u/TheArea51Rider

Headed back to Canada in the next hour or two. Only got a little bit of my bucket list done, thanks to a certain person and what he's done to the price of gas. Had plans to spend almost a week around Edwards, into Utah to check out MOAB, can't afford it. Blew my gas budget on a new generator, and two new rear tires. Nothing real exciting this trip, but I always love to come down to this desert for the scenery and the solitude.

2 Buffs, headed NW.

They were testing something earlier, I heard the engines but couldn't spot whatever it was.

Also - I have an ADSB receiver running, link will only show aircraft if I have my Starlink running. MLAT won't work as I have coordinates set to the Groom Tower :) :

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?feed=vrY0uOAJMPxe

Nothing flying on Sunday, so I thought I would check out these gates. Left some geocaches. Nothing really new, I do like to check them though. Wilson/Range 61 gate you can sometimes hear or see aircraft doing live fire exercises at a dry lake south of the gate. Not on a Sunday though. Beautiful scenery in this area. Never saw a camo dude all day.

Nothing has really changed since last time I was in there. I left a geocache in there. Signs were dangling off the pole so I fixed them. Can't have tourists wandering into the Restricted Area unaware. This border point is one of the few that would actually get you to the base. But I know for a fact (don't ask) the camo dudes sit on the other side of the hill waiting to see if you trespass. They actually sit on the old road up to Freedom Ridge. I didn't see the dudes until I was back at GLR. They know who I am, so they just check to make sure I come back out and leave. Pics of the strange sandstone formations in there. Very weird, some have holes that go right through them.

I took a very rough dry wash from the southwest to get in there. I don't recommend it unless you are riding a four-wheel drive quad like mine. It could be a hike for someone I guess. 1.2 miles from the nearest point I could drive in with my Tacoma. 37.371107, -115.423179

I really hate wild goose chases. With the coordinates I had it took me probably half an hour to find the site. Thankfully I spotted some burnt Joshua trees. Here are actual coordinates I took from the center of the site: 37.383197, -115.408124

Someone kindly put all the debris they found in a pile, actually a couple of piles. I found some more and added it to a pile. I am betting a lot of it was hauled away, someone was clearly digging holes, the place was pretty cleaned up. Sad for those of us that go in there looking for debris and taking pictures of it.

I spent at least an hour walking the perimeter at different radiuses, hoping to find that snapped off wing that was never retrieved (I am kidding). A lot of pieces of black fibrous material, looked like carbon fiber.

There is actually a very rough old trail that goes right from the site off to the NNW. I doubt it is even visible on Google Earth. Similar to the roads the bus took to S4 /s

Discovered this while I was investigating a story about camo dudes wielding radiation guns. Riding the trails near Tempiute mine on my quad. Lots more no trespassing and keep out signs. Saw some workers and briefly talked to them. This was up near the old stone cabin, they had a backhoe, some type of drilling rig, and white pickups. I guess more than camo dudes have white pickups. Anyways, on the way out I noticed a trail up the side of a mountain, with what looked like new power poles leading up there. Very steep climb but my Tacoma made it. Appears to be pilings for a comm site, and materials to construct a tower.

No way to deduce what this new comm tower will be used for, nothing there but heavy equipment, three pilings and the makings of a tower. This site has a complete view of the entire Tikaboo valley, also line of sight to Bald Mountain. So it may or may not be military related, however it's possible they are putting a cell site here. For those unaware there is zero cell service in this valley. Cell service here would be nice, as I have to rely on my Starlink for communications.

Also as you can see, only background radiation.

Location here: 37.601767, -115.639915

First spot is main trail from the north, second is a much rougher trail from another direction. I had really hoped to get in there and poke around but I guess it ain't going to happen.

37.406359, -115.404611

37.409207, -115.385969

On a side note. They must have been testing something last night, something very loud. Moonless night perfect for testing. Whatever it was took off three times and headed to the northwest.

37.312836, -115.295406

Basically looks like a reprint of the released document with the map.

https://www.newsweek.com/area-51-earthquakes-map-nevada-11900482

Yeah I know, u/dailymail already made a post about this which I deleted. On principle. Dailymail is basically a gossip rag, and will publish any nonsense.

This may have severe implications for some of us. DLR is also mentioned. Case was investigated by the AFOSI and FBI. I wonder if there will be charges against other individuals.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-nv/pr/foreign-national-sentenced-unlawfully-photographing-vital-us-military-installations

ETA: https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/polish-national-avoids-prison-for-area-51-photos-videos-outside-las-vegas/

ETA: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/21/polish-man-convicted-taking-photos-militarys-secret-area-51-nevada/