the world's worst kept secret. area 51, we reveal a newly classified document. so what did the conspiracy theorists get right about the stop secret air force base? >> keep it right here, >>> from new york city, this is "nightline." with juju chang. >> good evening, and thank you for joining us, still looking for that last minute getaway summer bargain? when it comes to good deals, it is tempting to jump. but do you really get what you pay for? earlier this summer, lindsay davis looks into this as "nightline" investigates. >> reporter: oh, the beach looks great. look at the water. it certainly didn't look like what i would consider a tough assignment. >> here are the rooms. not too bad. >> you're about to leave me again, just got back from honeymoon. >> reporter: i had not even unpacked from my honeymoon, when a day later, here i was heading for a beach hotel in the dominican republic. we were about to learn it is possible to go too far off the beaten path when we booked a group-on coupon that would go from sketchy to scary in less than 48 hours. groupon is known for its signature discounts and getaways, two nights in niagra falls, a six-da

of conspiracy theorists and alien invaders, but for the first time, we observed what people knew or thought they knew. that air 51, the secret air forcein nevada actually exists. agent mulder knew it in "the x files". >> the proof is here. >> it was the world's worst kept secret. even the president in "independence day" got included in. >> there is no area 51, no recovered space ship. >> excuse me, mr. president, that is not entirely accurate. >> we always suspected. so what was the government hiding all of these years? hidden history. the u.s. had been flying spy planes over the soviet union but they couldn't risk being spotted at normal altitudes, so the air force began to develop planes that could fly much, much higher at 90,000 feet. and they found the perfect high altitude base at home in the deserts of nevada. conspiracy and ufos, this was supposed to be, of course, a tightly guarded secret. but it is no surprise that people in the area and then around the country began to suspect that there was more than just sand in the middle of the mohave. >> i think maybe reverse engineering ufos out there. >> truth revealed. now, actual go

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the u.s. air force. these images of a secret drone project in the 1960s show the united states understood the importance of unmanned aerial vehicles at an early stage. france has decided to buy a dozen from their american counterparts. after years of hesitation and trailing behind in the technology race. >> a former general told me he did not want the topic to be mentioned. there have been many obstacles coming from within the french air force. >> an ethical issue delayed the program. drones can be equipped with missiles, deadly robots operated in afghanistan and iraq with devastating effects. these are iraqi rebels trapped, -- tracked, and they did not see this coming. the french army's position now seems clear. >> it is a false debate. there is a pilot in the drone, and operator. >> to avoid the unreal computer game feel, they require to work within the headquarters of operations. it will take another 20 years to -- added two french is -- francis air force -- france's airfleet. pilots could even send third round allies on staffing attacks while giving orders from above. the future seems to point to mi

government denied the existence of the secret facility, as stated in this 1998 official document. >> neither the air forceor the department of defense owns or operates any location known as area 51. >> the report makes no mention of the legendary roswell incident. in 1947 a weather balloon crashed in new mexico. u.f.o. believers allege that it was an alien space craft that once down and that area 51's hangars had hidden evidence of extra terrestrial corpses. conspiracy theories are unlikely to end. after all, some parts of the report are still redacted. >> usain bolt won himself yet another chance to strike his trademark bow and arrow pose and kiss his muscles saturday after gliding through the 200 meter race at the world championships in moscow. the jamaican dashed down the democratic in 19.66 seconds gave the happy crowd a bolt-style show before stating "happy to really get it done." never gets old. stay tuned for more. >> this week, how the internet can help you find that perfect apartment. the week's news. and the videos of the week. it's not easy finding apartments in a big city but a good place to s

before we go, riding aboard the luxurious air force one, $1860,000 per hour. secretce, tens of thousands of tax dollars per day, spending millions of dollars on eight-day martha vineyard extravaganza while millions can't find a job and record number of americans need food stamps to survive. priceless. leadership, priorities, commitment to the count, all things america expects from the commander-in-chief. think about that for a second. 2 have a great weekend, everyone. if you're on martha another vineyard and bump in president obama, tell him we said hello. see you on "he five." ♪ ♪ ♪ >> tom: we now know the initial stories about benghazi and rogue cincinnati irs agents and the closing of the 22 embassies. how do i sayt -- they strain credibility. it's one thing to disagree with policy but this is different. can you trust wt our government is saying right here, right now. >> tom: thanks for joining us. here at the top of the stack, about a week ago we learned of a worldwide terrorist alert that resulted in 22 embassies being closed temporarily but since then

