Area 51

[Mama77]

[b] [size=4]Area 51 Front Gate[/size][/b]

[color=#000000][size=4]The road to the front gate is long and dusty, but good enough to travel at the rated speed (45 MPH) most of its length. This view is from route 375 looking down Groom Road. The puffs of smoke are the dust trails from vehicles going down the road. I parked near the entrance of the road for about an hour just to see if anyone official looking used the road. All I saw were passenger cars that did the loop. Someone should come up with a hand signal for the tourists to use to wave at other vehicles making the pilgrimage. Unless anyone has a better idea, I suggest giving the old Vulcan "Live Long and Prosper" salute.[/size][/color]
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[color=#000000][size=4]After collecting a quarter inch of dust on your rear bumper, you will eventually arrive at the front gate of Area 51. The warning signs will be the first thing you see. I suggest having a telephoto lens on your camera if you want to take any photographs. Since photographs of these signs are all over the internet, I suspect the prohibition of photography rule is not strictly enforced.[/size][/color]
[color=#000000][size=4]You can read about the Internal Security Act at [url="http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/50/797.html"]http://www4.law.corn...ode/50/797.html[/url] and the restrictions against photography at [url="http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/795.html"]http://www4.law.corn...ode/18/795.html[/url] .[/size][/color]

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[b] [size=4]Warning Signs January 2010[/size][/b]

[size=4][color=#000000]Note the paved (sealed) road at the right side of the photograph.[/color]
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[b] [size=4]Older winter photograph [/size][/b]

[color=#000000][size=4]This photo at the front gate shows that some people can head straight past the warning signs, and some people have to make a U-turn. Note the orange stick at the right of the photo is a border marker.[/size][/color]
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[color=#000000][size=4]January 2010 photograph. Note the black road surface. It is more of a sealed surface than real pavement since they didn't put down a layer of stone. Yes, that is some sort of ground fog.[/size][/color]
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[b] [size=4]Animal tracks in the snow (January 2010)[/size][/b]


[size=4][color=#000000]OK, OK, just maybe I'm starting to believe those space alien rumors.... Then again, there is that Springsteen song about the one-legged dog...[/color]
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[b] [size=4]Snow on cactus[/size][/b]

[size=4][color=#000000]This is just plain wrong![/color]
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[b] [size=4]Cameras[/size][/b]

[color=#000000][size=4]This is a telescope photo of one of the security cameras near the front gate. There is both a VHF and microwave antenna in use. All the RF links point to Bald Mountain. The microwave antenna is somewhat different from older photos, and was changed probably in the year 2000. The camera mount does not appear to be motorized, so the camera must point to a critical area.[/size][/color]
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[b] [size=4]Cameras January 2010[/size][/b]

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[color=#000000]Click [/color][url="http://www.lazygranch.com/images/fg/jan_2010/camera1_zoom.jpg"]here[/url][color=#000000] for a more detailed version of the image above.[/color]

[color=#000000]The camera is from Cohu, so the cameras were upgraded. Hey, time marches on. [/color]
[img]http://www.lazygranch.com/images/fg/jan_2010/camera2.jpg[/img]

[color=#000000]Click [/color][url="http://www.lazygranch.com/images/fg/jan_2010/camera2_zoom.jpg"]here[/url][color=#000000] for a more detailed version of the photograph above.[/color]

[color=#000000]This is the tall observation tower which was added in late 2008. It is similar to the one at the back gate. This photograph was taken from Groom Lake Road. The tower is visible at a spot where you can view between two hills. The tallest point on the tower is a red strobe light. This would be handy if there was air traffic nearby. The caterpillar on the right side of the tower is a "early streamer" device that some believe prevents lighting strikes. The camera with PTZ (pan tilt zoom) is on the left side of the tower. [/color]
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[color=#000000][size=4]The camo dudes sometimes don't wear camouflage. [/size][/color]
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[color=#000000][size=4]On the hill towards your left while facing the signs will be the EG&G security, AKA the camo dudes. This telescope photo was shot in Jan 2001, which explains the snow on the ground. Note how the camo dude blocks his face just to make sure I don't get a good shot. That looks like a coffee auto mug clipped to the window, perhaps so that the coffee does not steam the window.[/size][/color]
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[color=#000000][size=4]The camo dude originally was watching me from an usual spot near Groom Road.[/size][/color]
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[color=#000000][size=4]Like the mail carriers of the US Post Office, the camo dudes work day and night, rain or shine. While they prefer Hawkeye Hill during the day, their favorite location at night is a hill towards your right if you are parked in the main parking area just before the border. [The lot is next to a sign that reads "keep right."] Spotting their location at night is quite simple if you are observant. While you driving down Groom Lake Road, the camo dudes always flick on their dome lights when you are about two miles from the border, probably to jot down in their logs that a visitor has approached. Make a mental note of this location during your drive since eventually the camo dudes will black out their vehicle. [/size][/color]
[color=#000000][size=4]Using night vision, the camo dude truck is easy to spot, though it helps to remember where you saw their dome light on the way to the border. These two photos were done with video frame capture of Russian second generation night vision. The photo on the left was done with just star light, while the photo on the right was done after the moon had risen. The images were cropped so that the camo dude truck is in the center. What may appear to be a fence are just a few tall cacti.[/size][/color]
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[chinni005]

Matter endhi ?

[Sastrygaru]

gp

[chinni005]

[quote name='Sastrygaru' timestamp='1346990197' post='1302441340']
gp
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Matter endhi vuncle

[chittimallu4]

Moon landing shooting ikkade theesaru

[dotnetrockz]

most dangerous place than N.Korea.....

[Jatka Bandi]

nenu vella..... [img]http://www.andhrafriends.com/uploads/profile/photo-thumb-11780.jpg?_r=1343458967[/img]

[pikki]

GP ....

what a hyp0critical c0untry it is really...

[chinni005]

[quote name='pikki' timestamp='1346990410' post='1302441359']
GP ....

what a hyp0critical c0untry it is really...
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Matter endi bro

[ghazni]

konchem explain please ee area 51 antey endi............

[BobbyFischer]

UFO myth lu kooda unnai anukunta deeni meeda..

[chinni005]

[quote name='BobbyFischer' timestamp='1346990543' post='1302441368']
UFO myth lu kooda unnai anukunta deeni meeda..
[/quote]
Matter endhi

[Jatka Bandi]

[quote name='Hava5' timestamp='1346990435' post='1302441360']
Matter endi bro
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[quote name='ghazni' timestamp='1346990525' post='1302441366']
konchem explain please ee area 51 antey endi............
[/quote]Area51 gurinchi chala myths vunnayi.... exact manaki telidu.... google chesi videos vuntayi chudandi.....

[mtkr0]

GP....

[mtkr0]

[quote name='ghazni' timestamp='1346990525' post='1302441366']
konchem explain please ee area 51 antey endi............
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[quote name='Hava5' timestamp='1346990653' post='1302441376']
Matter endhi
[/quote]

military base operations jaruguthaiiii.... aircraft testings....(govt cheppedhi )... ari plane evi fly avvanivvau eee area lo....

but under cover ga vere vi jaruguthu untaiiiii