Bob Lazar and Area 51 By: Cole Dunn

Bob Lazar and Area 51

By: Cole Dunn

The United States government has contacted with aliens from another galaxy and is reverse engineering extraterrestrial flying saucers. At least this is what Robert Scott Lazar (A.K.A. Bob Lazar) claims to have witnessed first-hand. Lazar is a former scientist that worked for the United Stated government at a top secret test facility in Nevada known as “Area 51”. The claims of Mr. Lazar would spark many questions and concerns:

1. How long have these findings been hidden from the public and why?

2. Were these claims merely publicity stunts?

3. What proof does Lazar have?

In the following essay we will examine and discuss Bob Lazar and his out-this-world story

            Bob Lazar, also known as Robert Scott Lazar, was born in Florida in 1959. Lazar is the man responsible for bringing the notorious Area 51 to the public’s attention. He claims to have worked inside of Area 51 as a scientist whose role was to help reverse engineer alien crafts and advanced technology. Even though there’s undeniable truths to some of Lazars claims, there are findings that suggest that he may not of been completely honest.

Lazar claims to have degrees from the prestigious universities of Massachusetts institute of Technology and California Institute of Technology, however investigations into his background show no records of Lazar attending either of these universities (Salisbury, Frank B). Stanton Friedman, a private investigator determined that Bob Lazar graduated high school near the bottom of his class and had only taken one chemistry class. Friedman believes this would almost certainly exclude him from MIT, since they accept only the top percentiles and those who have taken many science classes ("The Bob Lazar Fraud"). Lazar claims the records haven’t been found because the government erased the records in attempt to discredit his story. MIT professors don’t remember Lazar, there’s no records of him and the colleges say there is no way to erase student records ("The Bob Lazar Fraud"). Add this on top of Lazars 1990 felony arrest for aiding and abetting a prostitution ring and it could be reasonable to think that Lazar is a shady character (Los Angeles Times).

 After Lazar released the Area 51 story, it blew up! Lazar wasn’t seeking attention he simply thought the public should have the right to know. “Look, I’m not out there giving UFO lectures or producing tapes. I’m not in the UFO business,” “I’m trying to run a scientific business, and if I’m The UFO Guy it makes it difficult for me. It is to my benefit that people don’t believe the story. So, when somebody says that they don’t believe my story, I say, ‘Great. Pass it around. I don’t want you to believe it because it makes life difficult for me’” (Knapp).

  After years of being at the sole center of the UFO and alien conspiracy community, Lazar slowly stopped answering questions and faded away from the all the alien buzz. Lazar now lives in Massachusetts with his long-time wife. The couple would have somewhat of a rocky start to their new science supply business “United Nuclear”, but he is reportedly doing well. Mr. Lazar still backs his Area 51 story 25 years later, but wants no part of the alien community and the attention that comes with it as he is trying to focus on his business (Knapp).

There are a few conspiracy theories that surround the Bob Lazar story. The first we will

examine is the most popular one: is the government really testing alien crafts? Bob Lazar

provides some of the more solid evidence, claiming to have seen these crafts in person while

working at the site. There have been thousands of reports of UFOs sightings around the Nevada

and New Mexico area. One of the most famous and well documented incidents that suggest the

government is testing alien crafts was the 1947 incident in Roswell. It was released to the press

by public information officer Walter Haut that “A flying disc” had crash landed in a ranch near

Roswell was recovered, but later military officials stated the “flying disc” was nothing more than

a failed weather balloon test (Olmsted 2009). Area 51 is also surrounded by extremely high-tech

security systems, including buried sensors that are rumored to be able to tell the difference

between a human and animals (Poulsen). With the sightings, Bob Lazar claims and this high-tech

security it’s not crazy to think the government could be testing more than just weather balloons. 

The other conspiracy theory is that Lazar lied about his whole story of seeing alien crafts

at Area 51 as a publicity stunt just to make money. When Lazar came forward and made these

claims on camera he surely had to of gotten paid, but he never took it much further than a few

interviews. It’s possible he could have made a fortune off of UFO books, tapes and other alien

memorabilia. Lazar knows this and clearly addresses that he is not interested into this type of

marketing. “Look, I’m not out there giving UFO lectures or producing tapes. I’m not in the UFO

business. I’m trying to run a scientific business, and if I’m The UFO Guy it makes it really

difficult for me. It is to my benefit that people don’t believe the story. So when somebody says

that they don’t believe my story, I say, ‘Great. Pass it around. I don’t want you to believe it

because it makes life difficult for me’” (Knapp).

In Lazars story there is another outstanding conspiracy, he claims to have read briefing

documents that suggested humans have had contact and been influenced by aliens for around

10,000 years (Salisbury). This claim, of all, received the most skepticism. Assuming aliens have

made contact with humans, surly Americans aren’t the only ones that have history with these

beings. There are many different theories and evidence that support this. To find out if this is

plausible we must examine many different cultures in different parts of the world. There are

ancient drawings in caves that depict flying crafts and saucers, some even with fire coming out

of the back of them (Lionsground). Where else would a caveman get the idea of drawing a

picture that depicts a space ship unless he saw it with his own eyes? I don’t know of any birds

that are huge and saucer shaped with fire shooting out of the back of them. Many cultures were

great about documenting things they saw, things they did and their way of life. Proof of other

worldly beings making contact with ancient cultures can be easily found with little research. All

of this evidence was documented long before money driven publicity stunts and long before the

term UFO was used.

After examining Lazar and his story we are still unsure of three things:

1. How long have these findings been hidden from the public and why?

2. Were these claims merely publicity stunts?

3. What proof does Lazar have to offer?

Today, decades later, we are still unsure if Bob Lazar is telling the truth. Some things Lazar said

seem too far-fetched while other claims make sense. The Lazar story still puzzles people today.

Works Cited

Sailisbury, B. Frank (2010). A Scientist Brings Reason and Logic to Over 400 UFO Sightings in Utah's Uintah Basin. Cedar Fort, Inc. p. 146.

Freidman, Stanton (January 2011). "The Bob Lazar Fraud". stantonfriedman.com.

Poulsen, Kevin (25 May 2004). "Area 51 hackers dig up trouble". Securityfocus.com. Retrieved 10 June 2013.

Olmsted 2009

Salisbury, B. Frank (2010). A Scientist Brings Reason and Logic to Over 400 UFO Sightings in Utah's Uintah Basin. Cedar Fort, Inc. p. 146.

https://lionsground.com/ancient-proof-alien-hieroglyphics/