By Randall Rothenberg
In June, Phil Patton returned to Area 51 - a place where close encounters outnumber luncheon counters by a good thousand-to-one margin - to participate in a protest march outside the covert base deep in the Nevada desert. Patton, who first visited the place for Wired in '93, knows all the theories on secret activities inside. His new book, Dreamland: Travels Inside the Secret World of Roswell and Area 51, reveals, among other things, the truth behind Ike's visit to the legendary Aurora project, but it's really a cultural history of secrecy in America. "Information and disinformation," says Patton, "are antimatter and matter when it comes to Area 51."
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Book of Revelation
