Originally posted by dragon
if you try to get into area51 they will KILL YOU you got that. the only way a cilvin see tha inside of A-51 is if you are contractor. i know about
that
Not 100% true. I know personally a guy, who landed a glider inside Area 51. Just on the edges though. He was flying out of Tonapah, where a lot of
soaring is happening. He just got lost (that was prior GPS time, mid 90's), and needed to land. He landed on a dirt road inside the restricted
airspace. So he did not go very far in it, but was in. He got out the same day and got even his glider back
I've personally flown out of Tonapah many times and actually you can see pretty far in the area when you are on 20000 feet at the edge of the
restricted airspace.
EDIT: I just called the guy. It was 1996. He was in about 2 miles in to the area. As soon as he landed, guards were there. They smashed the canopy and
took the cameras (which were used for documenting your task, filming turn points) and they took the barograf (used for altitude recording over time).
He was interviewed at the site for 2 hours, but then released. They even let the crew in the area to get the glider out. So the "buffer" around the
area do not contain anything and it is wide.
[edit on 22-3-2009 by Belsepub]