by Phil Patton
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Curtis Peebles. The Moby Dick Project. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991.
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Jeffrey Richelson. American Espionage and the Soviet Target. William Morrow, 1987.
Jeffrey Richelson. The U.S. Intelligence Community. Ballinger, 1985.
Benson Saler, Charles A. Ziegler, and Charles B. Moore. UFO Crash at Roswell: The Genesis of a Modern Myth. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997.
Richard Sauder. Underground Bases and Tunnels: What Is the Government Trying to Hide? Adventures Unlimited Press, 1995.
Alexander P. de Seversky. Victory Through Air Power. Simon & Schuster, 1942.
Michael Sherry. The Rise of American Air Power: The Creation of Armageddon. Yale University Press, 1987.
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PERIODICALS
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Stuart Brown and Steve Douglass. “Swing Wing Stealth Attack Plane.” Popular Science, January 1995, pp. 54–56, 86.
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John Connolly. “Inside the Shadow CIA.” Spy, September 1992, pp. 46–54.
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Michael Dornheim. “United 747 Crew Reports Near-Collision with Mysterious Supersonic Aircraft.” Aviation Week and Space Technology, Aug. 24, 1992, p. 24.
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John J. Fialka. “Clinton to Disclose Tab for Spying, Propose Overhaul.” Wall Street Journal, April 24, 1996, p. 1.
David A. Fulghum. “Groom Lake Tests Target Stealth.” Aviation Week and Space Technology, Feb. 5, 1996, pp. 26–27.
David Fulghum. “Payload, Not Airframe Drives UCAV Research Oversight.” Aviation Week and Space Technology, June 2, 1997, pp. 51–53.
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Margaret A. Jacobs. “Secret Air Base Broke Hazardous-Waste Act, Workers’ Suit Alleges.” Wall Street Journal, Feb. 8, 1996, p. 1.
Steve Kanigher. “Area 51 Saga Heads to Federal Court.” Las Vegas Sun, Nov. 3, 1997.
Frank Kuznik. “Aliens in the Basement.” Air & Space, August/September 1992, pp. 34–39.
John Lear. “The Grand Deception: How the Gray EBE’s Tricked MJ-12 Into an Agreement.” CUFORN Bulletin, March–April 1989.
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Gary Paine. “A Mine, the Military and a Dry Lake: National Security and the Groom District.” Lincoln County, Nevada Historical Society Quarterly. Vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 20–42.
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Rhonda L. Rundle. “Lockheed Employees Health Complaints Prompt Inquiries by 2 Federal Agencies.” Wall Street Journal, Oct. 3, 1988, p. 1.
Murray Schumach. “ ‘Disk’ Near Bomb Test Site Is Just a Weather Balloon.” New York Times, July 9, 1947, pp. 1, 10.
Murray Schumach. “Disks Soar over New York, Now Seen Aloft in All Colors.” New York Times, July 8, 1947, pp. 1, 46.
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William B. Scott. “New Evidence Bolsters Reports of Secret, High-Speed Aircraft.” Aviation Week and Space Technology, May 11, 1992, p. 62.
William B. Scott. “Recent Sightings of XB-70–like Aircraft Reinforce 1990 Reports from Edwards Area.” Aviation Week and Space Technology, Aug. 24, 1992, pp. 23–24.
William B. Scott. “Secret Aircraft Encompasses Qualities of High-Speed Launcher for Spacecraft.” Aviation Week and Space Technology, Aug. 24, 1992, p. 25.
William B. Scott. “Spooks—It’s Time for a Revelation.” Aviation Week and Space Technology, Dec. 22/29, 1997, p. 96.
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“The Mystery at Groom Lake.” Newsweek, Nov. 1, 1993, p. 4.
“Out of the Clouds: Secret Stealth Fighter Gets More Exposure.” Wall Street Journal, Dec. 27, 1989, p. 1.
“Possible ‘Black’ Aircraft Seen Flying in Formation With F-117s, KC-135s.” Aviation Week and Space Technology, March 9, 1992, pp. 66–67.
“Scientists’ and Engineers’ Dreams Taking to Skies as ‘Black’ Aircraft.” Aviation Week and Space Technology, Dec. 24, 1990.
“Secret Advanced Vehicles Demonstrate Technologies for Future Military Use.” Aviation Week and Space Technology, Oct. 1, 1990, p. 20.
“Skunk Works Revenues Point to Active Aurora Program, Kemper Says.” Aerospace Daily, July 17, 1992, p. 102.
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“TR-3A Evolved from Classified Prototypes, Based on Tactical Penetrator Concept.” Aviation Week and Space Technology, June 10, 1991, p. 20.
WORLD WIDE WEB SITES
Keeping up with new discoveries in Dreamland is best done through sites on the World Wide Web. The following are the most useful, and all contain links to other sites of interest:
Glenn Campbell’s exhaustive and indispensable Area 51 and UFO site: http://www.ufomind.com/area51/
Steve Douglass’s Project Black site on black aircraft, plus the Intercepts newsletter: http://www.perseids.com/projectblack/
The Federation of American Scientists: http://www.fas.org/
Dan Zinngrabe’s site with extensive histories of Aurora, the TR3A, and Tier III: http://www.macconnect.com/~quellish
Andreas Gehrs-Pahl’s extensive aviation site: http://www.umcc.umich.edu/~schnars/aero.htm
Paul McGinnis (“Trader”) and the Freedom Ridge Oversight Council: http://www.frogi.org/
UFO Folklore: http://www.qtm.net/~geibdan/framemst.html
Parascope: http://www.parascope.com/
Tom Mahood’s Blue Fire page: http://www.serve.com/mahood/bluefire.htm/
ALSO BY PHIL PATTON
Made in USA: The Secret Histories of the Things That Made America
Open Road:
A Celebration of the American Highway
Razzle-Dazzle
Voyager
(WITH JEANA YEAGER AND DICK RUTAN)
Highway: America’s Endless Dream
(WITH BERND POLSTER AND JEFF BROUWS)
About the Author
Phil Patton is the author of Made in USA: The Secret Histories of the Things That Made America, selected by the Book-of-the-Month Club; Open Road, named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year; Voyager (with Jeana Yeager and Dick Rutan); and other books.
He writes the “Public Eye” column for The New York Times and is a contributing editor of Esquire, Wired, and ID magazines.
Mr. Patton has taught at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and participated in a number of public television series. He grew up in North Carolina and was educated at Harvard and Columbia. He has also developed World Wide Web pages for Esquire, the New York Web, and Hearst New Media.