Is AREA 51 still the UFO retrieval, storage
and research area for the US Government? There would be few Americans today with an interest in science,
defense or UFOs who wouldn't be familiar with "AREA 51" so I will not go into its location or history etc.
Apart from its familiar connotations with military aerial research, it has been widely rumoured as the repository of several retrieved UFOs.
Whether or not there are "alien ufos" kept there may be inconsequential. There have been enough aerial discs, lights and other unknown flying phenomena observed over the base to
know that at the very least the US Government has a much wider knowledge and involvement in UFO's than it tells the public and at the worst, is actively involved in the research of, and
construction and testing of genuine UFO's. The UFO operations of this base are reputed to have changed about 2 years ago. Rumours
have it that the crashed discs, the research operations and the test flying of them have been moved to a location more secret and more isolated from the American press and public.
This may be true, as a number of clues point to its relocation to the Pine Gap Joint Defense Research Establishment in Central Australia.
Alternatively, it could be a smokescreen. Secret US defense operations and UFO research has been successfully hidden from the US Senate and even Presidents, as well as the general
public for decades. The base has been extensively improved and expanded in recent years both above and below ground level and there is no reason to suppose it would (or should) have
its operations reduced in any way. PINE GAP The
United States has several major bases in Australia. The largest is located within about 230 km (143 miles) of the geographical center of the continent, not far to the west of Alice
Springs (Northern Territory), in a hidden valley of the MacDonnell Range. This base is completely underground, with barely visible entrances to the surface. This 'Top Secret' base is
entirely financed by the United States Government, and is officially known as the Joint Defense Research Facility.
"What exactly is Pine Gap?" As strange as it may seem, even Australian Federal Parliament Members do not know. Among the Cabinet Members, maybe only the Prime Minister and
possibly the Defense Minister have any idea of the "defense" operations of the base and it is doubtful if even they know of any UFO connection.
No Australian politician has been allowed onto the base ever to my knowledge. Several years ago an Australian Prime Minister swore he would close down the base or at least reveal its
reason for operating. Neither happened. The base is staffed almost entirely by US Service personnel and scientists. Barely a handful of
Australian people work at the base and it is believed they are not allowed underground. Security is contracted to the same private company that provides security for most US based
bases including "AREA 51." The public has been told only that the installation is involved in electronic intelligence
gathering, to do with Nuclear testing and missile launches in the Siberia, Asia and Pacific regions. It is also believed that it monitors and communicates with the entire Pacific and Indian
ocean submarine fleet. Some reports have it that the depth of the operations beneath Pine Gap exceed 8000 metres. This is reputedly required to house an extremely deep aerial system to contact submerged
submarines (and possibly recharge their batteries) in the Pacific and Indian Oceans through ELF broadcasts (ELF: Extra Low Frequency). Such a gigantic antenna could be used to
generate a gigantic stationary wave around the Earth. There are unconfirmed reports dating from 2-3 years ago, (about the time AREA 51 was
supposed to be transferring its UFO contingent), that locals sometimes saw WHITE DISKS about 30' in diameter, in the process of being unloaded from large US cargo planes at Pine
Gap. Those disks supposedly had the USAF emblem on them. It seems likely that disks are assembled and based at Pine Gap.
A great many of the local citizens have since had day and night sightings of discs, orange and white balls of light and luminous flying objects. Pine Gap is also well known as one of the
most important control centers for spy satellites. An article published in late 1973 claimed that the Pine Gap installation, along with its sister installation in Guam, were used to control the
photographic missions of American satellites. It is worth noting that in the period up to around 3 years ago, the base underwent a significant
expansion (extra levels were said to be added underground) which coincided with the supposed removal of the UFOs from AREA 51. A period when with the decrease in world
tensions, we should have expected the base to reduce in capacity. The base has always been identifiable by the appearance of several large white geodesic
domes. It is believed that these obscure equipment required to track space objects in near Earth trajectory's. Some say that the base also has the ability to destroy these objects with beam type weapons.
I personally see no reason why the US should transfer its entire (or even a large part of) its "flying disc" research and testing program from AREA 51 to Pine Gap. I do however see
connections between the rumours, the sightings at Pine Gap and the unaccounted for expansion of the Australian base. There may be good reason for the expansion and/or
duplication of AREA 51 to another location and Pine Gap fits the requirements perfectly.
Is UFO tomfoolery near Pine Gap significant? A little over 12 months ago the Alice Springs police had a call from a person who had just
sighted a large silver luminous UFO. It was apparently seen hovering and then traversing a large area of sky at a speed greater than the average fighter plane before changing course abruptly.
The police traveled outside of town in the general direction of the sighting. They came upon a vehicle parked suspiciously and investigated. They found the vehicle belonged to the Pine Gap
security company. Two men there were US citizens and security employees "apparently off duty." They were in the process of making orange garbage bag hot air balloons. These are commonly
used by kids trying to create hoax UFO sightings. The original UFO sighting could have been thus explained as a hoax except that the police were in contact with the local UFO group who
investigated the original sighting with the witness.
Two harmless pranksters? I think not. How did they know there was a genuine sighting in the first place?
Why did they decide to recreate the sighting as a hoax? Were they directed to? Why were they driving the company vehicle if they were off duty? It sounds to me like the Base knew
about (or was the cause of) the original sighting and wanted to misdirect the public's knowledge of it. Did they detect the original UFO and decide to create the diversion just in
case or did they know that the police had received a sighting report? Do they routinely tap police lines? One thing is certain. The Base personnel, and by inference the US Government, knew more
about UFOs and their presence than they will admit to. Recent anomalous happening/UFO reporting at Pine Gap:
On Tuesday 12 the September 2001:
A series of underground rumbles woke nearby residents in the early morning.
These noises had been heard over the previous 3 days.
Investigation shows no record of seismic activity.
Apparently these noises are often heard in this area.
The area is also home to many reports of orange light formations (disinformation/hoaxes??) and sightings of larger craft.
Always Irreverent
Never Irrelevant
Brad Mildern, Staff Writer and UFO Investigator
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