Organization
Area 51 and S-4

A secret Air Force test site on the dry Groom Lake bed in Nevada, set up by the CIA and Lockheed in 1955 for the U-2 and later the A-12 OXCART, F-117 and other black projects. Workers still fly in from Las Vegas on unmarked 'Janet' airliners. Bob Lazar says he worked at S-4, about 15 miles south by Papoose Lake, on recovered alien craft. In September 2019 thousands answered an online call to 'Storm Area 51' and gathered at the gates.
On the record
- The CIA's 2013 acknowledgment of the base.
- The Janet shuttle flights from Las Vegas, long linked to EG&G.
Claims (9)
S-4 holds recovered non-human craft, as Lazar described in 1989.firsthandSourced, unconfirmedBob Lazar
Reverse-engineering continues there or at similar sites, as Grusch alleged.secondhandSourced, unconfirmedDavid Grusch
When I served in the Air Force there was an active program to track anomalous activities, many connected with ranges out west, notably Area 51.The Age of DisclosurefirsthandSourced, unconfirmedJames Clapper
As a lieutenant at Nellis in 1999-2002 he was briefed at Area 51/S4 by a major with a 30-minute video of 'essentially invisible' inspection craft; 'they had caught/captured lots of aircraft', and he saw man-made craft on the range.UAP Reverse Engineering at Edwards Air Force Base [Redacted List Vol.2]anonymousLeadSteven Greer
Test flights of a recovered UFO shipped from Edwards took place at Area 51 under 'Project Red Light'.UAP Reverse Engineering at Edwards Air Force Base [Redacted List Vol.2]anonymousLeadD.L. Dobbs (letter, 5 Apr 1980, in Stringfield's files)
An Army public-affairs witness on the Groom Lake flight line around 2015 saw a huge black triangle rise vertically at incredible speed without disturbing the dust.Area 51 and S-4thread/trianglesNew UFO Witnesses Break Silence to Investigator - UAP Gerb - DEBRIEFED ep. 49anonymousLeadUAP Gerb (Sam)
The same witness, on Army supply duty in 2009-13, went to an auxiliary site just south of Groom near Papoose Lake; he saw no craft but noted red and blue floor lines governing who could walk where, a detail that matches Dan Burisch, not Lazar.Area 51 and S-4New UFO Witnesses Break Silence to Investigator - UAP Gerb - DEBRIEFED ep. 49anonymousLeadUAP Gerb (Sam)
A second, independent visitor confirmed hangars built into, and disguised as, the mountainside near Papoose, but would not say what was inside.Area 51 and S-4Bob LazarNew UFO Witnesses Break Silence to Investigator - UAP Gerb - DEBRIEFED ep. 49anonymousLeadUAP Gerb (Sam)
He now runs OPFOR training for DoD and DOE at Area 51; many orbs are advanced US drones and human-made triangles exist, but a contact's silent triangle 'the size of three football fields' with 7-9 responsive perimeter lights was not ours.Area 51 and S-4thread/trianglesOff-World Technologies Division - UAP Technology Reverse EngineeringsecondhandSourced, unconfirmedRandy Anderson
Cases (6)
- 1953Kingman, Arizona, 1953 crash retrieval
- 1980Disinformation by design
- 1984The Groom land seizure
- 1989Area 51 and S-4 go public
- 2013The CIA admits Area 51 exists
- 2023David Grusch comes forward
Connected
EG&G orgLockheed Martin Skunk Works orgAir Force Plant 42 (Palmdale) orgBill Uhouse personBob Lazar personJames Clapper personLuigi Vendittelli personPine Gap, Australia placeSOM1-01: Extraterrestrial Entities and Technology, Recovery and Disposal (1954) documentUSGS Papoose Lake map, 1989 provisional edition document
Sources
- Wikipedia: Area 51
- Wikipedia: Bob Lazar
- Wikipedia: The Age of Disclosure
- UAP Gerb: UAP reverse engineering at Edwards AFB (Redacted List Vol. 2)
- Area52, 'New UFO Witnesses Break Silence to Investigator - UAP Gerb - DEBRIEFED ep. 49' (YouTube, 8 Aug 2025)
- UAP Gerb, 'Off-World Technologies Division - UAP Technology Reverse Engineering' (YouTube, 18 July 2024)
Mentioned on (20)
- Documentaries: The Age of Disclosure
- American Alchemy: 48 hours with Bob Lazar and Luigi Vendittelli
- Area52: New UFO Witnesses Break Silence to Investigator - UAP Gerb - DEBRIEFED ep. 49
- Keeping It Real with Jillian Michaels: Luis Elizondo: 'the deepest secret in human history'
- KLAS-TV 8 Eyewitness News (I-Team): 'Dennis' is Bob Lazar: the KLAS reveal
- UAP Gerb: 1997 Alien Reproduction Vehicle Encounter at 29 Palms, CA: The Testimony of Sgt Roderick Castle
- UAP Gerb: Alien Reproduction Vehicle - TR-3B and the Flying Triangles
- UAP Gerb: Dugway Proving Ground - UFO Legacy Programs
- UAP Gerb: UAP Reverse Engineering at Edwards Air Force Base [Redacted List Vol.2]
- UAP Gerb: The Hidden Wing - US Air Force UFO Reverse Engineering Programs
- UAP Gerb: The Alien and UFO Obscure Oddities Iceberg (Level 1)
- UAP Gerb: The 1953 Kingman, Arizona UFO Crash
- UAP Gerb: 9/8/24 Discussing Steven Greer London Live Event
- UAP Gerb: 10K Live! UAPDA, Crash Retrieval Research, Q&A and More
- UAP Gerb: 9/29/24 Bush/Cheney Historical Connections to UFO Legacy Crash Retrieval Programs Ft. VolarRecords
- UAP Gerb: The State of Disclosure, Hanging with Ross Coulthart, Current Events & QnA - UAP Gerb Live
- UAP Gerb: Lockheed Martin - UFO Reverse Engineering, Material Exploitation, & Legacy Programs
- UAP Gerb: The Majestic-12 Documents [With Ryan S. Wood]
- UAP Gerb: UFO Legacy Programs - Northrop Grumman
- UAP Gerb: Off-World Technologies Division - UAP Technology Reverse Engineering