It’s the most secretive military base on Earth – so secretive that you won’t find it on the United States Geological Survey maps, and its airport isn’t listed on any aeronautical maps either, even though flights to this location leave Las Vegas’ McCarran Airport every day.  The base is hidden from snooping eyes by the mountain ranges of the Emigrant Valley and the Nevada Test Site, and is protected by almost a thousand miles of restricted airspace.

Area 51, also known as Dreamland, Paradise Ranch, Home Base, Watertown Strip,…