34 Quotes by Annie Jacobsen

I examined a lot of CIA declassified UFO files, which are fascinating, because there was a huge UFO craze going on in America. There still is today, but it certainly started in '47. And by the '50s, it was in full force.

Anyone who's read my 'Terror in the Skies' series knows that I have not been writing with an eye toward approval from any government agency.

Can a democratic nation fight a War on Terror and at the same time bend over backward so as not to offend a few visitors' rights?

The oil under Libya is the champagne of oil, drop for drop the world's most valuable.

Because it flew without a pilot, the D-21 was designed to fly over territory where the U.S. was denied access and to take photographs of weapons facilities from altitudes as low as 1,500 feet. But the project was canceled on July 30, 1966, after a fatal accident at sea during the drone's first official launch.

As far as I know, all the presidents know about Area 51. It would almost be impossible for them not to.

I do believe that the truth gets out.

Many of the engineers I interviewed worked on reverse-engineering technology. It's a hallmark of Area 51.

The area out at Area 51 that was part of the Operation Plumbbob test continues to be contaminated. It was not cleaned up until the '80s.