Travels in Dreamland: The Unnatural History of the Most Secret Places on Earth

by PhilipPatton (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1997

  $3.27

  It is the most secret place in America maybe on Earth: Area 51, Groom Lake, Paradise Ranch, The Box...Dreamland. This is the official military air traffic control name for the area of Groom Dry Lake, Nevada, which since 1954 has been the secret test site for advanced aircraft the U 2 Spy craft, the Stealth Fighter, robot planes and some say, alien craft. The book traces the history of the place and the history of those who speculate on what is there. It tracks the way secrecy inspires fantasy and charts the parallel culture of the Stealthies and UFO buffs.

• Used

  Paperback
  1998

  $4.28

  The history of the most secret place on earth - subject of intense interest to all 'Stealthies', UFO buffs and X-Files fans. The US government only officially acknowledged the existence of Area 51 of Groom Dry Lake, Nevada in 1994, forty years after its first use as a secret testing ground for advanced aircraft. Area 51 is also widely acknowledged to contain the truth at the heart of the fifty year old mystery of the supposed alien landing at Roswell.