Above Area 51, page 1

Originally posted by Morrison
Here is my interpretation of what she's trying to say.

Pretend that I am the United States government. Area 51 is simply a misdirection to the people of the United States. It is nothing more than a setup. A massive elaborate hoax to make them believe we are hiding something in Area 51, when really, our actions are elsewhere. We make the people believe that what we are doing is at Area 51, and when the entire world believes that's the location of what we are up to, they will never think "what if it's somewhere else, or something else?". To them, there is no somewhere else, it's Area 51. We'll put up signs, tell people it doesn't exist, tell them not to go there, restrict land past it, therefor creating a bigger and bigger interest in Area 51. If you really wanted to keep someone out of a certain place, would you tell them not to go there? Doing so sparks their interest. People will naturally do what you tell them not to do. Misdirection. We will have our secret operations conducted over here, and at the same time we'll point the people over there.

This theory states that the government is hiding something, but it's not Area 51, but a clever misdirection to mislead and blind the public from the truth.

Pretend again that I am the United States government. We are hiding something at Area 51, something we do not want the public to know about. We chose a remote place in the desert, created a top secret military installation and claim it doesn't exist to keep everything about it secret. We know the public is going to use satellite imaging, we know they'll try to wander past the restricted area signs to get arrested, we know they'll have their suspicions, and possibly even get some close pictures of our installation, but they will never know what goes on inside Area 51, and what we do there, so let the public keep guessing.

This theory states that the government is hiding something at Area 51, and realizes the research that people have been doing on it, but don't care because nobody will ever be able to get inside, get a glimpse, or have the slightest idea what goes on there, so they let the public think and do what they want about it.

You choose which theory to believe.

I apologize that it's been so long since I last checked out this thread. Yeah, the first paragraph of what you said, is what I was implying. Thanks for explaining it in another way. Also, I appreciate all of you who replied and put some of your thoughts and info into this. I've always wanted to visit Area 51 ever since I began going to Las Vegas, when I had family move there, many years ago. I usually never have enough time though. Seeing that my father has a Security Clearance of Lord knows how high, I'm not sure if that would make it a bad idea to attempt to view it, or a not so bad idea. Has anyone on this board been there before, or have any tips?