INTRODUCTION
Nevada triangle is a place covered by beautiful mountains and plains.Though most of us have heard of the Bermuda Triangle, where planes and ships have mysteriously gone missing in the Atlantic Ocean for decades, not all are aware that there is a similar place in Nevada. Lying in a region of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Nevada and California, some 2,000 planes have been lost in the last 60 years. In this remotely populated area of more than 25,000 miles of mountain desert, many of the crash sites are never found.
The triangle is typically defined as spanning from Las Vegas, Nevada in the southeast to Fresno, California in the west, and to Reno, Nevada at the top. Within this rugged wilderness is the mysterious, top-secret Area 51. Along with the dozens of conspiracy theories which include UFO’s and paranormal activity that surrounds the air force base, similar theories have long been considered regarding the Nevada Triangle.
Throughout these many years, many of the missing planes were flown by experienced pilots and disappeared under mysterious circumstances, with the wreckage never found.
One such plane to go missing with that of a record-setting aviator, sailor, and adventurer named Steve Fossett on September 3, 2007. Fossett, flying a single-engine Bellanca Super Decathlon over Nevada’s Great Basin Desert, took off and never returned. After hunting for a month for the plane, the search was called off and on February 15, 2008, Fossett was declared dead. Later that year on September 29th, Fossett’s identification cards were discovered in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California by a hiker. A few days later, the crash site was discovered—approximately 65 miles from where the aviator initially took off. Two bones were later recovered a half mile from the crash site which was found to have belonged to Steve Fossett.
One of the earliest planes lost in the “Triangle” includes a story dating back 70 years when a B-24 bomber crashed in the Sierra Nevada mountains in 1943. The bomber, taking flight on December 5th was piloted by 2nd Lieutenant Willis Turvey and co-piloted by 2nd Lieutenant Robert M. Hester, carried four other crew members including 2nd Lieutenant William Thomas Cronin, serving as navigator; 2nd Lieutenant Ellis H. Fish, bombardier; Sergeant Robert Bursey, engineer; and Sergeant Howard A. Wandtke, radio operator. The flight was a routine night training mission taking off from Fresno, California’s Hammer Field destined to Bakersfield, California to Tucson, and return.
An extensive search mission began the very next day when nine B-24 Bombers were sent out to find the missing plane. However, rather than finding it, yet another bomber went missing. On the morning of December 6, 1943, Squadron Commander Captain William Darden lifted off along with eight other B-24s. Captain Darden, his airplane, and remaining crew would not be seen again until 1955 when Huntington Lake reservoir was drained for repairs to the dam.
The investigation into the loss of the second bomber stated that Darden had experienced high wind turbulence and began to lose hydraulic pressure. When the captain saw what looked like a snow-covered clearing he told his crew to bail out but only two jumped. The investigation stated that the pilot must have mistaken the frozen lake for a clearing; however, the two soldiers who parachuted from the plane and survived made statements that the lake was not frozen. When the plane was finally found, it was resting 190 feet below the water with its five crew members still at their stations.
In the meantime, Clinton Hester, the father of the co-pilot, Robert Hester in the first missing plane began a private search for his son that would last for the next 14 years. When he died of a heart attack in 1959, he still had not found his son or any evidence of the missing plane. A year later, however, it would be found in July 1960 by to United States Geological Survey researchers who were working in a remote section of the High Sierra, west of LeConte Canyon in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. There, they found airplane wreckage in and near an unnamed lake. Later, Army investigators revealed the wreckage to be that of the first missing bomber piloted by 2nd Lieutenant Willis Turvey and co-piloted by 2nd Lieutenant Robert M. Hester. The lake is now known as Hester Lake.
Another military plane went missing on May 9, 1957, when Air Force Lieutenant David Steeves was piloting a T-33 training jet. Taking off from Hamilton Air Force Base, near San Francisco, on a flight to Arizona, the plane disappeared. After a thorough search without success, the Air Force declared the 23-year-old pilot officially dead. However, 54 days later, the pilot reappeared. Guant and dressed in tattered and filthy clothing, he had made his way to a camp in the backcountry of Kings Canyon National Park, east of Fresno, California.
He described that when something in the plane exploded he briefly black out, but came to in time to eject from the plane, badly injuring both ankles when he landed. Dragging his parachute to help him keep warm, he crawled over 20 miles in the freezing temperatures at 12,000 feet elevation for 15 days without food or shelter. Finally, he came upon an abandoned National Park Service cabin, where he found a few cans of food as well as a fishing equipment. He then survived by fishing and killed a deer with his pistol. After regaining some of his strength tried to make it to civilization, during which time, he nearly drowned in the Kings River, before stumbling upon a pack-train guide who took him by horse to civilization. Though clearly a brave man, there were some who questioned his story due to his disappearance occurring in the midst of the Cold War and because no remains of his plane could be found. It wasn’t until 1977 that Boy Scouts found the canopy of his jet, but the plane’s wreckage has never been found.
THEORY ON NEVADA TRIANGLE
In 1941 Lieutenant Leonard C. Lydon parachuted to safety after his Army fighter squadron got lost over the mountains. His P-40 fell within a mile of where he landed in the remote Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. To this day the wreckage has never been found.
Another famous case was of missing aviator Charles Ogle, a wealthy real estate developer who lifted off from Oakland, California in August 1964 but vanished en route to Las Vegas, Nevada. The Marine Corps trained pilot was never seen or heard from again and his plane has never been found.
On July 11, 1986, Major Ross Mulhare flew an F-117 into a mountain near Bakersfield, California. The cause of the crash has never been officially revealed.
