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(CNN) - Area 51 has long been a topic of fascination for conspiracy theorists and paranormal enthusiasts, but newly released CIA documents officially acknowledge the site and suggest that the area served a far less remarkable purpose than many had supposed.
According to these reports, which include a map of the base's location in Nevada, Area 51 was merely a testing site for the government's U-2 and OXCART aerial surveillance programs. The U-2 program conducted surveillance around the world, including over the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
Area 51, about 125 miles northwest of Las Vegas, is synonymous in popular culture with government secrecy, and many have theorized that it holds the answer to one of the greatest questions plaguing mankind: Are we really alone in the universe?
But the newly released documents make no mention of alien autopsy rooms or spaceship parking lots.
This information will be disappointing to some, who have come to view the area has been a Mecca of sorts for alien encounters.
For these true believers, the existence of alien spacecraft at Area 51, and the government's attempts to cover up their trace, is irrefutable and has been since reports of Unidentified Flying Objects -- or UFOs -- began to emerge from the Nevada desert in the middle part of the 20th century.
The map and other documents were released in response to a Freedom of Information Act request submitted by Jeffrey T. Richelson, a senior fellow at the National Security Archives, in 2005.
Richelson submitted the request as part of his continuing study of aerial surveillance programs and told CNN that he was not given an explanation of why the new documents were less redacted than previous versions declassified by the agency.
He points out, however, that the location of Area 51 was not a particularly well-kept secret. Its location appears in books on aerial surveillance and is widely referenced in popular culture.
In fact, the map that was released in the CIA documents mirrors the one that appears after a simple Google Maps search for "Area 51."
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Thoughts? I'm not sure that even if Area 51 was everything it is said to be they would admit it anyway so even though this is interesting I don't believe it.
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I don't really believe in theories/conspiracies, although there is something eerie about Area 51 in my opinion. I still believe that there is something, or has been something in the past that we haven't been told about.
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Could you imagine if you worked in area 51, living and constantly being asked questions. I think the citizens of the USA should at least know a bit about whats going on behind their back.
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I wonder what is actually in area 51
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they will always cover up the truth
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Of course they say that. I honestly believe there's much more going on there.
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I will always believe somethings going off there unless i walked around it myself.
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Suck wrote I wonder what is actually in area 51
It's just another Air Force base. Area 51 is part of Nellis Air Force Base (Nellis Air Force Gunnery and Bombing Range) and they used it for testing experimental aircraft
(SR-71, X-16, X-35, U-2 as mentioned above). My father lived in the area many years ago, and was regularly met with sonic booms from aircraft being tested, and he would be able to see the aircraft taking off and landing.
Also, in Alamo, NV, there's a nice hotel called A Cowboy's Dream, and I spent some time talking to the night security guard, who had access to the base in the '70s. Even he confirmed that it's just another Air Force base.
Everything to do with Area 51 is classified because it's a matter of national security; if the enemy knew what we were testing there, they could copy it, invent countermeasures for it, sabotage it, and a number of other things.
I've spent a lot of time at Area 51, and I know a good number of the ins and outs, if anyone wants to know anything, let me know.
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Rainbow_Dash wroteDid you ever think that people who worked/lived there were sworn to secrecy of anything? Might be an airforce base on the outside but there are endless possibilities of what could be inside or beneath. If its just an airforce base, why did it take so long to be recognised?Suck wrote I wonder what is actually in area 51
It's just another Air Force base. Area 51 is part of Nellis Air Force Base (Nellis Air Force Gunnery and Bombing Range) and they used it for testing experimental aircraft
(SR-71, X-16, X-35, U-2 as mentioned above). My father lived in the area many years ago, and was regularly met with sonic booms from aircraft being tested, and he would be able to see the aircraft taking off and landing.
Also, in Alamo, NV, there's a nice hotel called A Cowboy's Dream, and I spent some time talking to the night security guard, who had access to the base in the '70s. Even he confirmed that it's just another Air Force base.
Everything to do with Area 51 is classified because it's a matter of national security; if the enemy knew what we were testing there, they could copy it, invent countermeasures for it, sabotage it, and a number of other things.
I've spent a lot of time at Area 51, and I know a good number of the ins and outs, if anyone wants to know anything, let me know.
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Vancouver_Canucks wroteRainbow_Dash wroteDid you ever think that people who worked/lived there were sworn to secrecy of anything? Might be an airforce base on the outside but there are endless possibilities of what could be inside or beneath. If its just an airforce base, why did it take so long to be recognised?Suck wrote I wonder what is actually in area 51
It's just another Air Force base. Area 51 is part of Nellis Air Force Base (Nellis Air Force Gunnery and Bombing Range) and they used it for testing experimental aircraft
(SR-71, X-16, X-35, U-2 as mentioned above). My father lived in the area many years ago, and was regularly met with sonic booms from aircraft being tested, and he would be able to see the aircraft taking off and landing.
Also, in Alamo, NV, there's a nice hotel called A Cowboy's Dream, and I spent some time talking to the night security guard, who had access to the base in the '70s. Even he confirmed that it's just another Air Force base.
Everything to do with Area 51 is classified because it's a matter of national security; if the enemy knew what we were testing there, they could copy it, invent countermeasures for it, sabotage it, and a number of other things.
I've spent a lot of time at Area 51, and I know a good number of the ins and outs, if anyone wants to know anything, let me know.
I feel like if it was more than an air force base we wouldn't even know it existed, let alone have satellite images of it (like we did before this announcement). I would expect something extraterrestrial oriented would be underground, with no possibility of obtaining images.
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