Quotes by Annie Jacobsen

About Annie Jacobsen:

Annie Jacobsen is an American freelance journalist and contributing editor to the Los Angeles Times Magazine.
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As far as I know, all the presidents know about Area 51. It would almost be impossible for them not to.

Annie Jacobsen

In many previously classified documents relating to activities at the base, the words 'Area 51' are conveniently blacked out. There's always a euphemism for it - like 'the test facility' or 'the base' - but never 'Area 51.'

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In the late 1960s, Ontario Airport was a throwback to a bygone era. Located 35 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, the airport served only two carriers, Western and Bonanza. Passengers could catch regional flights to San Francisco, Sacramento, Las Ve...

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The problem is the myths of Area 51 are hard to dispute if no one can speak on the record about what actually happened there.

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You can absolutely drive through an atmospheric bomb test and not be affected.

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The area out at Area 51 that was part of the Operation Plumbbob test continues to be contaminated. It was not cleaned up until the '80s.

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Urban legend has it that Area 51 is connected by underground tunnels and trains to other secret facilities around the country.

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The oil under Libya is the champagne of oil, drop for drop the world's most valuable.

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Back in the 1950s, there was a top-secret program code-named SUNTAN being conducted at a top-secret facility called Skunk Works. Its objective? To develop a liquid-hydrogen-powered spy plane. Because liquid hydrogen is incredibly volatile, early expe...

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Who would have thought that in the 1950s, Burbank was a hotbed of international espionage?

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Because it flew without a pilot, the D-21 was designed to fly over territory where the U.S. was denied access and to take photographs of weapons facilities from altitudes as low as 1,500 feet. But the project was canceled on July 30, 1966, after a fa...

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In 2001, Katie Couric told 'Today Show' audiences that 7 percent of Americans doubt the moon landing happened - that it was staged in the Nevada desert.

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The activities that went on at Camp King between 1946 and the late 1950s have never been fully accounted for by either the Department of Defense or the CIA.

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Author Bio

  • NameAnnie Jacobsen
  • DescriptionAmerican journalist
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionJournalist