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Mysterious Area 51 ‘unmanned aircraft’ crash probed by Air Force, FBI — as claims rumors swirl

A mysterious aircraft crash near Nevada’s secretive Area 51 has triggered weeks of speculation, a military probe — and allegations of a government cover-up.

The incident occurred Sept. 23 on public land just outside the boundaries of the classified base at Groom Lake, about 83 miles north-northwest of Las Vegas, according to the Air Force and KLAS-TV, which reported on the crash Thursday.

A spokesperson for Creech Air Force Base confirmed the mishap involved an aircraft assigned to the 432nd Wing, which operates unmanned aerial vehicles.

No fatalities or injuries were reported, and recovery operations wrapped up Sept. 27, the base said.

But what followed — a base lockdown, flight restrictions and apparent tampering at the crash site — has fueled widespread rumors about what really fell from the sky.

The Air Force said investigators discovered “signs of tampering” during a follow-up site survey on Oct. 3, including an inert training bomb and an aircraft panel of unknown origin that were placed there after the crash.

The Air Force Office of Special Investigations and the FBI have launched a joint probe into the matter, according to the 432nd Wing’s public affairs office.

Creech officials have not released the model of the aircraft involved.

The FAA confirmed issuing a temporary flight restriction over a five-nautical-mile area east of Area 51 on the day of the crash “for national security reasons,” KLAS-TV reported on Sept. 25.

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Officials Say Aircraft Material of “Unknown Origin” Was Found at Recent Site of Mysterious Crash Near Area 51

Officials have revealed an odd turn of events involving ongoing investigations into a mysterious crash in the Nevada desert last month, which occurred near the classified U.S. Air Force facility Area 51.

On September 23, 2025, a non-fatal crash involving an aircraft was reported northeast of Las Vegas near the famous high-security facility, prompting the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to issue a temporary flight restriction (TFR) covering a five-nautical-mile area east of the secretive base.

The TFR advised that the restriction was in place for reasons involving “national security,” and the site of the crash was subsequently cleared by U.S. Air Force officials.

“There were no fatalities, injuries or property damage,” read a statement provided by 432d Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs in response to inquiries made by The Debrief on September 30, 2025.

“The incident is under investigation,” the statement read, adding that no additional details were available about the situation at that time.

That all changed last weekend, when the 432d Wing issued a new release providing the first official update on the situation in several days, which included a series of puzzling new developments.

“During a follow-on site survey on October 3rd, investigators discovered signs of tampering at the mishap location,” the October 4 release stated, “including the presence of an inert training bomb body and an aircraft panel of unknown origin that were placed on the site post-incident.”

The Debrief reached out to 432d Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs again on October 10, seeking any additional details that could be provided about the situation, but had received no response to our query as of the time of publication.

The aircraft involved in the initial September 23 incident has not been officially identified, although it is believed to have been an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), according to Dreamland Resort, a website that has chronicled news and discussions related to Area 51 and U.S. government black projects for decades.

Joerg Arnu, the site’s founder and webmaster, traveled to the area where the crash occurred shortly after officials had cleared the site, documenting his visit in a video that appeared on his YouTube page on September 29.

In an article about the incident posted on his website on October 10, Arnu wrote that while the official statements provided by the U.S. Air Force attribute the aircraft crash to a unit operating from Creech AFB, security radio communications reportedly overheard shortly after the incident may have potentially linked it to a hangar at Area 51.

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FBI Investigates Tampering of Area 51 Crash Site

The FBI is investigating the site of a military plane crash outside Area 51 that was tampered with after cleanup. According to a press release from nearby Creech Air Force Base, workers cleared the scene of a non-fatal training accident by September 27, yet on October 3 they found someone at the site had placed an inert bomb, as well as an “aircraft panel of unknown origin.” The explosive device appeared to be for training purposes only.

