UFOs

[harryhgr]

What do we know about Area 51?

[ndarroch]

Not much. It is in the Nevada desert in the US. Called Area 51 because that is the area it is marked on the map as. The 'secret' military facility is not marked on the map but it is in this Area 51. The US government denied its existence for years but recently I believe they have admitted that there is an installation there. What actually goes on there is still essentially a mystery. Some say it is top secret advanced military testing and development. Others think it is a secret research facility on Aliens & UFOs and there are allegations that aliens in fact work at the base. There are many other varied theories too but none has been proved in any way. I'm sure you'd find plenty about it on the web. If not then there are many books that discuss the subject.

[SRAYN1]

It's top-secret military installation in the Nevada desert off Highway 375. UFO buffs believe that the United States Air Force holds captured spaceships there. In public, the USAF does not even call it Area 51. This secrecy is proof to those who insist they have seen unexplained lights or ghostly blurs in the sky. The 375, now renamed the Extra Terrestrial Highway, sweeps through Nevada's high desert. It is bleak and unforgiving. The road was renamed after a series of UFO sightings in the early 1990s. Governor Bob Miller agreed ' to boost tourism. Locals are already doing a brisk trade in T-shirts, keyrings, and alien figures. Trespassers around the base are arrested instantly and usually fined several hundred dollars. Signs around the base warn of 'deadly force' to keep intruders out. All of this adds to the conspiracy theory. The most likely reason, though, is that the US government is testing aerospace technology. For years the F-117 Stealth bomber was tested through the nearby mountains. A very different sort of UFO ' and a good reason for secrecy.