Area 51 by DustinPowell

Is Area 51 real? Located in Lincoln county, Nevada, within the Edwards Air Force Base, you will find the resting place of Area 51. Even though Area 51 is unseen on all U.S. government maps, we know it’s there. For years, people have wondered what goes on at this secret Air Force Base. Most Americans believe Area 51 was built to interact with Extraterrestrials. There are many conspiracies of UFO sightings and even an alleged crashed spaceship in 1947. Because of these strange claims, Area 51 remains a very popular unknown mystery still to this day. 

  

Bob Lazar is a former government scientist who publicly exposed Area 51 and claims he has worked on Extraterrestrial space-crafts. Some people believe Lazar was assigned by the government to spread lies about Area 51, and what really goes on there. Lazar is a unique individual, who has degrees from the “Massachusetts Institute of Technology and from the California Institute of Technology, along with a PhD in Physics” (“Bob Lazar”). Lazar worked as a reverse Engineer at S-4 a hidden hangar complex south of Groom Lake on the base of Area 51. Reverse Engineering is when you make a reproduction of something exactly the same as the original product. At “S-4 Lazar claims to have seen 9 space-crafts. He analyzed each craft and could not believe how advanced the technology was. Each Crafts main power source, known as element 115, does not naturally occur on earth” (1).

Lazar is a very strange character because he comes off as blunt. He seems to have no emotion when he talks about his work as if it is not exciting or interesting. Lazar also has a sense of humor sometimes. For example, in an interview Lazar says, “I don’t answer UFO emails anymore, so if anyone is thinking of emailing me, I don’t care if you were abducted; I am sorry to hear about it” (“Bob Lazar: The Man Behind Area 51”). Lazar does not get mad or act out when people claim his stories are fake. He thinks people should think whatever they want to believe.  Lazar says, “given the same information, I am not sure I would believe the story either. There is a lot I cannot prove; It is what I observed and what happened to me” (1).

Lazar is a stereotypical scientist not only due to his looks, but his thought process and his intelligence. His next level thinking and all of these traits combined make him the perfect stereotypical scientist. Living a secret life and hiding the truth from his own wife were internal conflicts Lazar had to deal with. External conflicts would be being ridiculed by the media and others for trying to explain his own experiences at Area 51. Because of Lazars conspiracies of Extraterrestrial space-crafts, Area 51 has become famous. People all over the United States want to know was Lazar telling the truth. Lazar’s actions were unwise and in a way rebellious. He went against his own job and put his own reputation at risk. Lazar could have not said anything, but because he was motivated to tell the truth, he went against everyone just to warn the American people about what really goes on at Area 51. Because of these brave actions, Lazar is telling the truth. Why would he go through all this trouble just to spread lies about Area 51?

        

          Area 51 is famous for being one of the biggest mysteries in U.S. History. The Government has kept Area 51 highly classified since it was built in the 1950’s. This small detachment of Edwards Air Force Base has made people wonder what is really going on there? What is the government trying to hide from us and why does Area 51 have to be top secret? One conspiracy most Americans believe is, Area 51 was built to interact with Extraterrestrials. Another conspiracy is Area 51 was built to cover up a crashed spaceship, in 1947 also known as the “Roswell Incident”. The polled question confirmed that 29 out of 30 people do believe the conspiracies about Area 51. This did not surprise me, I’m glad others are curious as well.

The Roswell Incident occurred, “one morning around Independence Day 1947, about 75 miles from the town of Roswell, New Mexico” (Roswell). A local rancher named Mac Brazel came across something unusual in his sheep pasture. Brazel found “a mess of metallic sticks held together with tape; chunks of plastic and foil reflectors; and scraps of a heavy, glossy, paper-like material” (1). Brazel could not identify the strange subjects and called the local police department. The local police contacted the nearby Roswell Air Force Base after having no luck identifying the strange objects either. Once the local soldiers arrived, they began searching Brazel’s field, gathering the strange objects and hauling them away in armored trucks. This caused the local newspapers to get involved. The story of a crashed UFO in Roswell became very popular and spread across the United States. On July 9th, an Air Force Official tried to end the newspapers claim by saying. “The alleged flying saucer was only a crashed weather balloon” (1). Even with this claim local news and people who were present at the crash site, did not believe it was just a crashed weather balloon.

After the Roswell Incident UFOS became a national phenomenon, people from all over started claiming to have seen UFOS. This caused the government to take action by creating Project Blue Book. With the number of UFO sightings reaching record highs, Project Blue Book became one of the longest living inquiries on UFOS, Blue Book solved “reports of more than 12,000 sightings, each of which was ultimately classified as identified” (History of UFOs). Because of agencies like Project Blue Book people began to think, Area 51 was built just to interact with Extraterrestrials. This conspiracy was caused after the statement of J. Allen. “J. Allen Hynek, an Astronomer at Northwestern University in Evanston, who had been involved with Project Blue Book, concluded that a small fraction of the most- reliable UFO reports gave definite indications for the presence of Extraterrestrial visitors” (1). This proves that the government has been covering up the Roswell Incident of 1947 and the existence of Extraterrestrials. 

Area 51 still to this day is one the biggest unsolved mysteries in U.S. history. The conspiracy of Area 51 interacting with Extraterrestrials, still remains classified and kept a secret by the government. Along with the cover up of the Roswell Incident of 1947, people still want to know exactly what the government is hiding. Something strange is going on at Area 51, but we are close to finding the truth.

 

Works Cited

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 “Bob Lazar: The Man Behind Area 51.” LASVEGASNOW, LASVEGASNOW, 23 May 2005, www.lasvegasnow.com/news/bob-lazar-the-man-behind-area-51/80762763. Accessed 19 July, 2017.

"History of UFOs." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2009. Web. 26 July 2017.

 "Roswell." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2009. Web. 26 July 2017.

"What Goes on at Area 51?" History.com. A&E Television Networks, 16 Jan. 2013. Web. 20 July, 2017.