The Government Finally Admits that AREA 51 Exists
The government has finally realized that people aren't stupid and admitted in a classified document that Area 51 exists as a real government testing site, but not for crashed UFOs and alien autopsies. The government now has other places for that. From ABC News:
Although the report makes no mention of the sensational stories that have played out in pop culture for decades, it turns out that Area 51 was started as a testing site for the government's U-2 spy plane. The report, more than 400 pages, is titled "Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance: The U-2 and Oxcart Programs, 1954-1974."
The U-2 spy planes were commonly used by the United States during the Cold War in reconnaissance missions around the globe.
Officials and former employees have previously acknowledged in passing the existence of the facility and how it was used for testing U-2 planes, but this is the first time the U.S. government has openly referred to Area 51 and given specifics on its operations. The report also features a map of the area.
It makes no reference to the status of Area 51 after 1974.
Area 51 has kind of lost its edge over the years. There's now a lot more secret government bases out there that are a lot more interesting. So what about all those UFO sightings? The report explains....
The U-2 planes flew at an altitude of 60,000 feet, which was higher than any other plane at the time, according to the documents. When people who lived nearby saw the unfamiliar planes, they became suspicious and believed Earth was being visited by aliens.
"High-altitude testing of the U-2 soon led to an unexpected side effect -- a tremendous increase in reports of unidentified flying objects (UFOs)," the report states.
Air Force investigators then attempted to explain such sightings by linking them to natural phenomena, the report says.
"U-2 and later OXCART flights accounted for more than one-half of all UFO reports during the late 1950s and most of the 1960s," according to the documents.
Even if there were UFOs and aliens, it doesn't seem like the government will ever admit it. I guess it's a step in the right direction admitting that a government facility like Area 51 exists. Do you still believe the government is hiding information from us on UFOs?