Tagged: Area 51

When the National Atomic Testing Museum of Las Vegas opened its “Area 51: Myth or Reality” exhibit two years ago, it became an instant hit. It wasn’t just the only place that had a comprehensive knowledge of Area 51 — it gave a venue to...

A lot of buzz is going around this week about President Obama mentioning Area 51 by name at a reception celebrating the 2013 Kennedy Center Honorees on Sunday. However, Bill Clinton has also made reference to the secretive base in the Nevada desert, although he...

Once upon a time, Area 51 didn’t exist. Now, apparently, it does. And it’s still one of the most secret places in America. After decades of denial, the government now publicly acknowledges that Area 51 — seen below in a satellite image — is a...

In 1968, 31-year-old hypersonic flight specialist Thornton “T.D.” Barnes reported to Groom Lake, the remote Southern Nevada military base also known as Area 51. He began work on the CIA’s top-secret Project OXCART. Over the next seven years, he and many of his colleagues knew...

In this April 10, 2002, file photo, a car moves along the Extraterrestrial Highway near Rachel, Nev., the closest town to Area 51. (AP Photo/Laura Rauch, File) The man who exposed Area 51 to the world is still being tracked by the U.S. Government, he...

Satellite images appear to show a second runway and some new buildings If you’ve got loads of experience in top secret missions and an affinity for UFOs, then a job opportunity has arrived that may be impossible to pass up. ‘Janet Airlines,’ the unofficial name...

(Credit: Google Maps) For decades, the U.S. government denied that Area 51, a top-secret military base in Nevada, existed, until 2013, when a 2005 Freedom of Information Act request forced the CIA to officially acknowledge it. Now, using images from Google Maps, conspiracy theorists claim...

In this April 10, 2002, file photo, a car moves along the Extraterrestrial Highway near Rachel, Nev., the closest town to Area 51. (AP Photo/Laura Rauch, File) The tragic death of Lieutenant Colonel Eric Schultz last week on a weapons testing range in Nevada has...

(Credit: SecureTeam 10 YouTube) A video from noted conspiracy theorists SecureTeam 10 describes what it calls “leaked” footage of an alien craft at Area 51 in Nevada. The video, which has racked up over 200,000 views on YouTube, appears to show a flying object hovering...

Warning signs tell people to stay away from Area 51. (SipaPhoto) Skylab astronauts took this photograph as they approached the orbiting laboratory on the the third and final mission, known as Skylab 4, in November 1973. (NASA) Newly declassified documents reveal more detail about past...