I te 4 o Mei 1955, ka tae mai tetahi roopu tirotiro ki te roto o Groom, ka whakairihia he 5,000-foot (1,500 m), ma te raki-ki te tonga i te kokonga tonga o te Emigrant Valley me te NTS perimeter, tata ki te 100 mi (160 km) ki te raki o Las Vegas, i tiakina te papa whakamatautau mai i nga manuhiri. I tono te CIA ki te AEC kia whiwhi i te whenua, i tohua ko "Area 51" i runga i te mapi, ka taapiri atu ki te Nevada Test Site. I tapaina e Johnson te rohe ko "Paradise Ranch" hei akiaki i nga kaimahi ki te neke ki tetahi waahi ka kiia e te hitori mana o te CIA mo te kaupapa U-2 ko "te whare hou i waenganui o te waahi"; ka poto te ingoa ki te "the Ranch". I te Hurae 24, 1955, i tae mai tetahi roopu tirotiro ki Lake Groom ka whakairihia he 5,000-foot (1,500 m), ma te raki-ki-rawhiti i te kokonga tonga o te kokonga o te raki me te NTS, ka whakauruhia he papa whakamatautau mo te turanga tautoko.
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