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Annie jacobsen born june 28, 1967 is an american investigative journalist, author, and a 2016 pulitzer prize finalist. Nov 21, 2011 area 51, a top secret military installation for testing unacknowledged, or black, projects, lies in a desert valley northwest of las vegas. Welcome to 1950s usa the era of huge cars, rock n roll, and alien activity. One of the more intriguing rumors surrounding area 51 suggests that the vast majority of the top secret work undertaken there is handled not on the surface, but deep below it in hollowedout chambers, tunnels, and vast underground installations. Known by its map designation as area 51, this middleofnowhere site became a new topsecret military base. Chased by black hawk helicopter storming area 51 gone wrong storm area 51 duration.
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