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Stories from Groom Lake, Nevada, Estados Unidos

Explore published stories from Groom Lake, Nevada, Estados Unidos and nearby.

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Area 51: secret aircraft, opened archives, and the alien myth

The Groom Lake installation began as a U-2 test site and later hosted the A-12, Soviet fighters, and stealth projects. This dossier follows declassified records, accidents, and workers’ dispute over environmental secrecy, separating verifiable history from claims of extraterrestrial craft.

Nearby stories

127 km · Vale da Morte

Death Valley: disappearances, late clues, and the geography of mystery

An abandoned vehicle linked to four German tourists missing in 1996, traces found thirteen years later, and two 2022 searches show how the desert can conceal people even near a road. This dossier separates facts, search hypotheses, and questions that remain open.

417 km · Los Angeles

Charles Manson: nine victims, two cases, and the “Helter Skelter” myth

The history of the so-called Manson Family extends beyond Sharon Tate and two nights in 1969. This dossier names the nine victims in Manson’s murder convictions, reconstructs the Tate-LaBianca and Hinman-Shea evidence, and separates the prosecution’s racist-motive theory from established judicial findings.

417 km · Los Angeles

Rodney Alcala: The Dating Game killer and the seven lives behind the headline

In 1978 Rodney Alcala won an episode of The Dating Game despite an earlier violent criminal record. Years of appeals, reexamined evidence and investigations across states ultimately produced convictions for seven murders. The television appearance opens the story; the victims and the limits of the evidence are its center.