Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base by Jacobsen, Annie - 2011

Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 2011. Hardbound . 4th Printing. BINDING/CONDITION: black binding; the spine is slightly skewed, otherwise a Near Fine book, with a Fine dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact. Includes two sections of black and white photo plates. The publisher's blurb reads: ''Myths and hypotheses about Area 51 have long abounded, thanks to the intense secrecy enveloping it. Some claim it is home to aliens, underground tunnel systems, and nuclear facilities. Others believe that the lunar landing was filmed there. The prevalence of these rumor stems from the fact that no credible insider has ever divulged the truth about his time inside the base. Until now. Annie Jacobsen had exclusive access to nineteen men who served on the base proudly and secretly for decades and are now aged seventy-five to ninety-two; she also had unprecedented access to fifty-five additional military and intelligence personnel, scientists, pilots and engineers linked to the secret base, thirty-two of whom lived and worked there for extended periods. Jacobsen shows us what has really gone on in the Nevada desert from testing nuclear weapons to building supersecret supersonic jets to pursuing the War on Terror. This is the first book based on interviews with eyewitnesses to Area 51 history. Filled with formerly classified information that has never been accurately decoded for the public, this weaves the mysterious activities of the base into a gripping narrative.'' 8vo (about 9.5 inches tall) 523 pages. Notes, bibliography, index.