Hello everyone. I joined ATS about an hour ago due to this exact reason right here. My mom used to work at the Nevada test site in the late 70s and
early 80s. She told me she was a secretary and was responsible for writing down whatever bomb materails, etc that her team purchased from private
contractors. The only reason she was able to get a job there is because her dad, my grandpa, was an engineer up there. My grandfather worked on, this
is what my mom always told me, the guidance system for missiles. My mom is 53 now and my grandad, unfortunately, passed away about 3 years ago. I love
him he was so fun with us. Please don't misunderstand this. The place that she worked at was purely contracted workers. No military she always tells
me. Private companies and citizens who, if you are lucky enough and in the right spot at the right time, know family etc, can very easily get a job
there. Yes, this area is down past that long windy dirt road where nowadays we can see the cameo guys in the trucks. She used to take a bus there she
said. The bus would just come and pick her up from a street that was close to her house. Please don't take advantage of this as I am being serious
and not lying to you in any way. If you analyze everything that I tell you, you can see clearly that it all makes sense and there is no "bs" in my
story. My mom was 18 when she signed on to work for the test site. My grandfather was born in Las krusis? Sorry I don't know how to spell it. He
lived on a farm until he got drafted. During the war the only major part he played in (as far as I know) is he was on a boat heading for Iwo Jima, but
he never saw any action because the US signed the peace treaty with the Japs before he could get there. Sadly if he did get there I probably wouldn't
be on this earth right now. Back on topic. During the war he was trained as an engineer. Learned how to fix planes, boats, cars, etc. After the war he
headed back to Las Vegas where he met my grandmother. Las crucis is a place that is near vegas and I know I have been there when we took trips to
vegas but I can't remember exactly where it was. Anyway the point was I don't want to "bs" anybody and I'm trying to get the story straight. They
got married. During the time that they were married my grandfather did not have an absolute job (I think he worked at a car garage or something
similar. Sorry, not sure on this part.) But after they married, they moved down to Plano, Texas where my grandfather got a job as one of those guys
that you see at airports who direct the traffic with those orange things. They had 2 kids whiule they were in Texas. My uncles, Pat and Peter. My
uncles now have a whole lot of kids, but unfortunately I am on bad terms with most of them. My grandparents then moved back to Las Vegas in a medium
sized comfy home. This is where my mother was born. My mom never told me why he moved back, but I think the answer is obvious. He got a job as an
engineer over at the test site. This is a "test site" that employs private contractors and those contractors employ private citizens of the US. Most
of the employees my mom told me were just local people from Vegas. Once my mom turned 16. (I know I said 18 earlier and I owuld change it, but I
can't find it to delete.) she got a job there as a secretary. A simple job. She would keep track of the things that were purchased from the
companies. Hewlett Packard was one of those companies. Yea, HP like the computer company. She just told me this yesterday. I don't know if the
internet can verify this, but I'm just trying to add credibility to this as it is semi-important to me that people don't think I'm a liar or am
lying. This is not "area 51", but rather a testing site that tests nuclear bombs. My mom never talks about it unless I bring it up. My grandfather,
bless his soul, never talked about any of his jobs with anyone. I want to give some information now so that anyone who thinks I'm lying might be able
to see that I really am not. My grandfathers name was Russel Lyle Vaughn. My Grandmothers name is (She's without my grandfather now, bless her soul)
Mary Alice Vaughn. Also my mom told me that there was an accident there once and she had to stay a couple nights on the base. She told me she stayed
in "cabin" like houses. I've seen these "cabins" on a documentary on the history channel that is about area 51 conspiracies so I think I know
what she is talking about. She told me a nuclear bomb was accidentally exploded "Above Ground" which is a big big deal because it's not supposed to
happen. All of the testing was done underground she said. She told me that word never got out, but you never know. Maybe it did. My grandfather and
grandmother remained in Vegas up until about three years ago when my grandad died and my gma had to move in with my uncle in st. lous. I miss him so
much it's sad that I can't see him. I feel this way because I never got to show him who I truly am. I remember he punched me one Christmas and my
nose was bleeding what looked like rasberries. I'm positive I was harassing him in some major way. Me and my mom lived in a place called "Hubbard"
Texas all my life up until about a year ago we just moved to Oahu, Hawaii.
I know, nice place, nice place. Hubbard Texas is about 16 miles away
from Waco Tx. And Im sure you know about that place. We used to visit the branch dividean compound when I was real young and I had no idea what the
place was, I just liked the blue stones that I found at the place. (These stones were rememberance stones, dedicated to the people that died that
day.) My sister is 23, she married a couple years ago, has graduated texas tech in lubbock and I am 18 and ummmm well, trying to get life on track. I
have to find a job. The reason that I am typing all this is because I never really felt strongly on this subject until now and for other times in my
life I could just really care less what my mom or granddad did in their past, but this post that I have written up is very important to me because it
is one of the only things that I can remember my grandad goodbye. Maybe I can share his story a little bit with somebody who might think it is
interesintg. Why did I pick this site? Well to be honest I really have nowhere else to go and nobody else to communicate it with. We just moved to
Hawaii and I'm still settling in. But I've been thinking about my grandad alot lately and I thought this would honor his memory. Please don't think
I'm lying about this post. e/verything that I have written here is 100% true. Everything that I know, you know. I'm sure that people have posted
"scams" and such before and I really just want to show everyone that there are no lies here. Something that might make it believable is the fact
that everyone there was privately contracted. You didn't have to be some huge rocket scientist, etc to get all the jobs there. My grandfather was,
though. That is how he was able to be an engineer. He attended some college in Tx learning about engineering. He always told my mother that he felt
sad because he never really graduated from a real college, but she told him that was a real college, but maybe he didn't graduate. Maybe he just
graduated from engineering school at that colllege and doesn't think it suffices? I don't know. But he was a greatly caring man. Well I throw this
post into the wind on this site and on the internt. But please don't say anething hateful as this past means a great deal to me and I'm emotinoal
over it. Thank you. Questions or clarifications or anything really is fine I just really wanted to sort of "get this out there" in one way or
another. To find some type of "solid ground" where a group of individuals mite be able to learn of my story and I can share it than k you.