Area 51 designated with a new name
The Air Force's classified test range at Groom Lake, Nev., has never lacked for evocative nicknames - it and its restricted airspace have been called Dreamland, Paradise Ranch, The Box and, most famously, Area 51.
Now there's a less romantic moniker to throw on the pile: 'Homey Airport,' according to a few civilian aviation journals.
The Department of Defense didn't even acknowledge the base existed until 1994, when former base employees sued the government and claimed they'd been poisoned by hazardous materials used at the base for research into stealth technology.
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