I live not too far from Area 51, along with several other military bases. They are all protected strongly. You don't know half of the hell you have to go through just to even drop someone off at the base. Unless you have a military ID or a damn good reason for being there (backed up by the paperwork to prove it) you are not getting in. The only reason why most aren't all on a "shoot on sight" basis is because they are too damn close to civilian zones unlike Area 51 which is surrounded by... well nothing. A quick Google Earth search will show it surrounded by desert and what looks like bomb testing sites.Supreme Unleaded said:well the thing is, why would the govenment be protecting it so strongly, if you go over the border of it, you ARE going to be shot in the face by a sniper.Scrythe said:I like how that was lampshaded in Max Brook's World War ZSupreme Unleaded said:O.T: I beleive some of the Area 51 theorys, but alot of them are ridiculos.
"What is with Americans' obsession with Area 51 anyways?"
And the reason why americans attach so many theorys to it is because it is the only interesting thing we have here.
I don't beleive many of them, but some of the alien theorys i beleive.
But here's my real point: Out of ALL the plausible reasons why Area 51 is so uptight, why out of any conceivable reason does it have to be fucking aliens. There's no "well, it could be this". No, as soon as some drunk asshole gets his jeep shot out for being too close, everything defaults to aliens.
Where the hell did this start anyways? Too many bad 70s comic books? Retarded rednecks who confused "sleep paralysis" with "alien abduction"? A blurry photograph and/or a crudely faked video of an alien autopsy?