Area 51???

Question

I saw on the news today a new book about the history of Area 51. Do you think it's a real place?

Answer in English and Spanish.

Answer 1

It's a real place, but the stories about what goes on there are often ridiculous.

True. I think more than anything, it's a test site (keep secret for security of course) for nuclear weapons and experimental government projects. That can include war machines, disease control, biological stuff... you get the idea. Stuff the public and... - DJ_Huero, May 19, 2011

... other government agencies can't know we do. They might do it better, and everyone knows Americans hate competition. Just look at the gangbang tactic from GM (Government Motors). ;-P - DJ_Huero, May 19, 2011

The best place to look for what goes on at Groom Lake is Aviation Week. - lorenzo9, May 19, 2011

Answer 2

It's a real place, but it's a government secret as well. I doubt anyone who leaves there lives long enough to tell about it.

Es un lugar real, pero es un secreto del gobierno tambien. Dudo que nadie quien sale de allá vive bastante tiempo para dar cuentos.

I've worked with people who had worked there. They wouldn't talk about it, but they weren't afraid of being killed by the Feds. - lorenzo9, May 19, 2011

Hmmm... campfire stories are always, great... but the reality of the matter is, the government themselves have been proven to "eliminate threats" to their secrets. That includes, scientists, agents, and especially people who "don't exist". ;-) - DJ_Huero, May 19, 2011

The government also has ahabit of muddying the waters and using a lot of mundane stuff to cloak what they really want to hide. - lorenzo9, May 19, 2011

I agree with lorenzo9's previous comment. - jtt96, May 19, 2011

Answer 3

Back on April fool's day 2006, Google pushed a surprise placemark into Google Earth, at Area 51. This is a close-up view of that surprise:

Alien pit-stop, barbeque, at Area 51. Now we know what's going on there. :) - pesta, May 20, 2011

haha clever - brainlady, May 21, 2011

Answer 4

Just this week I saw a writer on The Daily Show with a new book about Area 51. Her name is Annie Jacobson and she an editor for the L A Times. She claims that there were no E Ts at Area 51, but the Solvets sent one of their space craft to trick us and freak us out. If you want to see the interview, it's available on the Comedy Central web site.

Annie Jacobsen

Sooo.... Comedy Central meaning it's a joke? =) - DJ_Huero, May 20, 2011

That interview was quite fair, and well managed. Loved it. - pesta, May 20, 2011

I think that was the same woman that I saw, too! Have no idea what the channel was anymore - brainlady, May 21, 2011

Answer 5

You can see a blurry picture of area 51 on google maps. Just type in 'Area 51' It should have a long (several mile) runway.

Answer 6

Area 51

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El Área 51 es una base militar y un destacamento remoto de la Base de la Fuerza Aérea de Edwards. Las instalaciones están ubicadas en una región sureña de Nevada, al oeste de Estados Unidos y a unos 133 km al noroeste de la ciudad de Las Vegas. Situada en el centro, a largo de las tierras baldías de Groom Lake, es un vasto aeródromo militar secreto. La principal finalidad de la base es la de apoyar el desarrollo de sistemas de armas y llevar a cabo pruebas con aeronaves experimentales. El secreto que rodea a la base y la política contradictoria del gobierno de los Estados Unidos afirmando que tal base no existe, ha llegado a convertirse en el tema principal de las teorías de conspiración y el fenómeno OVNI. Entre sus usos también parece estar el asignado por la CIA como uno de los puntos desde el cual partían vuelos espía en dirección a la URSS.