annie jacobsen live on "in depth" for the next three hours start now. >> host: annie jacobsen, let's start with some definitions. what is area 51? >> guest: area 51 is that secret base out in nevada where all kinds of mysterious things happen, that you and i can talk about and maybe we know what's going on out there, maybe we don't. >> host: why is it called "area 51"? >> guest: big debate. i believe it's called area 51 because of the original project that went on out there in 1951. information given to me by some of the sources that i interviewed at length for that book but, of course, everything about "area 51" is kind of a puzzle inside of the puzzle. that's even debated. the actual origins, the original date, the original story of "area 51". >> host: what was going on? >> guest: the atomic energy commission was doing lots of nuclear testing out there in the middle of the desert, and they wanted to keep what you're doing secret. and the cia was kind of come into existence with its programs. the two merged in this idea of if you have a secret base and sight of a secret place you ca

of how dangerous this all can be. >> host: please go ahead with your question or comment for annie jacobsen. >> caller: this is mr. jacobsen, and thanks for having me. i 92 years old, and my grandfather first name was tourville. that was leif erickson brother. so i don't know if any relative or not but i thought it would bring it up. the question i wanted to ask is, do the government still have all that material they picked up at oswald? i mean, over at oswald, the city of oswald? >> host: the city of rossville. thank you for watching. >> guest: amazing you have the adventurous spirit in your blood. but for the roswell remains can we don't know where they are. >> host: do we know there were remains? >> guest: i mean, it depends on who you ask about the remains. i write about that in area 51. 51. i think that's one of those mysteries and maybe to your earlier caller, if there was a program that could be declassified, could you imagine if roswell was really declassified? >> host: annie jacobsen is the author of four books. first came out in 2011, "area 51". "operation paperclip" came out in 2

live on "in depth" for the next three hours start now. >> host: annie jacobsen start with what is area 51? did meg is secret base in nevada were all kinds of mysterious things happen that we can talk about maybe we know what is going on maybe we don't is a big debate i believe it is called area 51 it is the original project from 1951 the information given to meby from sources that i interviewed at length for the book but everything is a puzzle so even that is debated the actual origins from the area of 1951. >> the atomic energy commission was doing a lot of testing out there theynt wanted to do with a working secret and the cia was coming into existence. ended to merge with the idea if you have a secret base inside a secret place youog could do a secret program.m. >> host: of the military operation necessarily? >> guest: everyy organization you could imagine has been there over the decades military and intelligence atomic energy energy, everybody has their foot in an area 51. >> host: while was the operation? >> the idea is from my prior bucks and went was finishing up "area 51" i've

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tonight a conversation with investigative journalist annie jacobsen. her latest book "phenomena" gives a behind-the-scenes look at the u.s. government secret psychic programs used in attempts to locate hostages, fugitives and identify possible national security threats. then we'll pivot to a conversation with the president-elect of the homeland universe, actress elizabeth marvel, you might know her as heather dunbar in the hit series "house of cards." we are glad you joined us. all of that coming up in a moment. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. ♪ >>> thank you. ♪ ♪ >>> investigative journalist annie jacobsen has written what she says is the definitive history of the military's decades long experiment with mental powers like esp. her new book reveals how the government used psychic spies during the iran hostage crisis and the cia search for psychedelic mushrooms. it is called "phenomena," the secret history of the u.s. government's investigations into extra sensory perception and psycho kin easis. annie, good to

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tonight a conversation with investigative journalist annie jacobsen.enomena" gives a behind-the-scenes look at the u.s. government secret psychic programs used in attempts to locate hostages, fugitives and identify possible national security threats. then we'll pivot to a conversation with the president-elect of the homeland universe, actress elizabeth marvel, you might know her as heather dunbar in the hit series "house of cards." we are glad you joined us. all of that coming up in a moment. ♪ ♪

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we're joined by annie jacobsen, author and pulitzer prize finalist.1975 the cia concluded that a large body of reliable evidence exists to the inescapable conclusion that esp does exist. >> it's an astonishing conclusion to draw and it's created an enormous battle ground for decades between the cia and the defense department as they inquire into this area that has so long been associated with the super natural, with magic and weer are, advanced science, looking at it. >> how did the government look interested in in phenomena. >> like so many other programs, it all lead back to the nazis. >> all roads. >> at the end of the war, mill intelligence collected a cache of nazi documents and that was heinrich himler and what is none now as the psychic arms race. >> there was always a battle, wasn't there when who say this does not pass scientific method muster. you have others who are in the work who insist based on that quote you said and some extraordinary success stories, locating hostages, locating lost weapons, downed aircraft, so this debate the science

eastern,unday at noon annie jacobsen is our guest on book tvs and death. that it isclear is moving humans to being comfortable with the idea of merging man and machine. >> missed jacobsen is known for writing on war, government secrets, and security and will discuss her for recent books. recent phenomena would join our life conversation c-spanat noon eastern on two. >> yesterday, hillary clinton spoke at a ceremony presenting an award named in her honor at georgetown university. she talked about women's roles and honored for women -- four women that were involved in columbia in peace operations, leading to a ratified agreement. and a discussion of the award recipients. this is 1.5 hours. pients. this is 1.5 hours. >>

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join our live three-hour conversation with annie jacobsen with your calls, e-mails, tweets and facebook questions live sunday at noon eastern on booktv's "in depth" on c-span2. >> march 7, 2015, onboard air force one, we were flying down with president obama. then-president obama to selma, alabama, and i had asked him a question about, quote-unquote, postracial versus post-obama era. and he said i would not equate my election with seminal moments like the passage of the civil rights act of 1964, the voting rights act of 1965. those were massive changes in legal status that represented fundamental breaks in america's tragic history and were the pillars, the 13th amendment, the 14th amendment and 15th amendment of civil rights acts of the '60s. those were, those represented the dismantling of former discriminationing in this country. there's nothing that's going to compare to that moving forward. our work is to build on that work, to fine tune where we see formal discrimination or state-sponsored discrimination still occurring. but increasingly our work has to do with dealing with the ong

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