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Area 51



 
 
 
   
 

It's the most famous military installation in the world, yet it doesn't officially exist. Area 51-- a site for covert Cold War operations-- has long been a magnet for crackpots, conspiracy theorists, and the overly curious. While there may not be truth to the rumours that Area 51 is a haven for UFO's and extraterrestrials, it's clear that the US government has been up to something in Area 51 for decades, and it turns out there is a kernel of truth to even some of the wildest speculation. Underground tunnels… Hidden enemy aircraft… Secret government UFO files… Now, after years of silence, for the first time Area 51 insiders spill their secrets and reveal what's really been going on inside the most secretive place on earth.		  

 
Area 51 ist ein militärisches Sperrgebiet im südlichen Nevada (USA) im Besitz der United States Air Force und des US-amerikanischen Verteidigungsministeriums Die korrekten Namen sind Homey Airport oder Groom Lake. Das Sperrgebiet liegt innerhalb des großen Luftwaffenübungsgeländes Nellis als eigene zusätzlich gesicherte militärische Anlage. Area 51 ist Gegenstand vieler Verschwörungstheorien, insbesonderer solcher, wonach auf der Basis außerirdische Lebensformen erforscht werden. Die Existenz des Sperrgebiets wurde offiziell jahrzehntelang lang geheim gehalten und erst im August 2013 vom US-amerikanischen Geheimdienst CIA bestätigt.Die US Air Force testet in dem Sperrgebiet neue Experimentalflugzeuge Area.


51 ist ein Sperrgebiet von etwa 100 km² Fläche in Lincoln County und Nye County, 110 km nordwestlich von Las Vegas. Den größten Teil davon macht das Emigrant Valley aus. Es wird von den Groom- und Papoose-Gebirgszügen eingerahmt. Zwischen den beiden Gebirgen liegt der Groom Lake, ein ausgetrockneter Salzsee von etwa fünf Kilometern Durchmesser. Am südwestlichen Ausläufer dieses Sees wurde ein Militärflugplatz errichtet; seine Landebahn ist über 8 Kilometer lang. Es gibt mindestens eine weitere asphaltierte Start- und Landebahn einige Kilometer weiter im alten See. Auf Satellitenfotos sind noch vier Landebahnen auf dem Salzsee zu erkennen; jeweils zwei davon verlaufen parallel. Sie tragen die Kennungen 03/21 L bzw. R und 09/27 L bzw. R und sind etwa 3000 m lang.


Groom- und Papoosesalzsee

Area 51 grenzt an die Yucca-Flats-Region, die zum ehemaligen Nevada-Testgelände gehört, auf dem das amerikanische Energieministerium auch Tests mit Nuklearwaffen nach dem ersten Atombombentest an der Trinity Site (New Mexico) durchführte (siehe Manhattan-Projekt). Das Nuklear-Lager von Yucca Mountain liegt etwa 65 Kilometer südwestlich von Groom Lake.

Die Bezeichnung Area 51 stammt von den alten Gebietseinteilungen auf Karten des Nevada-Testgeländes.


 
 
 

UFO- und Verschwörungstheorien

Geheimhaltungsmaßnahmen, die Verbindung zu geheimer Flugzeugforschung und Berichte über ungewöhnliche Phänomene machten Area 51 zu einem zentralen Bestandteil moderner UFO- und Verschwörungstheorien. Angeblich fanden oder finden dort unter anderem folgende außergewöhnliche Aktivitäten statt:

  • Lagerung, Untersuchung und Reverse Engineering abgestürzter außerirdischer Raumschiffe (u. a. Material eines angeblich 1947 bei Roswell abgestürzten Objektes), die Untersuchung der jeweiligen (toten oder lebenden) Besatzungen und die Herstellung von Flugzeugen, die auf außerirdischer Technologie basieren. 1989 behauptete Robert Lazar in mehreren TV-Interviews, an geheimen Projekten in einer Forschungseinrichtung S4 in der Nähe des Papoose-Salzsees im Area 51 gearbeitet zu haben.[10]
  • Treffen und geheime Gespräche mit extraterrestrischen Lebensformen.
  • Entwicklung exotischer Energiewaffen (für die Strategic Defense Initiative oder andere Anwendungen, wie z. B. Wetterkontrolle).
  • Aktivitäten in Verbindung mit einer angeblichen Schattenregierung der Welt durch die Illuminaten und andere Geheimbünde.
  • Geheime Filmstudios, in denen die Bilder von den Apollo-Landungen auf dem Mond gedreht worden sein sollen (siehe Verschwörungstheorien zur Mondlandung).

