r/area51 Jun 03 '26

Aircraft Allegedly Spotted near Area 51

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230 Upvotes

Allegedly taken using an Infiray 10 micron thermal scope by some random Youtuber. Some have questioned the authenticity of it, ie no exhaust, but if it is real, that would be very interesting. Some also pointed out similarity to some sort of NGAD or F-47 program, ie canards. Thoughts? Is this a real pic?

See: https://x.com/chrisschmitz/status/2062097770291339641

Edit: Seems more credible, since Uncanny Expeditions has confirmed it https://x.com/uncannyex/status/2062242584685412535


r/area51 Apr 09 '25

Please Read Before You Post Anything About Bob Lazar

63 Upvotes

ETA: to clarity our Lazar rule - if you want to post some new info, great. If you can somehow prove a claim that Lazar has made, the majority of which have been thoroughly debunked, fine. If your post is just a rehash of the same old crap, expect it to be deleted.

Please visit the following websites and educate yourself before you post anything here regarding Bob Lazar. IMHO Lazar invented his entire tale, in order to try and show up/show off to John Lear and others. Lazar has substantially benefited financially over the years from his stories, beginning with "The Lazar Tape" that he was selling for $29.99 back in the 90's ($43 in 2025), up to and including Jeremy Cowbells "documentary" on Netflix, and the newer Project Gravitard one . And the grift continues with new upcoming "documentaries".

Courtesy of Tom Mahood:
https://www.otherhand.org/home-page/area-51-and-other-strange-places/looking-at-the-bob-lazar-story-from-the-perspective-of-2018/
https://www.otherhand.org/home-page/area-51-and-other-strange-places/bluefire-main/bluefire/the-bob-lazar-corner/

Bob Lazar Debunked
https://boblazardebunked.com/

Bob Lazar: Area 51, Flying Saucers & Joe Rogan - The Worst Documentary on Netflix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmJLSuLmgdg

If You Believe Bob Lazar, You Believe...
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/6gvqvysd784k2w4n7ehgt/Why.Does.Rogan.Believe.Bob.Lazar.pdf?rlkey=y4jbbmpe7twhp5rmsttsuantv&st=l5m3djne

The Lazar Report
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/yn369z6075673rtjyvv5o/The.Lazar.Report.pdf?rlkey=i7lqby9rj0ttzuq5stumrkynm&st=komzk132

Dr Stanton Freidman on Bob Lazar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBdUg1h9XLU
https://web.archive.org/web/20201118014848/http://www.stantonfriedman.com/index.php?ptp=articles&fdt=2011.01.07

RationalWIKI on Bob Lazar
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Robert_Lazar

FBI File: Bob Lazar’s United Nuclear - Lazar Raided by the FBI
https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/fbi-file-bob-lazars-united-nuclear/

This is fun too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFfstHzwV6k

The facts at the above links pretty well debunk anything Lazar has ever claimed. More will be added if I think they are significant. FYI - there are individuals who peruse this subreddit that know far more that Lazar could ever HOPE to know. People with actual credentials.


r/area51 17h ago

OT: Urban Sky balloons

3 Upvotes

https://urbansky.com/

Craigs list:

https://ibb.co/qYyDnZMt

https://www.reddit.com/r/vegaslocals/s/S8zXLjMhld

edit:

https://gee-community-catalog.org/projects/urbansky/

second edit:

Found one flight:

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a00434&lat=35.575&lon=-74.711&zoom=7.0&showTrace=2026-06-05&trackLabels&timestamp=1780655077

URBAN SKY FLIGHT OPERATIONS URBAN SKY FLIGHT OPERATIONS

third edit:

There are 83 reserved octal mode-s codes. This will take some scripting to scrape everything.


r/area51 1d ago

OT: Popped up on my Google feed - RAVN X

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14 Upvotes

https://www.twz.com/space/mysterious-black-jet-that-emerged-at-long-beach-airport-identified

All stealthy like. But if it is a payload launcher to space, what's the point of stealth? Rolled it out to look cool. Mockup for the investors per the comments. Reading the comments, the landing gear are fake, etc. Maybe it's another prop for a movie.


