Area 51

What do you know about
area 51?
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What do you know about
area 51?

Slide 1 - Mind map

AREA 51
The US government's official name for Area 51 is the
 Nevada Test and Training Range, which is a unit of the Nellis Air Force Base. 
Today it is used as an open training range for the US Air Force.

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AREA 51
According to the CIA, the name Area 51 comes from its map designation. 
It was also previously referred to as "Paradise Ranch" in order to make the facility sound more attractive to those that would be working there. 
"Paradise Ranch" was then shortened to "the Ranch." Other nicknames include "Watertown" and "Dreamland."

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AREA 51
In 1958, under Public Land Order 1662, the 38,400-acre land area was "withdrawn from public use by the US Atomic Energy Commission, a predecessor to the US Department of Energy."
It is located more than 120 miles northwest of Las Vegas.
It is restricted to the public and has armed guards patrolling the perimeter. It's also impossible to enter the airspace above without permission from air traffic control.

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AREA 51
Area 51 has long been a topic of fascination for conspiracy theorists and paranormal enthusiasts who believe it to be the location where the US government stores and hides alien bodies and UFOs.
One popular UFO conspiracy is that in 1947 in Roswell, New Mexico, remains from a flying saucer that supposedly crashed were brought to Area 51 for reverse engineering experiments in order to replicate the extraterrestrial spacecraft.

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Slide 8 - Video

AREA 51
In June 2019, a poll conducted by YouGov found that 54% of US adults think it is likely the government knows more than it's telling about UFOs.

Slide 9 - Slide

Share an area 51 meme

Slide 10 - Open question

Slide 11 - Video

What is this song all about?

Slide 12 - Open question

Slide 13 - Video

What do you think aliens
look like?

Slide 14 - Mind map

Slide 15 - Video