Who Controls Area 51?
The 6 by 10 mile block of land that was known as Area 51 with withdrawn by the AEC in Public Land Order 1662 on June 28, 1958. The NTS Draft EIS (Jan. 1996, v.1, page 4-9) states: “Under Public Land Order 1662 (June 20, 1958), approximately 38,400 acres were reserved for the use of the Atomic Energy Commission in connection the the NTS. Management of this land has since been delegated to the U.S. Air Force.” Inquiries to DOE yielded this 1996 statement, while FOIA requests to DOE have brought vague national security denials, implying (to us) that any agreement between DOE and the AF is secret. This means that Area 51 is indeed a no man’s land — neither controlled by DOE nor confirmable by the Air Force. (The AF only acknowledges that they do have “facilities at Groom Dry Lake,” not that they control the land or the entire base.) We still don’t know… • When the land gained the “Area 51” designation. • When and how Area 51 was turned over to the Air Force. • Under what authority the G
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