before we go, riding aboard the luxurious air force one, $1860,000 per hour. secrettens of thousands of tax dollars per day, spending millions of dollars on eight-day martha vineyard extravaganza while millions can't find a job and record number of americans need food stamps to survive. priceless. leadership, priorities, commitment to the country, all things america expects from the commander-in-chief. think about that for a second. 2 have a great weekend, everyone. if you're on martha another vineyard and bump in president obama, tell him we said hello. see you on "the five." ♪ ♪ >> announcer: the following program is brought to you by nopale-- the anti-inflammatory wellness drink from trivita. stay tuned for an exciting offer for nopalea. a few years ago, trivita founder michael ellison introduced the world to nopalea. his goal was to bring wellness and a better quality of life to as many people suffering from inflammation as possible. now here's what many are saying. >> people are telling me i look 10 years younger because the pain is gone from my life. >> i've be

we have the use of secret prisons not being run by the cia, but being run by other governments in they human-rights abusing forces and airg prisoners of to be tortured in secret prisons in countries like somalia, the basement of its national security service. as documented this when i travel to mogadishu. here is change and the president obama. a close the cia by site. amelie start using somalia's gulag where we are interrogating prisoners. snatched out of the psalm, take into wilson airport, shackled and headed and then flown to somalia worry was put in this bag but it -- been bugged and tested underground prison with no access to light, the outside world, lawyers command could not tell his family very had been taken. that action happened and the president obama. when i called for, they said, yes, that sounds right. why would we do that? is natural that we will want to cooperate in the fight against terrorism. i think most americans are under the impression that obama issued the three executive orders that it a couple of days and his administration that he would be dismantling it, not read branding it every casting it a

before we go, riding aboard the luxurious air force one, $1860,000 per hour. secretns of thousands of tax dollars per day, spending millions of dollars on eight-day martha vineyard extravaganza while millions can't find a job and record number of americans need food stamps to survive. priceless. leadership, priorities, commitment to the country, all things america expects from the commander-in-chief. think about that for a second. 2 have a great weekend, everyone. if you're on martha another vineyard and bump in president obama, tell him we said hello. see you on "the five." ♪ ♪ >> uma: the i.r.s. mess, just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, news that one woman at the center of the scandal gets a promotion. and it comes as the agency gets blasted for now targeting small businesses. tea party attack. republican congressmen comes under fire for not promising to vote to keep obamacare at any cost. the problem is, he has voted against it a dozen times now. we will ask him what it feels like to go against many folks in his own party. a fabulous milestone for nas

. >> the delta four rocket lifted off from sandenburg -- sandenburg air force base from a classified mission probably carrying a secretpy satellite. the rocket was 23 stories tall. the main engines were so loud, they had to be ignited one at a time to decrease the noise. >>> time 6:17. the water is back on in one oklahoma town. just days after the town's water was turned off. timey red worms were found -- tiny red worms were found in the drinking water. this was found about 80 miles east of tulsa. residents were given bottled water instead while the water tower was drained and cleaned. look at that. they're still trying to figure out how those worms got into the drinking water supply. >>> back here at home, union city police want your help. they're trying to identify a woman involved in a snake scam. they're looking for a woman reassembling the person you see in this scemp. investigators -- sketch. investigators say she's hispanic between 35 and 45 years old. she has a nose ring, a lip ring and her tongue is pierced. police think she's responsible for two recent scams. one in union city. the other in freemont. in both

the 235-foot delta four heavy rocket took off from vandenberg air force base. this is just north of santa barbara. took off literally about 20 seconds ago. it is carrying a massive top secretpy satellite for the federal government. analysts say the satellite is probably capable of snapping pictures detailed enough to distipping wish the make and model of a car hundreds of miles away. let's stay on this and listen in. >> one minute 25 seconds, match one. 1645 feet per second. >> first motion time. >> roger. >> roger, first motion time of 18:03:00.224. >> pressure holding nicely. >> pretty fascinating to watch this happen. again, a rocket launch that just happened within the last minute or so from vandenberg air force base north of santa barbara, certainly a story we are keeping our eye on this morning for you. >>> now to developing store news overseas, the five permanent members of the u.n. security council are meeting informally to talk about a resolution to would authorize the use of military force against syria. meanwhile, amateur video reportedly shows the u.n. chemical inspectors in damascus today. they are investigating the area where last week's alleged chemical atta

at one point, the pilot of air force one, just to illustrate how amazingly chaotic that day was, asked a secret he trusted to stand guard at the cockpit door so there would be no takeover of the plane. isn't that amazing? i always found that an amazing story. the plane actually passed the big test on that day. because it was a terrible crisis and the question was, can air force one keep the president safe and secure and in communication with the country and the world? and it succeeded. did happen. one other quick story, when the president landed at the air force base during that day, as he hopped around the country -- >> that was in nebraska. >> in nebraska. there was another plane parked on the tarmac. it was a white plane with no markings called the doomsday plane. this is the plane designed to keep the president aloft in a nuclear war. the president did not get on that plane. i think the question, would her get on the plane, if he didn't get on the plane that day. the point was, air force one could keep the president safe and secure and in communication. getting on something called the dooms

the largest ever at vandenberg air force base was launched into space today. >> 4, 3, we have ignition of the rs68 engines. >> the delta rocket carried a secret spy satellite, the launch was no secret. it was seen for miles. the delta 4 is 23 stories tall. the last time one of them lifted off from vannedberg was from 2011. this time, the three main engines were ignited one after the other to lesson the impact. >> when temperatures could climb back into the 90s, and the outlook for your holiday weekend. >> only on >>> more now on tonight's bay bridge closure. for many people, today was a last chance to drive into history. a ktvu viewer gave us this video. she's been driving across the bridge twice a day for more than two decades. but this trip this afternoon was her last across the old eastern span. >>> now to the south bay where police say they've been waging war on taggers. the problem isn't new, but it's not a victimless crime. only on 2, jeanine spoke with a disabled veteran who was beaten, and hospitalized after confronting taggers. it was one month ago today that mike logan was left beaten, and laid unconscious after beaten in his neighborhood. he hear

the largest ever at vandenberg air force base was launched into space today. >> 4, 3, we have ignition of the rs68 engines. >> the delta rocket carried a secret spy satellite,he launch was no secret. it was seen for miles. the delta 4 is 23 stories tall. the last time one of them lifted off from vannedberg was from 2011. this time, the three main engines were ignited one after the other to lesson the impact. >> when temperatures could climb back into the 90s, and the outlook for your holiday weekend. >> only on 2, from vandalism to vicious attack? >> broke my nose. >> why he says taggers put down their spray paint and went after him. [ female announcer ] safeway presents real big deals of the week. or how to find big savings on the things you need. just make a straight line to safeway. your club card gets you deals you can't find anywhere else. load up the cooler. your favorite pepsi products are just $2.47 a 12-pack. charmin is $11.99 for 24 double rolls. and make it a giant scoop. breyers ice cream is only $2.88. real big deals this week and every week. only at safeway. ingredients for life. >>> more now on tonight's bay bridge closure. for many people, t

the air when you empty the canister. he brushes it off, saying his secret is in the motor. it is so fast that it generates more than 100,000 gs of forcee of a bullet shooting from a gun. >> and i'm very determined and quite stubborn. >> reporter: stubborn, that helps? >> yes, you have to listen to people's advice and sometimes not listen to it. and you have to be stubborn and believe what you are doing. >> reporter: still not convinced? well, "nightline" got a look at its newest vacuum, a hybrid that not only sucks up dirt but wipes with a wet cloth. so with a name like dyson heart, we wanted to put it to the test with two willing volunteers. oh, james, i have a gift for you. can you help? how fast do you think you could clean the whole kitchen? >> pretty quickly, i mean, two minutes. >> reporter: you're up for the challenge? two minutes? >> yes. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: i think that was about 60 seconds. nice work. >> you have to have the right bag, it sucks. >> reporter: for "nightline," i'm rebecca jarvis, in new york. >> and there is more to the suction king that meets the eye. like why is he so particular about that red belt? you can rea

