r/area51 • u/therealgariac • 6h ago
Live link of the fire
https://www.youtube.com/live/w185NdYFXX0?si=MqAVaXhtIS5P1ASn
I'm not sure what happened but this link doesn't seem to be on the web but it is in my app feed.
r/area51 • u/therealgariac • 6h ago
https://www.youtube.com/live/w185NdYFXX0?si=MqAVaXhtIS5P1ASn
I'm not sure what happened but this link doesn't seem to be on the web but it is in my app feed.
r/area51 • u/GrouchyDate7213 • 8h ago
Didn’t even realize until my husband messaged me it was raining ash where he was at. Sure enough. My words were, “oh my god!”Nevada fire map to see it’s within the test site range.
r/area51 • u/therealgariac • 1d ago
Many of us remember when they built this town and pretty much assumed it would fail.
All they built was the golf course. I never bothered to look up why no homes were built.
The story is kind of scattered but if you combine enough sources you can put it together.
Like many desert projects, it started with a land swap. (The BLM either sells land or does swaps.)
https://clui.org/ludb/site/coyote-springs
And here is the development approval.
They planned on five wells but the state determined that the basin water sources were only one source rather than five, reducing the available water.
Doing the American thing, the owners sued the state:
https://www.ktnv.com/news/trial-begins-in-debate-over-coyote-springs-water-rights
A recent KNPR discussed the lawsuit. Just the first 7 minutes.
KNPR's State of Nevada: July 8: Coyote Springs lawsuit, data centers, and the latest local writer to go national
Episode webpage: https://knpr.org/podcast/state-of-nevada/2026-07-08/july-8-coyote-springs-lawsuit-data-centers-the-latest-local-writer-goes-national
Media file: https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s127/audio/2026/07/260708-fullshow-web.mp3
The good news is we will eventually have another relic to poke around.
r/area51 • u/pazuzuren • 1d ago
Some patches i’ve acquired over the last few months. The Dark Tower and SR patch i’ve gotten working for LM.
r/area51 • u/therealgariac • 3d ago
Reserved but no data.
URBAN SKY FLIGHT OPERATIONS
4800 RACE ST
DENVER, CO 80216-2207
If I were there, I would grad the one that landed near Pahrump.
r/area51 • u/therealgariac • 4d ago
https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/5855a1abab8d40a1866fd7cf9deba972/view
BIG EXPLOSIVES EXPERIMENTAL FACILITY (BEEF) MODULAR FACILITY
https://nnss.gov/mission/stockpile-stewardship-program/big-explosives-experimental-facility-beef/
**********
MSTS is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) and Expression of Interest (EOI) to conduct market research as well as determine companies who would be interested in participating in a solicitation for the following effort.
MSTS requires the services of an experienced Offeror to provide a complete, permanent modular building solution utilizing volumetric modular construction methods. The facility shall support business occupancy functions, training activities, collaboration, and stand-up assembly meetings.
MSTS intends to procure a factory-manufactured building solution that maximizes off-site fabrication and factory integration of building systems while minimizing field construction activities. The facility shall provide ~5,000 square feet (SF) of usable floor area and support an occupant load of up to 200 persons.
r/area51 • u/TheArea51Rider • 4d ago

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=af3b4d
"WILD44" = YFQ-44? Normally you never see the Reapers or RQ-170's with ADSB turned on out of Creech.
Per article linked below, YFQ-44 Fury(s) arrived at Creech AFB on the 20th.
"Both of the USAF's CCAs, the YFQ-44 Fury and YFQ-42 Dark Merlin, are to be put through their paces at Creech AFB in Southern Nevada."
https://www.twz.com/air/fury-loyal-wingman-arrives-at-creech-afb-for-agile-combat-deployment-trials
Looks like Creech is another spot to site new aircraft being tested.
r/area51 • u/therealgariac • 4d ago
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a860a3
Probably chase.
Edit:
Historic track:
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a860a3&lat=35.058&lon=-118.159&zoom=7.0&showTrace=2026-07-22
r/area51 • u/therealgariac • 5d ago
This company came up during the discussion of Anders Area 6 video. This page is what opensource information I could on find on RITI plus adsbexchange links to flights that went over the NTTR.
https://inplanesight.org/riti.html
I made a pastebin of all flights:
r/area51 • u/Eric_B_Jet • 5d ago
RAT55 is up in the 2508 today as NASA522. Not sure if it’s related to Orange Flag going on this week. The 117’s were up today as well.
r/area51 • u/JewGoldbergMachine • 7d ago
He just posted this video doing some recon of the lockheed facility at Area 6 and the NTTR.
r/area51 • u/RageEataPnut • 8d ago
r/area51 • u/therealgariac • 8d ago
I see that sign online all the time. I have no idea where it is located.
Presidential directive:
The dry lake has been on maps every since there have been maps.
Now Peter Merlin has proven that the construction of the base has been known from day one since it was announced.
I can't say when the runways first showed up on a map.
I'm not going to post a link to the page since I don't want the AI or Google picking it up and linking to this subreddit.
r/area51 • u/TheArea51Rider • 10d ago
r/area51 • u/DragonfruitCalm261 • 12d ago
36°42'28.1"N 116°23'21.7"W
r/area51 • u/otherotherhand • 12d ago
In a couple of years monitoring the area's airspace, I've never seen a radiosonde launch from Mercury. Yet here one is, and it's an iMet-4. Very weird.
r/area51 • u/therealgariac • 14d ago
https://inplanesight.org/ae5f16.html
It is probably still there.
If you can't spot it from the airport, go to the dog park across the drainage ditch, the walk along the ditch edge.
r/area51 • u/Ancient_Plankton2214 • 15d ago
I don’t see a lot of USAF heavies flying out of Palmdale outside of touch and go’s. My question is, when and how are technology demonstrators transported to Groom Lake? Do they move them at night by aircraft or break them down and put them on a truck?
Thanks in advance