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Will Area 51 Be The Next Big Tourist Attraction?

Imagine the look on my face when I heard thatidentity and employment constraints. In
Area 51 might be the next Kennedy Spaceaddition, the occasional contacts I have had
Center or Air Force Museum? Both the Spacewith them have proven to be a good source of
Center and Air Force Museum are two of theinformation when it comes to the world of
most popular, yet least publicizedhidden facts, secret projects and captured
attractions in the USA. Boasting an amazingAlien hardware. The most recent tidbit may be
array of exhibits, aircraft, spacecraft andsomething for all of us to get a bit excited
Imax presentations, these touristabout.
destinations are home to some of our greatest
national treasures. However, could they evenAnyone with half a brain knew that the
hold a candle to the popularity of Area 51 asgovernment was not going to leave captured
a tourist destination if it were opened toAlien hardware lying around a place that was
the  public?quickly becoming as infamous as it had been
secret. Once Robert Lazar and the other
It was over ten years ago that I waswhistle blowers came forward, there was
contacted by a small group of former militarylittle doubt that most of the good stuff
personnel who had some amazing stories towould be or was already in the process of
tell. Individually and as a group, theybeing moved elsewhere. Given that, the
claimed to have piloted captured AlienGovernment had some tough choices to make
hardware for the U.S. Government. In thoseabout  Area  51.
whistleblower days of the late 1980s and
early 1990s, there was no shortage ofDespite a land grab that was designed to keep
ex-government folk claiming to have intimatethe curious away from Groom Lake, the area
knowledge about the Government cover-up ofquickly became the focus of everyone from
information concerning Aliens and UFOs. Somemildly interested tourists to dedicated UFO
of these people were believable enough, butresearchers alike. Over the past decade, new
most lacked a story or evidence that stood upphotos of the property available from photo
to long-term scrutiny. These guys weresneaks and private eyes in the sky have shown
different.improved roads and new buildings. Because we
know so little about the property, it's
Having grown up around active and retireddifficult to say what that kind of expansion
military personnel, I always found them easymeans.
to spot. Among that group, Officers and
Military Pilots were definite standouts. As IWhile we all assume that most of what happens
was introduced to this group of men over ain and around Groom Lake has to do with
short period of time, they struck me asadvanced aircraft testing, it's important to
officers and pilots. More then that, theyremember that the secret nature of the
also seemed to have the kind of technicalproperty also makes it a prime place for
backgrounds and training that would befitgovernment research into almost anything they
Astronauts. It was obvious that these guysdon't want you to know about. Given the
were telling either the truth or ainformation provided to me by the UFO Test
well-scripted story that I was supposed toPilot group previously mentioned, I believe
believe  and  share.that Area 51 may be moving in a new and very
unexpected direction. An already successful
These 'UFO Pilots' are people of strongBase  model  may  aid  that  direction.
character and conviction. They came to me
because they had a beef with the Government.Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is the home
After watching how whistleblowers like Billto the U.S. Air Force Museum and a lot more.
English, John Lear, Wendelle Stevens, RobertA huge facility, it is easily accessible from
Lazar and others were belittled or ignored byseveral Interstate Highways and convenient
the press, roasted by their peers andlocal roads. The very public side of the Base
mistreated by over-zealous UFO researchers,in the form of the Air Force Museum hides a
they wanted no part of all that. Aftervery private side as well. It's no big secret
hearing me during a guest spot on a localthat some of the most important and secret
radio station in Orlando, one member of theirresearch conducted by the Air Force has been
unique little group decided to attend aand continues to be carried out there. Hide
seminar that I gave in Florida. While unsurein  plain  site  seems  to  be  their  motto.
whether to trust me or not, he liked the fact
people at the seminar seemed to trust me withAlleged home of the legendary Hangar 18,
personal stories and decided to give me aWright-Patterson was at least one destination
try.of some material from the 1947 Roswell UFO
crash. Many believe that one or more captured
After a short series of cloak and daggerAlien spacecrafts have been brought, studied
style contacts, I met with the guy I call theand possibly stored there over the years.
"UFO Pilot' and heard his amazing story at aHome to exotic Air Force agencies of the past
small motel in Florida. He came to me becauseand present like Project Bluebook and the
several of his crewmates died in what heForeign Technology Division, many consider
considered unnecessarily dangerous tests ofWright-Patterson to be the very heart of the
Alien hardware in different places around theAir  Force.
