Why is Area 51 so secretive?
442724
Because this is where the aircraft that officially 'do not exist' operate from.\n\nThe U2 spy plane, the SR-71 Spy plane and the F117 all flew from here back in the days where their mere existance was a secret.\n\nI have no doubt that another generation of aircraft that we do not want potential enemies to be aware of are operating from there today.
425953
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!\n\nThanks i needed that.\n\nOr it could have been Evil American Butterfly being controlled by the CIA's elite Jewish alien hybrids out at area 51.\n\nPut on your tin foil cap now..\n\nThey are watching us all....
840197
No aliens, no UFO, unless you consider top secret aircraft *designed* by human beings of this planet -- which are flown only at night so they will not be identified -- as UFO.\n\nIf aliens from outer space had come to Earth, they would have had the technology to not be captured in the first place; and they could have gathered all the info they would have needed from orbit anyway.\n\nArea 51 is secret because there are captured airplane from other countries in there; and the US government does not want anyone -- especial the foreign governments -- to know what they know about them.\n\nBut flying saucers?  No way.
201783
I actually think the Air Force was telling the truth on this one, there are no aliens in their custody at Area 51 or any other place. The 'craft' found in the late forties really was a weather baloon.\n\nPlease remember, at the time the weather baloons were the only way for the USAF to obtain spy photographs of the Soviet Union, and this was before the Berlin Blockade, so the USA was still technically USSR's ally. We did not want to admit that we were spying and provoking war. Also, Roswell was the only airbase with an active force of aircraft capable of nuclear delivery. Well into the 1950's the US military still had no idea of how to handle nuclear material safely, thus the recurrence of above ground testing, soldiers marched into mushroom clouds in the desert and the Bikini Atoll fiasco, not to mention the strange wounds reported at the base hospital.\n\nI don't think there is a greater intelligence in the universe. I think we are it, and we're pretty stupid all in all!
602891
Nope it seems that there are very few people out there who can keep a secret.
810160
Some people still think aliens landed at Area 51.
1032021
Seems a little iffy to me.  I'll have to hear some more actual facts first.  (Which is probably a pipe dream since, according to our present government, just about everything is a state secret related to "national security").
932391
I think that it is essentially a "defunct" military site in terms of high-tech weapons.\n\nStill draws the crowds who are looking for the latest US warplanes like Aurora, but they are now tested at the Andrew's Airforce Base.\n\nRemember - the truth might be out there, but it is no longer found at Area 51.
637117
Secretive and suspicious.  Proceed with extreme caution.
519318
Nobody except Bin Laden and his closest followers know where Bin Laden is hiding. The google earth is not a good enough statelite to view single peoples on earth and go close enough to get a good view of their faces.
66244
I grew up just north of there. And I suspect the reason why few people are knowledgeable of UFOs is the obvious one. There aren't any. At least in the sense of alien or secret government spacecraft or triangular black blimps or whatever is in vogue today.\n\nWhile I would love for there to be aliens cavorting around the planet (I used to be an astrophysicist) it is often embarrassingly obvious that various UFO sightings are less than they appear.\n\nBasically, the best verified sightings are of lights (which could come from a number of obvious and not so obvious phenomena), and the most detailed sightings (aliens, probes and that whole bit) are the least verified.\n\nIt is also very suspicious that the nature of UFO reports has evolved to match our current level of technology. A century ago it was myster blimps and night flights of spindly aircraft, then it turned into flying saucers.\n\nThe big "incidents" have been reviewed numerous times and are clearly not anything out of the ordinary. Roswell for example *was* a coverup - of secret military high altitude balloons intended to detect Soviet atomic bombs, Project Mogul. This has been known for years now, but Roswell still pops up on TV along with Area 51 as the secret storehouse of alien spaceships or whatnot.\n\nThen there is stuff which pops up that says the B2 stealth bomber is using alien antigravity technology or something, which is all very silly. There is a well known (and public) trail for the technology of stealth (the nitty gritty details are secret, but the principles are well known) and the flying wing design.\n\nBasically one has to conclude that a government that couldn't pull off a simple burglary or hide its secret prisions and info-tapping more recently, can keep all this alleged alien stuff under wraps for 50+ years. That seems the hardest bit the swallow.\n\nKarl Pflock wrote a book about Roswell, now unfortunately out of print, which is excellent. He started as a beliver and ended up convinced that it was all due to Project Mogul.\nsee: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006PBXB4/sr=1-5/qid=1137560494/ref=sr_1_5/102-4624807-3864156?%5Fencoding=UTF8
509167
There are so many inexplicable details I have read regarding the an alien spaceship crashing in Roswell NM, which supposedly resulted in alien bodies being stored in AREA 51.\n\nIf there was really no crash, why did the military and the government threaten so many people to keep silent about what they saw?  Why was the area sealed off and every inch combed by hundreds of military personnel?
1155486
it so secret we can't talk about it
198931
Like they said in the movie Contact, I don't know, but if not that's an awful waste of space.\n\nYes, I believe that life exists in some form out there. I'm not sure if I believe they are "among us" but I do believe we have a lot of unanswered questions regarding UFOs. \n\nThe government hiding things from us? Awwww. You don't think they would really do that, do you? You'd be amazed at how much our government keeps from us. I worked in military intelligence at one time. There is something called "a need to know." And who do you think decides who needs to know?
939171
"...From my own intelligence work within the military, I can say WITH ALL CERTAINTY that one of the main reasons the public has been kept in total darkness about the reality of UFOs and 'aliens', is that the truth of the matter actually exists TOO CLOSE TO HOME TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT.  How could a spokesman for the Pentagon dare admit that five or ten thousand feet underground EXISTS AN ENTIRE WORLD THAT IS 'FOREIGN' TO A BELIEF STRUCTURE WE HAVE HAD FOR CENTURIES? How could, for example, our fastest bomber be any challenge to those aerial invaders when we can only guess about the routes they take to the surface; eluding radar as they fly so low, headed back to their underground lair?"\n\n"...the 'Greys' or the 'EBEs' have established a fortress, spreading out to other parts of the U.S. via means of a vast underground tunnel system THAT HAS VIRTUALLY EXISTED BEFORE RECORDED HISTORY..."\n\n--Milton (William) Cooper, ex-Naval Intelligence officer
888833
You probably won't find much.  I know the Discovery Channel, TLC, and the History Channel have done several shows concerning Area 51.  Apparently there is a satellite in space that goes by Area 51 every three days.  The people at Area 51 camouflage everything around the base, therefore making it a secret.  I do know it's a very important base for aerospace science and there have been several reports about people having medical issues from toxic chemicals.
776224
classified AREA 51 clearence needed