Unmarked planes and Hidden Geographies

February 16, 2007 6:31 AM

An interesting projectfrom the latest Vectors Journal. "Legend has it that Paglen, who has been called the Fox Mulder of cultural geography, was personally instrumental in provoking the military to extend the perimeter around Area 51 by several miles in an attempt to thwart one of his counter-surveillance efforts" [via]
posted by tellurian (5 comments total)

He's also the author of an interesting book on our government's secret air force.
posted by twsf at 6:49 AM on February 16, 2007

Thanks, twsf. He mentions the rendition program briefly on the Desert Rock page. How the planes actually get there is talked about on the flight procedures page.
posted by tellurian at 7:47 AM on February 16, 2007

Interestingly, Microsoft's Flight Simulator X has a mission where you fly from Vegas to Groom Lake. The air traffic controller procedure is similar to whats mentioned here, (wink wink, nudge nudge,) and has the added bonus of getting buzzed by UFOs on the way in.
posted by daHIFI at 8:06 AM on February 16, 2007

I'm grateful for the link to Vectors alone. Thanks!
posted by buzzv at 10:48 AM on February 16, 2007

cool post, thanks.
posted by aquanaut at 1:04 PM on February 16, 2007