Area 51 Research Paper

Area 51 is, by far, one of the most secretive places in the world, but what could it be that the government wants to hide? The idea of the government keeping information away from the public isn’t exactly far-fetched, but to dedicate an entire facility to it is somewhat unsettling. Some of what has been created here has been revealed to the public, such as the U-2 Spy Plane. The Area is notorious for having many conspiracies against it, but what catalyzed that was the infamous “Roswell Incident”. The Roswell Incident happened in early July, 1947. Something had fallen out of the sky and crashed on a ranch near Roswell (Spiegel), and the Roswell Army Air Field was alerted of the crash. A few members of the army were sent to retrieve the debris and wreckage. What was discovered was not exactly that of a UFO, such as the wooden sticks, pieces of rubber, and I-beams found, or perhaps that is just what the government wants people to think? Bodies were also discovered, though these bodies weren’t exactly human. The bodies were described with having “oversized heads and eyes”, and the bodies were also no taller than 5 feet, so they were also described as “children”. The bodies were supposedly taken to Area 51 and …show more content…
Shortly after, the news was then disapproved when a second report claimed that the recovered debris was “that of a weather balloon” (Spiegel), and the bodies found were merely test dummies. While many speculated that the government was now trying to cover up the “crash”, others believed that the supposed “UFO” being a weather balloon was true. The “hieroglyphics” found on the wooden sticks was nothing more than a floral pattern, and the tin foil recovered was going to be used as a radar reflector (Nickell/McGaha). The infamous “Alien Autopsy” film is fictional, as the body being dissected is a rubber alien