A man named Patrick Sheahan built a humble homestead and founded Groom Mine in 1889. In 1864, prospectors discovered silver and lead around Groom Lake salt flat. Not much was happening on this swath of land before World War II. Through the years, the base has also been called Dreamland, Watertown, Yuletide and Paradise Ranch. If you ask air traffic control, that "somewhere" is Homey Airport (KXTA), otherwise known as Area 51. Air traffic control audio out of a private terminal at Las Vegas' McCarran International Airport suggests that government-owned passenger jets flying under the name "Janet Airlines" make daily flights to and from… somewhere in the Nevada desert. We also know that workers aren't commuting there by car. And the land around it is peppered with warning signs to would-be trespassers. The airspace above the base is extremely off-limits. The closest town is Rachel, Nevada, population 54.
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