Who all has camped at Area 51? Post your stories

Despite wether you believe my recent trip post or not. I would love to start a thread here about other's experiences good bad or indifferent. I'm always fascinated by others' stories of the mysterious base over at Groom Lake.

Hopefully we can get people posting stories and having fun discussions abuot them without attacking people's truthfulness.

Unless of course one story begins with ... I snuck into Area 51... lol

I have been traveling to the area for over 25 years and have camped out many times. I used to live in Vegas and now in Phoenix so I have easy access to the area. Last year I made 11 trips to the area and camped out six times and stayed the rest at the Inn or in Alamo. I have camped at Campfire Hill, The Back gate, Cedar Gate, Brainwash, and Basecamp. Prior to the landgrab we used to camp at Whitesides and Freedom Ridge. On the 50th anniversary of the base we had a large campout at Campfire Hill with about 33 people for 3 days. In all my camping trips I have never had any contact with the Cammos. They know Iam there and i know they are there but I never had any contact or confrontation with them. Weve had campfires right up on the fence at the Backgate and never drew any more than the usual attention. Some time ago two of us were exploring the Road Block Canyon Rd. and you are out of the cammos vision for awhile. The helicopter came over us for for a few minutes. I dont know if the cammos called them in or it was their normal flight path. Since 9/11 the choppers have been flying the border on a regular basis. I will be camping again in a few weeks and expect no more excitement than I have had on previous trips.
Hank

So, first we snuck into area 51... oh wait, someone's knocking at the front door, brb...




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[edit on 26-4-2008 by 12m8keall2c]

The only time I've seen the dudes approach my vehicle is when I climb Hawkeye Hill. They try the door locks.

There is a fire ring we built a few years by the back gate that is still there. I don't think the dudes care very much about visitors unless the cross the line. They do get your license plate, and work pretty hard at doing this. I camped at a location near the back gate that turned out to be the cammo dude "perch". My vehicle was just beyond a tree and thus hidden as the dudes approached. I popped out from behind the tree and the dudes had to back it up in a hurry. Well, too much of a hurry since the driver started going down the side of a hill. The other dude got out and directed. They hid elsewhere most of the night, then drove off. As soon as I got up the next morning and got out of the car, they drove in from the back gate and waited by where the road I was on intersected the road to the back gate and got my plate. I assume they parked a camera on me all night.

Here is the dude parking spot on google earth:
N37.55117 W115.80747
This waypoint is from my GPS and doesn't exactly line up with where I parked according to Google Earth. The tree I was behind is just a bit to the north of the waypoint. About 255ft using the ruler from Google Earth. There is a camera in the nearby hills.

that could only be 2 things. its a lie, or something you dreamed up in the psycho-home.oh, and its very boring!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thank you for more useless contributions. they are very much appreciated.

I don't see any gate there - probably gets them a "bit" edgy when someone is close to the line.

I MAY be camping in the area sometime around May 13th -17th; we'll see how things go. It's a long trip for me (about 1800 miles one way) and my health isn't great.