Trevor Paglen

Secret Bases

Projects and Activities

Expeditions

Groom Lake and the Imperial Production of Nowhere (experimental lecture)

Goatsucker
(experimental lecture)

Telephotography

Books and Writing Project

Restricted Places in CA and NV

Groom Lake, NV

Tonopah Test Range, NV

Nellis Range, NV

Beale AFB, CA

Edwards AFB, CA

Vandenberg AFB, CA

Mojave Desert Facilities, CA

Classified Military Programs

Drones and UAVs

Have Blue / Stealth Fighter

A-12, SR-71, M-21

U-2

January 12, 2005
San Diego is a Secret Base

An expedition to some of the more bizarre and innocuous sites in the San Diego region.

October 9, 2004
Testing Ranges of the Antelope Valley

A trip from Los Angeles to the secret testing ranges of California's Antelope Valley.

July 30 - August 1, 2004
Secret Bases in Nevada's Basin and Range:
The Tonopah Test Range and Area 51

This expedition took the seven participants from Oakland, CA to the Tonopah Test Range and Groom Lake, NV (a.k.a. Area 51).

Leaving Oakland bright and early on July 30, our expedition had four major stops. We hiked “brainwash butte” in order to view the Tonopah Test Range, ate lunch at the Little A’Le’Inn in Rachel, NV, hiked Tikaboo Peak to see “Area 51,” and visited the border of Area 51.

click here for full trip report