Google earth confirms my personal observation. From Tikapu peak one can see across grommlake to the base there . It is supposed to be Area 51; where cutting-edge flight tech is tested (or reverse engineered et al). So; everyone knows it's there and the govt. admits to it now. I do recall that several years ago(when it was still "Base? What base?) a sibsection of the annual military buget requests was a little item earmarking $6,000,000.oo to relocate some of the ops from that "secret" site. My pet theory is this; the li'l aliens is only there to produce substandard clones of Elvis, most of what is there are styrofoam and urethane 'props' and the Military Elite squandered the money in Vegas on golf, gambling, hookers and blow; not necessarily in that order.