Argumentative Essay On Area 51

Area 51

What is Area 51? Area 51 is “...testing site for the government's U-2 and OXCART aerial surveillance programs. The U-2 program conducted surveillance around the world, including over the Soviet Union during the Cold War.” (Koran.) It’s also known as “Groom Lake.” It’s close to Las Vegas, and in the middle is a huge air base the government doesn’t speak of. This place is also well known to have had many alien and UFO sightings. Area 51 has been known to be a “U.S. government UFO set-up.”

It was a badly kept secret. It allowed the many imaginations of conspiracy theorists to wander on. Tons of UFO hunters also want to check out Area 51. Major Bolden said, “There is an Area 51,” he said. “It’s not what many people think. I’ve been to a place called that but it’s a normal research and development place. I never saw any aliens or alien spacecraft or anything when I was there.” (Knapton.) The craziest theories about aliens at Area 51 said that not only were the aliens here on Earth but that they are running the whole thing. Apparently, the U.S. government has “agreed” to let the aliens to abduct people at their will and test on these citizens.

The nearest town to Area 51 is Rachel, Nevada, approximately. 25 miles north from it.

The base itself takes up only a small part of almost 100,000 acres that it sits on. “It is made of a hangar, a guard shack, a few radar antennas, some housing facilities, a mess hall, offices, runways and shelters(Strickland and Kiser.)” The sheds are buildings created so aircraft can rapidly move under cover when satellites pass in the sky. Some people say that what you can see on the surface is only a small percentage of the whole place. They think that the surface buildings lay on top of a covered base. A couple people say that the underground place has around 40 levels and it’s attached to underground railways to other places like in Los Alamos, White Sands and Los Angeles. Skeptics are sure to say the fact that such a large development task would need a big group of workers, the removal of tons of earth that would have to go somewhere and the need for a large amount of concrete and other construction material. The lack of evidence convinces skeptics that what you see is what you get. Supporters disagree with the skeptic’s thoughts.
The Air Force says the facility’s desire is for “the testing of technologies and systems training for operations critical to the effectiveness of U.S. military forces and the security of the United States (Strickland and Kiger.)” All details that relate to the facility and the projects there are kept secret. However, what we do know, is the Air Force, the CIA and Lockheed have used Area 51 as a place for practicing flights of advanced and confidential aircraft, also known as “black aircraft.” The military states that Area 51 is a Military Operating Area.
The outskirts of Area 51 are not fenced in, but have warning signs and orange poles. Photography is not allowed on site, nor is trespassing, which both would result in a fine. There are tons of signs that warn you speaking of no-entry. They use advanced sensors and signal devices to protect the area. Many visitors who have tried to sneak in into the area have been practically immediately stopped by the guards, who detected their location through the sensors and hidden cameras. The signs also says this important note: “Security is authorized to use deadly force on people who insist on trespassing. Rumors circulate among conspiracy theorists over how many unfortunate truth seekers have died as a result of tromping around the grounds of Area 51, though most believe that trespassers are dealt with in a much less violent manner.”
Supposedly, the original purpose Area 51 was created was for a testing place for Lockheed’s U-2 secret plane. Lockheed made Kelly Johnson in charge of establishing a base of operations for testing and training facilities.The U-2 Spy Plane is a proved Area 51 project. Lockheed worked with the CIA to make a plane that could fly at a high elevation and snoop on other countries. “The U-2 could fly at altitudes of 70,000 feet and was effective in reconnaissance missions for several years” (Strickland and Kiger.) During the making of the U-2, the CIA and Lockheed realized they would soon need more progressed aircraft because the Soviet Union’s missile technology was right there behind. At the beginning of the 1960s, the Soviet Union shot down a U-2, confirming this matter.
Area 51 is still covered with mysteries today.

While we know that it is indeed a US air force military base, the public are not allowed to enter. Area 51 will always have conspiracy theories believing anything, especially aliens. For journalists, such as Annie Jacobsen, its purpose was and is to develop and test the latest things that the military wants to help and create to maintain America's superpower status. "Area 51 was in fact most important Cold War facility as it was set up to push science faster and further than the Soviet Union,"(Jacobsen). "On one side of the road the Nevada test site was preparing for the Third World War, and on the Area 51 side they were trying to prevent it by developing air-surveillance

technology.”
Anyone who’s employed at Area 51, whether in the military or non militant, must sign a pledge agreeing to keep everything a secret. Buildings at the site lack windows, preventing people from seeing anything not related to their own duties at the base. By some reports, different teams would work on similar projects at the same time, but their supervisors would keep each team ignorant of the other team’s project. When testing a secret aircraft, officials ordered all uninvolved employees to stay inside until the test flight was over and the aircraft returned to its hangar.
"I am exactly sure of what I saw. I know what mainstream science is like, I know where physics stands—I know all of that—and this is an extraterrestrial craft, this technology is hundreds and hundreds of years in advance of us, and that's the end of that story." - Bob Lazar. In 1989, a man by the name of Robert Scott Lazar reached out to the Las Vegas television station (KLAS) and stated that he had been employed as a lab technician on the government's biggest deeply classified project, Galileo, which associates back to the construction of alien technology. The research took place at a secretive base at S4. S4 is located about ten miles south of the well-known, Area 51, near the Papoose lake. He said that the project he was shown displayed technology advancements that were hundreds of years ahead of us. There is a famous spot to watch for UFOs, it's called the "Black Mailbox" on Nevada Highway 375. The mailbox belongs to a local rancher and became famous thanks to Robert Lazar. He said it was the place he'd take people to in order to watch scheduled flights of alien space craft. The mailbox has been repainted white, and the owner has said numerous times that he doesn't believe in any of the ordeal. Since Lazar has told the story, he says he’s had his life threatened and he has been shot at. This story is very interesting and the story itself has tons of people who back it up, as it has people who disagree as well.
At the start of the 1940's, a tiny landing strip was created into the soil of the desert floor by Groom Lake, Nevada. Hardly anyone knew that this area of the landing strip would promptly change into one of the notorious, talked about government secrets of all time. We know this land as Groom Lake, Dreamland, or usually as Area 51, all the terms that describe different areas of the classified military base firmly hidden in central Nevada. When the name “Area 51” is mentioned, alien life, UFO’s, nuclear making, and aircraft are some things that people think of. So, “what goes on at Area 51?” There are lots of hoaxes and opinions about what happens there, but no one actually knows for a fact.