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I had heard that it is in U.S.A. and probably related to aliens.

2007-02-15 17:16:41 · 9 answers · asked by Honey 2 in Science & Mathematics Astronomy & Space

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Area 51 (currently known as Air Force Flight Test Center, Detachment 3 and also known as Dreamland, Watertown Strip, Paradise Ranch, The Box, Groom Lake, Neverland, and others) is a remote tract of land in the southwestern portion of Lincoln County in southern Nevada, located at 37.239° N 115.816° W, at the southern edge of a large dry salt flat called Groom Lake. It lies within the Nevada Test and Training Range and is owned by the United States Department of Defense and the United States Air Force, and contains an airfield whose primary purpose is believed to be the operation / analysis of enemy aircraft and enemy weapons systems, and secret development and testing of new military aircraft. It is famed as the subject of many UFO conspiracy theories.

2007-02-15 17:23:41 · answer #1 · answered by Kamp 4 · 1 0

It's the nickname for the skunk works in Groom Lake, NV. Highly secret aircraft were developed there including the U-2, SR-71, and F-117. Foreign aircraft have been identified being test flown from the site (this would be Russian-foreign, not aliens).

Normal people would say that the alien rumor has probably been encouraged by officials hoping to detract from the much more interesting aeronautical research that continues at the site.

2007-02-16 01:29:58 · answer #2 · answered by violentquaker 4 · 0 0

Area 51 (Groom Lake, Nevada)

Area 51 is the popular name of a secret military facility at Groom Lake, Nevada, approximately 90 miles north of Las Vegas. The 6-by-10 mile rectangular air base lies within the Switzerland-sized boundaries of Nellis Air Force Base, and has served as a testing ground for "black budget" (top-secret) military prototype aircraft since the mid-1950s. Area 51 is also a well-known folk symbol of an assumed government conspiracy to cover up information on UFOs and extraterrestrial life.

The present popular fascination with Area 51 bloomed in 1989 when KLAS-TV in Las Vegas broadcast a series of interviews with Robert Lazar, a self-proclaimed aerospace engineer who maintained that he had been hired to help reverse-engineer an alien spacecraft at the Papoose Lake facility near Groom Lake. Lazar asserted that the United States government had recovered a downed extraterrestrial spacecraft and stored it in an underground bunker at Area 51. Lazar's bizarre story elicited support from the community of UFO and alien conspiracy theorists based in Roswell, New Mexico, and ignited public curiosity. The April 1994 issue of Popular Science magazine carried a satellite image of Groom Lake on its cover and featured an in-depth article on the military history of the facility.

2007-02-17 00:31:45 · answer #3 · answered by neumor 2 · 0 0

area 51 is a high security military research,development site where testing of new technologies is done practically.civilians are not allowed to enter this because of security reasons and risk to their lives(thro'radiations,etc.).
as far as the question of Aliens and UFO's/Flying Saucers and Disks is concerned ; no one knows whether it is a myth or reality ; except the Pentagon and President of the U.S.

2007-02-16 01:53:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

it's a research area of the govt of us to conduct supposed expe riments on aliens as thought by many but. the govt condemns it

2007-02-16 06:54:36 · answer #5 · answered by nicky 1 · 0 0

It is an area in New Mexico where Nazi UFO's landed

2007-02-16 17:27:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

supposedly it's where the government conducts experiments on aliens, try wikipedia.org

2007-02-16 01:23:01 · answer #7 · answered by BB 3 · 0 0

it's a place where aliens were reportedly sighted

2007-02-16 01:49:39 · answer #8 · answered by Your mom goes to college 3 · 0 0

wikipedia.com

2007-02-16 01:24:18 · answer #9 · answered by Simon 5 · 0 0

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