Something Huge Seems to Have Happened Around Area 51 Over the Weekend

Something Huge Seems to Have Happened Around Area 51 Over the Weekend


August 13, 2019
By Tyler Durden
It looks as though something big was taking place around Area 51 over the weekend, according to “fragmented reports from various sources” compiled by The Drive.
The report notes that “significant tests” could have been happening over the weekend after learning that Notices To Airman (NOTAMs) had been published that marked certain areas within the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) off limits to any air traffic at any altitude.
The NOTAMs are generally for military aircrews, not civilian or commercial air traffic. They were first pointed out by an aviation enthusiast on Twitter.


 Bryan Herbert  @KE6ZGP

 ·  Aug 8, 2019

123.2250 -- UnIDed flight, no callsign heard, talking to an unheard station about a rain delay and ramaining in a holding pattern


 Bryan Herbert  @KE6ZGP

I see a NOTAM for what appears to be a launch in R-4806E. I wonder if the aircraft was for launch support.

Also want to point out I did not hear the aircraft land at Nellis or Creech. If they did, I did not hear them contact Approach or Tower.

he area in question, R-4806 is “an elongated north-to-south block of restricted airspace that measures roughly 50 by 15 miles and sits south of the small community of Alamo and east of R-4806W.”
The area is noteworthy for a couple of reasons:

R-4806W includes Dog Bone Dry Lake. A number of air-to-ground targets and a MOUT facility that is often used for JTAC training and other ground and air asset integration exercises are located there. At the center of R-4806E, the restricted airspace in question, is Desert Dry Lake, but nothing is really located there or on the stretch of ground that sits below this airspace as a whole. It’s also worth noting that Desert Lake sits roughly 30 miles southeast of Groom Lake/Area 51.

 Bryan Herbert  @KE6ZGP


Another NOTAM for R-4806E. The window opens at 8 PM Los Angeles time. Just like the other night the ceiling on this is unlimited indicating its some sort of launch.



Finally, another NOTAM was published spanning several days, starting on August 10 that also limits the same massive stretch of airspace. This NOTAM was for a “massive” block of restricted airspace on the “western flank of Area 51’s notorious no-go ‘box’ that hangs over the clandestine installation”. 
This NOTAM is active from midnight on August 11th, through 5:59AM on August 12.


Finally, another NOTAM was published spanning several days, starting on August 10 that also limits the same massive stretch of airspace. This NOTAM was for a “massive” block of restricted airspace on the “western flank of Area 51’s notorious no-go ‘box’ that hangs over the clandestine installation”. 
This NOTAM is active from midnight on August 11th, through 5:59AM on August 12.

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