A private pilot captured stunning visuals of the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) and Area 51, showing a mysterious triangle shape inside an open hangar.
Gabe Zeifman, a private pilot and amateur photographer, spent Christmas Day flying his Cessna 150 plane over the area and snapping just over 1,000 photos.
The hangar is just south of the main NTTR complex at Area 51 and the object looks large, although it is unclear.
It does appear to be the only hangar that is open.
The hangar is just south of the main Nevada Test and Training Range complex at Area 51 and the object looks large, although it is unclear
Gabe Zeifman, a private pilot and amateur photographer, spent Christmas day flying his Cessna 150 plane over the NTTR
Zeifman, a trainer air traffic controller (ATC, has flown over the area on three separate occasions, Mystery Wire reports.
In the videos of his flights, posted to YouTube, Zeifman can be heard getting clearance for his route over the restricted area.
For this particular flight, Zeifman had higher quality photography gear that allowed him to capture better photos.
For this particular flight, Zeifman had higher quality photography gear that allowed him to capture better photos
Area 51 is just one of the sensitive military facilities located within the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR), a vast military training area in Nevada’s Mojave Desert
Area 51 is just one of the sensitive military facilities located within the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR), a vast military training area in Nevada’s Mojave Desert.
Details of everything that takes place at Area 51 are classified as top secret, and the intense secrecy around the facility has led to widespread conspiracy theories that it is used to store captured or crashed UFOs.
What is officially acknowledged is that Area 51 was founded by the CIA in 1955 as a testing facility for the secretive U-2 spy plane, and that it has likely been used ever since to test highly classified and experimental aircraft.
As for any national security implications of sharing the images, it is worth noting that Russia can and does fly directly over Area 51 with sophisticated reconnaissance planes under the Open Skies Treaty.
A composite of several of the photos taken by Zeifman
What is officially acknowledged is that Area 51 was founded by the CIA in 1955 as a testing facility for the secretive U-2 spy plane
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