The history of Area 51

Area 51 is a highly secured and classified United States Air Force facility in Groom Lake, Nevada, north of Las Vegas. It was built in 1955, it was initially built to be a testing facility for the U-2 Spy plane but has also tested many other planes. Area 51 is infamous not because it is an Air Force base but because of all the conspiracy theories surrounding it. Since it is an Air Force base people believe that they test other extraterrestrial aircraft as there have supposedly been sightings of aircraft incapable speeds. 

One of the leading conspiracy theories is that Area 51 is testing on alien aircraft and other alien items. Another popular theory is that in 1947 in Roswell, New Mexico, a flying saucer was seen to have crashed people believe it was later brought into Area 51 to be tested on and to be explored. one more very popular theory gained support in 1989 because a man named Robert (Bob) Lazar was interviewed by George Knapp who was part of a CBS affiliation located in Las Vegas. He stated that they were trying to "back-engineer a downed alien spacecraft." 

The reason of lately of the popularity increase of Area 51 is not just because of theories but because in 2019 1.5 million people stated that they would attend a famous Facebook trend called "storm Area 51." The 1.5 million people were pledged to storm Area 51 to see the extraterrestrial aircraft and aliens on September 20th, 2019 at 3:00 am. On September 10th, 2019, two Dutch men were arrested for trespassing as they told national security that they wanted to take a look even though there were no trespassing signs. 10 days later on September 20th, 2019, the day of the raid only 200 people showed up. Out of the 200 people that showed up two people were arrested mainly due to intoxication and public indecency. On September 20th nobody raided Area 51 as not one single person even crossed the outer perimeter of Area 51. to date no true information has been released about the extraterrestrial sightings and theories of Area 51. 

Do believe that Area 51 is hiding something from us? 

Do you think that Area 51 is a secret alien facility? 

Would you try and raid Area 51 if you got the chance?

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  • Good topic choice and well done overall Jake! Be sure to keep commenting all week.

  • I think that Area 51 is hiding something from us, because why else wouldn't they tell people what they are doing and open it to the public. I don't know what Area 51 really is, if it is an alien facility or not. I would not try to raid it because I don't think I would want to know what is really going on there. 

  • I think is hiding something that they do not want the public to know. I'm not sure if they have aliens there, there could be. I wouldn't raid it because there could be something dangerous leaked and that could make me sick or even death and/or I could be arrested and fined big time.

  • I do feel like Area 51 is hiding something but it also could just be them testing out their own aircrafts. I somewhat believe that because there has been a lot of UFO sightings and Area 51 would've most likely looked into it. I would not try to raid Area 51 because it is a government facility and there is a big risk of getting caught and arrested.

  • I think Area 51 is defiently hiding something but anything extreme. I don't think that there could be UFO's or anything of that nature their. If I had the chance to raid Area 51 I wouldn't because there is to much of a risk of getting caught.

  • I do believe that Area 51 is hiding something but not as bad as we think it is like not aliens or secret formulas or anything like that. No area 51 is not a secret alien facility. If I got the chance to raid area 51 I wouldn't because there is nothing I need to have in there. 

  • I don't think that they are hiding much. Some people think that the are hiding aliens but I don't think thats right. If I had the chance probably not because it doesn't make sense why I would because I don't think they are doing much.

  • I could believe that Area 51 would be hiding something from us which is a good point because they are very classified and is'nt much information about what they do there and what they keep there. I believe that they may be holding a secret alien facility there. If I had the chance to I would try just to find out whats behind the walls of Area 51.

  • I think Area 51 is hiding something from us because when people try to go to Area 51 they stop them and tell them to turn- around and go back where they came from. I do not think Area 51 is an alien facility I think it's just a private testing site made by the government.

  • Yes, I definitely think that Area 51 is hiding something from us. Whether it's aliens or not, I'm not sure, but I do believe that it's something top secret. No chance that the governmentis hiding any alien aircrafts in Area 51. No, I wouldn't try or want to raid Area 51, its not worth it.

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