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THE GROOM LAKE DESERT RAT. An On-Line Newsletter.
Issue #1. Jan. 17, 1994.
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In this issue...
FREEDOM RIDGE STATUS
SOME VIEWPOINTS REMAIN UNTOUCHED
FIELD TRIP A SUCCESS
MEN IN BLACK VISIT RACHEL
TRESPASSERS PLEAD NOT GUILTY

----- FREEDOM RIDGE STATUS -----

The popular public viewpoints into the unacknowledged Groom Lake base remain
open at present. Although the Air Force has applied to BLM to seize this
land, approval is no longer a certainty. "You can't fight the government,"
some people may say, and we would have concurred a few months ago, but
substantial political opposition has begun to materialize recently from many
different quarters. Aside from the environmental, UFO and anti-secrecy
groups one would expect to be involved, opponents have found unexpected
support in some Nevada state agencies and the brewing "Sagebrush Rebellion,"
a movement of local counties to take control of public lands. At the least,
the AF will be forced to overcome significant hurdles before it gets the
land. At best, some people hope to rout the Federal government altogether
from lands previously controlled by BLM.

From the Freedom Ridge and White Sides viewpoints you see what appears to be
a large Air Force base beside a dry lake bed, with a very long runway, many
large hangers and a virtual city of support facilities. Ten to twelve
roundtrip 737 flights each weekday bring workers here from Las Vegas. No one
seems to have any confirmable information about what is actually going on at
Groom. The interesting aspect of this facility to most visitors is that the
government in no way acknowledges its existence. Further satisfaction can be
drawn from the intensive monitoring of nearby public lands by anonymous,
heavily-armed security forces who watch all visitors closely. If you
approach these dudes, they'll run away, but they always remain close enough
to keep track of you.

A public hearing on the land withdrawal is scheduled for Monday, Jan. 31, in
Caliente, Nevada (about 2-1/2 hours north of Las Vegas), at 7pm in the VFW
hall. In spite of the remote location, this event is already becoming a hot
ticket among local Nevada land use advocates. Opponents have also requested
a second hearing in Las Vegas so more people can attend. Although this
request has not yet been granted, a Las Vegas hearing is looking increasingly
likely and would probably take place in late Feb. or early March. Sparks
will fly at both events: Caliente will probably be more of an in-state
protest focusing on land use issues, while Las Vegas would probably focus on
the Groom Lake base itself, including the alleged environmental abuses th
ere and the justification for its continued "nonexistence."

Even if things were to go amazingly well for the AF (which they are not), the
viewpoints cannot legally be closed before the hearings take place. The land
remains public until the seizure is formally approved, so anyone can come
here until then to view the secret base. If you choose, you can even camp
here for up to 14 days without permission from anyone. The hike to Freedom
Ridge takes 50 minutes, while four wheel drive owners can push all the way to
the top on the newly marked "Freedom Ridge Expressway," a rugged
cross-country track. You can park at the top with a bucket of popcorn and
your special sweetie just like a drive-in movie. Nothing significant ever
seems to happen at the secret base when people are watching, but if you and
your sweetie are feeling cozy that shouldn't matter. (Please note, however,
that making out within sight of the secret base is strictly against Federal
law and is punishable by a fine of $5,000 and up to a year in prison.) Of
course, you must be careful not cross the nearby military boundary, which is
well-marked with signs and orange posts. (The maximum theoretical punishment
for that offense is the same as for making out, although first time offenders
are usually fined only $300 to $600.)

----- SOME VIEWPOINTS REMAIN UNTOUCHED -----

The underlying reason for the proposed land withdrawal is that the AF botched
its survey work for the huge Groom Range withdrawal of the 1980s. That
action was also intended to hide the Groom base from public view by seizing a
whole mountain range. Alas, they overlooked the more obscure hills now in
question, effectively rendering the entire withdrawal useless.

Could it be possible that, even with the current proposed withdrawal, the AF
has botched the job once again? Reports continue to reach us of public
viewpoints into '"51" that remain untouched by the current action. We won't
publicize all of them, but it is sufficient to say that the AF cannot
neutralize these locations without bursting the 5000 acre limit beyond which
Congressional approval would be required. (The military would rather face a
dozen Saddams than tangle with Capitol Hill.)

Viewpoints we can talk about now are Badger Mountain and Tikaboo Peak. These
are in the high cluster of peaks about 15 miles east of Freedom Ridge and
just south of Hancock Summit. The climb is longer and more strenuous, but a
recent visitor to Tikaboo Peak reports that you can see most of the Groom
base from there. Distance is a problem: 25 miles vs. about 10 miles from
Freedom Ridge, but having a high-quality telescope could help. The important
thing proven here is that the AF is once again engaged in "government work,"
an incompetent, weak-kneed effort that does only half the job. If they are
going to take any land at all, they should be required also to take Tikaboo
and Badger peaks. This, in turn, would burst the 5000 acre limit and force
the issue to be debated in Congress, where the voice of the people can be
heard.

----- FIELD TRIP A SUCCESS -----

About 25 people showed up on Freedom Ridge for the Jan. 15 aviation field
trip. Given that the plans came together only about 10 days before the
event, this was a strong turnout. A wide array of civilian optical devices
were turned on the base, allowing participants to see "the hairs on a gnat's
ass," so to speak. Sweetman, Goodall, psychospy, Dr. Brown, Agent X, Rocket
Scientist, The Cops and other fanatics and riff-raff speculated wildly about
what was inside each of those big hangers and factory buildings, but no
consensus was reached.

The field trip coincided with the opening of the new "Freedom Ridge
Expressway." In a scene reminiscent of a television commercial for Coors or
Toyota, four sport-utility vehicles traversed the desert sagebrush to this
remote hilltop location, where the occupants broke out their lawn chairs and
would have drank beer if anyone had thought to bring any.

Also in attendance, but trying desperately not to be noticed, were at least a
dozen of the anonymous, camouflage-clad security dudes lurking behind rocks
and Joshua trees at various locations on public and military land at least a
mile away. The word on the street now says these folks work for the
government contractor EG&G, not Wackenhut as once surmised. There were
plenty of distant appearances by the ubiquitous white Jeep Cherokees,
sticking out like beacons against the beige-and-brown landscape. Less
obvious was a big beige van partially covered with cammo netting on public
land about two miles from the get-together. On top of the van was a tower of
some kind, about 5 feet high. Our speculation is that it was a high powered
range tracking video camera pointed our way. We waved and turned our own
telescopes in that direction, and eventually the occupants packed up and
slinked back across the border.

