Popular Mechanics article was government propaganda.
Dateline -- VERITAS News Service - by William CooperFor Immediate Release September 1, 1997
The Harvest Trust expedition to the Tickaboo Valley over the Labor Day weekend witnessed the testing of super-secret technology over Area-51 . The base has not moved nor has testing been shifted to any other site. The Popular Mechanics article written by Jim Wilson, Science/Technology Editor, seems to have been an intentional act of propaganda designed to stem the flow of the curious adventure seekers who hope to get a glimpse of the advanced aviation technology being tested at this top-secret remote desert site.
