Talk:Area 51

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 05:19, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

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• ... that Area 51 was originally called Paradise Ranch to encourage workers to move there? Source: Area 51#U-2 program
  • ALT1:... that Area 51 was the location of the first flight of the highly secretive Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird? Source: Area 51#OXCART program and Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird

Improved to Good Article status by REDMAN 2019 (talk). Self-nominated at 10:42, 20 January 2021 (UTC).

• This article is a newly promoted GA and meets the newness and length criteria. The ALT0 hook facts are cited inline and that hook is fine, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. I cannot see which cited sentence backs up ALT1, and the word "Blackbird" is not used on the page. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:38, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

Area 51 mystery

ufos crash in July year 1947 and many UFO fly and many other mystery mystery extreme thing things things 45.118.107.112 (talk) 18:23, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

Plagiarism in "History/D-21 Tagboard" subsection

The "History" subsection on the D-21 Tagboard lifts large chunks of text verbatim from the cited book, using very distinctive language. This paragraph in particular is entirely lifted, sans the single sentence I've italicized, though the extent leads me to think there may be more:

Article text: By late summer of 1967, the modification work to both the D-21 (now designated D-21B) and the B-52Hs was complete. The test program could now resume. The test missions were flown out of Groom Lake, with the actual launches over the Pacific. The first D-21B to be flown was Article 501, the prototype. The first attempt was made on 28 September 1967 and ended in complete failure. As the B-52 was flying toward the launch point, the D-21B fell off the pylon. The B-52H gave a sharp lurch as the drone fell free. The booster fired and was "quite a sight from the ground". The failure was traced to a stripped nut on the forward right attachment point on the pylon. Several more tests were made, none of which met with success. However, the fact is that the resumptions of D-21 tests took place against a changing reconnaissance background. The A-12 had finally been allowed to deploy, and the SR-71 was soon to replace it. At the same time, new developments in reconnaissance satellite technology were nearing operation. Up to this point, the limited number of satellites available restricted coverage to the Soviet Union. A new generation of reconnaissance satellites could soon cover targets anywhere in the world. The satellites' resolution would be comparable to that of aircraft but without the slightest political risk. Time was running out for the Tagboard.

The relevant pages from Dark Eagles by Curtis Peebles are 128 and 129, accessible here. 144.6.209.220 (talk) 04:36, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

• relevant pages from Dark Eagles are 128 and 129. I forgot to mention them.

144.6.209.220 (talk) 04:37, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

town name

CIA calls it watertown in their website. would added a reference as watertown nevada make sense.[1]https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/area-51-and-the-accidental-test-flight/ 2603:8000:5000:E9D2:C967:353F:29A6:AC07 (talk) 22:10, 12 October 2024 (UTC)