Road sensors were also a popular tourist attraction for visitors. The
organizers had labeled some of the secret roadside detectors with big
fluorescent orange signs that said "SENSOR" so they wouldn't be missed. We
hope the heavy traffic and close inspection of these paint-can size
transmitters didn't damage them any, because they have come to seem like old
friends to us. They are usually found in reliable locations and are easy to
disable should the need arise.

After yaking and milling about on Freedom Ridge for a few hours, the group
made its way to the Little A-Le-Inn where we warmed up a big pot of Dr.
Brown's famous "Fartless Chili" (scientifically designed to avoid the obvious
aftereffects) which all in attendance were required to consume. From there,
the caravan proceeded westward to the Tonopah Test Range (TTR) where we gave
out Area 51 patches to the guards. Unlike the anonymous Groom dudes, these
guys have name tags and were happy to converse with us. There sure were a
lot of them, however. They said they knew we were coming because the Dept.
of Energy sent them a copy of our flyer. (Gosh, that was clever of them.
Maybe we should take DOE off our mailing list.)

A pleasant time was had by all, and great satisfaction was derived from our
observation that no more than 25 of us law-abiding citizens resulted in
canceled vacations and untold overtime for what appeared to be about 50
security dudes total. We think of it as defending the job security of our
friends in beige.

----- MEN IN BLACK VISIT RACHEL -----

As part of the group was making its way from Freedom Ridge toward the Little
A-Le-Inn, we stopped briefly at the mysterious Black Mailbox, site of many
UFO tales. There, the word reached us from a departing visitor that two men
in business suits were seen lurking around the Campbell residence in Rachel,
still 20 miles away. This reporter nearly shat in his proverbial pants as he
contemplated the implications of that intelligence. WHO WEARS BUSINESS SUITS
IN THE DESERT? At best, these must be FBI agents waiting to arrest or serve
a warrant on Mr. Campbell, the chief irri
tant to the military along the '51 border. At worst, they could be the
mysterious Men In Black, perhaps employed by a shadowy government agency that
knows no rules or even, if you choose to believe the stories, actual aliens
disguised as humans and engaged in some sinister mind game.

Not knowing what to expect, we decided that the best option was to descend on
the Campbell residence en masse. There were only two of them, our intel
said, versus a dozen of us, so maybe we could stand up to them as a group.
We motored as a convoy down Highway 375 to Rachel, then took up a position on
the opposite side of the road from Mr. Campbell's mobile home. Peering
through binoculars, we saw at first no sign of the Men In Black. There were
no unidentified cars parked in the vicinity and no obvious indications that
the front door had been tampered with. However, closer inspection of the
door with our most powerful optical devices revealed undeniable evidence that
the MIBs had indeed been there and were on the prowl for our very souls.
Wedged between the doorknob and the doorframe was a rolled up copy of The
Watchtower.

Jehovah's Witnesses!

----- TRESPASSERS PLEAD NOT GUILTY -----

Seven people accused of trespassing on military land near the Groom base were
arraigned in Justice Court in Alamo on Jan. 12. Three pleaded "No Contest"
and accepted their fines of about $300 each. Four pleaded Not Guilty, and
their trial is scheduled for Mar. 2. The four contend that although they did
cross the line, it was entirely accidental, the result of confusing signals
and a misread map.

On Jan. 2, these seven traveling in three vehicles drove beyond the Keep Out
signs on the well-maintained Groom Lake Road and up to the guard shack about
a half mile beyond. This was their first visit to the area, and they
obviously had not read this reporter
's "Area 51 Viewer's Guide," which advises against crossing the line. Trying
to follow a crude map to the Freedom Ridge trailhead, the group whizzed past
the often photographed sign forest forbidding trespass (and photography) and
containing such memorable but evidently unread phrases as "Use of Deadly
Force Authorized."

There was no place to turn around at the signs, the intruders claim, and as
they passed a white Jeep Cherokee, they said a guard inside waved to them, as
though saying "Come on in!" Naturally, upon arrival at the guard house, they
were descended upon by a gaggle of excessively armed cammo dudes who were not
prepared to give helpful directions and certainly were not versed on any of
the social graces. The immediate arrest of the offenders, no matter how old,
young, naive or harmless, was apparently the only option available in their
very limited emotional repetoir.

This reporter and two other hikers happened to witness the incident while
climbing Freedom Ridge ourselves. As soon as we understood what was
happening, we aborted our ascent and broke out the telescopes to watch the
festivities. The ratio of armed cammo dudes to naive intruders was easily
two to one. We watched as the trespassers--four men and two woman of varying
ages--stood around their cars for over an hour looking frustrated and
confused while tough men with big assault weapons milled about looking
equally bored and a bit embarrassed. A state trooper arrived first, followed
by Sgt. Lamoreaux of the Lincoln County Sheriff's Dept. Forms were signed,
and the prisoners were turned over to the Sheriff for more advanced forms of
humiliation.

The intruders were thoughtfully provided with handcuffs and leg-irons (for
their own safety, no doubt) and were taken in an Air Force van to the
palatial, brand-spanking-new Lincoln County Detention Center in Pioche. This
nearly empty, high-tech hoosegow, otherwise known as the Jail That Ate
Lincoln County, was built with the intent to house other people's prisoners
for profit. That was before the bottom fell out of the captive housing
market, and the county now has to scrape for any prisoners it can get.

In this case it graciously accommodated Connie Ruiz, her daughter Sissy and
son David, Connie's neighbor Bill Fitzgerald, his sons Kevin and Tim, and a
friend Gilbert Narvaiz. Hardened criminals, all. They claim that at the
Detention Center they were forced to stand facing a blank wall for over an
hour and a half, even one man who had an injured ankle, and were denied the
use of the bathroom for many hours after their arrest. They said they were
strip searched (because, presumably, you never can know in which body cavity
those devious trespassers might be hiding drugs or weapons) and were given
stylish orange jumpsuits to wear (as you've seen rakishly modeled by Charlie
Manson). The seven wasted away in jail for abo
ut eight hours while Bill's wife and Connie's husband three hours away in Las
Vegas tried to hunt up $4200 in cash on a Sunday night to bail out their
loved ones. $200 more to tow each of the three vehicles brought the total
bar tab to $4800 for this very engrossing weekend experience. The adventure
was all the more educational for several of the participants had never before
seen the inside of a jail cell.

