George Knapp, Chief Investigative Reporter I-Team: New Top Secret Construction at Area 51 July 23, 2007, 06:11 PM Something big is in the works at Nevada’s legendary Area 51 military base. A massive new building is under construction at the top-secret location. Aviation experts say there’s a good chance that a new, highly classified aircraft might soon be zipping around the Nevada skies. What kind of aircraft? One possibility is a successor to the SR-71 spy plane, the SR-72. The SR-71 Blackbird is widely regarded as the greatest airplane ever built. It sliced through the sky at Mach 3 and still reigns, officially anyway, as the fastest plane in history. Groom Lake, also known as Area 51, was home for the Blackbird during its […] Read More