Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base

Annie Jacobsen

May 2011 · Hachette UK

About this ebook

The explosive, untold story of the Cold War's biggest secret. The REAL X-Files.

It is the most famous military installation in the world. And no credible insider has ever divulged the truth about his time inside of it. Until now. This is the first book based on interviews with scientists, pilots, and engineers - 58 in total - who provide an unprecedented look into the mysterious activities of a top-secret base, from the Cold War to today. With a jaw-dropping ending, it proves that facts are often more fantastic than fiction, especially when the distinction is almost impossible to make.

Ratings and reviews

It was okay, if unexciting, up until the last chapter. Then it took a turn into the truly stupid. A ridiculous theory only a simpleton could believe, but apparently the author believed it. That a revolutionary electromagnetic hover/fly engine developed by the Nazis would be used in ONE craft by the Soviets that would purposely crashland in the USA and be captured... Just in order to cause some minor panic in the USA as retaliation for the USA not sharing atomic bomb secrets. And then such technology would never be used again by either party. Obviously, the author's source was taking the piss or was delusional. But it ruins the credibility of the rest of the book.

If youre interested in groom lake, skunk works, the U-2 / SR-71, kelly johnson.... Read this book. now.

A very interesting and revealing read. You have no idea how long ago so many things were happening that have an impact on today

About the author

ANNIE JACOBSEN is a contributing editor at the Los Angeles Times Magazine and an investigative reporter whose work has also appeared in The National Review and The Dallas Morning News. Her two-part series The Road to Area 51 was one of the most read in the Los Angeles Times Magazine. A graduate of Princeton University, Jacobsen lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two sons.


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