Secret Aircraft

China’s Area 51 Isn’t Too Different from America’s

Here’s What You Need To Remember Here: As China’s aerospace program has become increasingly developed, Beijing has begun work on a similar facility in remote Xinjiang. According to satellite footage, a three-mile-long...

The Air Force’s Stealthy F-117 Still Flies over Area 51 to This Day

Key point: The F-117 often flew over Area 51 in the past and, along with other planes, were the mistaken for UFOs. The Air Force test facility at Groom Lake, Nevada—better...

The Crazy True Origin Story of Area 51 (And Why People Think UFOs Are There)

Area 51, the highly secretive U.S. Air Force test facility in the deserts of southern Nevada, is enjoying a resurgence of popular interest thanks to an internet meme—as if being...

The Top-Secret Aircraft You Would Have Seen if You Had Stormed Area 51 in the Past

The Air Force test facility at Groom Lake, Nevada—better known as Area 51—has harbored a wide variety of experimental aircraft the Pentagon would rather keep away from the prying eyes...

A Real-Life UFO: The Legendary F-117 Nighthawk

The Nighthawk originally saw combat during Operation Just Cause in 1989, when two F-117s from the 37th TFW attacked military targets in Panama. The aircraft was also in action during...