Area 51 / Groom Lake

Area 51 is on OK MAP because the secretive Groom Lake test facility became the center of decades of UFO and alien conspiracy theories. The CIA has publicly confirmed that the remote site was used beginning in the 1950s to test highly classified aircraft including the U-2 and A-12. Those secret programs help explain many unusual sightings; claims of stored alien craft or extraterrestrials remain unverified.

What ODDKNOWN records

Area 51 is on OK MAP because the secretive Groom Lake test facility became the center of decades of UFO and alien conspiracy theories. The CIA has publicly confirmed that the remote site was used beginning in the 1950s to test highly classified aircraft including the U-2 and A-12. Those secret programs help explain many unusual sightings; claims of stored alien craft or extraterrestrials remain unverified.

Source classification: documented · Status: reported.

Sources & references

1. CIA — Area 51 and the Accidental Test Flight