Area 52

The Colonel invited the Mayor and her staff for a day-long tour of Dugway Proving Ground.  Finally, I would have the chance to pass through the heavily-guarded gates and see Utah’s legendary Area 52.  “Let’s get a few things out of the way,” the Colonel began.  “Yes, we have the aliens.  Yes, we have the UFOs.  And, yes, we have secret tunnels connecting us to Area 51.”  I knew, of course, he must be joking, of course, but he was a U.S. Army Colonel, Commander of the nation’s advanced biological and chemical weapons defensive testing facility.  “I’m joking, of course.” Continue reading →