Part one of term paper
130 miles North of Las Vegas in Rachel, Nevada, on the shores of a dried up lake, lies an area Americans have pondered for over 50 years. This place, which is behind miles of barren, dry desert and surrounded by barbed wire fences, is a place which houses the unknown. Signs which state: “ No trespassing” and “ Anyone crossing this poin ...

Part two of term paper
... speculated conspiracies of the century, next to the Kennedy Assassination (Hammen 62). What is this mystery that the government has been hiding for 50 years? The answer is Area 51. Area 51 was built in the 1950's by the CIA as a top secret area of defense. It was the testing grounds for such war planes as the Aurora Project, SK-71 Blackbird, and the F-117a Stealth fighter spy plane (Misage 15). According to many Americans, these are not the only flying machinery which exists in Area 51. On ...