Dreamland: Travels Inside the Secret World of Roswell and Area 51

Dreamland: Travels Inside the Secret World of Roswell and Area 51A journey into the most secret place in America A story of secrecy, suspicion, and conspiracy A history of a place that does not legally exist Dreamland zooms in on Area 51 the nearly four million acres of Nevada airspace that has been a base for experimental military aircraft, the fount of UFO rumors, and the alleged site of alien insurrection. How this real life legend came to exist is Phil Patton's tale. He explores the mystery and fantasy

A journey into the most secret place in America
A story of secrecy, suspicion, and conspiracy
A history of a place that does not legally exist

Dreamland zooms in on Area 51--the nearly four million acres of Nevada airspace that has been a base for experimental military aircraft, the fount of UFO rumors, and the alleged site of alien insurrection.
How this real-life legend came to exist is Phil Patton's tale. He explores the mystery and fantasy surrounding the place, peeks over the edge of paranoia, and tracks strange objects in the air above this country of the mind. He visits spies and counterspies, test pilots and secret agents, and tunnels into the subcultures of true believers and conspiracy buffs.
Reviewers have applauded Dreamland as "brilliant," "fascinating," "weird, wonderful, sometimes spooky," "curiously epic, frequently humorous, and always entertaining." Dreamland is a novelistic tour de force that makes us all rethink our convictions about American know-how--and alien inventiveness.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Random House
Published: 05/18/1999
ISBN: 9780375753855
Pages: 360
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 8.76h x 6.22w x 0.85d

Review Citations: Ingram Advance 06/01/1999 pg. 106
New York Times 06/20/1999 pg. 24