You know Area 51, but just what in the world is Area 6?

[rdunk]

Area 6? I have not heard of this one before!! Just another place to wonder about in Nevada??

By KEITH ROGERS
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

The asphalt runway stretches for a mile on Yucca Flat, deep in the Nevada National Security Site about 80 miles northwest of Las Vegas.

Built in 2005, the runway covers a dirt landing strip from the 1950s, when the wide, flat valley was used for atomic bomb test shots. A small complex of buildings dominated by a large hangar with unusual clamshell doors dominates the southern end of the asphalt strip.

The complex has no official name. Not many people even know it's there.

As secret airbases go, the single runway in the test site's Area 6 is easily overshadowed by the world's most famous secret military base, Area 51, a dozen miles northeast. Area 51's existence was only recently acknowledged, even after decades of speculation by UFO enthusiasts that the aircraft development and test facility also houses space aliens and extraterrestrial technology.

Unlike Area 51, which is protected by shoot-to-kill security and shielded from outside view by mountain ranges, Area 6 has only fences and visitor checkpoints. It can be seen at a distance from tour buses on the highway to historic bomb craters at the northern end of Yucca Flat.

But exactly what goes on at the much smaller and much newer Area 6 is still top-secret defense research-and-development work. It's so hush-hush that the security site's spokesman can say little about it.

Darwin Morgan, a spokesman for the National Nuclear Security Administration, said the low-key Area 6 facilities have been used by the Defense and Homeland Security departments.

"They come here to test their own sensors," he recently said after spending months fending off questions about the Area 6 runway from the Review-Journal.

More (There is also a very short video in this link):http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nevada/you-know-area-51-just-what-the-world-area-6

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[zorgon]

Area 6? I have not heard of this one before!! Just another place to wonder about in Nevada??

AAARGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

[zorgon]

Nellis Bombing Range
Nevada Test Center
Yucca Lake Facility and Airstrip
37°57'15.55"N 116°01'36.13"W


Yucca Lake Overview


Yucca Airstrip
IATA: KUCC – ICAO: UCC – FAA: NV11
Summary: Operator  Department of Energy
Location: Nevada Test Site
Elevation: AMSL  3,919 ft / 1,195 m

Yucca Airstrip is a private-use airport located 17 miles (27 km) north of the central business district of Mercury, in Nye County, Nevada, United States. The airport is located on the Nevada Test Site and is owned by the United States Department of Energy.

History

The airport was the staging area for SHOT BADGER, a test of the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE Series on April 18, 1953.

Facilities

Yucca Airstrip Airport covers an area of 41 acres (17 ha) and has one runway: Runway 14/32: 9,000 x 200 ft (2,743 x 61 m), Surface: Salt (Now paved)

http://www.thelivingmoon.com/45jack_files/03files/Nellis_AFB_Bombing_Range_004.html


Airport Buildings


Yucca Lake Janet Terminal

Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository
North Tunnel Entrance
http://www.thelivingmoon.com/45jack_files/03files/Yucca_Mountain_Facility.html

[zorgon]

Area 6?

yeah right next to AREA 5



AREA 1 is behind Nellis AFB in Las Vegas

AREA 51 in relation to above site map


http://www.thelivingmoon.com/45jack_files/03files/Nellis_AFB_Bombing_Range_001.html

[astr0144]

Mysterious 'Area 6' Landing Strip in Nevada Desert Baffles Experts.




A mysterious, mile-long landing strip in the remote Nevada desert could be the home base for testing sensors on a top-secret fleet of drones, security experts speculate.

The asphalt landing strip is in Area 6 of the Yucca Flat test site, about 12 miles (19 kilometers) northeast of the infamous Area 51 that has long been the subject of conspiracy theories. In Area 6, a handful of hangars with clamshell doors are clustered at one end of the airstrip, images from Google Earth reveal.

The area, which does not have a name, is fenced off and can be seen from the road by those touring the pockmarked Nevada National Security Site of Yucca Flat, where the military conducted hundreds of nuclear tests over several decades. [14 Strangest Sights on Google Earth]

While little is known about Area 6, the Yucca Airstrip is used by both the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security, Darwin Morgan, a spokesperson for the National Nuclear Security Administration, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

"They come here to test their own sensors," he recently said after evading questions from the newspaper about Area 6 for months.

Drone base?

Though officials with the government have been extremely reticent to reveal any details about the site, a few details have leaked out.

A 7,500-page tome on nuclear safety at the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project includes a brief paragraph describing Area 6 as an "aerial operations facility." 

"The purpose of this facility is to construct, operate, and test a variety of unmanned aerial vehicles. Tests include, but are not limited to, airframe modifications, sensor operation, and onboard computer development. A small, manned chase plane is used to track the unmanned aerial vehicles," according to a 2008 report in the Yucca Mountain repository license application filed by government contractor Bechtel SAIC, which built the airstrip for $9.6 million.

