Area 51, officially referred to as the Groom Lake test facility or 'the Ranch,' was established in April 1955 when scouts spotted the area while flying over the Mojave Desert.

This was the year that astronauts from America's first space station (Skylab) accidentally photographed the Groom Lake test site from above. Despite this being the last mention of Groom Lake in the ...

The CIA has finally lifted the lid on what the highly mysterious Area 51 site is actually used for. The Air Force military installation at Groom Lake in southern Nevada has been the subject of some ...