Annie Jacobsen Quotes & Sayings

“The Cold War had become a battlefield marked by doublespeak. Disguise, distortion, and deception were accepted as reality. Truth was promised in a serum.”

“In 1957, with the arms race in full swing, the Department of Defense had decided it was just a matter of time before an airplane transporting an atomic bomb would crash on American soil, unleashing a radioactive disaster the likes of which the world had never seen.”

“Everything that goes on at Area 51 is classified 'top secret' when it's going on.”

“In the winter of 1973, the American POWs held captive in Vietnam were released according to the terms of the Paris Peace Accords.”

“The problem is the myths of Area 51 are hard to dispute if no one can speak on the record about what actually happened there.”

“Urban legend has it that Area 51 is connected by underground tunnels and trains to other secret facilities around the country.”

“Who would have thought that in the 1950s, Burbank was a hotbed of international espionage?”

“With stealth technology, the U.S. could spy on its Cold War adversaries without running the risk of getting caught.”

“Area 51 is located in southern Nevada desert about 75 miles north of Las Vegas. It's set inside a greater land parcel that's about the size of the state of Connecticut that's called the 'Nevada Test and Training Range.'”

“Back in the 1950s, there was a top-secret program code-named SUNTAN being conducted at a top-secret facility called Skunk Works. Its objective? To develop a liquid-hydrogen-powered spy plane. Because liquid hydrogen is incredibly volatile, early experiments were conducted inside a bomb shelter with eight-foot-thick walls.”