This Is What Really Goes on at Area 51 .. and It’s Not What You Think

What is happening inside area 51? For decades, conspiracy theorists and the general public weighed on the types of operations might take place at the facility in the middle of the Nevada Desert. Some assert exotic experiences are performed at the immense complex. Others insist on the landing of 1969 was a fraud, a hoax filmed on a sound stage inside the area 51.

But according to the historian and author, who has been researching area 51 for over 30 years, there are no aliens or extraterrestrial aircraft behind the gates. Peter Merlin says that even if what happens in area 51 is top-secret, it's all land-based: "The forbidden aspect of area 51 is what makes people want to know what is there, But contrary to what many people would like to believe, "it's Earth technology." You have people pretending it's when the extraterrestrial is really good old American know-how. "

51's history dates back to the early 1950s, at the height of the Cold War. The first major evolution out of the secret base was the U-2 reconnaissance aircraft. The aircraft played a major role in spying on other countries, and also contributed to the myth that foreigners and UFOs were abundant in the area.

In the mid-1950s, commercial aircraft only flew at altitudes of 10,000 to 20,000 feet. Not surprisingly, top-secret trails of U-2 planes across the sky to 60,000 feet in 1955 alarmed airplane pilots and the official response of the military then was to deny that the US Vanguard aircraft Were to blame for the eruption of unidentified flying object sightings. This, of course, led to pilots and the public believing that something sinister was happening at Area 51 - maybe even the extraterrestrials have invaded our airspace.