Part 3: The Birth of Area 51

In 1955, Lockheed’s Skunk Works built a secret runway in Nevada’s Groom Lake to test the U-2 spy plane. It would become Area 51, birthplace of the Blackbird and decades of classified innovation.
Host Nick Johnson uncovers the true origins of America’s most mysterious base—linking his grandfather’s work at Lockheed to nuclear tests, surveillance breakthroughs, and the myths that still surround the desert today.