wow..Russians Just Did A Fly-By Of Area 51..legally

[98valk]

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/27206/the-russians-just-did-a-fly-by-of-area-51

Russians are operating their Tu-154M aircraft configured for surveillance flights sanctioned under the Open Skies Treaty that allows member countries to conduct surveillance flights over each other's territory relatively unimpeded. The aircraft are equipped with imaging equipment with specific limitations and monitors from the country being surveilled are onboard the flights to make certain the party complies with the parameters of the treaty. This latest series of Russian Open Skies flights are being conducted out of Great Falls, Montana and are covering a slew of strategic points in the western part of the United States, including the highly secure Nellis Test and Training Range (NTTR) in southern Nevada, home of Area 51.

https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/openskies
Open Skies Treaty permits each state-party to conduct short-notice, unarmed, reconnaissance flights over the others' entire territories to collect data on military forces and activities.

[ridingron]

That just doesn't sound right. Why would a country's leadership agree to that.

[hubcapsc]

That just doesn't sound right. Why would a country's leadership agree to that.

The treaty is designed to enhance mutual understanding and confidence by giving all participants, regardless of size, a direct role in gathering information about military forces and activities of concern to them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_on_Open_Skies

[Rams]

While not being a happy camper about this, it really shouldn't be that big of a deal.

Satellites can gather the same information.    Not a real big deal.  I'm just not that excited about seeing a red star on aircraft flying over.

Rams

[Medina]

While not being a happy camper about this, it really shouldn't be that big of a deal.

Satellites can gather the same information.   

more, really, cause the ground pounders aren't informed they're being watched...still I hoped some one down there dragged out inflatable dolls of aliens and twisted chunks of tin foil all over the place

[Rams]

While not being a happy camper about this, it really shouldn't be that big of a deal.

Satellites can gather the same information.   

more, really, cause the ground pounders aren't informed they're being watched...still I hoped some one down there dragged out inflatable dolls of aliens and twisted chunks of tin foil all over the place

Satellite orbits are pretty predicable.    In another life, the military unit I was assigned to moved special items from site to site.   Was always done at very specific times, always covered and moved to/from sites with over head cover.    I'll give you three guesses as to why and the first two don't count. 

[Alpha Dog]

The really good stuff is located south of Area 51 in an area called simply S-4 and of course is hidden from any satellites.  This has been discussed as far back as 1989 when Bob Lazar did interviews of what minor roll he had in back engineering of what he called Alien craft.  Everything was compartmentalized and he was involved with the propulsion side.  He indicated that the propulsion was achieved through gravity wave amplifiers and a reactor which housed I believe an unknown element to us in 1989 called ununpentium or element 115.   We have since been able to produce extremely short lived isotopes of this element, but that is all I  believe.  Bob blew the lid off Area 51 with the help of award winning investigative journalist George Knapp of KLAS TV in Las Vegas.  George is still there and does fill in host for two Sunday shows each month on Coast to Coast AM.  
This is an 18 minute clip from a recent 90 minute documentary produced a few months ago by Jeremy Corbell in which he explains the propulsion system as best they knew it 30 years ago.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IMUG9ZhohM

[Chrisj CMA]

The ruskies better not fly too low or slow down here in the south. I guarantee you some redneck will take pot shots with a deer rifle.  What a headline that would be

[Jersey mike]

I read recently that the “retired” F-117 Nighthawk has been out and flying again and has been safely tucked away at Area 51, so this flyover by Russia may not be coincidental.

No reason has been revealed as to why the F-117 has been out and about but is has been noted that “they’re not just blowing the dust off them”.

[98valk]

https://apnews.com/44c182c68f85475bb828942b53042b19

Russia revamps Arctic military base to stake claim on region


https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-in-venezuela-why-vladimir-putin-troops-back-nicolas-maduro-vs-donald-trump-us/
We have nothing to hide," he said in response to a question about what Russian troops are doing in the once wealthy South American nation.

Two military planes carrying about 100 Russian personnel arrived in Caracas last week. The influx, which U.S. officials have told CBS News was unusual for its size, has fuelled tensions between Russia and the U.S. that were sparked earlier this year as the two countries picked opposing sides in Venezuela's debilitating political crisis.

and chinese showed up