After decades of obsessing over Area 51, conspiracy theorists and UFO enthusiasts might be upset when they read the document declassified by the CIA yesterday. The official history of the of the CIA's Overhead reconnaissance "U-2 and OXCART Programs, 1954-1974," details the program's extensive use of Area 51 at Groom Lake, Nevada. The 407-page monograph is the first time a government document, outside of a few scraps that leaked in the 20th century, has used the phrase "Area-51." The document also propels the desolate military base to the center of U.S. military history by showing its prominent role in the Cold War and the war in Vietnam.
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