The airspace above the strip is controlled, which reduces the risk of planes or satellites in space getting a detailed look at the surroundings. It also prevents the public from unintentionally stumbling upon the site, Morgan told the Review-Journal.

Based on its size, the hangars could house up to 15 MQ-9 Reaper planes, the type of drones used to perform reconnaissance, Tim Brown, an imagery analyst at the defense information website GlobalSecurity.org, told the Review Journal. The runway is too small for fighter jets or bombers, he added.

One possibility is that the remotely piloted planes do practice runs for reconnaissance work. Yucca Flat's high desert terrain echoes that found in the most remote regions of Libya, where Al Qaeda or ISIS operatives could be hiding out, he said.

If that's the case, the government may be testing out sensor arrays — essentially fields of hundreds of smartphone-type cameras that are mounted on planes such as the MQ-9 Reaper to take time-lapse photography. The idea is that anything out there that's moving could, in fact, be moved by a potential terrorist or bad actor, Brown said.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mysterious-area-6-landing-strip-nevada-desert-baffles-120617952.html

[astr0144]

When you look at all those various "Area Numbers"..

There seems no logic to how they are laid out..

On that Map of the Nevada Test Site (NTS)

It seems that overall it maybe classed as being West to South West of Area 51.

Area 2 for eg is above Area 1...

Area 3 is the the East of Area 1.

Area 4 is Directly North above Area 1..
and Area 2 is North above Area 4.

So Area 6 is around about's where Yucca Lake is !

This seems to differ from the article description that I just posted...

The asphalt landing strip is in Area 6 of the Yucca Flat test site, about 12 miles (19 kilometers) northeast of the infamous Area 51 that has long been the subject of conspiracy theories. In Area 6, a handful of hangars with clamshell doors are clustered at one end of the airstrip, images from Google Earth reveal.

AREA 1 is behind Nellis AFB in Las Vegas

They say Nellis Air Force base is about the size of Switzerland if I recall..Hard to believe !

Switzerland has a maximum north-south length of 220 kilometres (140 mi) and an east-west length of about 350 kilometres (220 mi).[1]

[zorgon]

When you look at all those various "Area Numbers"..
There seems no logic to how they are laid out..

There was no logic, Area numbers were assigned in order of creation  as they needed them Areas were not necessarily connected at first but the whole area was reserved

Switzerland is 15,942 square miles about twice the size of New Jersey  Nellis AFB is in town  The areas are on the Nellis AFB Bombing range outside of Vegas

Nellis Range as of 2012: 4,531 sq mi (11,740 km2)
Airspace
5,000 sq mi (12,950 km2) - restricted[4]
7,000 sq mi (18,000 km2) - shared (MOA)

Nellis Air Force Base CDP is  3.1 sq mi (8.0 km2)



Thing about Nellis is you can stand on the road at the end of the runway and watch the planes  (wear earplugs because they are literally over your head

This is the security fence for the Bombing range  but it seems to keep people out  






On that Map of the Nevada Test Site (NTS)

It seems that overall it maybe classed as being West to South West of Area 51.

Area 2 for eg is above Area 1...

Area 3 is the the East of Area 1.

Area 4 is Directly North above Area 1..
and Area 2 is North above Area 4.

So Area 6 is around about's where Yucca Lake is !

This seems to differ from the article description that I just posted...



They say Nellis Air Force base is about the size of Switzerland if I recall..Hard to believe !
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[astr0144]

Sorry when I said Nellis Airforce base was the size of Switzerland , I meant to say the Nellis Airforce Range..

The overall  Range between Las Vegas and Tonopah and Death Valley is much bigger than the base !

North to South  between Tonopah to Las vegas is about 200 miles but maybe about 170 miles from L.V to  direct  North of it on level with Tonopah .

and West to East is about say between west to mid part of Death Valley and Las Vegas is about 120/140miles at a guess.

The dimensions are not exact but on average I think it could be about the same Square Mileage wise..It depends how one compares it..

Switzerland is about 140 miles North to South and 220 miles West to East. 

Nellis AFR may seem similar if you were to or could turn it by 90 degrees.. where the West to East on NAFR compares to North to South of Switzerland which is about 140 miles, as maybe another way to make a comparison to them.

Switzerland has a maximum north-south length of 220 kilometres (140 mi) and an east-west length of about 350 kilometres (220 mi).[1]

This enigmatic air-base has become a pivotal piece in the UFO jigsaw. Area 51 is located in Nevada, taking up the kind of acreage that a small country would be proud of, and in fact is the size of Switzerland.

http://www.ufos-aliens.co.uk/cosmicarea51.html