Area 51 is a United States Air Force facility located in the southern portion of Nevada in the west of the United States. The area has been the site for multiple activities, including lead and silver mining in the mid-19th century, an airfield during the World War 2 and a test facility for the Central Intelligence Agency's Project Aquatone in 1955.
The earliest records of the location being called Area 51 dates back to CIA documents during the Vietnam War. However, the origins of the name remains unclear. It is accepted that the term Area 51 comes from the grid numbering system assigned by the Atomic Energy Commission in the area. While the AEC has not assigned a name for the location, Area 51 is adjacent to Area 15 hence the name.
Despite the decades long history, the public has not been privy to a lot of information about Area 51. Because of all the secrecy, conspiracy theories regarding the air force facility have been going around since the 1950s. Amongst the most popular speculations claims that Area 51 is a testing place for weather control technology. Others claim that time travel and teleportation technology are developed at the facility. Still many believe that Area 51 is the meeting place for a mysterious one world government organization.
After fifty long years, and with the advent of the internet, it is unsurprising how people are still very much enamored with the mysteries of Area 51. In fact, several news publications recently published what could be evidences of the most persistent theory surrounding Area 51 - extraterrestrials.
Just this week, Aubrey Sitterson from Geek.com wrote a convincing article supporting the claims that Area 51 is a hub for extraterrestrial activity. Sitterson argues that the facility is where research on captured alien technology takes place, given its close proximity to Route 375, otherwise known as the Extraterrestrial Highway.
Moreover, a recent report from Metro claims to have come across a witness of a truck carrying what seems to be a flying saucer near the vicinity of Area 51. Metro's witness, Charlene Yazzle, have since told a local news station the details about the encounter. According to Yazzle, the truck was heading south to the freeway and was escorted by black vehicles.
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