What are the most likely theories for what is inside Area 51. No crazy conspiracy theories, actual grounded theories that are probable or likely.
Some barely secret aircraft, a whole lot of accounting and clerical staff, and a tremendous amount of security to make it seem like there are major secrets being protected there. That is what I would put at the world’s most well known secret base, anyway.
This is the answer I got over drinks with a senior military leader. It’s too well known to hold anything interesting. He contrasted it with Mount Weather and the Cheyenne Complex. Those are still the sites for continuity of government because there is too much infrastructure to move. The sites just got additional hardening as the locations became known.
That’s where they keep the Stargate
One of them, the other is at Area 51 and came in really handy when the bastards stole the first one
It’s a great way to keep the UFO nuts contained. Let them scurry around the surrounding area as much as they want. Occasionally arrest one who gets too insistent and the others will take that as confirmation that something big is hidden there.
Plus a bunch of old equipment and documents that are definitely secret and too valuable to just destroy, but no-one is entirely clear exactly how secret and valuable so it’s safer to leave it guarded in place than to try and move it
Apparently a bathroom in Mar-a-Lago is a very legal and very cool place to keep them.
That’s what I think is there now. A big pile of stuff that isn’t really useful anymore but they don’t want anyone else to see. Indiana Jones warehouse style.
I’m imagining a somewhat boring looking office/lab with a bunch of locked rooms.
“What’s in there?”
“Oh, it was Dr Simpsons lab in the 90s”
“Well what were they working on?”
“Don’t know, its classified”
“Well can we get rid of it?”
“I don’t know, it’s classified”
“Well who does know?”
“I don’t know, its classified”
“Well who DOES know?”
“… classified.”
“Well is there anything dangerous in there?”
“That’s classified, also, take a good look round at the building you are in and think about that question some more”
“Shit.”
“your questions are concerning. Flagged.”
Or. Do a double bluff. Since it’s so well known, put your actual top secret stuff there, since no one will really look at it, because it’s so well known.
It’s likely that at least one arm of Lockheed Martin’s “skunkworks” operates there. Area 51 was significantly more important during the cold war, when we were developing aircraft we wanted to keep secret from the Soviets. Nowadays, less so.
Military aircraft are tested there. We know for sure the U-2 spy plane was tested there, and the base was also involved with the development and testing of the plane that eventually became the SR-71 Blackbird. It’s likely the F117 (“stealth fighter”) and B2 (“stealth bomber”) were also tested there, and possibly partially developed there.
Unless you’re a military aviation nut, it’s actually not very exciting.
Groom Lake is cool as an aviation nut but Edwards is just as cool with the extra extra long runway for incoming spacecraft, and they have a test flight museum just off base. Vandenberg is also a space launch site and you don’t have to go to the middle of Nevada
Alien Tiddies
Makes me wish I had three hands.
Big ole?
BOAT
Big ol alien tiddies
Thank God, my tax dollars, ya know
Development and prototypes for new millitary aircraft and missiles.
Aliens? Lol, no.
Alien aircarft? Lol, no
A bunch of people Naruto running.
There is definitely some test craft and systems that are next gen or early future gen. They need a controllable dead zone for EM to test certain systems before they can test it in real world EM polluted areas.
They probably have labs for development, but most of that stuff is handled by the MIC unless it is so secret that they can’t allow anything to leave the base except for personnel that could be highly vetted and controlled.
Just for testing one aircraft, they need a huge amount of infrastructure and personnel which necessitates a fairly large base. Some of their stuff they would need to tear down to base components to inspect parts after every flight. They need facilities on-site to repair or replace components that probably only exist on that aircraft.
So most of the base may exist and operate just to test one new aircraft that is 10 years away from production or to service something like the X-37 program.
At least one toilet.
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Probably some old teletype machines and a few private keys.
Experimental military tech
It’s a classified military installation. Those that know for sure don’t talk and those that are talking are probably talking out their ass.
It is known that it has historically been used as a test and research location for highly experimental stealth aircraft. They probably do EM sensitive research and testing there now, but I suspect that the really interesting stuff is happening elsewhere due to how well known and watched it has become. It’s probably more of a decoy than anything else at this point.
Long ago, I remember hearing rumors about a more secretive base a bit west of Groom Lake and south of the Cheyenne Mountain complex. If true, that’s probably where the really secret stuff is happening now. No clue what happens there.
If you want classified leaks out of area 51, just add it to War Thunder apparently.
Classified Military Nonsense.
Most of it is boring
Some of it would put the fear of god into you
Weapons and such.
Most likely a testing facility for prototype aircraft, although probably not anymore because of how much attention it gets now
My guess: Testing ground for new military aircraft.
Theres no “alien” lmfao
They just don’t want people to get too close and leak images of their newest and most advanced war machines. Because that’s gonna trigger a firestorm of news like “PENTAGON TESTING NEW KILLING MACHINES!”
Yea… I don’t think people want to be reminded how much of their tax dollars are going to the military, so the government want to hide it as much as possible to avoid bad PR.
Edit: Also, they might have even more advanced tech hidden in some other place like “Area 52”, and intentionally popularize “Area 51” to divert the attention. Okay this bit might be a bit too much “conspiracy”, but not impossible.
I’ve always believed that they develop/test aircraft there. Big empty area in the desert, wide open skies to play around in and not a whole lot to worry about on the ground below, predictable weather patterns, lack of population to complain about the constant sonic booms, etc… seems like the perfect spot to do it.
That’s not much of a secret. The Blackbird, as well as the B-2 and F-117 for example were all tested there.
