What Is The Mysterious Area 51?

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

Last summer, a young man from California brought Facebook users together to invade the military base in Nevada, called "Area 51," to see - and confront - aliens. Without thinking, millions of people joined his call alerting the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the FBI, which had to take action on the matter.

The call turned out to be a prank from Matty Roberts, who worriedly had to face up and accept that it was a prank for a meme page.

But what is Area 51 and why is its entry restricted?

The site is a highly classified open training camp for the United States Air Force, which restricts entry to unauthorized persons and warns that action will be taken against anyone who violates the rules.

"We would discourage anyone trying to enter the area where we train the US military," the field warns.

The military base is in the middle of the Nevada desert, and its name, according to the Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, is given due to its position on the map, although it was previously called Rancho Paraíso or Land of Dreams.

According to CNN, in 1958 the area was withdrawn from public use by the Atomic Energy Commission, and its mystery has inspired theories about the presence of unidentified objects, after the government took over to carry out tests and investigations on weapons. nuclear.

According to National Geographic, before World War II, the area was used for mining and silver mining. When the CIA began developing spy planes, the location was right for testing.

In 1989, the military field was associated with the appearances and presence of aliens, after Robert Lazar, who said he had worked in the area, offered an interview, ensuring that they studied an alien spacecraft there and that his job was to recreate the technology for use. military.

However, such a statement was discredited.

It was not until 2013 that the government formally accepted the existence of Area 51 for the first time.