The owner of a website compiling information about Area 51 believes the military is testing new technology at a covert ‘base within a base’ in the Nevada desert.
Joerg Arnu has been running dreamlandresort.com since the early days of the Internet. The site was launched in 1999, complete with a forum for equally enthusiastic fans to trade theories about happenings at the Air Force facility.
Some of those who post on the site are former Area 51 staffers – and Arnu’s home was recently raided by the Feds, convincing him that at least one user had shared the truth about what happens there.
Area 51 has long been seen as a site where recovered alien technology is tested, with at least one former worker, Bob Lazar, saying they’d seen extraterrestrial aircraft on display.
Skeptics say those incredible claims provide a useful distraction from the very real but extremely-secretive military aircraft that are definitely developed and tested there.
Arnu, a self-branded ‘Area 51 research veteran,’ is one of roughly 50 people living in Rachel, Nevada, right on the outskirts of the military base.
And with 25 years of research under his belt, Arnu believes the real secrets are now being hidden in a new part of Area 51, which sits north of the existing runways and base buildings.
‘They have years and years and decades of experience hiding things,’ Arnu told 8 News Now.
Joerg Arnu, the owner of dreamlandresort.com, believes the U.S. military is testing cutting-edge technology out in the Nevada desert
Joerg has been documenting the happenings around Area 51 since 1999 from his home in Rachel, located just on the outskirts of the base
The Air Force facility, located 120 miles outside Las Vegas, has been shrouded in a veil of mystery since its founding nearly seven decades ago
This bizarre-looking early stealth plane, named Tacit Blue, was developed in total secrecy in Area 51 in the early 1980s and only revealed in 1996, years after it had been decommissioned. It serves as a useful example of just how tightly Area 51 bosses keep their secrets to their chests
The United States’ new B-21 Stealth Raider was also likely developed at Area 51, and remained completely secret until its unveiling in 2021
‘Look at some of the exotic planes, like the Tacit Blue that was developed in total secrecy, was flown in secrecy, then all of a sudden, they put it in a museum and said, “yeah, we had this for a while”.’
Arnu was referring to a bizarre duck-bill shaped Northrup jet that was an early stealth prototype, first tested at Area 51 in 1982, decommissioned in 1985 and finally unveiled 11 years later, in 1996.
He said the fact that such a bizarre-looking plane could remain secret for so long gives a hint as to what else is kept far away from the public’s eyes at Area 51’s ultra-secret enclave.
Area 51, located 120 miles outside Las Vegas, has been shrouded in a veil of secrecy since its founding in 1955, when it was established as part of the Nevada Test and Training Range complex.
Reports of ‘unidentified flying objects’ soon began to crop up. Those appeared to stem from testing of the U-2 aircraft, which could fly up to 50,000 feet higher than normal airliners at the time.
Since then, Area 51 has continued to serve as the testing ground for other stealth aircrafts like the F-117A, A-12 and Tacit Blue. The military’s stunning new B-21 Stealth Raider was also likely developed and tested at Area 51.
The military only acknowledged the base’s existence in 2013, when a formerly classified document about the U-2 was obtained by the National Security Archive at George Washington University.
There were efforts to share more information about the facility before then. In the early 2000s, an Area 51 watchdog named Chuck Clark revealed that the military had placed sensors miles outside the base’s boundaries, leading to a raid on his home.
And he wasn’t the only one, as Arnu’s properties were swarmed by gun-toting counter-terrorism agents in November 2022.
He was in bed at his home in Rachel when around two dozen agents burst through the door, handcuffed him and led him outside for questioning.
But all the prying came at a price, as Arnu and his girlfriend, Linda Hellow, were targeted in an FBI raid in November 2022
According to a search warrant, Arnu was suspected to be in violation of Title 18 of the United States Code, accused of ‘conspiracy’ and ‘photographing defense installations’
The webmaster believes cutting-edge military technology like drones and unmanned warplanes are being tested at Area 51
‘The FBI wants to shut us down with unjustified raids and false accusations. Help us fight for our First Amendment Right!’ reads a banner on the website
Over 100 miles away in Las Vegas, girlfriend Linda Hellow was similarly awoken by FBI agents who ordered her to come downstairs at gunpoint.
The agents seized four of Arnu’s computers, several hard drives, phones, cameras and a drone. They also swiped photos of his late parents and records containing personal information.
Arnu was handed a search warrant reviewed by DailyMail.com, which starts on page 40. The document indicates that Arnu violated Title 18 of the United States Code, accusing him of ‘conspiracy’ and ‘photographing defense installations’.
He later learned that the raid was carried out by a joint team from the FBI and the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, a counter intelligence wing that investigates terrorist groups targeting the Air Force.
Nearly two years later, Arnu is unsure whether he will face jail time. However, the government’s case against him – whatever it may be – hasn’t stopped him from continuing his mission.
The webmaster said he suspects military technology like drones and unmanned warplanes are being tested at Area 51.
‘They are flying drones, obviously,’ Arnu said. ‘The Russians and Chinese work on stuff to jam our drones, we work on stuff to jam their drones. The next step is how do we make drone communications more secure.’
However, the tests are being conducted under even greater secrecy, at a ‘base within a base’ that is only visible to those with their own satellite.
Arnu is unsure whether he will face jail time, but the raid did not deter him from continuing to dig into the mystery surrounding Area 51
The ‘Area 51 research veteran’ suspects drone-jamming technology is being tested out in the desert
He says the experiments are being conducted at a highly secure ‘base within in a base’ north of Groom Lake that is only visible to those with their own satellite
‘They have a whole empty valley just north of Groom Lake, and they have the mountain range where they can pretty much play with anything they want,’ Arnu explained.
All this information and more can be found at dreamlandresort.com, which has been running ad-free since March 2019.
A flashy banner on the site encourages people to donate to a GoFundMe, reading, ‘Freedom of Speech under attack: The FBI wants to shut us down with unjustified raids and false accusations. Help us fight for our First Amendment Right!’
Arnu doesn’t intend to abandon his mission soon, and doesn’t believe the shadowy agents testing military tech in the desert plan to stop either.
‘It’s booming out there,’ Arnu said. ‘Area 51 is not going anywhere.’
Area 51 sits within a huge exclusion zone near Rachel. Sensors have been planted in the ground to warn security of any unauthorized visitors and anyone who crosses the perimeter – which sits many miles from the base itself – faces felony charges.
