FROM THE ARCHIVE: Area 51 and the 'white mailbox'

ABC7 News first took our audience to Area 51 back in 1997, to check for messages at what was known was "the white mailbox". Come on this journey through time and space as our own Wayne Freedman checks out this "top secret" site.

RACHEL, Nevada (KGO) -- ABC7 News first took our audience to Area 51 back in 1997, to check for messages at what was known was "the white mailbox".

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ABC7's Wayne Freedman heard about the storied site in Rachel, Nevada, long before the CIA's 2013 acknowledgment of its existence.

It was a quirky place then, which is just the kind of spot Wayne likes to visit.

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Here's his story from the ABC7 News archives.

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