Some hysterical activists might cry "overkill" and "law enforcement run
amok." Well, maybe just a tad.

In the meantime, after witnessing the arrest but still not knowing who these
people were, this reporter got on the horn to his contacts to tell them about
the event. ("Seven People Arrested in Groom Lake Incident," the Las Vegas
Review-Journal reported on Jan. 5.) He then headed down the highway to
Pioche, arriving at the Detention Center sometime after the prisoners did.
The duty officer behind a seamless expanse of bullet-proof glass refused to
give any information about the prisoners, even whether they were being held
at the detention center at all, so this reporter was forced to wait outside
in the sub-freezing night for an uncertain release. And wait. And wait. In
his delirium and creeping hypothermia, the reporter was transformed, in a
metaphysical sense, from a mild-mannered Bill Bixby into a raging green
Incredible Hulk. Alas, when the prisoners were finally bailed out around 4
am, the Hulk was sound asleep in the back of his car and did not get a chance
to meet them. He learned who they were only
when one of the seven called him a few days later, and the story they told
further enraged the Hulk's already green condition.

Doctor, help me. Ever since spending the night in the parking lot of the
Lincoln County Detention Center, I have been afflicted by the uncontrollable
urge to do violent damage to both the anonymous cammo dudes and the Lincoln
County Sheriff's Dept. I don't mean to bomb, shoot, dismember or otherwise
physically harm these noble defenders of the law; I want to utterly destroy
them at the very core of their being. I WANT TO CUT THEIR FUNDING. I know
this is an irrational impulse. Each of these people, as individuals, are
probably nice folks, but when you throw together a lot of decent people "just
following orders" what you sometimes get, on the whole, is a sadistic monster
with no collective conscience or critical judgment.

The case of the seven trespassers has become, for this reporter, a timely
symbolic example that dovetails naturally with the fight to save the
viewpoints and expose the nonexistent base at Groom Lake. The four who
pleaded Not Guilty must continue to make their own decisions, but I encourage
them not to go down quietly. At the trial on Mar. 2, they will be accorded
all the protections of any other defendant, including the right to subpoena
witnesses. The first witness I would call, and that any good lawyer would
also want to haul into court, is that cammo dude in the white Cherokee who
waved at the visitors as they passed. "What was your intent?" Perry Mason
would ask. "Were you giving them an implied consent to enter your area?"

If this well-armed paramilitary force patrolling public land refuses to
officially exist, then this is a good opportunity to bring them out into the
open. "Could you please state for the court your name and who you work for?"
Mason would ask. The Las Vegas press will be present at this promising
trial, and even a few in the national corps might be interested in meeting a
genuine cammo dude face to face. They are, after all, so hard to pin down in
the field, always running away as they do. With a bloody land seizure
hearing (or two) expected in the meantime, everyone should be whipped into a
glorious frenzy by the time Mar. 2 rolls along. What if the cammo dudes
don't honor the subpoena? Then the case falls apart. Implied consent is a
critical issue here, and if the government fails to supply this one essential
witness, it would be obstructing a legitimate defense.

These four have been crudely treated and are not guilty of the charges
against them. Although they did cross the line, they followed each other
like lemmings, in clouds of dust and under conditions of limited warning
where there was inadequate opportunity to read the signs. The only person
who might be seen as having control over the situation was the driver of the
first vehicle, who has already pleaded No Contest. The others either were
passengers in other people's cars--and who thus had no control at all over
the situation--or were drivers of following vehicles who made a legitimate
error that any law-biding citizen could easily have fallen victim to. ("The
guy in front must know where he is going, and that nice fellow in the
Cherokee is waving us along.") The authorities, if they are smart, will drop
the case to avoid their ultimate and totally publicized humiliation. If they
are not smart (as is common among authorities), then they should be ready to
fight a high-profile battle, not to mention the seething greenness of this
reporter.

Hulk wants blood.

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* Forwarded from "FidoNet UFO Echo"
* Originally by Jim Dritsas
* Originally to All
* Originally dated 1 Mar 1993, 1:21

Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 01:15:50 PST
From: Ann_Dromeda@orion.nebula.com
Subject: File 4--"Hackers" take on the UFOs?

((MODERATORS' COMMENT: We've read a bit of discussion about UFOs,
"hackers," and guerilla investigators. Whether myth or reality, the
discussions represent a segment of computer culture that others might
find interesting. So, we run the following as a reflection of one
segment of the culture that, even if myth, raises that age-old
question: Is it live, or is it memorex?)).

Rumors have begun to surface about a group of hackers who were
involved in a project to uncover information regarding the existence
of UFOs. The most public example pertaining to this alleged project
was seen on Dateline NBC on the screen of the mystery hacker
"Quentin."

The story goes that this group of individuals decided to put their
skills to work on a project that, if successful, would legitimize the
hacking process by uncovering information on what has been called the
greatest cover-up in the history of the world. Milnet TAC ID cards
were obtained through military officials sympathetic to the cause.
Several sites and networks were targeted that had in the past been
linked to UFO activity. These were sites like the Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, Sandia Labs, TRW Space Research, American Institute of
Physics, and various other educational, government and military sites.

The rumors also emphasize that several sites had what these
individuals called "particularly heavy security." Within several
seconds after connection had been established, system administrators
of sites used in this project were contacted. Further rumors state
that there was information regarding a propulsion system designed
utilizing what is termed "corona discharge" being analyzed at one
site. The most sinister of all rumors states that one particular
participant who was allegedly deeply immersed in TRWs internal network
has not been heard from since uncovering data regarding a saucer being
housed at one of their Southern California installations.

Believe what you will about the reality of this project. Much will be
dismissed as hacker lore, but within the core of every rumor lies a
grain of truth.

