
Area 51 Fast Facts
CNN
Read CNN's Fast Facts to learn about Area 51 located at Groom Lake in southern Nevada.
Facts The US government's official name for Area 51 is the Nevada Test and Training Range, which is a unit of the Nellis Air Force Base. Today it is used as an open training range for the US Air Force.
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