(NewsNation) — For years, the U.S. Air Force installation known as Area 51 has been linked with extraterrestrial lore, but the reality behind the site is a bit more down to earth. The Groom Lake ...

Area 51 fit the bill perfectly. It was in the Nevada desert near a salt flat called Groom Lake. No one knows exactly why it's called Area 51, but one theory suggests it came from its proximity to ...

In 1962, Lockheed tested the first A-12, known as Article 121, near Groom Lake, Nevada. During the selection process for pilots to fly a top-secret mission, Ken Collins was told to report to an ...