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Are there aliens in Area 51?

ON MOST early mornings, eagle-eyed visitors in the Las Vegas desert can spot strange lights in the sky moving up and down. No, it’s not a UFO. It’s actually the semi-secret commuter airline using the call sign ‘Janet’ that transports workers from Las Vegas’s McCarran Airport to the infamous Area 51, just north.

Since the base opened in the 1950s, ‘alien’ aircraft have

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