the air. nasa using the biggest rocket in its entire fleet to launch a top secret spy satellite into orbit. it's unmanned, delta four, heavy blasting off from vandenberg air forceission are classified. look at that thing soar. america's most powerful rocket, 23 stories tall, three hydrogen-fueled engines. you see there, it's the sides of a pickup it's the size of a pickup truck. good looking sight, though, going into the sky. martha: boy, historic celebration in our nation's capital yesterday marking 50 years since the inspiring march on washington and reverend dr. martin luther king's historic "i have a dream" speech. and president obama, of course, was not the only high profile speaker there, he was joined by some big name celebrities. there's a great shot of oprah winfrey standing there. it was a little rainy, as you can see. also a rousing speech by the oscar winning actor and entertainer jamie foxx. but here's a question that some people are scratching their heads about today, because notably ab sent was a man by the name of tim scott who happens to be the only african-american who currently serves in the united states senate. but senator scott did not get

the cost of freedom"at block. before we go, riding aboard the air force one, 180,000 tax dollars per hour. secretfnds thousands of tax dollars per day. an eight-day martha's vineyard extravaganza, while millions can't find a job and a record number of americans need food stamps to survive. priceless. leadership. all things america expects from our commander in chief. have a great weekend. if you're on martha's vineyard this weekend, you bump into president obama, tell him wevine said hello. i'll see you on "the five." >>> hello. i'm kimberly guilfoyle and the gang. it's 5:00 o'clock in new york city and this is "the five". >> moments ago, to wrapped up his first solo news conference since april 30. he touched on a number of topics, including the nsa, surveillance, privacy, snowden, putin, drone strikes, obamacare, republican shutting down the government, benghazi, the next bed chair, immigration, and the olympics. here are some highlights. >> i wanted to ask you about your evolution on the surveillance issues. why should the public trust you on this issue? >> where we can prevent a terrorist atta

the biggest of all turned out to be general arnold who was head of the air force. arnold just before pearl harbor was implicated in the leak of one of the administration's most closely guarded military secrets, a contingency plan for all-out war against germany. that bitter polarization that existed in washington was echoed throughout the country. in those angry days, i write a lot about charles lindbergh's wife who was caught in the middle of this nasty fight. she was the daughter of white tomorrow, a former jpmorgan partner who then became a u.s. ambassador and senator. she had grown up as part of the east coast establishment which tended to be pro-british and interventionist. because she supported her husband in his isolationism although he and would never convince her this was the right thing to do, she found herself a strange from virtually all for old friends and acquaintances, all the people she had grown up with who looked on lindbergh in her words as the anti christ. all of this took an enormous emotional toll on her. what was particularly painful for her was the split within her own family and this i did not know before i started looking in to getting into research for this book.

the same striking leeches and jaw line that gave both a distinguished air, a sense they belonged to to a secret world of privilege beyond wealth, intellect, or bloodline. in a society with skin color as a defining force, both roger and his father were fair skinned offering them a natural superiority, known for generosity of spirit in the way that over the course of them lives won them steadfast friends and loyal followers, but beneath the surface, the similarities ended. unlike his son, he came of age in an occupied country, seemingly faded by his birth in 19080 to live in deference no an imperial power. he was also ironically one of the chosen ones. he would be tapped and trained to deny and perform like a faux englishman in the service of her majesty, the king. he got a proper education like the other members of the family, he rejected intellectual servitude. on the morning of thursday, november 5, 1964, his eldest son, 15-year-old roger, dressed himself carefully. growing up 234 a close-knit indian family of four children, two girls, two boys, the youngest moving after the 1950s, roger was accustomed to shouldering responsibility. they were always looking after the younger siblings by economic nec