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I do believe that the truth gets out.
I'm not an aviation historian, I'm not an Air Force aficionado, and I'm definitely not a ufologist. I'm not someone who studies UFOs.
In the winter of 1973, the American POWs held captive in Vietnam were released according to the terms of the Paris Peace Accords.
Many of the engineers I interviewed worked on reverse-engineering technology. It's a hallmark of Area 51.
The area out at Area 51 that was part of the Operation Plumbbob test continues to be contaminated. It was not cleaned up until the '80s.
The oil under Libya is the champagne of oil, drop for drop the world's most valuable.
Urban legend has it that Area 51 is connected by underground tunnels and trains to other secret facilities around the country.
With stealth technology, the U.S. could spy on its Cold War adversaries without running the risk of getting caught.
You can absolutely drive through an atmospheric bomb test and not be affected.
Back in the 1950s, there was a top-secret program code-named SUNTAN being conducted at a top-secret facility called Skunk Works. Its objective? To... →
Because it flew without a pilot, the D-21 was designed to fly over territory where the U.S. was denied access and to take photographs of weapons... →
For decades, the men at Area 51 thought they'd take their secrets to the grave. At the height of the Cold War, they cultivated anonymity while... →
I examined a lot of CIA declassified UFO files, which are fascinating, because there was a huge UFO craze going on in America. There still is today... →
Annie Jacobsen is an American freelance journalist and contributing editor to the Los Angeles Times Magazine.