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    CIA‏Verified account @CIA 6 Aug 2015

    #Area51, U-2 & the Accidental Test Flight: http://1.usa.gov/1gelwxe pic.twitter.com/vf8ADrh1FN

    9:26 AM - 6 Aug 2015
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      2. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 6 Aug 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        1 Aug 1955: 1st unofficial flight of U-2. Test pilot inadvertently went airborne for a few moments during high-speed-taxi test at #Area51.

        7 replies 90 retweets 71 likes
      3. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 6 Aug 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        #Area51 is part of the Nevada Test & Training Range at Groom Lake in the desert of western Nevada.pic.twitter.com/jTckGttoZI

        29 replies 210 retweets 167 likes
      4. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 6 Aug 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        Much of the U-2 testing took place at #Area51, aka Watertown. U-2’s first official test flight happened 4 Aug 1955.pic.twitter.com/aXWeSHq8Ou

        10 replies 125 retweets 114 likes
      5. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 6 Aug 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        #Area51 was chosen by U-2’s Development Projects Staff because the U-2 could be tested safely & secretly there.pic.twitter.com/OHLyyBTAeV

        14 replies 141 retweets 132 likes
      6. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 6 Aug 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        #Area51 was not part of Nevada Proving Ground, U-2 staff asked it be added & deal approved by President Eisenhower.pic.twitter.com/d8nxqONEko

        10 replies 104 retweets 92 likes
      7. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 6 Aug 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        For security, primary access to #Area51 was by aircraft. A C-124 would transport U-2 components & personnel from California to #Area51.

        14 replies 70 retweets 69 likes
      8. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 6 Aug 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        To make #Area51 more attractive to pilots & workers @LockheedMartin’s Kelly Johnson, called it “Paradise Ranch.”pic.twitter.com/NxotXYJD85

        14 replies 151 retweets 138 likes
      9. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 6 Aug 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        #Area51 was also called “Watertown” because runoff from surrounding mountains would flood dry lakebed of Groom Lake.pic.twitter.com/Cgfj0zi7Zi

        19 replies 170 retweets 217 likes
      10. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 6 Aug 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        This video was made for families of people working on the U-2 to explain workers long absences from home. #Area51https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQnBJrj_-l8&list=PLb9QRVXYyLdoZ5COFtYF6TvIWa8jA-qG1&index=6 …

        21 replies 148 retweets 205 likes
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      1. Conan de Rennes‏ @ConandeRennes 6 Aug 2015
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        @CIA No accident. Sweet pea.

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      1. ᴘᴇʀ ᴇʀɪᴋssᴏɴ‏ @htiawe 6 Aug 2015
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        @cia Mr Mulder will be in touch shortly.

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      2. Guti‏ @playerparzivall 6 Aug 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        @CIA Posting pictures of the CIA #Area51? strange ... where UFOs?

        1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
      3. ST_A‏ @Stormtrooper_Ar 6 Aug 2015
        Replying to @playerparzivall

        @TrouxaoPrazer @CIA I thought it can be mentioned now because the Pres acknowledged the name publicly ...?

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      4. Guti‏ @playerparzivall 6 Aug 2015
        Replying to @Stormtrooper_Ar

        @Stormtrooper_Ar @CIA I think the secret archives with more than 50 years can be opened now, but not everything is revealed

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      1. Great Gov Tweets‏ @GreatGovTweets 7 Aug 2015
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        @CIA Congratulations on writing a great gov tweet! http://shiningsea.measuredvoice.com/CIA/status/629327579669925888 … (Ranked 33rd for Aug 6.)

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      1. gareththomasnz‏ @gareththomasnz 6 Aug 2015
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        @CIA kewl

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      2. "WiLD"~Bill FLYnn;)‏ @beer030 6 Aug 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        @CIA @JackDidinger Didn't they just move #Area51 over too New Mexico only just a few short years ago??

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      4. "WiLD"~Bill FLYnn;)‏ @beer030 6 Aug 2015
        Replying to @JackDidinger

        @JackDidinger @CIA Not even ,,, he's not soposed to know it even exists!

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      1.  🦅viciousnetworks‏ @spirit5656 6 Aug 2015
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        @CIA wooo

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