Area 51 has been one of the most secretive black spots in the history of the US military. The area adjoining the Nevada Test Site is practically inaccessible. But that very high level of secrecy has spawned all sorts of theories – more urban legends really – about what has…

Area 51 Cold warriors Richard Mingus, Al O’Donnell, Roger Anderson, Jim Freedman, T.D. Barnes, and Harry Martin joined the aurthor for a book singing in Henderson, Nevada. It was standing room only and the venue sold out of books.

NPR host David Ing hosts Annie Jacobsen for a hour-long discussion about Area 51.

With 21, 556 views and counting, io9 featured a book excerpt from Area 51 that details the U.S. government’s 1947-1948 manhunt for two German airplane designers, Walter and Reimar Horten.

Guest writing for Slate Magazine, Jacobsen picks five books that go behind the myths of America’s most cryptic location. They include, Radar Man: A Personal History of Stealth, by Edward Lovick, Jr.; The Right Stuff, by Tom Wolfe; Scream of Eagles, by Robert K. Wilcox; The War of the Worlds, by…

Annie Jacobsen spoke to a lively and worldly group of Texans — members of the World Affairs Council of Dallas Forth Worth — who braved tornado warnings, hail stones, and a major lightening storm to come on out and hear the history of Area 51.

Popular Mechanics‘ Earl Swift writes, “In her new book, Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base, Annie Jacobsen delves into the nuclear tests and secret aircraft development on the carefully guarded federal preserve in Nevada. But the book’s most memorable passages detail Area 51′s legacy as…

Gil Gross hosted Annie Jacobsen on San Francisco’s popular radio show KGO Newstalk AM 810, followed by an event at book signing at the Commonwealth Club. Jacobsen also visited with KGO-TV, ABC-7.

National Geographic Channel’s “Area 51 Declassified,” debuted on May 22nd. The hour-long documentary is based on several chapters in Annie Jacobsen’s new book Area 51 and is a terrific way to hear more from the Cold War heroes whose stories inform the narrative. To find out the next primetime airing of…

In “Area 51 mystery reaches to the Cape,” Cape Cod Times reporter Sean Gonsalves profiles Colonel Richard Leghorn, a central character in what Gonsalves says “can be regarded as the definitive book on Area 51.” Here’s an excerpt from the piece: “After years of research, interviews with dozens of former…

Fox & Friends hosted Annie Jacobsen to discuss spy planes, atomic tests and the myriad of conspiracy theories surrounding Area 51.

This segment featuring the author on Fox News Happening Now has some great old CIA footage of Area 51, which appears in the Nat Geo Channel documentary.

Download the podcast of Annie Jacobsen discussing Area 51 with Fox News Radio host Alan Colmes.

The author discusses her book with Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and Pat Buchanan.

The premier of National Geographic Channel’s documentary “Area 51 Declassified,” based on Annie Jacobsen’s book, premiered at the International Spy Museum in Washington D.C. Signing books at this event with Annie Jacobsen were Ed Lovick, T.D. Barnes, Richard Mingus and Ken Collins. It was a full house, filled with plenty of…

Area 51 as Cold War Espionage: Believable or Conspiracy Theory? “Journalist Annie Jacobsen has shocked even the most devoted conspiracy theorists with claims regarding a U.S. military installation in the Nevada desert, known as Area 51. The base, which is 75 miles north of Las Vegas, has been discussed for…

Area 51: What REALLY Goes On At This Top Secret Military Installation (PHOTOS).

Read an excerpt from Area 51, Chapter Four, “Seeds of a Conspiracy” in the Military Tech section of FoxNews.com.

“Area 51 has captured the American imagination for decades. In her new book ‘Area 51,’ author Annie Jacobsen draws on recently declassified documents and interviews with those who lived and served on America’s top secret military base to reveal the truth about Area 51. CNN’s American Morning speaks with the…

If you didn’t catch Annie Jacobsen on Comedy Central’s Daily Show with Jon Stewart late night, last night, it rebroadcasts on May 18th, prime time.

Annie Jacobsen’s interview with Fresh Air’s Terry Gross is the #2 “Most Popular” item at NPR.

Fresh Air is one of America’s most popular public radio programs, with nearly 4.5 million listeners tuning in each week. Listen to Annie Jacobsen discuss her new book today on NPR, or download the podcast of the program available at the Fresh Air Website or through through iTunes.

“A cross between The Right Stuff and The X Files, her absorbing history of the site shows us brilliant engineering, harrowing test-flights and crashes, paranoid security protocols, and vicious Air Force-vs.-CIA turf battles.”

BOOKS OF THE TIMES ‘Area 51’ By ANNIE JACOBSEN, Reviewed by JANET MASLIN. Annie Jacobsen’s exhaustively researched book asserts that its title subject was a cold war site, not a home to little green men. At the start of “Area 51,” Annie Jacobsen’s cauldron-stirring book about America’s most mysterious military installation, Ms. Jacobsen…

The NY Post reprints Jacobsen’s Los Angeles Times Magazine article from 2009. The Post’s editors ask, why is it called Area 51? and write: “Area 51 has gone by many names. It was called ‘Groom Lake’ because of the dry lake bed there; ‘Watertown,’ after CIA Director Allen Dulles’ birthplace…