The spot under investigation sits just 12 miles east of Area 51, a facility known for its ironclad security and rumored involvement in UFO recovery. The Federal Aviation Administration set a tightly monitored five-day flight restriction over the region following the initial crash, making the appearance of random debris all the more mysterious.

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Military aircraft ‘incident’ under investigation near Area 51 outside Las Vegas

The U.S. Air Force is investigating an incident involving a military aircraft near Area 51 north of Las Vegas, the 8 News Now Investigators have learned.

The “incident” concerns an aircraft from Creech Air Force Base, which is located about 40 miles northeast of the Las Vegas valley. Staff at the base administer and pilot military drones.

No one was hurt and no property was damaged in the incident, according to a base spokesperson, who did not provide further information.

On Tuesday, Sept. 23, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a temporary flight restriction (TFR) for a five-nautical-mile area east of Area 51, the classified Air Force facility near Groom Lake. The TFR cites “national security” as the reason for the restriction near Highway 375.

The TFR warned pilots not to fly in the area unless the FAA authorizes them. The restrictions were scheduled to expire on Oct. 1.

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Gunman Opens Fire Outside Nevada Air Force Base Linked to Area 51

On Wednesday night, a man opened fire outside the main gate of the Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department reported that an unnamed suspect opened fire outside of the main gate of the Nellis Base and then proceeded to point his gun at security officers guarding the base.

The move by the suspect prompted the base security on duty to fire back at the suspect, which resulted in the suspect being shot in the leg.

Authorities did not release the name of the suspect but did reveal he was taken to a nearby hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.

Per The Daily Mail:

A gunman opened fire outside of an Air Force base in Nevada linked to Area 51, according to police.

The unknown suspect ‘fired rounds’ at the main gate of the site and was ‘behaving erratically’ around 12.30 am Wednesday in Las Vegas, a Nellis AFB spokesperson told the Daily Mail.

Security officers then ‘challenged the suspect who pointed his firearm at them,’ the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police said.

The alleged gunman was shot in the leg and taken to a hospital for non-life threatening injuries after a tourniquet was applied.

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Area 51 staff ‘killed by invisible enemy’ while working on top-secret projects

A group of US Air Force veterans has gone public with their story about how an ‘invisible enemy’ at the top-secret base Area 51 left them with cancer.

The former security guards at the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR), a classified site that houses Area 51, have claimed that the US government betrayed them and essentially handed them a death sentence without their knowledge.

Their claims stemmed from the revelation that NTTR was built in the 1970s on an area of land that was found to be contaminated with radiation from years of nuclear testing in the area.

However, that 1975 report from the US Energy Research and Development Administration also said it would ‘be against the national interest’ to stop the military’s secret projects at the site.

David Crete, a former Air Force Sergeant who worked at NTTR from 1983 through 1987, said that over 490 of his fellow workers have died of severe illnesses since being stationed at the secret facility.

Making matters worse, the US Department of Veterans Affairs has refused to cover their medical care because none of the surviving veterans can prove they were exposed to radiation near Area 51.

That’s because their work was so top secret, all records of their activities have been marked as ‘data masked.’

‘I have brain atrophy. The left side of my brain is shrinking and dying. That’s not too bad. I’m one of the healthy ones,’ Crete told the House Veterans Affairs Committee in April while lobbying for legislation to support the Area 51 veterans.

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Area 51 Cover Story Raises More Questions than Answers

The US Department of Defense has released a report claiming the Pentagon ran a decades-long misinformation campaign to hide classified operations at Area 51. However, this newest confession of lying to the public begs the question: is the story of a cover-up just a bigger cover-up of something more mysterious?

According to the investigation, officials disseminated doctored UFO photographs to nearby residents starting in the 1980s. This is one of several admissions that seemingly debunk specific sightings and material proof of extraterrestrials around Area 51. One retired colonel even stated that his assigned mission was to spread conspiracy theories in order to hide the true purpose of operations at the site, yet there are still eyewitnesses who have described crafts maneuvering in ways not possible with modern technology. These sightings occurred long before and after the height of military testing, meaning it’s possible the US is taking credit for advanced technology that’s not its own.

