What is Area 51 discovering?
98441
millitary seceret plnes are being tested there, not aleins
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The government will easily admit that the area known commonly as Area 51 is owned by the govt. They're even cool with people knowing that it's used to testing the more secret types of planes, weapons, etc. \n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_51
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Our governement has definately recovered at least three flying saucers. UFO means Unidentified Flying Object, so just about any air-base that runs night operations is a UFO base. A bug can be a UFO, a cloud can be a UFO, if it flies and you cant identify it, its a UFO. Area 51 did house some really interesting 'out of this world' stuff at one time, but it is not known to me if it still does or even if it housed the 'stuff' for long. Area 51 is the focal-point of alot of flying saucer mythology because of an event or two that transpired there many decades ago. Our government knows about this weird stuff, to some degree or another, but will NEVER come clean on it, so dont ever involve them in anything if you find something very interesting. They would just 'clean up the mess' and you would probably get 'rubbed' in the process. The truth, as far as ive been able to piece together, is that the flying saucers and those who pilot them are coming not from outer space, but from within the Earth. Im not talking some Hollow Planet, Inner Sun gibberish here, but it is pretty kooky, none the less. There is at least one civilization of beings who reside in gigantic caverns and networks deep beneath the crust of our planet, possibly near or at where continental shelves pull apart or meet but dont touch together everywhere, or something. I think they, the real 'they', are the decendants of human-sized, intelligent, bipedal dinosaurs who got trapped in caves and found places that harbor life deep in the earth. They eventually developed scientific stuff including genetic manipulation and created the hairy dwarves, 'bigfoot', and 'grey aliens' that are sometimes reported seen. They may have had something to do with our own development. That would help explain why their mind tricks are so effective on us. A random process that developed on a completely alien planet would probably not be as strong as their mind tricks are when used on us.
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No idea what is it never heard of it
993792
Area 51 is real, but I couldn't be sure if they have aliens, or alien craft there or not. It would be interesting to REALLY know, as well as know what our government REALLY know about UFO's and things like that. Like Project Blue Book.
603262
I believe the Government ..Keeps "LOTS" of Secrets.         The Alien Topic @ Area 51 is just One of them.(Could be thousands of Secrets  ya know!) ..Because If there are No Aliens or Proof Them , Then "WHY" is it a Restricted Area? Besides, We shouldn't be so Self Centered in Our Thinking. To Believe that We are the Only Life Force around.
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Its discovered a lot of new galaxies, moons, comets, etc.  It is finding out lots about black holes etc.  I think astromers are finding out new things about our universe all the time thanks to the Hubble Telescope.
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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) is a remote tract of land in southern Nevada, owned by the United States Air Force, containing an airfield whose primary purpose is the secret development and testing of new military aircraft. It is famed as the subject of many UFO conspiracy theories.\n\nUFO and other conspiracy theories concerning Area 51\nIts secretive nature and undoubted connection to classified aircraft research, together with reports of unusual phenomena, have led Area 51 to become a centerpiece of modern UFO and conspiracy theory. Some of the unconventional activities claimed to be underway at Area 51 include:\n\nThe storage, examination, and reverse engineering of crashed alien spacecraft (including material supposedly recovered at Roswell), the study of their occupants (living and dead), and the manufacture of aircraft based on alien technology. \nMeetings or joint undertakings with extraterrestrials. \nThe development of exotic energy weapons (for SDI applications or otherwise) or means of weather control. \nThe development of time travel technology. \nActivities related to a supposed shadowy one world government. \nMany of the theories concern underground facilities at Groom or at nearby Papoose Lake, and include claims of a transcontinental underground railroad system, a disappearing airstrip (nicknamed the "Cheshire Airstrip", after Lewis Carroll's Cheshire cat) which briefly appears when water is sprayed onto its camouflaged asphalt [10], and engineering based on alien technology. In 1989, Bob Lazar claimed that he had worked at a facility at Papoose Lake (which he called S-4) on such a U.S. Government flying saucer.\n\nOne major theory is that Area 51 is a place which simulates the environment of the moon. In 2000-2001, Fox Television broadcast a show about Apollo moon landing hoax accusations, in which it was suggested that the whole moon landing in 1969 was a hoax and was filmed in parts of Area 51.\n\nOthers, however, claim that during the mid 1990s, the most secret work previously done at Groom was quietly moved to other facilities, including Dugway Proving Ground in Utah, and that the continued secrecy around Groom is largely a successful attempt at misdirection[11].\n\nIn July 1996, a man named Victor came forward and said on Art Bell's Coast to Coast AM radio show that he had a videotape of an alien interrogation. He said that he copied the tape and smuggled the copy out of Area 51. The video showed the head of an alien in a dark room, possibly using telepathy to communicate with military personnel and scientists[12] and was eventually included in a documentary entitled Area 51:
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I would think that a conspiracy theory that is more fact than theory would be the most believable one. For example; Area 51... Area 51, also called Groom Lake, is a fact, not a mere theory. Area 51 is not on any map, but Groom Lake is. You can also see it in satellite images that are commonly available in the internet. Many people theorize on what goes on at Area 51 however. I, however, have been there myself and can personally account for what goes on there. There is at least one tour company that offers tours to Area 51 where the average citizen can see the wonders that abound there and participate in many of the bases "secret" activities. See, what you do is sign up for the tour. The tour will take you to the edge of Groom Lake where you will see signs that say that deadly force is authorized if you proceed past that point. Now you have to be part of the tour to gain access beyond that point, otherwise, you will be shot.  Seriously, the guys in the black pickups don’t joke around.\n\nNow the tour takes you up the road and over the ridge into the dry lake bed. It gets a little fun because as you cross the dry lake bed, speeds can reach 120 mph or so. The lake bed itself is huge. Then you come up on some huge buildings. Inside the buildings are the alien spacecraft that they have captured over the years. There are quite a few of them. This is where the substance of the tour takes place. Now they also carry out secret military operations at the base, which nobody gets to see, they mainly happen at night and all of the tours are during the day.\n\nWhile you are in the alien spacecraft hanger you get to climb on some of the smaller craft, and they even have an alien spaceship flight simulator for those that are adventurous enough to try it. The whole tour is really cool. While I was there I actually got to meet one of the captured aliens. He or she, nobody knows for sure, is not really a prisoner, but its spacecraft crashed after skimming our atmosphere over the south pole so it has no way to get home. But they also won’t let it leave the base without a heavy escort.\n\nToward the end of the tour, before driving back across the dry lake, they take everyone into a small room, with pale green walls. On one of the walls is a large television looking screen. Once the door closes, the screen starts flashing weird colors and bright lights. Most people pass out and have to be carried back to the tour vehicle, but some are able to walk. Usually most people sort of wake up outside of the gate and they don’t remember anything after approaching the gate in the first place. It is weird, kinda like the blinky thing in MIB. I have only been there once and I don’t really remember any of the cool stuff, but that’s what they tell me happened. I was there and I can tell you - that’s the truth. If you have the opportunity to visit the Little A'Le'Inn Restaurant and Bar on the Extraterrestrial Highway in Rachel, ask them about the tours, they will tell you.\n\nI also visited the sight where JFK was shot - I am telling you, there is no way it makes sense that he was shot from the Book Depository.