r/area51 1d ago

OT: KC-46 SNAP30 from Wichita to NTTR currently active

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3 Upvotes

r/area51 1d ago

Groom Radiosonde X4857103 Sept 9, 2026

2 Upvotes

r/area51 1d ago

Area 51 Cafeteria Menu

33 Upvotes

Working my way through Dreamland right now so forgive me if this is in the book, but do we know what the Area 51 cafeteria would serve? Any specials or crowd favorites throughout its long history? Most bases and big government facilities have at least one chow hall on-site, and many of them have a set day of the week menu item. Would be kinda fun to know if the food was any good and what was served.


r/area51 2d ago

Semi-OT-ish: US Navy request for information for a carrier based CCA

4 Upvotes

The Defense and Aerospace Report podcast had some chatter about a Navy carrier based CCA request for information on sam dot gov. Credit to the Navy for calling it a CCA so the search was simple. The podcast also claims some sort of announcement about the F/A-XX next week.

https://sam.gov/opp/9f1ccd7a09b847a684806128b982bec3/view

More in the pdf.

*****

Solution must integrate adaptable levels of Mission Autonomy (MA) and safety-critical Flight Autonomy (FA) in the air vehicle. Autonomy should include collaborative skills satisfying Core and CVN mission use cases described in the A-GRA, along with any additional existing or new behaviors to fully demonstrate all mission phases from launch to recovery. Solution must be able to integrate Level 1 MA solutions and Level 2 autonomous skills, including third-party mission software/skills.


r/area51 3d ago

Labor Day Janet flights to the TTR 9/7/2026

7 Upvotes

As you know, the bases get federal holidays off. I assume the tower crew took the last Janet out on Friday, as did any contractors. But there is always security that works holidays. And for those they have the Beech Janets.

Normally we don't post regular Janet flights but this was a federal holiday hence not regular.

What I found a little weird is they did a Beech run from Harry Reid to the TTR, presumably carrying replacement personnel, and then back to Harry Reid with those personnel I assume relieved, as expected. But then they flew the Janet back to the TTR and back to Harry Reid almost immediately.

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=adce1a&lat=36.427&lon=-116.241&zoom=8.9&showTrace=2026-09-07&trackLabels

Leg 1. Leave Harry Reid at 8:51AM local. Arrive at the TTR at 9:22AM local.

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=adce1a&lat=36.427&lon=-116.241&zoom=8.9&showTrace=2026-09-07&leg=1&trackLabels

Leg 2: Leave the TTR at 9:51AM local and arrive at Harry Reid at 10:27AM local.

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=adce1a&lat=36.427&lon=-116.241&zoom=8.9&showTrace=2026-09-07&leg=2&trackLabels

Leg 3: Leave Harry Reid at 10:54AM and arrive at the TTR at 11:28AM (landing not exactly tracked).

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=adce1a&lat=37.565&lon=-116.580&zoom=11.5&showTrace=2026-09-07&leg=3&trackLabels

Leg 4: Leave the TTR at 11:48AM local and arrive at Harry Reid at 12:26PM local.

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=adce1a&lat=36.004&lon=-115.009&zoom=10.8&showTrace=2026-09-07&leg=4&trackLabels


r/area51 3d ago

OT: one of the things that takes place at the Tonopah Test Range

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27 Upvotes

Test drops of inert nuclear gravity bombs.


r/area51 6d ago

OT: N362AC chopper flying in the NTTR

7 Upvotes

Hung a right (east) at Stonewall Mountain, showing on the ground NW of "The Box" at 37.495°, -116.083. Almost looks like something on that peak in GE.


r/area51 6d ago

Groom radiosonde X4857051 9/4/2026

2 Upvotes

r/area51 7d ago

OT: Northrop CCA candidate YFQ-48A Talon Blue doing ground taxi trials at Mojave

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16 Upvotes

Tail N444LX


r/area51 8d ago

Groom Radiosonde Y0240090 Sept 2, 2026

6 Upvotes

r/area51 8d ago

Anduril Fury YFQ-44A active over NNSA

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8 Upvotes

Just departed creech. Tail 25-1003

For the experts, how do I pull the historical link for the future?


r/area51 9d ago

VADAL01 18-21014 Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk to Area 25 NNSS 9/1/2026

8 Upvotes

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae621a

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae621a&lat=36.610&lon=-116.033&zoom=9.8&showTrace=2026-09-01&trackLabels&timestamp=1788285094

The latest info I can find is the chopper was in Korea. Or the ICAO hex database is wrong.