Der nächstgelegene zivile Wohnplatz außerhalb der Area 51 ist das kleine Dorf Rachel; es wurde zum Pilgerziel für Verschwörungstheoretiker und Ufologen. Einige Besucher berichteten von Begegnungen der ersten Art, in Form von unüblichen Lichterscheinungen entlang des durch den Ort laufenden Highways 375, der mittlerweile auch offiziell „Extraterrestrial Highway“ heißt. In den meisten Fällen ließen sich diese Erscheinungen jedoch auf Kampfjets der nahegelegenen Nellis Air Force Base zurückführen, die entlang des Highways Zielübungen durchführten oder Positionslichter von experimentellen Flugzeugen, wie der U2, die Testflüge von der Area 51 durchführten.

 

 

Die US-Regierung bestätigte bis 2013 die Existenz der Area 51 am Groom Lake nicht explizit; die Existenz der Luftwaffenbasis wurde nie bestritten. Im August 2013 wurde die Existenz der Area 51, auch unter diesem Namen, von der CIA offiziell bestätigt  nachdem der Forscher Jeffrey T. Richelson vom Nationalen Sicherheitsarchiv der George-Washington-Universität einen Freedom-of-Information-Act-Antrag stellte.Das US-Verteidigungsministerium erklärte, dass Area 51 keine offizielle Bezeichnung sei, allerdings als Teil der Nellis Range Testgebiet für Technologien und Waffensysteme sowie Trainingsbereich für die Effektivität der US-Streitkräfte und die Sicherheit der Vereinigten Staaten zuständig sei. Es wird bestätigt, dass bestimmte gegenwärtige und vergangene Aktivitäten Verschlusssache seien und nicht veröffentlicht werden können.

  

‘Area 51’, is not an Air Force designation, but the area referred to is part of the Air Force’s Nellis Complex. The complex is used for testing technologies and systems, and training for operations critical to the effectiveness of U.S. military forces and the security of the United States. One part of the complex is located near Groom dry lake. Some specific activities and operations conducted on the Nellis Range, both past and present, remain classified and cannot be discussed publicly.

„‚Area 51‘ ist keine Bezeichnung der Air Force, aber das damit gemeinte Gebiet ist Teil des Nellis-Komplexes der Air Force. Dieser Komplex wird zur Erprobung von Technologien und Systemen und zum Training für Operationen verwendet, die für die Effektivität der amerikanischen Streitkräfte und für die Sicherheit der USA entscheidend sind. Ein Teil des Komplexes liegt am trockenen Groom Lake. Einige gewisse Aktivitäten und Operationen, die am Nellis-Gelände in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart durchgeführt werden, bleiben unter Verschluss und können nicht öffentlich diskutiert werden.“

Die Gegend taucht auf den meisten Karten als großes Sperrgebiet östlich des U.S. Highway 95 (von Las Vegas nach Reno) auf. Das Gebiet wird in den von der Regierung veröffentlichten Satellitenfotos der Vereinigten Staaten nicht aufgeführt. Auf der militärischen Luftraumkarte Nellis AFB Range Chart, die das gesamte Gebiet der Nellis Range abdeckt und die von der Defense Mapping Agency herausgegeben wird, wird nur die Nellis Air Force Base ohne Erwähnung einer sogenannten „Area 51“ angezeigt. Mittlerweile hat die Federation of American Scientists (FAS) auf ihrer Seite Bilder des SatellitenIKONOS mit einer Auflösung von einem Meter publiziert, die verschiedenste Anlagen innerhalb der Nellis Air Force Base zeigen. Seit der Veröffentlichung der Programme Google Earth oder Worldwind ist es möglich, sich Satellitenbilder dieses Ortes über ein Geländemodell gezogen anzusehen.

   

Mittlerweile hat der Flugplatz auf Groom Lake wie jeder andere mehr oder weniger öffentliche Flugplatz einen ICAO-Code erhalten: KXTA.

