Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Gungwa racho raiva nzvimbo yakanaka yokuedza ndege, uye makomo eEmigrant Valley nenharaunda yeNTS, anenge makiromita 160 kuchamhembe kweLas Vegas, yaidzivirira nzvimbo yokuedza kubva kuvashanyi. CIA yakakumbira AEC kuti itenge ivhu, rakasarudzwa "Nzvimbo 51" pamepu, uye kuiwedzera kuNevada Test Site. Johnson akatumidza nzvimbo iyi "Paradise Ranch" kukurudzira vashandi kuti vaende kunzvimbo iyo nhoroondo yepamutemo yeCIA yeprojekti yeU-2 yaizotsanangura gare gare se "nzvimbo itsva pakati pekusaziva"; zita racho rakapfupikiswa kuva "Ranch". Musi waMay 4, 1955, chikwata chekuongorora chakasvika paGroom Lake ndokuisa nzvimbo yakareba mamita 1 500 kubva kuchamhembe kuenda kumaodzanyemba pakona yekumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kwegungwa uye vakagadza nzvimbo yenzvimbo yekutsigira nzvimbo. "The Ranch", inozivikanwawo seSite II, pakutanga yaingova nenzvimbo dzinopfuura shomanene dzokuvanda, mashopu uye dzimba dzemotokari dzinotakurika dzokugara boka duku racho. Mumwedzi inopfuura mitatu, nzvimbo yacho yakanga yava nepanzira imwe chete yakatwasuka, dzimba nhatu dzokuchengetera zvinhu, shongwe yokudzora, uye pokugara kwevashandi vanoedza. Zvinhu zvishomanene zvaiva panzvimbo yacho zvaisanganisira imba yemitambo yebhaisikopo nenhandare yevolleyball. Mukuwedzera, kwakanga kune imba yokudyira, matsime emvura anoverengeka, uye matangi okuchengetera mafuta. Pakazosvika July 1955, vashandi veCIA, veAir Force, uye veLockheed vakatanga kusvika. The Ranch akagamuchira yayo yokutanga U-2 hurukuro musi 24 July 1955 kubva Burbank pamusoro C-124 Globemaster II nhumbi ndege, achiperekedzwa Lockheed wevanamakanika pamusoro Douglas DC-3. Ndege dzenguva dzose dzeMilitary Air Transport Service dzakarongwa pakati peNzvimbo 51 namahofisi eBurbank, California, aLockheed. Kuti vachengetedze chakavanzika, vashandi vacho vakaenda kuNevada mangwanani eMuvhuro ndokudzokera kuCalifornia manheru eChishanu.  Mubvunzo: ndiani akanga aripo pakuendeswa kwokutanga kweU-2?
Vashandi vepaLockheed