What is Area 51?
Q: What is Area 51?
A: Area 51 is a military base and remote detachment of Edwards Air Force Base located in the southern portion of Nevada. It is used to support development and testing of experimental aircraft and weapons systems.
Q: How far away from Las Vegas is Area 51?
A: Area 51 is 83 miles (133 km) north-northwest of downtown Las Vegas.
Q: What other names are used for the facility?
A: Other names used for the facility include Dreamland, Paradise Ranch, Home Base, Watertown Strip, Groom Lake, and most recently Homey Airport.
Q: What type of operations are conducted at Area 51?
A: The base appears to be run as an adjunct of the Air Force Flight Test Center AFFTC at Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert. It supports development, testing, and training phases for new aircraft weapons systems or research projects.
Q: When was the existence of Area 51 acknowledged by the U.S government?
A: The U.S government did not acknowledge its existence until July 14th 2003.
Q: Why has there been intense secrecy surrounding this base?
A:The intense secrecy surrounding this base may be due to it being used for highly classified military/defense Special Access Programs SAP which are unacknowledged publicly by the government, military personnel, and defense contractors .
Q: What happened when Hillary Clinton said she would release information about Area 51 as long as it didn't threaten national security?
A: In response to Hillary Clinton's statement that she would release information about Area 51 as long as it didn't threaten national security , an anonymous Facebook post joking proposed storming area51 gained traction with over 1 million people responding they were interested in attending .
