Area 51 request filed in 2005, the CIA publicly acknowledged the existence of the base for the first time, declassifying documents detailing the history and purpose of Area 51. Area 51 is located in the southern portion of Nevada in the western United States, north-northwest of Las Vegas. Situated at its center, on the southern shore of Groom Lake, is a large military airfield. The site was acquired by the United States Air Force in 1955, primarily for the flight testing of the Lockheed U-2 aircraft. The area around Area 51, including the small town of Rachel on the "Extraterrestrial Highway", is
Florida State Road 51 Mill. After crossing a narrow bridge over the Little Alapaha River it intersects a dirt road named Northwest 13th Street which leads to US 129 near Avoca. The rest of the journey of CR 51 is surrounded by scrub forest. County Road 51 runs north to the Georgia border at a T intersection with two dirt roads named Flaline Break Road and Barnes Road, the latter of which is entirely dirt as far north as its terminus with State Route 94 at Tarver, Georgia. Florida State Road 51 State Road 51 (SR 51) is a north–south state highway in north