[CPEO-MEF] VETERANS, SECRECY: "Area 51 [NV] veterans seek justice for contamination, cancer"

[Lenny Siegel <Lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Area 51 veterans seek justice for contamination, cancer
    • Veterans who worked on top-secret projects say they now have cancer
    • They say they are being denied care by the VA because their records are masked
    • Veterans say the military knew the work was dangerous

By Natasha Zouves
NewsNation
July 17, 2025

WASHINGTON — Earlier this year, NewsNation brought you the story of a group of veterans who guarded our nation’s deepest secrets. Now they’re telling their own.

These men and women served on a classified military installation that encompassed the infamous Area 51. They now say they’re getting sick and dying without recognition. Their work so secret, the Department of Defense has yet to acknowledge it; their records remain “Data Masked,” as if they were never there.

They tell NewsNation’s Natasha Zouves, this classification is preventing them from getting the care they need, and their health is deteriorating. When we first aired our story in February of 2025, their memorial list stood at 446. Now, it is at 491.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/military/area-51-veterans-justice-cancer/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)




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