It’s great to finally hear the true story from the horse’s mouth, and what a great story it is. I have heard, apocryphally, the tale before but I got that it was a Tonka with an engine failure that diverted into the box and landed at Groom Lake, where the crew were hooded, interrogated for two days then returned to Nellis, still hooded. Then a Groom Lake pilot returned said Tonka to Nellis on one engine.
Although a great dit, the true story, I think, is even better. However, beware the camo dudes maybe stalking you as we speak for leaking this sensitive tale