Are we being lied to? Why is this information still classified by the
NSA? What are they hiding from us behind a maze of security? Will we
continue to stand idly by and let an uncaring and deliberately evasive
government shield us from what may be the most important, and
potential dangerous news to ever surface? Information wants to be
free, and only a concerted group effort can make this happen. How
much do you really want to know about what is really going on?

What follows is information that has been released regarding this
project...

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PROJECT ALF-1

A Planetary Effort

TOP SECRET TOP SECRET TOP SECRET TOP SECRET TOP SECRET TOP SECRET

These are the raw data. Where comments are appropriate, they will be
included. The data will be grouped together with dates, names etc. to
make correlations easier.

There are countless references to the aliens, their down space craft
and what the Government is doing with them. If, as is supposed, the
research on the craft and the 'ufonauts' continues today, then
undoubtedly there are computer records, somewhere.

I. Searching the Skies; Tripping the Electronic Fence around the USA.

US Space Command Space Surveillance Center, Cheyenne Mountain,
Colorado Springs, Box Nine (Electronic Surveillance Room) (This is
where they search for and track UFO activity.) U.S. Naval Space
Surveillance System, Dahlgreen, Virginia, (Main computer), Lake
Kickapoo, Texas (listening post): Search for
'Flash Traffic'
Commander Sheila Mondran
CINC-NORAD
Space Detection and Tracking System
Malabar, Florida
'Teal Amber' search
National Military Command Center - Pentagon
(These are the areas where UFO activity is tracked.
There is a radar shield around the country that is 'tripped' by UFO's.
All tracking and F14 scrambling is done through this system.)

II. The Second Cover Up

Defense Intelligence Agency
Directorate for Management and Operations
Project Aquarius (in conjunction with SRI)

Colonel Harold E. Phillips, Army (where/what Feb. 1987)
UFO Working Group, (formed Dec 1987)
Major General James Pfautz, USAF, Ret. (March 87)
US Army experiments -(Monroe Institute, Faber, VA)
Major General Albert Stubblebine
Capt. Guy Kirkwood,
(thousands of feet of film of UFO's catalogued and on record somewhere.)
The UFO Working Group was formed because one arm of the Govt doesn't
know what the other is doing.)

III. National Security

NSA NAtional Security Agency, Dundee Society (Super secret elite
who have worked on UFO's.)
NSA - Research and Engineering Division
NSA - Intercept Equipment Division
Kirtland Force Base, Office of Special Investigations, Project
Beta. 1979-83-? (Sandia Labs are here.)
Paul Bennewitz
Project Blue
Project Blue Book

(NSA computers do analysis for Pentagon.)

IV. More Secret Players

NASA, Fort Irwin, Barstow, CA
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffet Field Naval Base
SETI
State Dept. Office of Advanced Technology
Any Astronauts from Mercury, Gemini and Apollo
CIA - Office of Scientific Investigation
CIA - Domestic Collection Division

(NASA has known about UFO's since the astronauts saw and photoed them.
Records somewhere.)

V. Dealing with the Secret

MJ-12 (1952)
Majectic 12
Operation Majestic 12
MAJIC-12
Admiral Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter
Dr. Vannevar Bush
Dr. Detlev Bronk
Dr. Jerome Hunsaker
Dr. Donald Menzel
Dr. Lloyd Berkner
General Robt. Montague
Sidney Souers
Gordon Gray
General Hoyt Vandenberg
Sect State James Forrestal
General Nathan Twining
Pres. Truman
Pres. Eisenhower

(One of the biggest secrets ever.)

Nevada Desert, Area 51, S4 (houses UFO's)
(Robert Lazar talked!) 9 space ships on storage. Propulsion by
corona discharge.

(Area 51 is the most protected base on the planet.)

VI. ROSWELL, NM Crashes
Mac Brazel (farmer)
Major Jesse A. Marcel
509th. Bomber Group
Lewis Rickett, CIC Officer
Colonel William Blanchard
Gerald Anderson, witness to crash and aliens

Wright Patterson Air Force Base, (parts lists of UFO's catalogued;
autopsies on record) (Bodies in underground facility)
Foreign Technology Building
USAAF (United States Army Air Force reports: "Early Automation"
Muroc, CA (Base with UFO's for study)

(1 saucer with 4 aliens. They were transported to Wright and then
saved, catalogued and autopsied.)

VII. THOSE ON GOVT SHIT LIST

(People who have gotten close.)

Robert Lazar
Major Donald Keyhoe
William Moore
Stanton Friedman
Jaime Shandera
Whitley Streiber
Timothy Goode, UK

Other UFO Crashes
Del Rio, TX 12/50, Colonel Robert Willingham
Las Vegas, 4/18/62
Kecksburg, PA 12/9/65

VIII. International

Belgian Air Force. (They are going public and have records.
Press conference held 7/12/91.)
Australian Air Force
UK; GCHQ
British Air Force
Belgium:
NATO Radar Stations

IX. UFO Civilian Groups. (What do they really know?)

NICAP, National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena
(private company.)

APRO, Tucson, AZ (Aerial Phenomena Research Organization,
private company.)

MUFON Mutual UFO Network

X. GENERAL

Kenneth Arnold, June 24, 1947
Cattle and Sheep Mutilations
General and Pres. Eisenhower, (private files and library)
President Truman
Wright Field or Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH, (Air
Force Foreign Technology Division)
USAF Project Saint
USAF Project Gemini
Project Moon Dust
Project Sign
Project Grudge
General Hoyt Vandenberg (1940-1960)
Air Force Regulation 200-2 (8/12/54)
Holloman AFB, NM
Roswell, NM July 7, 1947

XI. Possible Searches

Presidential Libraries
Old USAAF, (United States Army Air Force)
NASA
Astronaut Frank Borman, Gemini 7, pictures of UFO
Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11, saw UFO's on moon.
Colonel Gordon Cooper saw a bunch of them
James McDivitt, 6/66
United Nations
NATO;
General Lionel Max Chassin, French Air Force
Star Wars, United Kingdom, 23 scientists killed in 6 years.
Gulf Breeze, FL
Additional UFO records at NSA, CIA, DIA, FBI

Good Searching.

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Project
->Green Cheese<-
Data Base

++++++++++++++++++
Holloman AFB
Location: New Mexico. Preconceived landing 15 years ago.