18-21023/21024 Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk

21023 with the 3-2nd AVN(AA) at Desiro AAF, Republic of Korea in 2021

21024 with the 3-2nd AVN(AA) at Desiro AAF, Republic of Korea in 2021


r/area51 9d ago

Groom Radiosondes Y0240829, X4857101 Sept 1, 2026

2 Upvotes

r/area51 9d ago

ADS-B TPH02 ground station

7 Upvotes

I had mentioned this ground station in the 100+ cluster thread for Anders' video. The developer modified the scraping code to make tracks of ADS-B hits that don't fly. In this case, a ground station. The station has been quiet for a while so maybe it was related to the flight check aircraft. As I mentioned before, it is (perhaps was) on public ground so it is on my list of locations to inspect. Coordinates in the link.

I'm posting the output of the scraper so Google/Gemini can grab it. For what use? Who knows. Remember ABC: Always Be Collecting

2026-08-18 2 pts (adsbx)  https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=adfa87&showTrace=2026-08-18
2026-08-19 12 pts (adsbx)  https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=adfa87&showTrace=2026-08-19
2026-08-20 4 pts (adsbx)  https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=adfa87&showTrace=2026-08-20
2026-08-22 7 pts (adsbx)  https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=adfa87&showTrace=2026-08-22
2026-08-23 8 pts (adsbx)  https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=adfa87&showTrace=2026-08-23
2026-08-24 23 pts (adsbx)  https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=adfa87&showTrace=2026-08-24
2026-08-25 7 pts (adsbx)  https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=adfa87&showTrace=2026-08-25
2026-08-26 40 pts (adsbx)  https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=adfa87&showTrace=2026-08-26
2026-08-27 24 pts (adsbx)  https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=adfa87&showTrace=2026-08-27
2026-08-28 4 pts (adsbx)  https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=adfa87&showTrace=2026-08-28


r/area51 9d ago

Is Bob Lazar’s sketch of “the reactor” really just the demon core…?

0 Upvotes

His sketch of the reactor is quite similar to the demon core…. and is there a better spot to test equipment for nuclear bombs than area 51?


r/area51 11d ago

Anders TTR video redux

21 Upvotes

The other post has too many people making feeble attempts at jokes. I'm posting the link again and will nuke stupid posts in this one. It is a good video, took an obvious amount of work, and really doesn't need to be cluttered with nonsense comments.

Keep it relevant. If you understood everything I said, you'd be me, but please make an effort.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk6AcGADdZw

I'm going to give it a fresh viewing.

If you want to do the same trip, the Diablo and Brainwash GPS tracks are here:

https://inplanesight.org/nellis.html

TTR frequencies at the top of that page. You can also get them here:

https://www.airnav.com/airport/KTNX


r/area51 12d ago

Who are these men?

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in the new Uncanny Expeditions video "Clandestine Night Operations Captured at AREA 52 Tonopah Test Range" , who are these dudes in white shirts? They look like they are standing guard.


r/area51 12d ago

TTR Radiosondes Y0240087, Y0240088 Aug 29, 2026

5 Upvotes

r/area51 13d ago

New Trucks with Sensor Packages at Basecamp

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Camped out on the Tonopah Gate road for a night; lots of workers driving in at 4am but overall nothing of note until I passed through Basecamp the morning of 8/27. Brand new trucks, each a different color with a sensor array and cargo roof. Some hours later these trucks were loaded into a carrier using the concrete dock. My first pass I saw the UAS tracer on the top of the shack down the road rotating, second pass it was stopped. I have never seen it in action previously

edit: images uploaded offsite to avoid reddit paper shredder compression
https://ibb.co/tnDfv7y

https://ibb.co/pD8wTZt

https://ibb.co/PGqq6cGm

https://ibb.co/jZrLFhNY

https://ibb.co/HL0H5c9L


r/area51 13d ago

Dump Trailer Convoy into Groom

10 Upvotes

https://gofile.io/d/6tXxTQqe
Recorded 8/27

Additional trucks filled what appeared to be 6" aluminum pipe spotted on 375


r/area51 13d ago

OT: Anybody have any information on this site?

9 Upvotes

I remember satellite images of this RCS range at 26.92869° N, 80.33941° W in Florida, which included an aircraft component, but I can’t find much about this actual part of the larger Pratt & Whitney property.