The Wildest Things You Never Knew About Area 51

Even the Big Man Doesn’t Know

Until recent years, even the president of the United States was kept in the dark about Area 51. Since presidents come and go, military officials chose to keep the knowledge of what’s in Area 51 a complete mystery. No single president has ever gone into detail about the contents of Area 51, not even after the 2013 reveal of top-secret government information via Wiki-leaks.

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The More You Know

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