Why the Truth About Area 51 May Not Be ‘Out There’

the mysterious reputation of area 51 has its roots in the 1950s when the CIA partners with the Lockheed aviation company to build and test aircraft they need to keep their new venture top secret so they choose this remote location in the Nevada desert named simply by its map coordinates area 51 sparks the imagination of many conspiracy theorists in the United States and around the world Peter Merlin is a well-known aeronautical historian who has been studying area 51 for 30 years he also thinks that the heavily guarded base is behind many of the crashed planes littering the area well we're being watched right now by area 51 security they detected us coming in using Road sensors that are magnetic to detect any metal object coming by like a truck he'll be watching us the whole time now as long as we're out here because we're very close to the border of area 51 but no one has no time for talk of alien technology I think the idea of aliens being involved with any plane crashes this area is just rubbish Merlin is drawn to this part of the Nevada triangle for evidence that points to a far less exotic explanation this is definitely wreckage from an f4 phantom 2 and there's a piece of here that's got a part number that's very definitely an f4 part numbers Peter Merlin has been hunting downed aircraft here for decades we're very close to the crash site of an f4 D there's an f4 II and Tempe Mountain across the valley there's an f16 down in Reichle British Harrier crashed over the mountains there in Railroad Valley you've got two f-15s it collided in midair all of this took place during routine testing and training he thinks the reason for the high number of military crashes is obvious this is a place for high-tech airplanes are tested where combat airplanes are used in marks exercises like air-to-air combat or air-to-ground combat all of these are exceedingly hazardous it's not at all surprising to have lots of crashes one of those early crashes is the lockheed u-2 spy plane in 1957 it is the first airplane ever tested in area 51 and very likely the source of the initial that link area 51 to captured alien technology the u-2 spy plane program is partially Declassified in 1998 by the CIA although not mentioning area 51 the file contains details of an incident in the 1950s when the prototype flies at altitudes no one believes possible the sightings of the unusual winged aircraft prompt many reports of unidentified flying objects in the area in 2013 after decades of being called the most famous military institution that doesn't exist the CIA finally releases hundreds of declassified papers confirming the existence of area 51 the dossier details testing of advanced aircraft but of course makes no mention of any UFO related research I think sometimes people prefer to believe the mystery I've had people literally tell me that the more they learned about what was actually going on at area 51 the less interest of they were you

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Length: 4min 3sec (243 seconds)

Published: Fri Aug 28 2015