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Why is Area 51 so mysterious?

   For years, Area 51, the so called nuclear testing base of USA has been a primary source of endless conspiracies. Aliens, UFO's, monsters, experiments and what not has been associated with this.

  Not only that, even no list of mysterious places can fail to mention this place's name. Wait, what? Mysterious places? What's so mysterious about Area 51? Are there aliens really there? Is it just military installation? Let's get every thing clear today...


  Lying on the edge of the Nevada Nuclear Test Site, Area 51 located at Groom Dry Lake near Las Vegas, is the Area 51. In the early 1950s, US planes were conducting low-flying missions over the USSR. But there had been constant worries of them being spotted and shot down. So in 1954, Eisenhower authorized the event of a top secret, high-altitude recon aircraft dubbed Project Aquatone. The program required a top-secret hidden location that wasn't easily accessible to civilians or spies. Area 51 was the best.

  No one knows exactly why it's called Area 51, but one theory suggests it came from its proximity to the Nevada Nuclear Test Sites. The Nevada Test Site was divided into number-designated areas by the Atomic Energy Commission. The location was already familiar territory for the military, as it had served as a World War II aerial gunnery range. And probably that's why it's mysterious. But wait, the thing over yet...


  The UFO story came out in the early 1980’s. It didn’t really take off because there was no internet at the time, but once we got the internet age, then all of a sudden it became this huge, meme-like kind of thing. 

  It wasn't when soon the UFO conspiracies came in. In the summer of 1955, sightings of UFOs were reported around Area 51. That's because the Air Force had begun its testing of the U-2 aircraft. The U-2 can fly above 60,000 feet. At the time, normal airliners were flying within the 10,000 to 20,000 feet range. While military aircraft topped out around 40,000 feet. So if a pilot spotted the small speck that was the U-2 high above it, they might haven't any idea what it had been and that they would usually let traffic control know someone was out there. Which is what led to the rise of UFO sightings within the area. While Air Force officials knew the UFO sightings were U-2 tests, they couldn't really tell the general public in order that they explained the aircraft sightings by saying they were "natural phenomena" and "high-altitude weather research."

  Ah! What's so mysterious? Right? The testing of the U-2 ended in the late 1950s; but, Area 51 has continued to serve as the testing ground for many aircrafts, including the F-117A, A-12, and TACIT BLUE. No one knows for sure what Area 51 is up to these days. The government never even publicly acknowledged the existence of the base until 2013, with the release of declassified CIA reports. 

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