This is slightly old news, but I thought I would post it up anyway just in case anyone missed it. I imagine a few conspiracy sites have gone in to complete meltdown though..

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The news has been ablaze with the CIA's revelation that Area 51 actually exists. However, this is not the first government document obtained via the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to name the base.

The National Security Archive at George Washington University recently posted a document obtained via a FOIA request from 2005 that finally officially acknowledges the existence of Area 51. The document is a CIA report on overhead reconnaissance, and details the history of the development of the U-2 and OXCART program spy planes from 1954 to 1974, both of which were developed and tested at the super secret Area 51 airstrip on the Nevada Test and Training Range, adjacent to Nellis Air Force Base.

This particular document was released before, but the words "Area 51," and other bits of information, were redacted. This is the first time the CIA has not redacted the term Area 51, thus indicating a declassification of that information.

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