Public access to this zone is forbidden. 'Use of deadly force authorized', warn the signs. Its airspace is the most sacred in the US. This is Nellis Air Force Range and Nuclear Test Site, more commonly known as Area 51 (a name given for one section of the base on old government maps).
Ever since Area 51 was established, people have reported odd-looking objects in the sky above it. These claims were rubished by authorities. But denial turned to embarassement when one of their own men alleged that not only were there UFOs above Area 51, but the USAF was actively working with alien technology.
Robert 'Bob' Lazar, a contract scientist who worked on the base for five months from december 1988, broke the news on television in May 1989. He revealed that the US government was investigating nine flying saucers and was trying to adapt alien technology to its own ends. He was filmed in shadow, using the alias 'Dennis', and his voice was electronically distorted. Lazar claimed both he and his wife had recieved death threats. The secrecy did him little good. After the interview the death threats increased and his car was shot at.
In November, to forestall further interference, he came into the open. This time Lazar described the top-secret 'S4' site, next to Papoose Lake within Area 51, where the alien craft were stored. He revealed how he had been employedin a team of 22 engineers to figure out how the crafts propulsion system operated.
"It has no physical seams, no welds or bolts or rivets," Lazar said. "Everything has a soft, round edge to it... as if it's made out of wax and then heated for a time and then cooled off."
There were portholes, arches and tiny chairs only a foot or so off the ground. Its propulsion unit was a baseball-sized object, which radiated an anti-gravity field through a hollow column that ran vertically through the center of the craft.
The briefing papers that Lazar read confirmed his suspicions. They included an astonishing mass of UFO information, among which were pictures of autopsies of little grey beings with large hairless heads. They stated that these aliens were from from the Zeta Reticuli star system. They also mentioned an incident in 1979 in which the aliens had killed security guards and scientists at the base. All this left Lazar in no doubt that he was working with an "alien craft, produced by an alien intelligence with alien materials."
Lazar does not categorically say he saw aliens in S4. But he saw something odd. Passing a room, he glimpsed two men in white lab coats "looking down and talking to someting small with long arms... I only caught a glimpse. But I don't know what on earth that was,"Lazar said.
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In 1963, Barney and Betty Hill, a respectable couple from New Hampshire,
USA, sought pyschiatric help after suffering from insomania and nightmares
for two years. Hypnosis sessions revealed that the Hills had been abducted
by aliens on 19 September 1961 and that they had been subjected to medical
experiments.
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In 1987 Robert Frost came home from working in Area 51, screaming with pain
and fear. Two years later he was dead, one of several workers affected
by mysterious chemical fires at Groom Lake.
Area 51 - Profile
Robert 'Bob' Lazar
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Area51 - Case Notes
The Zeta Reticuli Connection
Betty Hill also spoke of the origin of the aliens. Although it would not be
discovered until 1969, Betty described exactly the Zeta Reticuli star
system, estimated to be 37 light years away from our world. Bob Lazar says
Zeta Reticuli is mentioned in a briefing paper as the source of the craft
he worked on.
Area51 - Evidence
Death on the Base
The victems are currently suing for damages. Even though the case has
forced the USAF to admit to the existence of Area 51, they have refused to
take responsibility for the injuries and deaths. Is there a connection
between these highly toxic fires and the persistent rumours of an alien
presence on the base? Many are begining to wonder.