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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  • I believe that Area 51 is definitely hiding something, just not aliens or something extreme like that. Area 51 is a government facility so it seems likely that they would keep things quiet especially during any testing stages. I would not try and raid Area 51 if I got the chance.

  • I think that Area 51 could possibly be hiding something from us but I think that it is something simple. I don't think that it is alien, as in outer space aliens, but it may be alien in a way that is different from the things that we already know. If I got the chance to raid Area 51 I would not, I don't see the purpose.

  • I do belive that Area 51 is hiding something from us becuase they don't talk about it much. When they talk about Area 51 they are always quite on how much they say.

  • I think that there is something hidden in Area 51, but I don't think it has to do with aliens. It is probably a project the government is working on that they don't want the public to know about. I wouldn't want to raid Area 51 because it is clearly wanted to keep hidden. 

  • I think that it is suspicious that the government doesn't want people to know or see what is inside Area 51. i feel like there is definitely something in there. I would not try to raid Area 51 because it is not worth the risk of being arrested. I really don't know if it has anything to do with aliens.

  • Area 51 is hiding alot of things from us, experitmental aircraft to aliens. Area 51 is a hiding aliens. No i would not raid area 51.

  • I beleive that Area 51 has someting in it. Im not sure what it could be, but if the government doesnt want us to know about it, obviously there is something there. Whether that be information, a weapon, or research being done on something, I think that there is something big there. 

  • I do think that Area 51 is hiding something from us. I am not sure what I think that Area 51 is hiding or what it is. I would not raid Area 51 if I had the chance because I am not sure what is all there and I don't think it would be safe and it would just be risking my life. 

    • I agree with you, I think that it would be a bad idea to raid Area 51 as there could be other dangerous things in their 

  • I think there must be something hidden in Area 51. It may not be super interesting or effect us in anyway, but there is something happening there. I don't know if there are aliens there though. I would not try to raid Area 51 because I don't really care much about what they're doing in there.

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