The Evolution of Area 51

By: Alexandria Addesso

Area 51 has seemed to exist in two different places for decades, on both the southern shore of Groom Lake about 83 miles north-west of Las Vegas, and in the collective consciousness of those who can only imagine the whereabouts of the military base that has long been kept “top secret” and confidential. Over three-dozen films have been made about Area 51 as well as a host of mini-series despite the fact that very little information about the base has been verified. The idea of Area 51 has definitely evolved over the years.

Area 51 was built in 1941 and was given the official name of “Watertown” in 1956. Other monikers for the test site were Paradise Ranch and Dreamland, the latter was based on a poem by Edgar Allen Poe. The site was originally used as an auxiliary airfield. By 1951 the base was being utilized by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to develop the Lockheed U-2 reconnaissance aircraft, an American single-jet engine, ultra-high altitude aircraft nicknamed “The Dragon Lady.” It is believed that over half of the unidentified flying object (UFO) sightings during the 1950s and 1960s were actually U-2 aircrafts.



This of course has helped contribute to the largely believed lure that aliens as well as their spacecrafts have been or are currently held at Area 51. It is true that aside from the U-2, numerous odd looking aircrafts have been developed, held and tested at the base. Most of which are used for spying or other military purposes. Also many of the projects done at the site are deemed confidential, to which information and details of can never be disclosed. Despite this fact many so called past employees of the base have “leaked” information. Retired Area 51 scientist Boyd Bushman released a video in which he describes the base as containing aliens, UFOs, and anti-gravity projects. The video was released right before his death.



Whether or not you believe that the confidential information about what is done at Area 51 has to do with alien life forms or not seems to be influence on your belief in extraterrestrials in general. Top secret projects done at the base having to do with both domestic and international spying is already factually known. Another reason why certain projects at Area 51 are kept confidential is because they can actually harm the general population. In the 1970s and 1980s Area 51 employees were repeatedly exposed to jet fuel toxins. In 1996 Helen Frost, the wife of one of the employees that died from these toxins, brought up a lawsuit against the United States government but it was dismissed because such allegations could not be “confirmed” and the base is exempt from any environmental laws.

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The Human Draw To ‘Sin City’

By: Alexandria Addesso

Chasing pleasure can lead a man to his demise. Yet the entertainment industry is huge. While it is widely known and accepted that the key to self-mastery is discipline, many humans love to succumb to heathenistic desires. Las Vegas, Nevada is a place where such desires are regularly fulfilled.

"There was every reason to believe I was heading for trouble, that I'd pushed my luck a bit far. I'd abused every rule Vegas lived by—burning the locals, abusing the tourists, terrifying the help. The only hope now, I felt, was the possibility that we'd gone to such excess, with our gig, that nobody in a position to bring the hammer down on us could possibly believe it . . . When you bring an act into this town, you want to bring it in heavy. Don't waste any time with cheap shucks and misdemeanors. Go straight for the jugular. Get right into felonies. The mentality of Las Vegas is so grossly atavistic that a really massive crime often slips by unrecognized,” wrote Hunter S. Thompson in his book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.



Over 42 million people visited Las Vegas in 2015, a city whose regular population is only slightly above 600,000. While unlimited 24-hour gambling is the number one draw to Sin City, there are also 24-hour clubs, bars, and nearby brothels. It's a place people come to lose their inhibitions, their morals, and run “free”. Public intoxication and drinking alcohol on the strip is completely legal (but glass bottles are not). The saying “what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” is taken as a literal free pass to many of the people that visit and use the land as their playground as well as their toilet. Even if you aren’t a gambler, the open invitation to sin is usually too overwhelming to turn down.




There are ridiculously sprawling expensive buffets for the gluttons, liquor at every turn for the lushes, and sex being sold everywhere for those who lust, simply allow one of the small middle-aged South American women that saturate the streets of the strip to put a call-girl’s business card in your hand. And almost every type of perversity is embraced, with very little frowned upon. Although the United States is an extremely secular country where sexuality is flaunted, people still come to Las Vegas to escape the formality and morals of everyday life. Which is also why, tourists from more conservative, and traditional countries flock here as well.

"But our trip was different. It was a classic affirmation of everything right and true and decent in the national character. It was a gross, physical salute to the fantastic possibilities of life in this country—but only for those with true grit. And we were chock full of that,” said Thompson.



Las Vegas is always highly glamorized. The bright lights seem to bring an allure uniquely their own. Yet there is a sense of depression in the air on the strip. A mix people coming to party and those locals who survive solely by serving and meeting the tourists’ deranged needs while still many others sleep on the streets. It's a place where people go when their morals need to take a vacation. Where heathenism is embraced and man becomes beast.

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