Lexington Peterson
Mrs. Arnold
Advanced English 10
14 October 2015
The Real Secret
One of the most persistent examples of a modern myth is the story of Area 51, a military base located in Nevada. Area 51 conspiracy theorists believe the national security site is hiding that they are harvesting UFOs recovered alien spaceships. Undoubtedly something secret was going on at Area 51, but the real cover-up has nothing to do with UFOs. According to many veterans’ recollections, Area 51 is an alleged crime scene due to secret testing, burning of exotic substances, and the people who were damaged because of these substances.
Given the maintained secrecy by the United States’ government over the years regarding Area 51, it isn’t surprising that conspiracy theories took hold. The government didn’t mind the stories of UFOs that had popped up over the years. The reason is that these …show more content…
“When workers at Area 51 first came to me in the 1990s, they described how the government had placed discarded equipment and hazardous waste in open trenches the length of football fields, then doused them with jet fuel and set them on fire,” said Jonathan Turley, a professor of public interest law at George Washington University and a lead councilman in the Area 51 litigation. The toxic smoke that blew through the desert base made many workers come down with respiratory illnesses related with exposure to the burning waste (Area 51 Veterans…). Most lawsuits’ goals were to discover what the men had been exposed to so that they could receive appropriate medical care, but they had to have government acknowledge even the existence of Area 51, prove the government violated federal law, and have the government release what exactly it had burned in those
Mrs. Arnold
Advanced English 10
14 October 2015
The Real Secret
One of the most persistent examples of a modern myth is the story of Area 51, a military base located in Nevada. Area 51 conspiracy theorists believe the national security site is hiding that they are harvesting UFOs recovered alien spaceships. Undoubtedly something secret was going on at Area 51, but the real cover-up has nothing to do with UFOs. According to many veterans’ recollections, Area 51 is an alleged crime scene due to secret testing, burning of exotic substances, and the people who were damaged because of these substances.
Given the maintained secrecy by the United States’ government over the years regarding Area 51, it isn’t surprising that conspiracy theories took hold. The government didn’t mind the stories of UFOs that had popped up over the years. The reason is that these …show more content…
“When workers at Area 51 first came to me in the 1990s, they described how the government had placed discarded equipment and hazardous waste in open trenches the length of football fields, then doused them with jet fuel and set them on fire,” said Jonathan Turley, a professor of public interest law at George Washington University and a lead councilman in the Area 51 litigation. The toxic smoke that blew through the desert base made many workers come down with respiratory illnesses related with exposure to the burning waste (Area 51 Veterans…). Most lawsuits’ goals were to discover what the men had been exposed to so that they could receive appropriate medical care, but they had to have government acknowledge even the existence of Area 51, prove the government violated federal law, and have the government release what exactly it had burned in those