Das Gelände um den Trockensee ist ein Flugbeschränkungsgebiet (R-4808N). Es soll durch Radarstationen, versteckte Bewegungsmelder und auf menschliche Ausdünstungen reagierende Schweißsensoren gesichert sein. Zu den Sicherheitsmaßnahmen gehören außerdem bewaffnete Wachen eines zivilen Wachdienstes, die bei Bedarf von der örtlichen Polizei unterstützt werden. Auf Anweisung des damaligen US-PräsidentenGeorge W. Bush ist das Operationsgebiet der Air Force nahe dem Groom Lake, Nevada zudem von den geltenden Umweltschutzgesetzen ausgenommen, da es Anfang der 1990er Jahre zu Gerichtsklagen gekommen war.

Area 51 dient offenbar als Testflugbasis. Direkt neben dem Sperrgebiet Area 51 liegt ein weiteres Gebiet, das in zivilen Karten als Waffentestgebiet ausgezeichnet ist. In der Nähe findet regelmäßig das Red-Flag-Manöver statt.

Im August 2013 musste die US-Regierung im Rahmen des Freedom of Information Act Dokumente freigeben, die die Existenz der Area 51 bestätigen. Demnach soll es während des Kalten Krieges als Testgelände für die Spionage- bzw. Aufklärungsflugzeuge U-2 und Oxcart genutzt worden sein.[18][19][20][21] Das Gelände soll ebenso zur Erprobung des Mondrovers sowie für Tests von Unterstützungssystemen gedient haben, die im Rahmen der Apollo-Missionen 15, 16 und 17 zum Einsatz kamen.

In dem von der CIA freigegebenen, 407 Seiten starken Dokument sind die Spionage-Flüge der US-Streitkräfte in den Jahren 1954 bis 1974 festgehalten. Weder Piloten und Passagiere kommerzieller Flüge noch Beobachter auf der Erde konnten sich in dieser Zeit die rasend schnellen, blitzhellen Lichterscheinungen am Himmel erklären. Die CIA erklärt die Erscheinungen inzwischen folgendermaßen: Mitte der 1950er Jahre flogen Passagierflugzeuge in Höhen zwischen drei und sechs Kilometern, militärische Flugzeuge wie Bomber der Typen B-47 und B-57 blieben unter zwölf Kilometern. Die Spionageflugzeuge U-2 und Oxcart waren dagegen eigens dafür konstruiert, enorme Höhen zu erreichen. Als sie begannen in Höhen größer als 18 Kilometer zu fliegen, bekamen die Fluglotsen steigende Zahlen an UFO-Meldungen. Da die Spionageflugzeuge in rund 20 Kilometern Höhe in der Stratosphäre verkehrten, wurden von ihren Flügeln Sonnenstrahlen auch dann noch reflektiert, wenn es in tieferen Schichten der Atmosphäre längst dunkel geworden war. Das erweckte den Anschein, als seien UFOs im Anflug. Hunderte UFO-Sichtungen sind nun aufgeklärt.
 
 
 
 


How Area 51 Works

For decades, a U.S. military installation located roughly 100 miles (161 kilometers) north of Las Vegas had been one of the worst-kept secrets on the planet. Area 51, as it's commonly known to UFO conspiracy theorists and aviation buffs who piece together the details of classified military spy plane prototypes, is a place whose existence the U.S. government long refused even to acknowledge.

  
 
 But in August 2013, the shroud over Area 51 finally lifted, at least a bit. Jeffrey T. Richelson, a researcher at the Washington, D.C.-based National Security Archive, a nonprofit think tank, obtained declassified documents about the development and use of the U-2 and OXCART surveillance aircraft in the 1950s and 1960s. The documents made repeated references to Area 51 and detailed how it was selected as a testing area by the CIA, the U.S. Air Force and defense contractor Lockheed because of its remote location. They even included a map that confirmed its exact location [source: National Security Archive].

But that belated disclosure didn't do much to quell the rumors that long have swirled around Area 51. In the murky world of Internet bulletin boards, late-night call-in AM radio programs and TV and movie science-fiction fantasies, it's long been assumed to be the place where government researchers reverse-engineered captured alien spacecraft, tried to clone extraterrestrials, and filmed the fake moon landing in 1969 [source: Day]. The government, as you might expect, did not confirm any of that.

