As the internet jokingly threatens to storm Area 51 , here's everything to know about the remote desert's site mysterious history. Area 51 quickly became a favorite location for the CIA's classified airborne espionage ops. But as projects became more technologically complex, the bare-bones facility needed major upgrades. The secret Nevada base, known as Area 51 , is often the subject of alien conspiracy theories. For decades, Nevada’s Area 51 Air Force facility has represented the eye of a conspiratorial hurricane that swirls around “evidence” that aliens (and their technology) exist and are hiding ...
