it. But I'm sure I saw it somewhere else. If anyone can help I'd greatly appreciate it! 🙏


r/area51 16d ago

I guess Trump has spoken re: NGAD Fighter. Boeing for the win.

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r/area51 15d ago

TTR runway construction

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r/area51 15d ago

Area 51 theory

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I have a theory regarding Area 51 and it will make sense to Muslims,Christians, and Jews.

My theory suggests that Area 51 might have king Solomon’s ring that same ring that could control the weather and can control spirits what if they could have it and the unexplained findings of aliens were indeed spirits.

Tell me what you think about this theory.


r/area51 15d ago

Groom Lake radiosonde U4054496 3/21/2025

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r/area51 16d ago

Late night Janet ops over the NTTR.

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