The truth is in there: Why this US air base is once again on the radar
Alien-themed graffiti adorns a rock along the Extraterrestrial Highway near Rachel, Nevada, the closest town to Area 51. Picture: AP/John Locher.Area 51. Dreamland. Watertown. The Nevada Training Range. Paradise Ranch. Whatever you call it, it didn’t exist … at least not officially, until 2013.
The remote desert airstrip and target ground is where “we train American armed forces”, US Air Force spokeswoman Laura McAndrews said when addressing the “Storm Area 51” movement. “The US Air Force always stands ready to protect America and its assets.” Speaking to KLAS-TV in Las Vegas, Roberts said the popularity of his site “just completely took off out of nowhere … it was pretty wild”.
The number of annual UFO reports peaked in 2014 at more than 8000. But, by 2018, that number had toppled to about 3000. What has changed, recently, has been the high profile of those addressing the issue.Rocket plumes. Strings of military flares. Even the planet Venus on a misty night. All are regularly grabbed as “evidence” of aliens by social media channels — particularly YouTube — hungry for fresh viral content to feed credulous audiences.
Conspiracy theories about the Nevada testing ground have been growing ever since the first outbreak of “UFOs” were “sighted” there in the 1950s.It is distant and hard to access — by design.It houses secrets of immense national security — so they’re secret.
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