THE GROOM LAKE DESERT RAT.   An On-Line Newsletter.
Interim Update.  Issue #27A.  July 17, 1995.
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AREA 51/NELLIS RANGE/TTR/NTS/S-4?/WEIRD STUFF/DESERT LORE
Update from Psychospy@aol.com, Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Issue #28 will be published in a few days (probably by July 27).  
In the meantime, here are some minor items you might want to know 
about:

-- The Groom Lake Security Manual is now available on the World 
Wide Web.  This is an official booklet of general information for 
Cammo Dudes containing lots of tidbits about the nonexistent Groom 
Lake base.  You can access it from our Area 51 page at 
http://www.cris.com/~psyspy/area51 .

-- The hike to Tikaboo Peak this Saturday (July 22) is proceeding 
as planned.  See the info sheet on our Area 51 Page or posted to 
alt.conspiracy.area51 .  (If you don't have either and are 
thinking of coming, send us a message at psychospy@aol.com for a 
copy.)  Parameters are the same as for the May hike [DR#25].

-- Glenn Campbell has been arrested for espionage... according to 
the proprietors of the Little A'Le'Inn.  The story has been 
distributed as follows:  The government went to the management of 
Campbell's apartment complex in Las Vegas [DR#26] and told them 
Campbell was engaged in espionage and if they didn't kick him out 
they would be accessories to espionage.  Of course, they 
immediately kicked Campbell out, and THREE DAYS LATER he was 
arrested for espionage, apparently as a Soviet spy.  Once again, 
Psychospy is the last to know, and Campbell denies all.  Previous 
word from the Inn said that Campbell had been seen driving a 
government vehicle.  Indeed, he has now confessed to being an 
agent--of the U.S. Geological Survey.  We'll get on top of both 
these stories and offer a full report on the next Rat.

With so much news a-brew'n, the next DR will be another big one, 
which is awkward to receive by email.  We urge our subscribers to 
read the World Wide Web version of the Rat instead.  (Accessible 
from the http address above.)  The Web version includes attractive 
formatting and PHOTOS.  It also offers dozens of links to 
supporting information, including articles, back issues and other 
Web pages.  See DR#27 for lots of goodies (recently upgraded with 
more photos and links).

The Web is the latest rage, bigger than both Disco dancing AND the 
Rubik's cube.  If you're not cruisin' the Web, you ain't cool.  If 
you ARE Web capable, we suggest you change your Desert Rat 
subscription to our abbreviated version (sending only the table of 
contents) to let you know when new issues have been posted.  This 
will reduce both your email load and ours.  To switch to the 
abbreviated version, send an email message to that effect to
psychoserv@aol.com.

America On-Line now offers the Web:  See the Internet Center.  For 
others with PPP or SLIP connections, we recommend the Netscape 
browser (not that creaky Mosaic dinosaur) for the full effect of 
our page formatting.

Earlier technical problems with our Web area have been worked out, 
and our Area 51 page has been recently upgraded with lots of new 
information.  For example, you can now find a rare photo of our 
favorite alien, Ambassador Merlyn Merlin II of Draconis, in our 
Web area.  See Ambassador Merlin's entry on our main Area 51 page.

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