To get close to Area 51, it’s an eight-mile drive from Rachel, Nev., down a dirt road. Groom Lake (where Area 51 is located) is approximately 20 miles west of the guarded gate.
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A new book by Los Angeles Times journalist Annie Jacobsen, "Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base" (Little Brown), tells the story of the famous site that has…
