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Tonopah Test Range (Area 52)

Also: Area 52; TTR

base documented 1957–2026 status · verified entity United States, Nye County, Nevada

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F-117 and T-38 over Tonopah Test Range (1989)
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Hardware photograph · context

F-117 and T-38 over Tonopah Test Range (1989)

An F-117 of the then-secret 4450th Tactical Group with a T-38 over Tonopah Test Range Airport, 1989 — the programme flown at night from Tonopah while it remained classified. Official Air Force photograph · context.

United States Air Force · 1989 ↗Public domain — US government workLicence terms ↗
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UAPGerb · 0:10:30

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A Sandia-operated test range in the northern Nevada Test and Training Range where the F-117 was based in secret in the 1980s. UAPGerb lists it, with Area 51 and "allegedly S4", among the sites the range houses. Public and documented.

Where the pin is

37.7950, -116.7800 exact

Public gazetteer: Tonopah Test Range airfield, Nye County, Nevada.

Nye County, Nevada, United States

What is claimed

  • UAPGerb says the Nevada Test and Training Range houses the Tonopah Test Range alongside Area 51 and allegedly S-4, plus Sandia-run numbered areas.

    FACT documented UAPGerb researcher 2026

    • 0:10:30 The Hidden UFO Program Is Real - Here’s How It Works! (ft. UAPGerb) | MEMBERS… · UAPGerb
      that houses the Tonapa test range. All sorts of weird little Sandia run sites. Um the numbered areas.

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Named in 18 uploads (automatic name matching, 34 mentions)

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