Edwards Air Force Base
Edwards Air Force Base is a United States Air Force installation located in the Mojave Desert of Kern County, California, approximately 100 miles north of Los Angeles. It is the home of the Air Force Test Center and the Edwards 412th Test Wing, the primary Air Force organization responsible for developmental flight testing of new aircraft, weapons systems, and technologies. Edwards also hosts the Air Force Test Pilot School, the service's prestigious school for training military test pilots. The base has historically been the site of some of the most advanced aircraft development in U.S. history, including classified programs conducted under the umbrella of Air Force Materiel Command (Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC)).
UAP Significance
Edwards AFB is identified by the presenter of "The Hidden Wing" as the alleged primary site for test and evaluation of alien reproduction vehicles (ARVs) and derivative non-human airframes under the alleged Hidden Wing program portfolio. Witness "Ed," a retired Air Force officer, claimed to have served on an ARV T&E program at the Edwards 412th Test Wing involving both manned and unmanned reverse-engineered craft, with pilots trained at the Air Force Test Pilot School. Edwards is also alleged to be the destination for non-human and derivative craft transported from Air Force Plant 42 for advanced test and evaluation activities.
Connection to TR-3B and Edgar Fouché
Edgar Fouché was recruited to Area 51 Groom Lake out of his station at Edwards Air Force Based Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which he claimed also housed deep underground facilities. Fouché was assigned to Detachment 3 AFTC (Air Force Flight Test Center), the Edwards detachment that runs operations at Area 51. One of Fouché's five key sources, "Doc," was an SR-71 spy pilot and USAF test pilot at Edwards. Fouché claimed to have observed triangular TR-3B prototypes one night in 1975 high in the atmosphere over Edwards, as well as in 1976 within the southern Nellis range and in 1979 at Groom Lake.
The base's proximity to Helendale (Lockheed's radar cross-section range), USAF Plant 42 in Palmdale, and the Northrop Grumman Tehachapi Mountain facility positions Edwards at the center of a cluster of alleged reverse engineering locations in the Antelope Valley region.
Underground Facilities
Multiple informants compiled by Bill Hamilton described underground storage of extraterrestrial discs at Edwards and specifically a command center beneath Haystack Butte (the eastern test facilities area). Michael Wolf also claimed to have heard that live extraterrestrials were kept at a facility under Haystack Butte. The Air Force Research Laboratory's Aerospace Systems Directorate facilities are built into and around Haystack Butte, and rocket propulsion laboratory silos are located on Lumen Ridge — consistent with pre-existing infrastructure that could accommodate deeper underground expansion. The Edwards/NTTR underground network is referenced by witness "Ed," and forms the core of the alleged southwestern DUMB complex centered on the Antelope Valley.