Ironically, the government’s attempt to end the mystery may have only deepened it. Since the start of congressional hearings regarding UAP a few years ago, the public has met each round of disclosure not with relief but with renewed suspicion. Last year the Pentagon claimed there was no evidence of any cover-up, a statement they’re now contradicting. The more convoluted the official narrative becomes, the more it’s taken with a grain of salt.

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US Air Force’s Janet fleet planes make unexpected trip to Area 51

The planes are typically used to transport personnel to and from secure and secretive locations within the US.There are few places on Earth as notoriously secretive as Area 51 – a remote facility in the Nevada desert that has become synonymous with stories of reverse-engineered alien technology and the development of highly advanced black projects that next to nobody knows anything about.

While we still don’t really know what goes on there, what we do know is that there was a flurry of activity a few days ago when three flights from the enigmatic Janet (Joint Air Network for Employee Transportation) fleet landed on one of its six runways.

Comprised of Boeing 737 jets made up to look like typical airliners, Janet fleet has been used for many years to transport important personnel – such as military contractors and DoD staff – to secure and secretive locations.

In this particular case, three of the planes took off two days ago from the nearby Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas and landed at Area 51 around 18 minutes later.It is believed that such flights have been happening since as far back as 1955.

The big question is exactly what the purpose of these latest trips might be, especially within the context of recent political events in the US and beyond.

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Drone incursions target ‘Plant 42,’ said to be the birthplace to top secret tech

 In August 2024, alarming drone encounters were documented for seven nights above a highly secretive desert facility, according to new reports.

While mysterious drone incursions have made headlines in recent months, documents are now coming to light highlighting disturbing incidents around restricted airspace, including a desert facility known as “Plant 42,” said to be the birthplace of top-secret technology.

The facility, located in Palmdale, CA, is an aerospace brain trust with distinct ties to Area 51 in Nevada. Most notably, it uses JANET, the nickname of the hush-hush airline that shuttles workers from Las Vegas to Area 51 or to Area 52 near Tonopah. Plant 42 is described as a Mojave Desert enclave of brilliant engineers and aerospace brainiacs working on projects for  NASA, the US Air Force, and the CIA.

Plant 42 is the birthplace of many amazing machines, including the soon-to-be-unveiled B-21 Raider and the next generation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). All the big names are present at Plant 42. From Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works to Northrop Grumman to McDonnell Douglas, the cutting-edge technologies deemed vital to national security come through the facility.

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JFK assassination task force to reveal findings on UFOs, Area 51 and pledges Americans will get ‘the truth’

A top Republican lawmaker overseeing DOGE’s sweeping changes in Congress has vowed that Americans will soon get ‘the truth’ about UFOs and what secrets are hidden at Area 51. 

House Oversight Chairman James Comer, R-K.Y., this month created a task force to unveil long-kept government secrets of massive public interest. 

His group is a direct response to Donald Trump’s executive order to declassify secrets like the JFK assassination files, intelligence on Martin Luther King Jr.’s murder, and also the killing of Robert Kennedy. 

Trump has also pushed for the release of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein‘s death in prison and information on UFOs, also called unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP).

During the roll out of the new task force earlier this month its leader Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, standing next to Comer, said the group will uncover files on JFK’s assassination – which she believes involved multiple shooters – and UAP.

Speaking with Daily Mail’s podcast Welcome to MAGAland at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) this week, Comer, for the first time, committed to investigating and – possibly releasing – files on Area 51 as a part of Trump’s new mandate.

‘I don’t think the government’s been 100 percent truthful with the American people about what may or may not exist out there, especially in Area 51,’ Comer said in an exclusive interview, which was previewed on Daily Mail’s podcast Welcome to MAGAland. 

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