Google Pine Gap and it'll tell you what the Australian military and science community want you to think - that this base, 11 miles from the desert city of Alice Springs, is an "Earth Station", used primarily to track satellites as they crisscross our globe. And sure, the sky is crystal clear there and conditions are perfect. But what they don't tell you is that it's also operated by the CIA, NSA, and NRO, and contains tracking technology almost unheard of anywhere in the world.
It's not just tracking technology either, if you believe the hype. Plasma technology, supersonic craft, and brainwashing devices are all said to have been developed and tested at the base, sourced from alien designs. Pine Gap is also one of the few places to have been officially questioned - by the UK Ministry of Defense, no less - about flying saucer activity. Guess what? Their questions were refused answers due to concerns over "national security".