Area 51 1/2

by Elden Carl

Nestled in the eastern San Diego County mountains on 40 acres of high desert is a two
building facility dedicated to multisurface motorcycles.

Despite the seriousness of what goes on there, Mark Behling dubbed the place Area 51
1/2 and the name stuck. The humor expressed in the moniker infected all of us so we
decided MSM Squadron One would operate out of Area 51 1/2. Since we had a retired
Marine fighter pilot (AV-8) in our group who is at present contracted to help engineer the
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