----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Map Librarians: If your patrons want to look at maps of 'Area 51', that remote stretch of Nevada where the Government is supposed to be housing crashed UFO remains, etc., etc., dig out these two maps to impress them: Cactus Flat, Nevada 1:100,000 satellite image map (1984). This neat-o sheet shows an impressive installation out there in the desert--and that was 10 years ago. Contrast that with this map: Cactus Flat 1:100,000 metric topo sheet (1988), which shows only a modest landing strip and tower in that location. The NBC evening news (7/8/96) presented a piece on this "secret" base, which has acquired a lot of mystique among UFO fans. The Pentagon supposedly refuses to admit that it even exists--though it "shows up on Soviet satellite photos", according to Tom Brokaw. Well, Tom, it shows up on U.S. satellite photos, too. Sue Haffner, CSU Fresno