USA. In at least one case, several civilians
were killed as well. To understand hisDuring the early 1990s, a television news
frustration, I have to share a few detailscrew was allowed access to some of the areas
about  these  tests.underneath the base. Although access was
severely limited, their camera work revealed
The men and women of this special team ofthe existence of underground tunnels, vaults
pilots worked under more then unusualand storage areas. These could simply be
conditions. Due to the mechanical nature ofbunkers with a few connecting passages, but
the Alien objects they were flying, it tookmaps and documents leaked out over the years
up to five people to pilot one craft. Theseseem to indicate a large number of
people were jammed in a most uncomfortableinterconnecting underground facilities
and unsafe way into what amounts to a 'woodenbeneath the base. None of this seems to have
box' inside the control area of the object.affected the ability of Wright-Patterson AFB
The 'wooden box' structure provided a stillto host foreign military visitors, national
unclear measure of safety and access to humanand international dignitaries and the general
operation of the object that was never fullypublic.
explained to me for security reasons. Inside
the box, the human pilots had access toIt has worked with Wright-Patterson, so why
controls that had been specially built fornot Area 51? If the UFO Pilots are correct,
them. These special devices gave the pilotsparts of Area 51 may soon be open to the
some, but not a full measure of controlpublic. How open and which parts remain to be
needed  to  operate  the  craft.seen. Will they follow the Disney model of
opening a Welcome Center before anything else
The pilots had been told very little aboutis ready? If such a plan exists, only select
how the object they were trying to fly cameparts of Area 51 will be available for public
into U.S. Government hands. It was obvious tovisitation. After all, every major division
them that the technology and design of theof the U.S. Military and various U.S.
craft came from a completely different sphereGovernment  agencies  are  represented there.
of technical influence. It seemed as though
the beings that built this craft started fromIf we are to believe our own eyes, satellite
a framework of manipulating the naturalphotos indicate that quite a bit of building
forces of the universe, while we started ourhas gone on since Area 51 first came to the
modern era of transportation with thepublic's attention. It's a given that some of
internal combustion engine. This made for twoit has to involve underground construction as
very different and often incompatiblewell. After all, the place already has a
technologies. The result of trying to combinereputation for hosting deep underground
the  two  was  often  disastrous.bunkers, tunnels and research areas. It would
be logical to assume that the Nevada heat and
After several crashes, near crashes andneed for secrecy would create the certainty
deaths within their group and among theof utilizing the space below ground in as
civilian population of areas where tests tookmany  practical  ways  as  possible.
place, these men were made scapegoats. All
were unceremoniously dumped from the programApart from the quiet mutterings of the UFO
they were involved in. That was not akin toPilots and other insiders, making Area 51 a
just losing a job. They were blamed for beingplace for public visitation would be a
unable to properly operate Alien technologybrilliant move from a publicity standpoint.
that was never meant to be touched by humans.At a time when many people in the USA either
This made them pariahs as possible test pilotlove or hate the military, opening Area 51
candidates for any other future governmentmight have a very positive effect on public
programs involving secret or captured air orperception. Although I do not see any sign of
space craft. In addition, the secrecy side ofthe UFO cover-up lifting, opening the Base
their work made them unavailable for flightand exposing the conventional side of the
duty or employment of any kind inside orArea 51 story would allow us all access to
outside  of  the  U.S.  Military.some  level  of  forbidden  history.
Although I felt sorry for them, I knew thatMost government insiders fail to recognize
anytime anyone accepts unusual duties withinthe value of 'coming clean' about past
the U.S. Military or Government Services;secrets. Whenever that happens, there is
they throw the dice of life. There are noalways a rise in the level of confidence
shortage of Veterans, long forgotten by anpeople have in their government and the
allegedly grateful nation, who are dying ofmilitary. It's almost ridiculous that there
diseases and medical problems directlyare still classified documents that have
related to their service. Many have limitednever been released to the public dating back
or no access to government medical servicesto the days before World War I. Most
and have not been properly compensated forclassified document researchers believe that
their  sacrifice.it may be at least fifty to well over one
hundred more years before even a small number
The best I could do for these people was toof the many secret files from the World War
share their story in my newsletter andII  time  period  are  released.
through my seminars. Lacking the ability to
learn or share their identities or otherWhen Area 51 became the target of
specifics about the world of secrecy in whichinvestigative journalists and UFO
they existed, I had few options. Calling aresearchers, it also became a place with new
press conference would be fruitless. It didsecurity concerns. There can be little doubt
not and has not worked for even the mostthat at least a few of the many thousands of
impressive former military or technicalpeople who have taken bus tours or day trips
people claiming involvement with secret UFOout to the very edge of the property have had
projects  and  it  would  not  work for them.other agendas. Some may have been foreign
operatives. Others could have been potential
Although extremely intelligent and wellterrorists. Either way, no secret facility
trained, I could easily see that these peoplecould ever survive the kind of scrutiny
were very naïve about the U.S.leveled at the Groom Lake test facility for
Government's ability to just throw peoplevery  long.
away. None believed it could or would happen
to them, until it did. I could alsoArea 51 faces an enemy greater then foreign
understand their lack of enthusiasm when itagents or investigative journalists. That
came to sharing specifics or personalenemy is expansion. While the government
identities. They were all left with some sortstill owns or controls most of the land area
of small financial compensation and nonein Nevada, the southwestern housing boom is
wanted to risk the stipend they werebringing people ever closer to the
receiving despite their frustration, angergovernment's front door. Despite
and  feelings  of  betrayal.environmental concerns, alleged water and
electricity shortages and economic slowdowns,
Although I have had infrequent contact withpermanent housing and all the support
most of these people, the news has beenstructures that come with it are moving ever
promising. All have managed to move on in onecloser every year.
way or another, despite their obvious



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