Desert dry lake under a huge sky with a slender high-altitude jet silhouette and a stamped SECRET folder turning UNCLASSIFIED

When the CIA Finally Said "Area 51"

The 2013 FOIA release of the CIA’s U-2/OXCART history put Area 51 on a declassified map—as a Cold War flight-test site, not a UFO warehouse.

September 23, 2026 · 5 min · 987 words · Justin
A classified-looking desert radio installation beneath a dark Nevada sky.

Signals in the Restricted Desert: Area 51's FM Transmitters

Two synthetic-music FM stations transmit from inside the Nevada test ranges. The public evidence points toward passive-radar, calibration, or electronic-warfare work—but the gate motion sensor is a separate system entirely.

August 29, 2026 · 11 min · 2139 words · Justin