DDN Locations:
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NET : 132.5.0.0 : HOLLOMAN :

GATEWAY : 26.9.0.74, 132.5.0.1 : HOLLOMAN-GW.AF.MIL : CISCO-MGS ::
EGP,IP/GW :
GATEWAY : 26.9.0.74, 132.5.0.1 : HOLLOMAN-GW.AF.MIL : CISCO-MGS ::
EGP,IP/GW :

HOST : 26.10.0.74 : HOLLOMAN-TG.AF.MIL : VAX-8650 : VMS :
TCP/FTP,TCP/TELNET,TCP
SMTP :

HOST : 26.6.0.74 : HOLLOMAN-AM1.AF.MIL : WANG-VS100 : VSOS :
TCP/TELNET,TCP/FTP,
TCP/SMTP :

Host: DDNVAX2.6585TG.AF.MIL
156.6.1.2

+++++++++++++++++++++++

Kirtland Air Force Base
Office Of Special Investigations. Sandia Labs are here. Also part
of NSA Intercept Equipment Division.

Key Words/names:
++++++++
Sandia Labs
Project Beta (1979-83-?)
Paul Bennewitz
Project Blue
Project Blue Book

DDN Locations:
+++++++

NET : 131.23.0.0 : KIRTLAND-NET :
NET : 132.62.0.0 : KIRTLAND2 :
GATEWAY : 26.17.0.48, 131.23.0.1 :
KIRTLAND2-GW.AF.MIL,KIRTLAND-GW.AF.MIL
: CISCO-MGS : UNIX : IP/GW,EGP :
GATEWAY : 26.18.0.87, 132.62.0.1
: KIRTLAND1-GW.AF.MIL,KIRTLAND1606ABW-GW.AF.MIL : CISCO-MGS :
: EGP,IP/GW :
HOST : 26.0.0.48 : KIRTLAND.MT.DDN.MIL : C/30 : TAC : TCP,ICMP :
HOST : 26.0.0.87 : KIRTLAND2.MT.DDN.MIL : C/30 : TAC : TCP,ICMP :
HOST : 26.6.0.87 : KIRTLAND-AM1.AF.MIL : WANG-VS300 : VS ::

+++++++++++++++++++++++

NASA
What can I say about NASA that you couldn't guess for yourself....
(Except that the following sights are SPECIFIC NASA sights, not
just randomly suspected sights).

DDN locations:
+++++++

Fort Irwin, Barstow, CA:
+++++++++
NET : 134.66.0.0 : IRWIN :
NET : 144.146.0.0 : FTIRWIN1 :
NET : 144.147.0.0 : FTIRWIN2 :
GATEWAY : 26.24.0.85, 26.7.0.230, 144.146.0.1, 144.147.0.0
: FTIRWIN-GW1.ARMY.MIL : CISCO-GATEWAY : CISCO : IP/GW,EGP :
HOST : 26.14.0.39 : IRWIN-ASBN.ARMY.MIL : NCR-COMTEN-3650 : COS2 ::
HOST : 26.13.0.85 : FTIRWIN-AMEDD.ARMY.MIL : ATT-3B2-600G : UNIX
: TCP/FTP,TCP/SMTP,TCP/TELNET :
HOST : 26.14.0.85 : FTIRWIN-IGNET.ARMY.MIL : DATAPOINT-8605 : RMS ::
HOST : 26.15.0.85 : IRWIN-EMH1.ARMY.MIL,FTIRWIN-EMH1.ARMY.MIL :
SPERRY-5000
: UNIX : TCP/FTP,TCP/SMTP,TCP/TELNET :

Moffet Field Naval Base (Ames Research Center):
+++++++++++++++++++++
GATEWAY : 26.20.0.16, 192.52.195.1 :
MOFFETT-FLD-MB.DDN.MIL,AMES-MB.DDN.MIL
: C/70 : CHRYSALIS : IP/GW,EGP :
HOST : 26.0.0.16 : MOFFETT.MT.DDN.MIL : C/30 : TAC : TCP,ICMP :

+++++++++++++++++++++++
Pentagon (National Military Command Center)
One of many places in charge of tracking UFO activity.

Possible DDN sights:
+++++++

GATEWAY : 26.9.0.26, 134.205.123.140 : PENTAGON-GW.HQ.AF.MIL : CISCO-AGS
:
: EGP,IP/GW :
GATEWAY : 26.25.0.26, 131.8.0.1 : PENTAGON-GW.AF.MIL,HQUSAFNET-GW.AF.MIL
: CISCO-MGS :: IP/GW,EGP :
GATEWAY : 26.10.0.76, 192.31.75.235 : PENTAGON-BCN-GW.ARMY.MIL : SUN-360
: UNIX : IP/GW,EGP :
GATEWAY : 26.26.0.247, 192.31.75.1 : PENTAGON-GW.ARMY.MIL : SUN-3/160
: UNIX : EGP,IP/GW :
GATEWAY : 26.31.0.247, 26.16.0.26, 141.116.0.1 : PENTAGON-GW1.ARMY.MIL
: CISCO : CISCO : IP/GW,EGP :
HOST : 26.0.0.26 : PENTAGON.MT.DDN.MIL : C/30 : TAC : TCP,ICMP :
HOST : 26.24.0.26 : OPSNET-PENTAGON.AF.MIL : VAX-8500 : VMS
: TCP/TELNET,TCP/FTP,TCP/SMTP :
HOST : 26.10.0.76, 192.31.75.235 : PENTAGON-BCN.ARMY.MIL : SUN-360 :
UNIX
: TCP/FTP,TCP/SMTP,TCP/TELNET :
HOST : 26.0.0.247 : PENTAGON2.MT.DDN.MIL : C/30 : TAC : TCP,ICMP :
HOST : 26.7.0.247 : PENTAGON-AMSNET.ARMY.MIL : AMDAHL : MVS
: TCP/TELNET,TCP/FTP :
HOST : 26.14.0.247 : NSSC-PENTAGON.NAVY.MIL : ALTOS-3068A : UNIX
: TCP/FTP,TCP/TELNET,TCP/SMTP :
HOST : 26.18.0.247 : PENTAGON-EMH4.ARMY.MIL : SPERRY-5000/80 : UNIX
: TCP/TELNET,TCP/FTP,TCP/SMTP :
HOST : 26.26.0.247, 192.31.75.1 : PENTAGON-AI.ARMY.MIL : SUN-3/160 :
UNIX
: TCP/TELNET,TCP/FTP,TCP/SMTP,TCP/FINGER :

+++++++++++++++++++++++

Raddaman
Location of infamous building 18a. Suspected saucers and others?

