Uploaded March 2006 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago
A terrifying tale of aerial & ground surveillance of Area 51, inside Nellis AFB in Nevada. This flight was shortly before 9/11, and would no longer be legal. See it while you still can...
First we staked it out in a Jeep until we were chased away. Next we tried another, less popular entrance by ground.
Finally, we took to the skies and flew impossibly close to the base itself, and got a fantastic first-hand view of the runways, hangars, and the tower.
You won't believe what the tower told us over the radio....
A terrifying tale of aerial & ground surveillance of Area 51, inside Nellis AFB in Nevada. This flight was shortly before 9/11, and would no longer be legal. See it while you still can...
First we staked it out in a Jeep until we were chased away. Next we tried another, less popular entrance by ground.
Finally, we took to the skies and flew impossibly close to the base itself, and got a fantastic first-hand view of the runways, hangars, and the tower.
You won't believe what the tower told us over the radio....
