Latest news with #Area51
Bloomberg
2 days ago
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Trump Can't Put the Epstein Genie Back in the Bottle
Conspiracy theories, particularly those that involve and seem to implicate the rich and powerful, are hard — maybe impossible — to contain. They're predicated on the assumption that elites are orchestrating cover-ups to manipulate the great unwashed or to mask wrongdoing. No amount of disclosure fully stems the suspicions that fuel conspiracy theories because those theories, by their very nature, assume that ruses are designed to be perpetual. The truth may never be known. Something will always be hidden. The man is out to get you. So we've had generations of speculation and conspiracies about the Kennedy assassination and Area 51. So we now have the Jeffrey Epstein conspiracy.
Daily Mail
5 days ago
- Health
- Daily Mail
Area 51 veterans plagued by 'invisible illness' after working on top-secret projects
A group of US Air Force veterans has gone public with their story about how an 'invisible enemy' at the top-secret base Area 51 left them with cancer. The former security guards at the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) - a classified site that houses Area 51 - have claimed that the US government betrayed them and essentially handed them a death sentence without their knowledge. Their claims stem from the revelation that NTTR was built in the 1970s on an area of land in the Nevada desert that was found to be contaminated with radiation from years of nuclear testing in the area. However, that 1975 report from the US Energy Research and Development Administration also said it would 'be against the national interest' to stop the military's secret projects at the site. According to David Crete, a former Air Force Sergeant who worked at NTTR from 1983 through 1987, over 490 of his fellow workers at the base have died of severe illnesses since being stationed at the secret facility. Making matters worse, the US Department of Veterans Affairs has refused to cover their medical care because none of the surviving veterans can prove they were exposed to radiation near Area 51. That's because their work was so top secret, all records of their activities have been marked as 'data masked.' 'I have brain atrophy. The left side of my brain is shrinking and dying. That's not too bad. I'm one of the healthy ones,' Crete told the House Veterans Affairs Committee in April while lobbying for legislation to support the Area 51 veterans. Crete added that the average age of death for someone who served in that unit is 65 and the youngest airman to die was just 33. The Air Force veteran was unaware of anyone who worked at NTTR who had lived beyond the age of 80, but the radiation exposure caused even more harm than that. Along with revealing that most of his fellow airmen had developed multiple tumors since retiring, Crete told lawmakers that the radiation had been passed to their families as well. 'My wife had three miscarriages. One of the guys that I worked with, his wife had seven,' the veteran explained. 'All four of my children were born with birth defects or significant health problems. It's not their fault. I'm not saying it's mine, but I brought it home. It was my DNA that was permanently altered from low-dose, long-term, ionizing radiation exposure,' Crete continued. In 2000, then-President Bill Clinton signed a bill that provided compensation and medical benefits to workers who developed illnesses due to exposure to radiation and other toxins while employed at certain government facilities, including nuclear sites. Crete and other veterans from Area 51 who were invited to Washington on April 8 asked that the same healthcare rules that apply to these workers, who were not part of classified projects, apply to them as well. Veteran Mike Nemcic told NewsNation: 'It's just a matter of betrayal. These folks knew, and they purposefully kept it quiet because it was more beneficial to them not to tell us.' has reached out to the Air Force for comment regarding this matter is still awaiting a response. Crete and the other Area 51 veterans were employed by the Air Force's security police squadron to guard the F-117A Nighthawk, America's first stealth bomber, which was being developed and tested at the top-secret facility. Most of what the airmen did at NTTR since the 1970s is still classified, and they've never been able to share what they were doing, not even to their families. Veteran Pomp Braswell said: 'It felt very special, especially at a young age. My mom knew absolutely zero about what I was doing. She knew there was a phone number if she needed to get hold of me, that's it.' According to Crete, the only recognition of their sacrifice at Area 51 came during a conversation with late US Senator John McCain, who served on the Senate Armed Services Committee and allegedly knew what was happening at NTTR. 'He came up to me and he said, 'Your unit ended the Cold War.' If you ever wanted validation that what you did was important, that's just about it,' Crete recounted. Two bills have been introduced in Congress, the Protect Act and the Forgotten Veterans Act, to provide healthcare relief for the veterans affected by their classified work at NTTR.