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It is the zone used to test black box operations by the US military.\n\nThese are military technologies which have the highest level of secrecy and are the most modern in terms of weapons capability.\n\nThe whole alien thing is not to be believed but the development of next generation weapons technology is the reason why there is such tight security.
559721
the more we find out the more possibilities we discover. think about transplants, about crime scenes, prenatal medicine... who knows what discoveries can be made and how they can contribute to the wellness of mankind.
1182006
Are you talking about the results of the Deep Impact mission?\n\nNASA has a web site about the results.  Taking time to analyze data isn't cloaking it in secrecy.
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Area 51 is a secret Air Force base in southern Nevada.  What the other posters have said is correct.\n\nArea 51 has a REPUTATION, deservedly so, because from the early 1960's to the early 1990's, very secret aircraft were used and developed there.  Throughout the 1960's and 1970's, the SR-71 Blackbird aircraft (which flew above 60,000 feet at Mach 2.3) flew reconaissance missions, especially over the Soviet Union.  The Blackbird was so fast it could OUTRUN surface-to-air missiles.\n\nThe F-117 Stealth fighter was tested and proven in Area 51 as was the B-2 Stealth bomber.  These are very important technolgical advances, two important reasons we won the cold war.\n\nSo for a very long time is was a secret, legendary airbase for top secret aircraft.  The government isn't going to take you on a tour and show you that there are no martians or flying saucers there, so rumours have flourished.\n\nIn the mind of a gossip, these things merge into fascinating forms.  A brillian rumor is that there is a succssfor for the SR-71 Blackbird, the Mach 6 "Aurora" aircraft, and that when people see UFO's in the western US, this is what they are seeing.  There was a good "X Files" episode on this theme, too.
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my grandfather worked in area 51 for 3 years. my own grandma didnt even know it until after he died. the secrets run deep out there, but what she figured out was they were testing experimental aircraft. the secrecy is for our national security. my grandfather designed electrical blueprints for aircrafts. the stealth bomber was one of his "projects".
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Exploration and discovery
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In the summer of 1988 a nuclear physicist named Bob Lazar, worked at the S-4 test site (approx. 10 miles south of Area 51) from December 1988 to March 1989, where he took part in the back-engineering of extra-terrestrial craft. \n\nLazar claimed that they he was able to acquire a piece of the fuel that powered the craft - Element 115, conducting several experiments that proved the high gravitational attraction and heaviness of the element, among other things. Though apparently, this evidence was ‘stolen’ back.\nAround March 1989 Bob Lazar, Reporter John Lear, Gene Huff and others organised several trips into the desert to view test flights from a distance. \n\nOn one of these excursions Lear witnessed a glowing yellow-orange disc-shaped object that rose above the mountains at Groom Lake - luckily Lear managed to catch a glimpse of this through a Celestron telescope. On one of these trips, the group was eventually caught, and shortly thereafter Bob Lazar ceased working at the test site.\n\nIn late 1989 KLAS-TV reporter George Knapp interviewed John Lear, which resulted in Knapp interviewing Bob Lazar and breaking the Area 51 / S-4 story to the public.
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If there was an alien at Area 51 it would have leaked by now, I think.\n\nArea 51 is an airfield.  It is likely that the Air Force tests secret aircraft there.\n\nIf aliens had crash landed on earth why aren't there more of them?  They would likey want to do one of several things:\n\n1. If they were trying not to be noticed, they would come and collect the technology that their hapless brothers left in the wreckage\n\n2. If they were trying not to be noticed they would collect the bodies of said brothers\n\n3.  If they were concerned that thier brothers might be hurt, they would come and rescue them.\n\n4. If this was only a scout ship (why wouldn't they use a robotic scout?) then they would have been curious as to what happened and sent another expidition to find out.\n\nSo where are they?  If they accepted the loss of thier brother (or sister) in the ship, then we may never hear from them.\n\nAnyway, I don't believe that there is an alien living at Area 51.\n\nIf there were, it would likely be less dangerous than a Human.  Look at how we treat each other and then ask yourself, can a race that is constantly wiping each other out ever create the technology needed to make the long and dangerous trip between star systems?