What are the most likely theories for what is inside Area 51. No crazy conspiracy theories, actual grounded theories that are probable or likely.

  • Venicone
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    36 months ago

    Not American but aware of it as much of the world is. I’d guess they have military facilities doing some research and development there but anything truly wild will be done somewhere else, probably Alaska or another desert location.

    With all the eyes on it all the time probably not got anything really juicy there.

    • @[email protected]
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      36 months ago

      Eh, anything interesting is going to be inside and out of sight. The desert is so big that people aren’t going to be sneaking up on it without you noticing.

      We’re not going to rely on obscurity to keep our research sites secure. People who have worked at similar secure sites report parking at the meeting building, changing into their work coveralls, going through a security screening and then being driven for an hour or two in a bus with blacked out windows to work in a sealed building with no windows before being driven back in similar conditions.

      Using your existing classified development facility has the advantage that you can keep activities at it at a roughly constant level, so anyone watching from a satellite can’t tell if there’s more or less activity that would indicate something interesting. Just make sure that a dozen busses show up every day, regardless of how many people are in them.

      It’s similar to how you can tell the Pentagons level of alert by looking at pizza delivery wait times at off hours on Google maps.

  • @[email protected]
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    56 months ago

    It’s a classified military installation. Those that know for sure don’t talk and those that are talking are probably talking out their ass.

    It is known that it has historically been used as a test and research location for highly experimental stealth aircraft. They probably do EM sensitive research and testing there now, but I suspect that the really interesting stuff is happening elsewhere due to how well known and watched it has become. It’s probably more of a decoy than anything else at this point.

    Long ago, I remember hearing rumors about a more secretive base a bit west of Groom Lake and south of the Cheyenne Mountain complex. If true, that’s probably where the really secret stuff is happening now. No clue what happens there.

    • Clay_pidgin
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      116 months ago

      If you want classified leaks out of area 51, just add it to War Thunder apparently.

  • Call me Lenny/Leni
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    26 months ago

    There has been some speculation of mine that goes like this.

    There are 50 states.

    You have a place called Area 51.

    Could it be holding its own population?

    A serious idea I have about it is that it’s just a regular catastrophe testing site for weapons we have never heard about. Can you imagine the government being like “can you agree to keep yourself a secret and get in this base and let us have a monopoly on the ability to talk about you” and the aliens being like “sure, random inferior government”.

  • @[email protected]
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    26 months ago

    You can see Area 51 on Google Maps. The actual airspace/land is what constitutes “Area 51”, and if you search for Area 51 it will take you right to the runways on Google Maps. Have fun looking at it.

    It’s honestly pretty boring unless you’re into military R&D as this place was the testing grounds for amazing secret tech like the SR-71 or the newer stealth designs. I would be surprised if the facility wasn’t still used for this purpose, it’s still highly restricted and not discussed.

    As for anything more…exotic? Alien tech or stuff outside the known physical limitations of flight as we know it? No. No aliens (the physics of and life support needed for interstellar travel are an insurmountable barrier to aliens ever visiting us) or alien tech is there. And no crazy human UFO-like tech is there, either. (UFO like lights hovering and zipping off at stupid speeds kind of tech).

    • @[email protected]
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      66 months ago

      Wow, how do you know so much about what alien technology is capable of?

      (GUYS I THINK WE’VE GOT ONE OVER HERE!)

  • @[email protected]
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    186 months ago

    Development and prototypes for new millitary aircraft and missiles.

    Aliens? Lol, no.

    Alien aircarft? Lol, no