DDN location, yet unknown.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++

SECI
?

DDN Locations:
+++++++

NET : 192.108.216.0 : ARC-SETI-NET :

++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Utah Locations:

GATEWAY : 26.18.0.20, 131.27.0.1 : HILL-GW.AF.MIL,HILLAFBNET-GW.AF.MIL
: CISCO-MGS :: IP/GW,EGP :

GATEWAY : 26.18.0.20, 131.27.0.1 : HILL-GW.AF.MIL,HILLAFBNET-GW.AF.MIL
: CISCO-MGS :: IP/GW,EGP :

HOST : 26.5.0.20 : HILL.MT.DDN.MIL : C/30 : TAC : TCP,ICMP :
HOST : 26.0.0.99 : HILL2.MT.DDN.MIL : C/30 : TAC : TCP,ICMP :
HOST : 26.12.0.99 : HILL-AM1.AF.MIL : WANG-VS100 : VS
: TCP/TELNET,TCP/FTP,TCP/SMTP :

++++++++++++++++++++++++

Wright Patterson AFB
Catalogued UFO parts list. Autopsies on record. Bodies located in
underground facility of Foreign Technology Building.

DDN Locations:
+++++++

HOST : 26.0.0.47 : WRIGHTPAT.MT.DDN.MIL : C/30 : TAC : TCP,ICMP :
HOST : 26.8.0.123 : WRIGHTPAT2.MT.DDN.MIL : C/30 : TAC : TCP,ICMP :
HOST : 26.0.0.124 : WRIGHTPAT3.MT.DDN.MIL : C/30 : TAC : TCP,ICMP :
HOST : 26.3.0.170 : WAINWRIGHT-IGNET.ARMY.MIL : CONVERGENT-TECH-CN-100
: CTOS ::
HOST : 26.0.0.176 : WRIGHTPAT4.MT.DDN.MIL : C/30 : TAC : TCP,ICMP :

++++++++++++++++++++++++

Nevada:

NET : 131.216.0.0 : NEVADA :

++++++++++++++++++++++++

Random Suspected Nets:

WIN:
Top Secret Network. All coordinator's have last name Win.

NET : 141.8.0.0 : DFN-WIN8 : NET : 141.9.0.0 : DFN-WIN9 :
NET : 141.10.0.0 : DFN-WIN10 : NET : 141.15.0.0 : DFN-WIN15 :
NET : 141.25.0.0 : DFN-WIN25 : NET : 141.26.0.0 : DFN-WIN26 :
NET : 141.28.0.0 : DFN-WIN28 : NET : 141.57.0.0 : DFN-WIN57 :
NET : 141.58.0.0 : DFN-WIN58 : NET : 141.59.0.0 : DFN-WIN59 :
NET : 141.60.0.0 : DFN-WIN60 : NET : 141.61.0.0 : DFN-WIN61 :
NET : 141.62.0.0 : DFN-WIN62 : NET : 141.63.0.0 : DFN-WIN63 :
NET : 141.64.0.0 : DFN-WIN64 : NET : 141.65.0.0 : DFN-WIN65 :
NET : 141.66.0.0 : DFN-WIN66 : NET : 141.67.0.0 : DFN-WIN67 :
NET : 141.68.0.0 : DFN-WIN68 : NET : 141.69.0.0 : DFN-WIN69 :
NET : 141.70.0.0 : DFN-WIN70 : NET : 141.71.0.0 : DFN-WIN71 :
NET : 141.72.0.0 : DFN-WIN72 : NET : 141.73.0.0 : DFN-WIN73 :
NET : 141.74.0.0 : DFN-WIN74 : NET : 141.75.0.0 : DFN-WIN75 :
NET : 141.76.0.0 : DFN-WIN76 : NET : 141.77.0.0 : DFN-WIN77 :
NET : 141.78.0.0 : DFN-WIN78 : NET : 141.79.0.0 : DFN-WIN79 :
NET : 141.80.0.0 : DFN-WIN80 : NET : 141.81.0.0 : DFN-WIN81 :
NET : 141.82.0.0 : DFN-WIN82 : NET : 141.83.0.0 : DFN-WIN83 :
NET : 141.84.0.0 : DFN-WIN84 : NET : 141.85.0.0 : DFN-WIN85 :
NET : 141.86.0.0 : DFN-WIN86 : NET : 141.87.0.0 : DFN-WIN87 :
NET : 141.88.0.0 : DFN-WIN88 : NET : 141.89.0.0 : DFN-WIN89 :
NET : 141.90.0.0 : DFN-WIN90 : NET : 141.91.0.0 : DFN-WIN91 :
NET : 141.92.0.0 : DFN-WIN92 : NET : 141.93.0.0 : DFN-WIN93 :
NET : 141.94.0.0 : DFN-WIN94 : NET : 141.95.0.0 : DFN-WIN95 :
NET : 141.96.0.0 : DFN-WIN96 : NET : 141.97.0.0 : DFN-WIN97 :
NET : 141.98.0.0 : DFN-WIN98 : NET : 141.99.0.0 : DFN-WIN99 :
NET : 188.1.0.0 : WIN-IP : NET : 192.80.90.0 : WINDATA :

+++++++++++++++

Scinet:
Sensitive Compartmented Information Network

NET : 192.12.188.0 : BU-SCINET :

+++++++++++++++

Disnet:
Defense Integrated Secure Network. Composed of SCINET, WINCS
([World Wide Military and Command Control System] Intercomputer
Network Communication Subsystem), and Secretnet(WIN).

NET : 22.0.0.0 : DISNET :

------------------------------

End of Computer Underground Digest #5.13

************************************

Source: Wall Street Journal
Thursday, February 8, 1996

A Secret Air Base Hazardous Waste Act, Workers' Suit Alleges U.S.
Cites National Security In Fighting Claims Tied to Toxic Disposal
Fires Plaintiffs Fear Retaliation

By MARGARET A. JACOBS
Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

LAS VEGAS -- One day two years before he died, Helen Frost says, her
husband, Robert, returned from his sheet-metal job at a top-secret
Air Force base with flaming-red skin that soon began peeling off his
face.

