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Daily Mail: Air Force issues ultimatum in battle over land near Area 51 site and says government will seize property unless owners accept 'last best offer' of $5.2million
* Air Force came in '40s but owners trace mining and mineral claim to 1870s
* Nuclear tests began in 1951 and mine mill mysteriously exploded in 1954
* Groom Mine overlooks Area 51 aka Groom Lake
* Barbara Manning and cousin have led fight on behalf of about 20 owners
* Manning said her father put the value of the property at some $13.6million in a May 1986 letter sent to the Air Force as part of an environmental study
* Air Force official said government estimated value at $1.2million at most
The US Air Force is giving an ultimatum to the owners of a remote Nevada property now surrounded by a vast bombing range including the super-secret Area 51...
Take a $5.2million 'last best offer' by Thursday for their property, or the government will seize it.
The answer: No, at least for now.
Update #1: Air Force wants owners to give up property near secret Area 51 -- FOX News/AP
Update #2: Area 51 Landowners To Be Booted By U.S. Air Force If They Don't Accept $5.2 Million Payoff — Why Does The Government Want Them Out? -- Inquisitr
WNU editor: It appears that the owners want a lot more for their 400 acres of desert .... what's my take .... in this case the government is being more than generous because lets face it .... realistically one acre of desert is not worth the $13,000/acre that the government is willing to give them.
2 comments:
Location, location, location editor. The prime driver in real estate is location and close proximity to a government ultra secret installation makes these acres more valuable than the run of the mill desert acre. If the air force decides to take this land they should get that Texan and his neighbors to come and help defend their land against the government.
Armed resistance worked for that guy.
Ownership whether it be dirt or sand we choose the value.
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