2006-06-27 10:57:15 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Other - Entertainment
Well, nobody knows for sure, do they?? Area 51 is supposedly where the US gov't is keeping a bunch of aliens. see below:
The Groom Lake Base is this top-secret military base located 90 miles north of Las Vegas (which is in Nevada). It's in grid number 51 of the Nevada Test Site, so it's called Area 51. The United States Air Force Flight Test Center controls the base. It's best known for testing exotic aircraft and weapons. The base was created in 1954 as a place to test the secret U-2 spyplane that was used to fly missions over the Soviet Union. Then it started to house the SR-71, A-12 and D-21 drone. The F-117A was tested there, also. In the 1980's the base increased in size, along with the runway (which increased to the present 6 miles). Then, mysterious lights began to appear, and armed guards known as the cammo dudes started patrolling the border. The government closed many viewpoints from which the Area 51 base could be seen. In 1989, a "physicist" named Bob Lazar claimed that he worked at a base south of Area 51 and also claimed that Area 51 was testing extremely advanced aircraft and UFO's they got by trading with the aliens. Since then, Area 51 has been thought to be the test center of captured UFOs because of the lights in the night sky.
There is also an Area 19.
What is it? Some people think that it is just a peice of land owned by NTS, while some think that it is the "real" Area 51. These are just the two extremes; most people have their opinion somewhere between these two. The only thing that we know for a fact is that Area 19 is really just a peice of land in the middle of nowhere. What makes it noticable is that there's a 34.5 kilovolt power line which just stops in the middle of nowhere. I think that this is a little bit unusual, don't you?
Area 19, along with Area 20 to its west, were added to the Nevada Test Site (NTS) because of the 1962 Test Ban Treaty, which ended atmospheric testing. Yucca Flat was a little too close to Las Vegas for the shockwaves created by the bombs. It was an ideal place to do underground testing.
Hope this helps.
2006-06-27 11:03:55 · answer #1 · answered by Hola there! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's an area approximately 90 miles north of Las Vegas. You can find it on a map by locating "Groom Lake (Dry)". It's so named due to it being in "Area 51" on the map's grid. It is, or used to be, a testing area for experimental aircraft, including the SR-71, the B-2 Bomber, and the new Aurora aircraft.
Also, you will not be shot on sight...that's ridiculous. However, the first defense you come to is private security guards, employed by Wackenhut. They will ask you to leave. It's presumable you can get shot if you attempt to get by them though.
2006-06-27 18:02:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anthony S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Area 51 (Dreamland) is a very real top secret military facility not that far from Los Vegas. It has been used for many years as a top secret testing site for military aircraft.
2006-06-27 18:01:38 · answer #3 · answered by sam21462 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes area 51 is real, my great grandpa used 2 work there, but he can't talk about it!!
2006-06-27 18:04:03 · answer #4 · answered by jocelyn b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
absolutely Area 51 is real........ if caught tresspassing, you can be shot on site no questions asked
2006-06-27 18:01:23 · answer #5 · answered by Celestial Dragon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it genuinely is a test site for new top secret military aircraft. All the rest is just conspiracy theory
2006-06-27 18:00:51 · answer #6 · answered by Y 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is a real place in nevada
2006-06-27 18:00:57 · answer #7 · answered by someone 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