Area 51, in southern Nevada, is a U.S. military base. Its very existence was unconfirmed until 2013, when the CIA was obliged to respond to a Freedom of Information Act request from 2005. Based on historical evidence, it appears that Area 51 supports the development and testing of experimental aircraft and weapons. Public satellite images, such as those available on Google Maps, don’t provide insight. Even those with security clearance to visit Area 51 are transported there from Las Vegas via an airline called JANET, which reportedly stands for Joint Air Network for Employee Transportation, on an unmarked plane that turns off its transponder before descending.
The intense secrecy surrounding Area 51 has sparked rumors that the government uses it to house crashed UFOs and conduct lab tests on aliens. Other theories about what Area 51 is used for include: research on time travel, research on teleportation, meetings with extraterrestrials, development of a means for weather control and activities related to a shadowy one-world government.
Where these Area 51 secrets and theories come from is as much a mystery as Area 51, itself, but one thing is certain: People love a good conspiracy theory. At one point, conspiracy theorists believed the moon landing in 1969 had been faked. Hint: It wasn’t.
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