Neither Confirm Nor Deny

"Here it is the big one! Listen to us discuss how Area 51 came to be. We delve into the history of this not so secret military location and about Bob Lazar the man with the 'Answers'."

Presented by: Chelsea
Category: Extraterrestrial

Area 51 is a giant in the annals of American conspiracy theories and mysteries. Located on Groom Lake in Nevada and part of Nellis Air Force Base, it's official purpose is for the testing of experimental aircraft, it has long been rumored to house recovered UFOs and even aliens, living or dead.

Though not officially declassified and recognized by the U.S. government until 2013, it was an open secret for decades before that. In 1989, a man going by the name Dennis gave an interview where he claimed to have been an employee in a branch of Area 51 where his job was reverse engineering UFOs. In his second interview of that year, he revealed his true identity as Bob Lazar.

UFO, according to Lazar, relied on a stable element 115, otherwise known as Moscovium. In reality, however, Moscovium is highly radioactive and highly unstable. While aliens may have found a way of keeping it stable, we certainly haven't and it's unlikely that he keeps one in his house like he claims.

Lazar claims that his life has been ruined since coming forward. He insists that the government has scrubbed his education records and that he's been raided by law enforcement to find his Moscovium samples. However, no one has come forward to corroborate his story or to even say they remember from school. His raids were related to his involvement with crimes, including possibly selling (inadvertently) a murder weapon, violation of controlled substances and connection to a prostitution ring. His bankruptcy report prior to him coming forward lists his career as a film processor.

Takeaway: Research the validity of claims.

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