5:30PM  9/12/93

Fri 20 August 1993 10:00
By: Don Ecker
To: All
Re: Another Area 51?

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Date prepared: 08/19/93

Contributed by: Don Ecker/ UFO Magazine

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The following file appeared in *UFO Magazine. It purports to examine
another area similar to *Area 51, only this facility is about 90 miles
outside Los Angeles.

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                          TEJON RANCH FACILITY


      For the past few years, it has become apparent that something has
been happening in the foothills of the Tehachapi mountains about 90
miles north of Los Angeles.  Incidents and events which rival and even
surpass the high strangeness associated with Nevada's "Area 51" are
occurring in L.A.'s backyard.  Anomalous lights performing high speed
maneuvers, non aerodynamic craft, and harassment and even abduction of
nearby residents continue to characterize the area.  But whereas Area 51
appears to be under Defense Department control, the facilities in the
high desert are involved in research solely under the aegis  of private
aerospace companies.  If we are to consider some of  the information
leaking out about these complexes at face value,  the implications
become even more provocative.

     The Northrop owned and operated facility known as the Tejon Ranch
has received the most attention recently by many researchers and a small
segment of enthusiasts.  On a semi regular basis, members of a group
called Secret Saucer Base Expeditions and founder Gary Schultz gather at
an area three  miles north of highway 138 on 190th street about 20 miles
northwest of Lancaster.  They have reported observations of various
types of silent, non aeroform craft emerging from the complex on weekday
nights from about dusk and continuing throughout the night, although
some daylight sightings have been reported.  Activities do not appear to
be scheduled as regularly as those in Nevada.  Some of the craft appear
as no more than lights performing very non conventional maneuvers at
high speeds, while others are slow and deliberate in their movements.
When their form can be discerned, the craft seem to fall into three
basic categories: 1: The classic "saucer", 2: Flattened, triangular
shaped vehicles, and 3: The "boomerang" or flying wing configuration.
The ellipsoidal objects emit a steady pulse of bright light and exhibit
most characteristics associated with the classic U.F.O.: sharp turns at
high speeds, "falling leaf" motions, and almost instantaneous movement
over large distances. are about 220-250 feet on a side and have been
observed operating in small groups.  If illuminated, the top half emits
a green glow, while the underside shows red at the  same intensity.
When these vehicles accelerate, their brightness increases.  The
boomerang type objects exhibit the most conservative movement  namely
slow, straight line movements and non banking (ie. very short radius)
turns.  The underside displays an array of small, twinkling bright
lights, possibly as a camouflage against the night sky.  In the last
year, a chase plane was observed  following an aircraft with no control
surfaces at a McDonnell Douglas owned facility in the Antelope Valley.
The strange craft made a right angle turn at high speed, whereupon the
fighter made a long, banking turn to catch up, suggesting that a
maneuverabilty comparison was being conducted.

    For the past few years, many high desert residents have seen these
vehicles floating over their homes and communities.   Wilford Fidroe, a
Lancaster designer/craftsman sighted a strange  aerial device moving
silently up a narrow canyon in 1987.  He  reports that on a drive home
from work at approximately 11:00  P.M. he saw what he says looked like
"a giant stealth bomber  black and very thin.  It was about as big as
the shuttle.  In excess of  150 feet across.  It was absolutely silent
and moving at about  five miles per hour, maybe 80-100 feet off the
ground."  Small  colored lights flashed along the bottom and it made a
180 degree  turn in the canyon in a very short radius, almost on an
axis.    Other residents have reported the boomerang shapes floating
silently overhead for almost 20 years.  They are quite large  ranging
from 600-700 feet in length.

     There are facilities elsewhere in the desert which appear to be
involved in similar research.  McDonnell Douglas operates a facility
near Llano, and Lockheed conducts its business at their base near
Helendale.  Both of these areas lie east of the Northrop complex.
Schultz reports that there has been a cover story concoted to suggest
that the Tejon Ranch is a radar reflectivity research facility.
Researcher Bill Hamilton asserts that according to his sources, the
Ranch is a communications facility where the saucer flights are
incidental to other activities.  The facility is nicknamed the "Anthill"
by the Northrop personnel who work there, possibly because of its
cosmetic similarity to an ant colony.  The "Black Hole" is another term
which apppears occasionally in reference to it.  Terry Claussen, head of
Northrop's Public Relations office confirms that his company does indeed
operate a facility in the area, but declined further comment on its
purpose.  After a short pause, Mr. Claussen added, "It's not flying
saucers.  I can guarantee you that" and laughed.

