Nevada Test Site
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The Nevada National Security Site initially named the Nevada Proving Ground, and later the Nevada Test Site is a reservation of the United States Department of Energy located in the southeastern porti
A November 1951 nuclear test at Nevada Test Site, Operation Buster–Jangle "Dog". It had a yield of 21 kilotons of TNT (88 TJ), and was the first U.S. nuclear field exercise conducted with live troops maneuvering on land. Troops shown are 6 mi (10 km) from the blast.
This handbill was distributed 16 days before the first nuclear device was detonated at the site.
Mushroom cloud seen from downtown Las Vegas.
Sedan crater
Area 51
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Area 51 is a highly classified United States Air Force facility within the Nevada Test and Training Range in southern Nevada, 83 miles north-northwest of Las Vegas.
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Area 51 viewed from distant Tikaboo Peak
"The Ranch" with U-2 flight line ca. 1957
A 1966 Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) diagram of Area 51, found in an untitled, declassified paper, showing the runway overrun for OXCART (Lockheed A-12) and the turnaround areas (CIA / CREST RDP90b00184r000100040001-4)
An A-12 (60-6924) takes off from Groom Lake during one of the first test flights, piloted by Louis Schalk, 26 April 1962.