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Authors: Robert Doherty
Tags: Fiction, Literary, General, Science-Fiction, Historical, Fantasy, Espionage, High Tech, Unidentified flying objects, Space ships, Nellis Air Force Base (Nev.), Area 51 Region (Nev.)
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do with what she was looking for.
Then she paused. Or did it? How often did F-15's crash?
Not exactly every day of the year. Was it just coincidence?
Kelly did not believe much in coincidence. She felt her gut tighten further.
What had Johnny stumbled upon? If this F-15 was the F-15 on the tape, the Air Force had gone through a lot of trouble to point the finger in a different direction from Nellis and Area 51. And not only was the plane reported as having crashed, the pilot was dead. He had been very much alive on that tape.
Next, Kelly tried mailbox in conjunction with UFOs. This produced three hits, all of which identified the mailbox as an actual mailbox along a dirt road outside of the Groom Lake complex where UFO enthusiasts gathered to watch for strange craft over the mountains. Obviously the man who had sent Johnny the tape--the Captain--was one of those people. At least she now knew where she could find that link in the puzzle if she needed it.
Trying Dreamland and Groom Lake brought her a wealth of stories about the site there. They were both cross-refer enced to Area 51, which was another one of the many names for a place whose purpose was unknown and whose existence was officially denied.
There were many theories, and Kelly was familiar with most of them.
There were some who claimed the govern ment had contact with aliens at the site, and they were trading for information and technology. The more radical theorists stated that, on their side of the barter, the humans were allowing the aliens to conduct mutilations on cattle and other livestock and also--from the truly radical fringe--to abduct humans for various nefarious experi ments. There were some who even claimed that the aliens were interbreeding with the humans.
Kelly shook her head.
These were the sorts of stories that made headlines on the tabloid rags at the checkout counter, not something that legitimate journalists pursued.
Another theory was that Area 51 was the place where the government was testing its own supersecret aircraft and that the F-117 Stealth fighter had been test-flown out there. The latest "secret" plane that was supposedly being tested was called Aurora and guesstimates had the plane--no one quite knew what it looked like--flying anywhere from Mach 4 to Mach 20 and being capable of going high enough to place satellites into orbit.
The official government line was that the Groom Lake/Area 51 complex didn't exist, which was a most interesting position considering the fact that the Air Force had been gobbling the terrain around the area for the past five years as quickly as it could.
Obviously, something was going on at Area 51, Kelly decided from all the information in front of her. And she knew that Johnny must have done the same search, in fact, a much more in-depth one. And after completing that search he had felt it was worth going out there and taking the chance that the tape he had been sent was a fake or, given that Johnny knew about her own Nellis experience, a setup.
Shifting through several of the articles, two names kept popping up: Mike Franklin, a self-styled Area 51 expert living in the town of Rachel, just outside the Nellis Air Force Base range complex; and Steve Jarvis, a scientist who claimed to have worked in the Groom Lake/Area 51 complex and actually seen alien craft that the government was test-flying. Johnny would have seen the same names.
Kelly picked up the phone and got Franklin's number from information. She dialed and waited as it cycled through five rings. Just as she was about to hang up, somebody came on the line. The voice on the other end was a woman's and she sounded upset. "Yes?"
"I'd like to speak to Mike Franklin. This is Kelly Reynolds."
"Mike's not here," the woman said.
"Do you know when he'll be back?"
"He's not here," the woman repeated.
"I'm doing an article on UFOs for a major magazine," Kelly said, used to occasionally getting the cold shoulder, "and I'd like to talk
Then she paused. Or did it? How often did F-15's crash?
Not exactly every day of the year. Was it just coincidence?
Kelly did not believe much in coincidence. She felt her gut tighten further.
What had Johnny stumbled upon? If this F-15 was the F-15 on the tape, the Air Force had gone through a lot of trouble to point the finger in a different direction from Nellis and Area 51. And not only was the plane reported as having crashed, the pilot was dead. He had been very much alive on that tape.
Next, Kelly tried mailbox in conjunction with UFOs. This produced three hits, all of which identified the mailbox as an actual mailbox along a dirt road outside of the Groom Lake complex where UFO enthusiasts gathered to watch for strange craft over the mountains. Obviously the man who had sent Johnny the tape--the Captain--was one of those people. At least she now knew where she could find that link in the puzzle if she needed it.
Trying Dreamland and Groom Lake brought her a wealth of stories about the site there. They were both cross-refer enced to Area 51, which was another one of the many names for a place whose purpose was unknown and whose existence was officially denied.
There were many theories, and Kelly was familiar with most of them.
There were some who claimed the govern ment had contact with aliens at the site, and they were trading for information and technology. The more radical theorists stated that, on their side of the barter, the humans were allowing the aliens to conduct mutilations on cattle and other livestock and also--from the truly radical fringe--to abduct humans for various nefarious experi ments. There were some who even claimed that the aliens were interbreeding with the humans.
Kelly shook her head.
These were the sorts of stories that made headlines on the tabloid rags at the checkout counter, not something that legitimate journalists pursued.
Another theory was that Area 51 was the place where the government was testing its own supersecret aircraft and that the F-117 Stealth fighter had been test-flown out there. The latest "secret" plane that was supposedly being tested was called Aurora and guesstimates had the plane--no one quite knew what it looked like--flying anywhere from Mach 4 to Mach 20 and being capable of going high enough to place satellites into orbit.
The official government line was that the Groom Lake/Area 51 complex didn't exist, which was a most interesting position considering the fact that the Air Force had been gobbling the terrain around the area for the past five years as quickly as it could.
Obviously, something was going on at Area 51, Kelly decided from all the information in front of her. And she knew that Johnny must have done the same search, in fact, a much more in-depth one. And after completing that search he had felt it was worth going out there and taking the chance that the tape he had been sent was a fake or, given that Johnny knew about her own Nellis experience, a setup.
Shifting through several of the articles, two names kept popping up: Mike Franklin, a self-styled Area 51 expert living in the town of Rachel, just outside the Nellis Air Force Base range complex; and Steve Jarvis, a scientist who claimed to have worked in the Groom Lake/Area 51 complex and actually seen alien craft that the government was test-flying. Johnny would have seen the same names.
Kelly picked up the phone and got Franklin's number from information. She dialed and waited as it cycled through five rings. Just as she was about to hang up, somebody came on the line. The voice on the other end was a woman's and she sounded upset. "Yes?"
"I'd like to speak to Mike Franklin. This is Kelly Reynolds."
"Mike's not here," the woman said.
"Do you know when he'll be back?"
"He's not here," the woman repeated.
"I'm doing an article on UFOs for a major magazine," Kelly said, used to occasionally getting the cold shoulder, "and I'd like to talk
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