Like Tikaboo Peak with a good lens? The closest border point to Area 51 is still 10+ miles from the base. There is no consumer drone in existence that can get the pictures or video you can from Tikaboo. Unless you fly ACROSS the border, this whole discussion is irrelevant.

We shall see...

Define "near". I have asked, and have not received a definition.

I caught one on final at TTR, from Brainwash Butte in May, 2014: