The CIA akakumbira AEC kuwana nyika, yakatarwa "Area 51" pamepu, uye kuwedzera kuti Nevada Test Site. Johnson zita nzvimbo "Paradise Ranch" kukurudzira vashandi kuti kutamira kunzvimbo kuti CIA pamutemo nhoroondo U-2 chirongwa kwaizova gare gare kurondedzera se "chitsva nzvimbo pakati hapana"; zita rakava rakapfupikiswa kuti "The Ranch". On May 4, 1955, mumwe ongororo chikwata akasvika paLake Groom uye akarembera 5,000-tsoka (1,500 m), kuchamhembe-kumaodzanyemba run pamusoro kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero uye NTS perimeter, akawedzera bvunzo nzvimbo kubva vashanyi. "The Emigrant Valley makomo uye NTS perimeter, anenge 100 mi (160 km) kuchamhembe Las Vegas, akadzivirira bvunzo nzvimbo kubva vashanyi.
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