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Old 31st Dec 2018, 15:47
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Janet Spongthrush
 
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Originally Posted by SASless
Considering the secrecy and security levels for Groom Lake/Area 51...and knowing its background....one must wonder why it continues yet today.

There must be some very sensitive programs going on there for sure.
​​​​​​FWIW some chums stopped by Area 51 a couple of months ago and believe that they were watching some sort of drone demos with a 'parent' aircraft, very similar to
; they were very impressed with the performance of the objects that they watched. I guess that if what's shown in the video is a vision of 2030, it's not unreasonable that such things are being tested now.
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