The Sheahan's ancestors established mining for silver, lead, copper, zinc and small amounts of gold dating back to 1889. Manning said the family owns six patented claims in addition to 15 unpatented claims that are leased to the Bureau of Land Management.
She said the family's ore processing mill exploded and burned in June 1954 when a jet's wing fuel tank was dropped on it.
The Air Force said the incident was adjudicated in the United States Court of Claims.
Manning said, however, "Our grandparents ran out of money trying to fight it."
A good post even if I am not buying all the family's claims about what the base has done to them, but I feel like this more belongs under the news tag even if it is a long running conflict, and it has nearly nothing to do with the topic of aviation as a whole besides one of the incidents involving a jet.
I don't exactly follow, and fail to see the difference between the 'luminati abusing eminent domain and a city, if you mean that this is historical because of the base's fame. As for aviation everyone knows they can manipulate portals into the fourth dimension for fast travel. Luxury jets and flying saucers are just a comfort thing.