''He was a pretty tough guy, but he burst through the door yelling in
fear,'' she recalls. ''Every hour, I'd have to take a washcloth'' and
take off some more skin.

Mrs. Frost is one of two widows who, along with four former civilian
workers, are suing the Defense Department in a so-called citizen's
lawsuit (rather than a claim for tort damages). They contend that it
violated federal hazardous-waste law by repeatedly burning ordinary
chemicals and highly toxic classified materials in open pits at the
base, which is located 125 miles northwest of Las Vegas and is
commonly called Area 51.

The workers, who say their exposure to toxic fumes throughout the
1980s caused health problems ranging from skin lesions to cancer, are
seeking information to facilitate medical treatment and help with
medical bills but no other monetary damages. As employees of
government subcontractors, which aren't named in the lawsuit, some of
the plaintiffs say they have no medical insurance. They also want a
court order requiring the government to follow the law and dispose of
such waste safely. They themselves can't bring criminal charges.

So far, the government refuses to confirm or deny their allegations
or to respond to their request for criminal prosecution. Instead, it
asked U.S. District Judge Philip Pro, who is overseeing the case in
Las Vegas, to dismiss the lawsuit, arguing that almost any disclosure
about Area 51 could pose a ''serious risk'' to national security.

Unusual Maneuver:

That strategy is startling because the government apparently has
never before invoked the so-called national-security privilege in a
case in which the effect is to shield itself from criminal liability.
The privilege is intended to prevent courtroom disclosures of state
secrets involving intelligence gathering or military planning. But
the burning alleged by the workers is a serious crime, punishable by
up to 15 years in prison and a $1 million fine. Indeed, the Justice
Department has made the prosecution of
civilians who illegally burn hazardous waste a priority.

Constitutional experts say the case could ultimately go to the
Supreme Court because it tests the limits of executive-branch power.
In a case involving Richard Nixon and Watergate, the high court said
the president can't use executive privilege to shield evidence of a
crime. But in response to the workers' suit, the government in effect
argues that the national-security privilege -- a form of executive
privilege -- gives the military more leeway than the president has to
keep information secret, even if it involves a crime.

The case is also significant because it could determine whether the
military will be held accountable for what many observers consider
its dismal record of compliance with environmental laws. A government
task force estimated in 1995 that cleaning up hazardous waste at
federal acilities, mostly military-related, would cost $234 billion
to $389 billion.

Information at Risk:

''What I fear is the broadening of a principle that could block
access to a whole range of information that should be available to
the public,'' says Stephen Dycus, an expert on national security and
the environment at the Vermont Law School.

At almost every turn since filing suit 18 months ago, the workers
have been stymied by Justice Department lawyers. For several months
last year, the lawyers even refused to acknowledge the existence or
name of the base. Only after the workers introduced 300 pages of
references to it in government documents, including the Congressional
Record, did the lawyers relent somewhat.

The government lawyers also classified documents retroactively,
preventing the workers from using them as evidence, the workers say.
They refused to acknowledge that any of the men except Mr. Frost ever
worked at the base. They even obtained a court order preventing the
workers' lawyer from removing files from his own office.

In a special filing required from agency heads who want courts to
recognize the national-security privilege, Secretary of the Air Force
Sheila Widnall explained why the military is so cautious about
disclosing anything about Area 51. ''Collection of information
regarding the air, water and soil'' around a base, she said, ''is a
classic foreign intelligence practice because analysis of these
samples can result in the identification of military operations and
capabilities....Disclosure of such information
increases the risk to the lives of United States personnel and
decreases the probability of successful mission accomplishment.''

The Air Force declines to comment on specific allegations or on the
lawsuit, but a senior attorney for the service defends its record.
''We take our responsibility concerning protection of the environment
seriously, and we also take seriously our obligations to protect
national security,'' he says. ''We believe protecting the environment
and national security are not incompatible.'' In addition, a
spokeswoman says that in 1993 the government's Council on
Environmental Quality rated the Air Force's environmental-management
program the best in the government.

Although the plaintiffs concede Area 51 harbors military secrets that
must be protected, Jonathan Turley, a George Washington University
law professor who represents the plaintiffs and more than two dozen
other Area 51 employees who so far haven't joined in the suit, says
the government's position is too extreme.

''The government claims that revealing any information about Area 51
would jeopardize American lives,'' he says. ''The only American lives
lost so far are those of their own workers.''

Base Not So Secret:

The plaintiffs disparage the government's response, partly because
Area 51 isn't much of a secret. Until access to a nearby ridge was
restricted last year, Area 51's runways, radar towers and many of its
200 buildings could be seen by anyone who looked. Just off the Las
Vegas strip, in fact, is a bar called Area 51.

The base has had a local reputation as a big employer since the
1950s. Well before dawn most weekdays, hundreds of civilian workers
can be seen parking in a far corner of McCarran International
Airport. From there, they fly free of charge in unmarked planes to
the base, which sits on a dry lake bed called Groom Lake near where
atomic bombs were once tested. The Area 51 name is derived from its
designation on Nevada test-site maps.

Area 51's 1,000 civilian and 2,000 military employees sign oaths to
keep all information about the base confidential, and the former
workers who sued take it seriously. Fearing government retaliation
for whistle-blowing, they have obtained unusual permission from Judge
Pro to be known publicly as John Does.

Speaking nervously in interviews in Las Vegas hotel rooms, where
their lawyer had taken precautions to prevent government monitoring,
the men recently described the illegal burning and what they view as
the military's indifference to their health. They spoke on the
condition that they not be identified in any way.

They say the illegal burning grew out of the extreme secrecy at the
base, where U-2 spy planes, F-117 stealth bombers and other secret
aircraft have been developed and tested. In military parlance, it is
a ''black'' base: Access is granted only to people with top-secret
security clearance.

Nothing left the facility except the workers, they say. All else,
including office furniture, jeeps and leftover lobster and prime rib,
was either burned or buried.

