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ZieBy Tyler Rogoway
September 21, 2016
For the first time in half a decade, Google Earth/Google Maps imagery of America’s clandestine flight test center known as Area 51 have been updated.
In the new shots, we can see small changes to the ever-expanding base—and one giant one.
But this Google imagery offers a much more comprehensive and accessible view of the base and its big new feature.
The hangar is 210 feet wide by 250 feet long and very high, and is the largest addition to the base in nearly a decade.
In 2006, another large hangar was constructed on the south end of the base’s main ramp facility, complete with an earthen berm built around its south eastern approaches.
This facility is known to house Northrop Grumman programs, including a high-flying penetrating spy drone loosely named the RQ-180. Uncharaceristically, the USAF has actually admitted to this program’s existence.
The remoteness of this new facility—along with its large size and especially its height—make it a much more curious addition than the 2006 hangar.
The new Google images also reveal significant growth at the newer test base located at the southern edge of Yucca Dry Lake.
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