"Area 51 is a riddle," author Annie Jacobsen wrote in a 2011 book on the secret installation. "Very few people comprehend what goes on there, and millions want to know."

In this article, we'll look at what's known about Area 51, as well as what's suspected, and try to piece together as much as we can. Remember, as they used to say on the classic TV show "The X-Files," the truth is out there.

Area 51
Air base in Nevada
The United States Air Force facility commonly known as Area 51 is a remote detachment of Edwards Air Force Base, within the Nevada Test and Training Range. Wikipedia
 

AREA 51 FACTS & SECRETS

 
With all the secrecy shrouding Area 51, it's time for some light to be shed. Learn more about the nicknames, entertainment, food, spy planes, and rumors surrounding this infamous site.

 On August 15, 2013 the CIA finally acknowledged the existence of Area 51. After repeated freedom of information request made by George Washington University the CIA lifted the veil of secrecy on Area 51. 

 On December 8, 2013 President Obama makes an off hand comment about Area 51, becoming the first President to publicly acknowledge its existence. This does not mean they are talking openly about UFOs and military secrets but it does open the door for lawsuits and additional freedom of information request from the public. 
 
 

The name ‘Area 51’ derives from its marking on 1950’s Nevada Test Site maps. Today, the official name of Area 51 is Air Force Flight Test Center, Detachment 3, or AFFTC Det. 3 for short. For years even our own government denied its existence until Soviet pictures confirmed what many knew all along. The base did exist. The facility was originally designed for the testing of U-2 spy planes, and ultimately Stealth technology would be born there. The secret site has grown to many times its original size. The USAF took over command of Area 51, and its airspace in 1970.

  • Area 51 was also referred to as Groom Lake (the name of the dry lake Area 51 was built around), Paradise Ranch (a half-serious way to entice employees to accept positions at the remote, rustic base), Watertown (the official name of the test site, given in 1956), and Dreamland (after an Edgar Allan Poe poem).
  • Area 51’s nickname DREAMLAND was allegedly derived from an Edgar Allan Poe poem by the same name. It admonishes that “the traveler, traveling through it, may not-dare not openly view it; Never its mysteries are exposed, to the weak human eye unclosed.”
  • The first known use of the area was the construction in 1941 of an auxiliary airfield for the West Coast Air Corps Training Center at Las Vegas Air Field. Known as Indian Springs Airfield Auxiliary No. 1, it consisted of two dirt 5000' runways.
  • Under President Dwight Eisenhower the Groom Lake facility was put in the hands of the CIA for Project Aquatone, for the development of the Lockheed U-2 reconnaissance aircraft in April 1955.
  • This mysterious fortress and its surrounding grounds are strictly off-limits. What secrets are kept inside this highly guarded facility? The rumors abound. Yes, there have been pictures of craft doing amazing maneuvers over these guarded skies and pictures and video smuggled from inside have become legend. These smuggled articles show living and dead aliens, spacecraft of futuristic design, but still the government denies these claims.
  • Helen Frost, whose husband Robert died in 1988 from the fumes, filed a lawsuit against the government in 1996 but the case was dismissed by the judge because the government could neither confirm nor deny the allegations, and it was also stated that the base is exempt from any environmental laws.
  • During the 70's and 80's the workers at Area 51 were exposed to jet fuel toxins like JP7. Supposedly old computer parts were also burned in trenches. The workers were ordered to go into the trenches and mix up the material and were only allowed to wear protection up to their waist.

  • When Area 51 was chosen as the testing site for the A-12 OXCART, a new, 8,500-foot runway had to be built. So as not to draw attention, contractors worked under cover of night.
  • Flying at 2,200 mph, it took OXCART pilot 186 miles just to make a U-turn. To accommodate the plane, an additional 38,400 acres of land around the base had to be withdrawn from public access and the restricted airspace expanded to create a 440-square mile box.
  • Early on, the only entertainment at Area 51 consisted of a single cement tennis court and a small bowling alley. There was no television, and radio signals only made it through the surrounding mountains in the evening.
  • The Area 51 mess hall sometimes served lobsters and oysters. Once a week it was steak night.
  • There is a sliver of truth to the conspiracy theory that the moon landing was staged at Area 51. Various space equipment – including land rovers and life support systems – were tested by the astronauts at the adjoining nuclear testing grounds.
  • Area 51 has not been spared by the downturn in the economy, it is estimated that there are 1600 to 2000 employees working at the  military facility involving at least a dozen defense contractors as of 2013. This is down by 200-400 employees since 2012. 
  • A recent poll showed that 70%+ of Americans believe that UFOs are real.
  • After an increase in UFO sightings in 1952, the CIA concluded that “there is a remote possibility that they may be interplanetary aircraft,” and that it was necessary to investigate each sighting.
  • 90% of reported UFO sightings could be easily debunked, while the other 10% were “a number of incredible reports from credible observers.”
  • Over half of all UFO reports from the late 1950s through the 1960s were accounted for by manned reconnaissance flights (namely the U-2) over the United States, virtually all originating from Area 51.