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Yahoo
Calm Down About the Area 51 Fire, People
A large wildfire torched up this week near Nevada's mysterious Area 51 Air Force base — and naturally, the rumor mill is churning. As the Daily Mail reports, the blaze near the highly-classified base was sparked by the so-called Gothic Fire, a massive wildfire that broke out some 20 miles away from the base and has since burned through tens of thousands of acres of desert. EWU Crew, a livestream based in the nearby town of Rachel, Nevada that watches the Air Force base around the clock, captured video of a massive plume of smoke unfurling over Area 51. Soon after, conspiracists began to speculate about what they believed might really be happening there. "Look to lame contrived bullshit like this to distract from Trump / Epstein Files," one user posted on X. "Just release the Files." "Locals said they heard a boom and don't believe the official story," another account claimed. To be fair, recent reporting has revealed that there's good reason to be suspicious of any official narratives out of Area 51. In a wild new exposé last month, the Wall Street Journal reported that years ago, an Air Force colonel gave out photos of a fake flying saucer at a bar near the Air Force base — likely in an effort to obfuscate the testing of actual experimental aircraft in the area. So rampant were these conspiracy theories that a reader-submitted note explaining that the smoke was the result of the Gothic Fire was affixed to the bottom of one of the posts of the EWU Crew footage. In its reporting on the blaze, the Daily Mail noted that the Gothic Fire — which is still burning, per the Watch Duty wildfire-tracking app, and is currently about 35,000 acres in size — gained traction as it spread through the heat and low humidity of northern Nevada. The tabloid also pointed out that the area surrounding the classified base is full of burnable vegetation, including pinyon pines, juniper trees, and Joshua trees. Indeed, data compiled by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) listed timber as the primary fuel method, which is now about 20 percent contained. Despite its massive size, per the Bureau of Land Management, there have been no evacuations ordered for the Gothic Fire because it broke out in such a remote part of the Nevada desert. More on blazes: Millions Of Americans Are Being Advised Not To Go Outside Solve the daily Crossword
The Sun
16-07-2025
- General
- The Sun
Area 51 at risk as huge fire creeps closer to base with black smoke filling air sparking wild UFO conspiracy theories
A MASSIVE fire has broken out near Area 51 in Nevada, and UFO enthusiasts fear historic evidence could be destroyed. Dramatic images have captured plumes of smoke erupting outside the remote Air Force base north of Las Vegas. 2 2 The dangerous Gothic Fire has been burning through Nevada for days, and the Bureau of Land Management said it wasn't contained as of Monday. The blaze was sparked by a lightning strike that lit up trees in Clark County, just 45 minutes north of Las Vegas, on July 4. Now, it's swelled from 9,000 acres to 35,000, and a thick haze has wafted all the way down to Las Vegas. Area 51 lies just north of the burning blaze, and surveillance footage has captured the smoke rising dangerously close to the mystery base. According to data released by the Nevada Interagency Fire Center, the wildfire is burning just 15 miles away from the facility. Conspiracy theorists have rattled off baseless speculations about the fire, as they fear the federal government will use it to cover up secrets. "This is a sanitizing event, blowing up the facility," claimed one user on X. The theorist guessed that "sensitive contents" could be hiding inside the facilities that need to be buried in the flames. Others feared that aliens could have attacked to reclaim evidence exposing life outside Earth. "I'm not saying anything other than it was aliens," wrote a user who shared surveillance videos capturing the blaze. .
Daily Mail
16-07-2025
- General
- Daily Mail
BREAKING NEWS Enormous fire breaks out by Area 51 sending UFO watchers into a frenzy
A massive fire has broken out near the infamous Area 51, sending plumes of smoke into the sky and UFO enthusiasts into a panic. A livestream camera, set up on private land just outside the heavily guarded Groom Lake facility near Rachel, Nevada, captured eerie footage of smoke rising from deep within the classified base. The blaze was sparked by the Gothic Fire, which has grown from 8,000 acres to 35,000 since starting on July 4. It has been confirmed as a lightning-sparked wildfire. But that hasn't stopped speculation from spiraling online, with conspiracy theorists claiming everything from a crashed experimental craft to a cover-up gone wrong. 'I'm not saying anything other than it was aliens,' Skywatch Signal, a group that monitors strange sightings, shared on X. Area 51 has become a cultural phenomenon thanks to decades of conspiracy theories connecting the base to UFOs, aliens and experimental aircraft testing. This is a developing story... More updates to come.
