Area 51 and Day Tripping – The Weird Side of the Internet

Area 51 and Day Tripping – The Weird Side of the Internet – by Liam Sweeny.

I first heard of “Area 51” in a Megadeth song of the same name, off of the album “Rust in Peace.” I was fascinated by the idea of a top secret airforce base dedicated to warehousing ad studying recovered alien technology. See this was back in 1990, when Area 51 was still a murky conspiracy theory, not the worst kept secret it is now. Now when I say I was fascinated, I was, but only about as much as a poor kid with no airfare could be. I wasn’t exactly looking to storm it in a Naruto run. And of course there were people like that, but they kept their distance, opting to spy on it with telephoto lenses.

But soon after “Rust in Peace” came out, Jeffrey Freeman managed to sneak into the installation. A conspiracy theorist with brass cajones? Nope. Well, maybe brass cajones, but rather than a conspiracy theorist, Freeman was a history buff, tracing the route of the 1849 gold-seekers that met their name in the after-named “Death Valley.” A couple of the trail points were inside of Area 51, so he braved the prospect of getting shot to go in.

What he found was far more interesting than a settler’s grave. He said that he saw a door open in the air above Papoose Lake, a dry lake bed in Area 51. Blue light came out of the door. Ufologists believe that this was S-4, a warehouse on the lake bed, and I’m guessing one with cloaking technology, as Freeman said the area had all the markings of a facility without the facility.

I’m just struck by the fact that Area 51 was only a pass-through for this guy. How do you sneak into Area 51 and have that not be the destination. That’s like finding a treasure chest and throwing the gold away to upcycle the wood.

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