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Area 51 is secret US military base in Nevada desert, does it have aliens?

New Delhi: Area 51 is a secret US military base that exists rather unofficially. The region is located in the southern Nevada in western United States. Rumors swirl around this base, much like the mysterious

PTI PTI Updated on: February 21, 2013 6:35 IST


Many officials in the top rungs of the US army are denied access as well. Only satellite images of Area 51 are available to us. It is no conventional airbase and does not deploy forces during the time of military exercises.





There are several theories about how Area 51 got its name. The most popular is that the facility borders the Nevada Test Site (NTS). The AEC used the NTS as testing grounds for nuclear bombs. The NTS is mapped as a grid of squares that are numbered from one to 30 (with a few omissions). Area 51, while not part of this grid, borders Area 15.

Many say the site got the name Area 51 by transposing the 1 and 5 of its neighbor. Another popular theory is that the number 51 was chosen because it was not likely to be used as part of the NTS system in the future.

Here are ten things you wouldn't have heard about area 51.






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