Frequent Fires:

During the 1980s, the men say, classified materials were burned at
least once a week in 100-yard-long, 25-foot-wide pits. With security
guards standing at the edge, Air Force personnel threw in hazardous
chemicals such as methylethylketone, a common cleaning solvent, and
other things, such as computers, that produce dioxin when burned. The
toxic brew, including drums of hazardous waste trucked in from
defense facilities in other states, was ignited with jet fuel and
typically burned for eight to 12 hours, the men say.

Helen Frost says her husband, after being exposed to the thick, black
fumes, endured constant headaches and itchy eyes. But, like many of
the men, he continued to work because his pay -- about $50,000 a year
-- was high and the work was consistent, she says.

In the mid-1980s, however, dozens of Area 51 workers began developing
breathing difficulties, chest pains, neurological problems and
chronic skin inflammation -- all classic signs of exposure to toxins.
The burning especially affected those who worked outdoors in
maintenance and construction, about 150 to 300 yards downwind from
the pits.

The skin condition, which they called ''fish scales,'' broke out on
their hands, legs, backs and faces. They say they used emery boards
and sandpaper to remove the embarrassing scabs. ''I never saw
anything like it. We would get it dried up in one spot, and then it
would pop up somewhere else,'' says Stella Kasza, another plaintiff.
Last April, her husband, Walter, a sheet-metal worker, died at age 73
of liver and kidney cancer, which his wife blames on a decade of
exposure to the burning.

The workers contend that when they asked for protective gear, Air
Force officers rebuffed them. ''They told us we could buy our own
masks and then pointed to the gate and told us we could leave if we
didn't like it,'' recalls one of the John Does, who, like the others,
believes that the officers resented the civilians' higher wages.
Though the workers used gloves they purchased themselves, they say
base-security policy prevented them from bringing in any other
protective gear.

Reticent Patients:

Many refused to seek medical help or gave doctors incomplete
explanations for their symptoms. They say they feared 10-year prison
terms for talking about the base, as, they say, Air Force security
police repeatedly warned them.

But after Mr. Frost died of cirrhosis of the liver in 1989 at age 57,
many felt they had no choice but to seek legal advice. A study of Mr.
Frost's fatty tissue by Peter Kahn, a Rutgers University biochemist
and expert on chemical and hazardous substances, found unusually high
levels of dioxins and other carcinogens in Mr. Frost's cells that he
attributed to industrial exposure. Dioxins typically target the liver
and cause severe skin reactions, Mr. Kahn says. Though not the cause
of Mr. Frost's liver ailment, Mr. Kahn adds, exposure to the
chemicals could have accelerated its progress, resulting in premature
death. But the government had denied Mr. Frost's request for worker's
compensation.

Prof. Turley and his clients say they can prove the government
violated the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the federal law
regulating hazardous waste. And they say they can do this without
revealing anything that would undermine national security.

The law makes it a crime for anyone who handles hazardous waste,
including owners of oil-change shops such as Jiffy Lubes, to do so
without getting a permit or transportation manifest. It also requires
Environmental Protection Agency inspections. Early in the litigation,
the government conceded that it had never applied for a permit or
manifest for Area 51.

But the government has consistently refused to acknowledge that
hazardous wastes of any sort were kept at the base or that common
industrial chemicals such as trichloroethylene were used there. The
solvent, found in most machines with moving parts, is on the list of
toxins that must be reported and are regulated under the law.

"Acknowledging that a large military base has trichloroethylene is
like saying that a cleaning crew has ammonia. It would hardly be
cause for celebration in the Russian intelligence services," Prof.
Turley says.

Evidence in a Manual:

The government's position outraged some Area 51 workers, who sent an
unclassified government security-training manual to Prof. Turley. It
confirms the existence of a ''vehicle paint and body shop'' and
''base battery storage'' operations that typically produce hazardous
waste. When Prof. Turley asked Judge Pro to accept the manual as
evidence, however, the plaintiffs say the government classified it
retroactively. Government lawyers then tried to retrieve the document
from Prof. Turley and from news reporters even though it was
available on the Internet.

The government also asked the judge to seal the transcript of a
telephone conference call he held with attorneys for both sides about
the manual. At the government's request, the judge placed Prof.
Turley's office under seal until he decides what to do.

"The government has been simply stonewalling," says Steven Aftergood
of the
Federation of American Scientists, a Washington group concerned with,
among other things, what it considers excessive government secrecy.

The workers' attorneys have repeatedly asked Judge Pro, who once
found that the government wasn't liable for injuries to 216 workers
exposed to radiation at the Nevada test site between 1951 and 1981,
to limit the material the government can restrict under the
national-security privilege to truly sensitive information. In other
privilege cases, the lawyers say, judges have segregated sensitive
material and given the public access to the rest. A few courts have
enlisted special judges with high-level security clearance or held
secret trials rather than dismiss cases against the government,
Vermont's Prof. Dycus says.

The 'Mosaic' Theory:

The Defense Department, however, claims to have properly asserted the
national-security privilege. Though conceding that its position will
result in some routine information about the base being withheld,
government lawyers argue that they can't acknowledge seemingly
innocuous facts without creating a ''mosaic'' that an enemy could use
to figure out what the military considers a secret.

While Judge Pro hasn't ruled on the government's motion to dismiss
the case, he has decided in its favor on most important issues,
including the ''mosaic'' theory. Last month, he found that the
government had properly refused to provide virtually all of the
material sought by the plaintiffs and that the government had
properly classified the manual. He also rejected without explanation
the workers' argument that the government can't use the privilege to
conceal evidence of a crime. Prof. Turley's
office remains under seal and off limits to faculty members and
students. He says his clients intend to appeal many of the judge's
rulings.

On one important point, however, the workers prevailed. Last spring,
the government disclosed that the EPA had begun inspecting Area 51,
making it the first ''black'' base opened to public inspection. But,
citing the privilege, the government refused to make the inspection
report public, as required by law. After the plaintiffs objected,
Judge Pro ruled the government could withhold the report only if it
got an exemption from the president.

Shortly afterward, President Clinton, who the same week publicly
apologized to the victims of radiation experiments and who is opening
up long-classified files about public exposure to atom-bomb tests in
the 1950s, granted the exemption. His memo said keeping the reports
secret was in the nation's ''paramount interest.''


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