     An approach on the south entrance to the facility reveals a posted
warning sign stating "DANGER!/ Poison Devices In The Area/ These devices
are dangerous. They contain deadly cyanide. Stay away and keep your dogs
away./ These devices are the property of the United States Government
and are used for the protection of livestock and game animals./
Tampering with these devices or this sign is a federal offense./ United
States Department of Agriculture."  One may wonder what a poison device
may have to do with the protection of animals, but continuing further on
the  road brings the visitor to a guard shack and gate.  Schultz
approached this gate on a Thursday night late in March accompanied by
KROQ radio personalities Kevin and Bean and were  greeted by a guard who
refused to talk with them.  Given queries  from the D.J.s such as,"Do
you guys have flying saucers here?"  this is not surprising. The guard
spoke into a walkie talkie and  requested backup. Immediately, two
trucks began to approach from  inside the facility.  Schultz says it was
then decided that they  would probably get no more information, so they
quickly turned  their truck around and left.

     Whatever secret the Ranch hides is hidden mainly beneath the desert
floor.  Estimates of the extent of this burrowing run to  42 levels
down.  Approximately seven years ago, Northrop hired  local contractors
to start digging and pouring concrete in a  massive ogram.  Locals
report a line of  concrete trucks stretching for five miles up to the
complex,  unloading cement for many weeks.  Some estimates place the
amount  of concrete used in the structure at approximately a million
square yards.  There has also been a false "airstrip" observed
which,apart from showing no skid marks from any landings, has  been
reported to open up from underground to deploy craft.  This  type of
camouflage has been noted at other facilities in the  desert as well.
Will Fidroe relates that for almost three years  many area residents
noticed massive amounts of earth were moved  out from near the Air
Force's Plant 42 outside of Palmdale.  The  best protection from
observation and attack is obviously underground, and our corporate
friends have apparently raised the technology to a fine art.

     Sources within the facility report that there are no doors when
passing from one room or area to another.  There appears to be a "field"
which cannot be passed without the use of a magnetic card and coded
combinations punched into a keypad on the wall.  The security levels
increase with each level down, and personnel are constantly observed and
compartmentalized in their duties, as were the construction workers.
Some of the workers were even hired from out of state.

     According to Bill Hamilton, the management utilize surveillance
devices that appear as "orbs" of light which hover  in midair.  "They
are small glowing balls of light which are exteremely luminous but don't
reflect their light off any of the surrounding walls. They don't appear
to be anything that we could manufacture  completely alien  and beyond
anything my source had ever seen."  The orbs have been seen at other
facilities in the area as well.  The purpose of these highly
maneuverable devices seems to lie not only in passive observation, but
possibly as a form of psychotronic technology as well.  Ray, an
inspector on  the B-1 bomber project, and his wife Nancy were stargazing
on a plateau near the Ranch in the summer of 1988 when they observed one
of the orbs, which flashed a light at them.  They could then not account
for at least two and a half hours of missing time.  Under hypnosis, an
abduction scenario was revealed.  The classic grey EBEs made their
appearance along with what appeared to be  Air Force personnel.

     Other not quite so typical abduction scenarios have surfaced
involving the few residents who happen to live near the Anthill. One of
the purposes of this is apparently to discourage complaints and
inquiries about nocturnal aerial activities that they may see from time
to time.  One man who has spoken to Hamilton claimed he was exposed to
grey and reptilian EBEs in  the same abduction, but not at the same
time.  A woman who lives  near the Ranch reports an Air Force officer in
a dress blue  uniform with a dog accompanying the greys into her home
during an abduction.  Surprisingly, most of the abductees maintain a
fully conscious memory of part of their experience.  The ones that  have
elected to speak out have done so in spite of warnings they  list.

     The question remains: Why are many of these activities conducted in
full view of anyone who cares to watch?  One simple (and possibly
simplistic) answer may be that it is less expensive to expand existing
facilities than to build a new one  in a more remote area.  Shultz
maintains that "It's part of the  de sensitizing program of planned,
gradual acclamation of the  public to the idea of an alien presence."
It may also be part of  a plan of controlled leakage to what are
considered fringe  groups and individuals in an effort to confuse the
real purpose  behind these installations.  The truth could range from
the  completely terrestrial to the wholly fantastic.  The only certainty
seems to be best described in a quote by Winston Chruchill: "The truth
is so important that it must always be accompanied by a bodyguard of
lies".  Perhaps in this case, even the bodyguard is ignorant of his true
purpose.


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