 
  • The A-12 OXCART required special fuel in order to fly at such extreme speeds and heights. The fuel was made to withstand extremely high temperatures and would not ignite even if someone threw a match into a barrel full of it.
  • The OXCART cruised at 2200 miles per hour, but because the plane was secret it was kept out of official speed competitions.
  • The A-12 OXCART consisted of more than 90% titanium. It was the world’s first titanium plane.
  • An A-12 spy plane was used when the USS Pueblo was captured by North Korea to photograph the area and determine the ship's location.
  • The OXCART's engines acted as vacuum cleaners, sucking up any debris left on the runway. So personnel would vacuum the runway before each test flight.
  • The Air Force has acknowledged the existence of the Nellis Range Complex near the Groom Dry Lake for many years now. There are a variety of activities, some of which are classified, throughout the complex.
  • The range is used for the testing of technologies and systems training for operations critical to the effectiveness of U.S. military forces and the security of the United States.
  • Some specific activities and operations conducted on the Nellis Range, both past and present, remain CLASSIFIED and cannot be discussed.

  • Suspended upside down, a titanium A-12 spy-plane prototype is prepped for radar testing at Area 51 in the late 1950s. 
  • But pushing the limits came with risks—and led to the catastrophic 1963 crash of an A-12 based out of Area 51.
  • After a rash of declassification's and the acknowledgement of the existence of Area 51, details of Cold War workings at the Nevada base, are coming to light—including images of an A-12 crash and its cover-up pictured publicly for the first time in May.


  • Remnants of a crashed A-12 spy plane—including two engines and the shattered rear fuselage—litter the ground near Wendover, Utah, in a 1963 picture recently declassified by the CIA and published here for the first time.
  • After pilot Ken Collins had parachuted to the ground, he was stunned to be greeted by three civilians in a pickup, who offered to give him a ride to the wreckage of his plane. Instead, Collins got them to give him a ride in the opposite direction, by telling them the plane had a nuclear weapon on board—a prearranged cover story to keep the Area 51 craft a secret. 
  • Nearly undetectable to radar, the A-12 could fly at 2,200 miles (3,540 kilometers) an hour—fast enough to cross the continental U.S. in 70 minutes. From 90,000 feet (27,400 meters), the plane's cameras could capture foot-long (0.3-meter-long) objects on the ground below. 

  


You won't find it on any geological or aeronautical maps and yet like a place in the Twilight Zone, flights to it leave Las Vegas' McCarran Airport every day. Some say alien aircraft are stored there and reverse-engineered to create new aircraft and weapons, or it's the site of genetic testing or other diabolical plots. Others say it's just a very secret aircraft development site. No matter, what it is, Area 51 remains shrouded in mystery.
 
Events at Area 51 from  Construction to Today! 
 
 
 

