Are there Aliens Actually Invading Area 51?

 Author: Jacquelynn S. Gresham

Area 51? Aliens? Strange aircrafts? Top-secret? These are all words and phrases that come up when Area 51 is discussed in general public or every-day discussion. This creates the conspiracy theory of if aliens exist or is it really a top-secret place for the government to test spy planes? This theory has created famous writers' and reporters on Area 51. The most famous post was made on Facebook called, “Storm Area 51, They can't stop All of Us.” This is a plan for the general public to take one day out of the year to take over the secretive military site and find the supposed aliens that are kept here. This got 1.5 million people interested, creating a big joke on Facebook. Overall, this got over a million people thinking that aliens are real, and they are stored in Area 51.

What is Area 51 and how did it come about?

Area 51 is a top-secret test and training range that the U.S. Airforce base created in response to the Japanese attack on Pearl Habor. (provide citation) Area 51 official name is the Nevada Test and Training Range, and this is in Groom Lake. Other names for this site that workers use to make it sound more peaceful is Dreamland and Paradise Ranch. (provide citation) The name Area 51 came for the location of where it was geographically located on the map. In this general place the famous U-2 spy plane was test successfully in 1955. Around the same time, the first report of a U.F.O (unidentified flying object) was seen in Newpapers. These sightings have been happening ever since.

In recent studies...

The public found out officially in August of 2013 that Area 51 existed. The public found out because, Dr. Jeffey T. Richelson which is a senior peer at George Washington University who passed a Freedom of Information Act Request in 2005. This was to get information behind what the CIA is doing with these spy planes. This forced the CIA to give informational documents on the history of the famous U-2 Spy plane and others. On the picture below, is a photograph of the U-2 spy plane that was used by the CIA.

Links:

“Area 51 Is the Internet’s Latest Fascination. Here Is Everything to Know About This Mysterious Site.” https://time.com/5627694/area-51-history/ On this website link it discusses what Area 51 is, how it came about, its official name, and raids it caused on media.

“Strange Signals from Area 51” http://web.a.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.usca.edu:2048/ehost/detail/detail?vid=3&sid=5108508b-a686- 4244-9b0d- 18b97ab31b97%40sessionmgr4007&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#A N=794613&db=aph. On this website it discusses the history of UFOs, the experiences people have had, and investigations behind the UFO sightings.

“Inexplicable Moments.” http://web.a.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.usca.edu:2048/ehost/detail/detail?vid=4&sid=fa5a238e-67ec- 438f-95f2-b7f511cc416e%40sdc-v- sessmgr03&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#AN=2620687&db=aph This website discusses a reporter coming to the town of Area 51, interviewing people on the inexplicable moments they have experience due to Area 51.

Work cited: 

Aguilera, Jasmine. “Area 51 Is the Internet’s Latest Fascination Here’s Everything to Know about the Mysterious Site.” TIME. July 17, 2019. https://time.com/5627694/area-51-history/. October 20, 2020.

Brannan, Amy. “Area 51 Facts and Conspiracy Theories. ” Exploring Life’s Mysteries. October 2, 2014. https://www.exploringlifesmysteries.com/area-51-facts/. October 20, 2020.

Hammer, Joshua. “Strange Signals From Area 51.pp. 62. http://web.a.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.usca.edu:2048/ehost/detail/detail?vid=3&sid=5108508b-a686-4244-9b0d-18b97ab31b97%40sessionmgr4007&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#AN=794613&db=aph. October 16, 2020.

Stampler, Laura. FAA Confirms Spy Plane Caused LAX Chaos. May 6, 2014. Photograph. “U-2 Spy Plane,” TIME, October 21, 2020, https://time.com/89130/faa-spy-plane-los-angeles/.

Webster, Donovan. “Inexplicable Moments. ” Inexplicable Moments, vol. 30, no. 10, January 2000, pp. 26 2p.3. http://web.a.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.usca.edu:2048/ehost/detail/detail? vid=4&sid=fa5a238e-67ec-438f-95f2-b7f511cc416e%40sdc-v- sessmgr03&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#AN=2620687&db=a ph. October 17, 2020.

Area 51

Author: Myliyah Bogans

Thoughts
When you think of Area 51, your brain instantly thinks aliens and UFO’s and all those other weird conspiracy theories. When I think of Area 51, I think of the movie Independence Day when they were at the top-secret science lab testing alien spaceships and had alien bodies held in containment. I also think of them coming to take over the planet as well. We shouldn’t just think that all the time because that’s not what it’s all about.

History
After the attack the Japanese did on Pearl Harbor America was super afraid of other things of this sort occurring again. Under the order of President Eisenhower, the secret development of the U-2 program was started in November of 1954. They needed a more secret remote place away isolated from the public eye. When they discovered Grooms Lake . It was once used an Army/AirForce base during WW2.Outsiders were brought in to work and weren’t allowed to share their top-secret information with the others on the outside. When They started testing circular aircrafts that could reach higher altitudes then regular one’s people notice them and didn’t have a clue about what they were. That is where the claim of UFO’s sightings came in affect. People were so wowed that they were supposedly seeing creatures from a different universe. Many people claimed they had encounter Aliens. A man by the name of Robert Lazar claimed he had with Extra-Terrestrial technology while employed at the site, thus sparked many conspiracy theories at that time.

The Name
Since Area 51 lies in the grid line of 51 on the map that is where the name comes from. It also could be referred to as Homey Airport. The name had also been changed to Paradise Ranch when it came time to draw in workers to work, so it wouldn’t sound so dull and boring. It can also be referred to a Dreamland.

Recent Discoveries
For many years people have been wandering what really happens at Area 51 not to long ago it all started as a Facebook joke “Storm Area 51”, they also including some Alien Merch for the people to wear as they attempted to get in. It really turned out to just be a party that was planned for millions but only a few millennials showed up. People were supposed to Naruto Run as they stormed the base. Some may ask what a Naruto run is, it comes from a Japanese Anime Series. If you're not into stuff like that you most likely wouldn’t know, but the following video may help.

Some people showed up dressed in full Alien Costumes. A few people got arrested for going on the property.

Works Cited:

https://www.exploringlifesmysteries.com/area-51-facts/

Netzley, Patricia D. "Area 51." The Greenhaven Encyclopedia of Paranormal
Phenomena, Greenhaven Press, 2006, pp. 36-37. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints

Fortin, Jacey. "Invitation to 'Storm' Area 51 Gets Noticed." New York Times, 18 July 2019, p. A15(L). Gale in Context: Science

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For further information or Want to get involved?

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This website is for information about ordering T-Shirts

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2019/07/13/half-million-people-signed-up-storm-area-what-happens-if-they-actually-show-up/
Article talks about the viral Facebook post about Storming Area 51.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjE5gg_zbzQ
This is a YouTube video on conspiracy and history on Area 51.