NEW Images from Private Aircraft of the TTR, Groom Lake/Area 51, Papoose Dry Lake

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Some good closeups shots of the Tonopah Test Range, revealing that those "Mystery Objects" look like fuel trucks.

a reply to: FosterVS

Aliens or not. That place looks surreal.

a reply to: Wide-Eyes

404 error now. Glad I immediately downloaded them all.
ETA: back now. Hmmm...

a reply to: FosterVS

They still work my end.

They are alien UFO’s cloaked as fuel trucks!!

a reply to: choomsuba

You could be right... those fuel tanks could be Tic Tac's. : P

Great pics!

a reply to: FosterVS

I own a book by by Mack Malone who one of his sources apparently said 'when something leaves the Tonapah test range, something new is moving in.'

Has area 51 had something cooking or is it a load of hot air?

Those are damned good photographs. Somebody is in trouble.

originally posted by: FosterVS
a reply to: Wide-Eyes

404 error now. Glad I immediately downloaded them all.
ETA: back now. Hmmm...

Pics loaded for me ok.

I'm really surprised they would allow civilian aircraft that close?

a reply to: FosterVS
Fuel trucks for armored personnel carriers?
They might be doing desert ground training operations out there these days.
No chance of an A12 lifting off and being mistaken for a flying saucer with that lens.

Great pics.
What I find interesting is the lack of aircraft at this base.
That nothing is sitting out speaks volumes.

a reply to: mtnshredder

They're not that close. They've got a really good lens attached. I was able to get decent pics of the base with a 300mm from 14ish miles. Not great, but decent. My 600mm should get really good ones.

a reply to: Oaktree

It's for flight testing. Everything is hangared when not flying.

originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: mtnshredder

They're not that close. They've got a really good lens attached. I was able to get decent pics of the base with a 300mm from 14ish miles. Not great, but decent. My 600mm should get really good ones.

Coupled with cooler times so we don't have to deal with heat rippling

a reply to: FosterVS

Mystery Objects" look like fuel trucks.

Transformers, Robots in Disguise

a reply to: FredT

Yeah. It doesn't take long after the sun comes up for the heat haze to start. It'll be nice to get there when it's cooler.

originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: mtnshredder

They're not that close. They've got a really good lens attached. I was able to get decent pics of the base with a 300mm from 14ish miles. Not great, but decent. My 600mm should get really good ones.

Interesting, I would’ve thought that would’ve been heavily restricted airspace even where they were.

Your 600mm must take some nice pics. Are you planning another pic trip there? Would like to see those pics if you do

a reply to: mtnshredder

We're working out the logistics. I haven't tried taking shots of buildings from long range, but I've been able to identify the tail flash on a KC-135 passing overhead at 35,000 feet through it.

originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: mtnshredder

They're not that close. They've got a really good lens attached. I was able to get decent pics of the base with a 300mm from 14ish miles. Not great, but decent. My 600mm should get really good ones.

Looking at the EXIF data, they were taken with a Nikon 3500 with a 300 mm lens.

originally posted by: mtnshredder

originally posted by: FosterVS
a reply to: Wide-Eyes

404 error now. Glad I immediately downloaded them all.
ETA: back now. Hmmm...

Pics loaded for me ok.

I'm really surprised they would allow civilian aircraft that close?

AFAIK, commercial and private aircraft are allowed to cut through TTR airspace on weekends. Same with the MOA's on the east side of the NTTR. Assuming they get controller clearance.