  • 1950's - due to fear of Russian planes and nukes, the CIA and Air Force teamed up with Lockheed Martin’s “Skunkworks” division to produce a high-altitude reconnaissance plane to spy on the Russians. They chose a location away from prying eyes. The first airstrip at Groom Lake, the eventual site of Area 51, cost a mere $832,000.
  • 1957 - The AEC (Atomic Energy Commission) distributes "Background Information on Nevada Nuclear Tests" to the press. The booklet describes a small base at Groom Lake called the Watertown Project. The booklet claimed the facility was part of a project to study weather.
  • 1959 - They started builting a radar cross section (RCS) to study the radar signature of mock-up designs for the next reconnaissance plane. Full-scale models were tested on a 50-foot pole, built out of welded together destroyer propeller shafts.
  • 1960 - Fancis Gary Powers’ U-2 was shot down over the United Soviet States of Russia (USSR). Project Oxcart began in order to design the A-12 a precursor to the SR-71.
  • 1961 - The restricted airspace expands upwards, but not outwards -- it measures five by nine nautical miles in size, but extends up to space and is designated R-4808. A year later, the Department of the Air Force expands the space again, but this time the perimeter grows to 22 by 20 nautical miles. This forms the "Groom Box," or just "the Box," as it is known today. No flights, whether commercial or military, are allowed in the restricted space (except the test flights from the base itself).
  • 1962 - The first A-12 arrives at Groom Lake. The first test flight takes place two months after the aircraft's arrival to the base. CIA pilots arrive at the base nearly a year later to begin flight training.
  • 1967 - The first Mig 21, a Soviet aircraft, arrives at Groom Lake. Officials name the testing program of Mig aircraft "Have Donut." Some pilots begin to call the restricted air space above Groom Lake "Red Square."
  • 1970 - Area 51 also hosts a very important project for the military. Since the 1970s, the U.S. Air Force has been testing the capabilities of Russian and foreign aircraft at Area 51 in mock dogfights. This continues today.
  • 1977 - Years before the public became aware of the Stealth Fighter, the first F117 prototype arrives at Area 51. It's called the "Have Blue." That same year, the United States Geological Survey takes an aerial-photo of the base. The photo appears in numerous publications and is available until 1994, when the government withdraws it from release.
  • 1982 - The first flight of the vehicle known as "Tacit Blue" takes place at Groom Lake. Like the F-117A, Tacit Blue is a stealth vehicle.
  • 1984 - The base petitions for an additional 89,000 acres of land to increase the size of restricted space around the facility. Guards had previously discouraged the public from entering this area before it was officially withdrawn, raising concern and criticism from locals and tourists. The request is ratified by Congress three years later.
  • 1988 - A Soviet satellite photographs Area 51. "Popular Science" runs the photograph, giving most U.S. citizens their first chance to glimpse the secret base. That same year, Robert Frost, a civilian employee at Area 51, dies. An autopsy shows that his body contained high levels of dangerous chemicals like dioxin, trichloroethylene and dibenzofuran. His widow, Helen, files a lawsuit against several government officials, claiming her husband died as a result of exposure to dangerous chemicals.
  • 1989 - Robert Lazar appears on television and claims to have worked on reverse engineering alien technology at a site not far from Groom Lake.
  • 1995 - Area 51 acquires two locations popular with tourists and curious locals. Freedom Ridge and White Sides Peak. President Clinton signs an executive order exempting Area 51 from legislation and investigation in order to preserve national security.
  • 1996 - Nevada names Route 375, formerly known as the "loneliest highway in America," the "Extraterrestrial Highway." Skeptics around the world groan in unison.
  • 1997 - Area 51 is declassified, though all operations at the facility are still kept secret.
  • 1997 - Lt. Col. Philip Corso is interviewed on both radio and television saying that rumors swirling around Roswell are in fact true. He claims that the the US government developed technologies from  artifacts collected from down space craft. These include (but are not limited to) lasers (particle beams), bullet proof material (kevlar), integrated circuits, fiber optics, night vision instruments,etc. 
  • 2007 - It appears that crews are building a new hangar, much larger than the existing hangar. One Web site claims the hangar's size to be 200 by 500 feet and 100 feet tall. 
  • 2011 - Annie Jacobson writes a best seller (Area 51, an Uncensored History) theorizing that Stalin sent grotesque, child-size aviators bred as horrific human experiments to Area 51 for the express purpose of sending the United States into a panic.  
  • 2011 - Experts speculate that all the sensitive material and most of the operations have been move to what is now dubbed Area 52, the Dugway Proving Grounds.
  • 2013 - It is estimated that there are between 1600 - 2300 employees currently working at Area 51. The majority are military personnel, government employees and government contractor.
  • 2013 - Through the efforts of Georgetown University, Area 51's the location and existence become declassified. Make no mistake, much of the activity is still very classified.
  • 2013 - President Obama becomes the first US President to openly mention and acknowledge Area 51 publicly. 
  • 2014 - Area 51 starts to restaff at levels that have not be seen for several years. 
 

 
 

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