Do you believe that somewhere in the universe
• Do you believe that somewhere in the universe, there is life on other planets? • Do you believe that life from other planets has traveled to and visited the Earth? • Do you believe that people have witnessed such visits, like seeing UFO’s? • Do you believe that the governments of the world have proof of UFO’s but have chosen to keep that evidence secret?
What is Area 51?
• Area 51 in Nevada, also known as Groom Lake, became not only the Air Force's most strategic test site, but also a symbol of everything that was sneaky about the U. S. militaryindustrial-intelligence complex. The base's primary purpose is to support development and testing of experimental aircraft and weapons systems.
The First Test Flights • Groom Lake was used for bombing and artillery practice during World War II, but was then abandoned until April 1955, when it was selected as the ideal location to test the forthcoming U-2 spy plane. • A U-2 fleet under the control of the CIA began overflights of Soviet territory by mid 1956. • Since then it has been used as a test facility for covert and experimental aircraft.
More Spy Planes • SR-71 Blackbird
More Spy Planes • D-21 Drone
Off-Limits • The area surrounding the lake is permanently offlimits both to civilian and normal military air traffic. Radar stations protect the area, and unauthorized personnel are quickly expelled.
Off-Limits • Guards are armed with M 16 s and generally follow visitors near the perimeter and radio for the Lincoln County Sheriff. • Deadly force is authorized • Fines of around $600 • Some visitors and journalists report receiving follow-up visits from FBI agents (ref. to as “The Men in Black”). • Some observers have been detained on public land for pointing camera equipment at the base. • Surveillance is supplemented using buried motion sensors.
The Origins of Conspiracy • In July of 1947 the wreckage of some sort of aircraft was recovered from a ranch in Roswell • The site was blocked off, cleaned up and all of the wreckage was removed to Area 51 by military workers. Witnesses report that it was a mysterious flying disc. Several reports came out of the area that the wreckage had been extraterrestrial in nature and that it had strange markings on it. • The military followed this up quickly with a statement that it was a weather balloon that had malfunctioned.
Since Roswell…. . • Hundreds of reports of strange lights, flying objects, etc. have been reported over Area 51. Why are they considered by some to be of alien nature and not USAF jets? – They move too fast – Odd shapes – Hovering and disappearing – Sudden stops and turns
Area 51…. . UFO Sightings?
Conspiracy Theories What’s Going On At Area 51? • The storage, examination, and reverse engineering of crashed alien spacecraft and the study of their occupants • Meetings or joint undertakings with extraterrestrials. • The development of exotic energy weapons • The development of means of weather control • The development of time travel and teleportation technology.
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