So, what is it exactly that’s causing aircraft to go missing within the Nevada Triangle? Conspiracy theorists have long claimed the reason so many flights have disappeared is connected to the presence Area 51, where the US Air Force is known to test secret prototype aircraft. But, many experts believe the disappearances can be attributed to the areas geography and atmospheric conditions. The Sierra Nevada mountains run perpendicular to the Jet Stream, or high Pacific winds, which conspire with the sheer, high altitude peaks and wedge-shaped range to create volatile, unpredictable winds and downdrafts. This weather phenomenon is sometimes called the “Mountain Wave” where planes are seemingly ripped from the air and crashed to the ground.
Other theories include pilot error, inexperienced pilots getting caught in turbulence, and the disorienting mountain terrain.
AREA 51
In 2013 the U.S. government officially acknowledged the existence of Area 51. That year the National Security Archive at the George Washington University obtained through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) a formerly classified CIA document that chronicled the history of the U-2 spy plane; a heavily redacted version had previously been released in 1998. According to the report, in 1955 the remote site—which included an airfield not used by the military since World War II—was selected in order to test the U-2. Test flights of that spy plane, and subsequent aircraft, accounted for many of the UFO sightings in the area; the U-2 could reach altitudes much higher than any other planes at the time. After the U-2 was put into service in 1956, Area 51 was used to develop other aircraft, including the A-12 (also known as OXCART) reconnaissance plane and the stealth fighter F-117 Nighthawk.
Area 51 has spawned more conspiracy theories than perhaps any other military facility in the world. Here’s what we do (and don’t) know about this secret U.S. military installation.
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT AREA 51:
* Area 51 is a U.S. Air Force military installation located at Groom Lake in southern Nevada.* Area 51 is an active military installation. It is administered by Edwards Air Force Base in southern California.
* Area 51 is not accessible to the public and is under 24-hour surveillance.
* The only confirmed use of the installation is as a flight testing facility.
* During World War II (1939–45) the U.S. Army Air Corps used the site as an aerial gunnery range.
* In 1955 the area was selected by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) as a testing site for the Lockheed U-2, a high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft. President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953–61) authorized the testing, which was to be conducted under the code name Project AQUATONE. Testing began in July 1955.
* After the U-2 was put into service in 1956, Area 51 was used to develop other aircraft, including the A-12 (also known as OXCART) reconnaissance plane and the stealth fighter F-117 Nighthawk.
* In 1989 a man named Robert (“Bob”) Lazar claimed he worked on extraterrestrial technology inside Area 51. Lazar told Las Vegas television reporter George Knapp that he saw autopsy photographs of aliens inside the facility and that the U.S. government used the facility to examine recovered alien spacecraft. Although Lazar himself was discredited, his claims spawned numerous government conspiracy theories, most of which involved extraterrestrial life.
* Many people have reported seeing unidentified flying objects (UFOs) in or near Area 51. (Although the term is often used in the context of extraterrestrial speculation, UFOs are not necessarily extraterrestrial in origin.)
* On June 25, 2013, the CIA approved for release declassified documents chronicling the history of the U-2 and OXCART programs. The documents were released in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request submitted in 2005 by American intelligence historian Jeffrey T. Richelson of the George Washington University National Security Archive. The release of the documents marked the first time the U.S. government formally acknowledged the existence of Area 51.
* According to the CIA, test flights of U-2 and subsequent military aircraft account for the UFO sightings in the area.
* Area 51 employees reach the facility by way of airplane. They fly in and out of a restricted terminal at McCarran International Airport on one of several unmarked planes permitted to fly through the airspace above Area 51 (airspace R-4808N).
* Until recently, satellite imagery of the installation was censored. As of 2018, Area 51 is visible on Google Maps.
WHAT WE DON’T KNOW ABOUT AREA 51:
It is not known why Area 51 is called “Area 51.” The U.S. government has not provided any information about the research currently being conducted inside the facility.
NEVADA TRIANGLE-ILLUMINATI TRIANGLE
GOOGLE Earth has captured a number of mysteries over the years from suspected aliens to military bases. But is the latest sighting a confirmation of the Illuminati?Google Earth, created in 2001, has opened up the world to people to explore from the comfort of their own homes.By mapping the globe, the most beautiful natural landmarks and sightings can be seen with the click of a button.Many use it to confirm their own conspiracy theories, such as extraterrestrial lifeforms or the missing MH370 plane.The latter was thought to have recently been discovered on the website.A new sighting could have confirmed the presence of the Illuminati.Found in the desert of Wittmann, Arizona, is a large triangle printed on the ground. On closer inspection, it appears to be a road attached to a highway. Yet the equilateral triangle doesn’t lead to anywhere, making many think it symbolises something else entirely. Triangle symbols are often linked to the Illuminati, as well as theories that they are secretly leading the world from behind the scenes and are depicted in a number of mysterious symbols. The triangle symbol is often called the Eye of Providence, representing the omniscience of God watching over.Yet this theory has been debunked, with the triangle most likely to be a disused airbase. Many believe it to be an Air Force Base called Luke Aux #4. It was closed in the late 1950’s and has since become overgrown with trees and hedges since. The runways can barely be seen with a number of people who have visited the site reporting nothing of consequence. The airport was thought to be named after Frank Luke, an American fighter ace who was the first airman to receive the Medal of Honour in 1918.Google Earth has captured a number of bases that many may not have realised exist. One called Area 6 can be found in Las Vegas, just a few miles from Area 51. Whilst Area 51 is often believed to hide secrets about alien lifeforms, according to conspiracy theories, Area 6 is still unknown. It is most likely a military training and testing base what with its secluded location. The security surrounding the base, however, is not as strict as it is at Area 51
Author:Alan David Sam
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