My Odyssey To Area 51: Autobiography of Thornton D. “TD” Barnes

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My Odyssey to #Area 51 by Thornton D. “TD” Barnes is his autobiography and personal account of the CIA selecting him to work at Area 51 during the Cold War. The book follows his odyssey through his childhood on a ranch in New Mexico, his military career, involvement with NSA, CIA, and NASA that brought him to Area 51. Barnes is a veteran of the NASA High Range and Groom Lake where he and others pioneered the NASA X-15, XB-70, and Lifting Bodies. The CIA recruited Barnes, a hypersonic flight support specialist with a missile and radar background for a special projects team during the CIA’s A-12 Project OXCART at Area 51 where he remained as Special Projects cadre for the Soviet MiG exploitation programs, and the early days of pioneering stealth aircraft and drones. The content is declassified