What are the most likely theories for what is inside Area 51. No crazy conspiracy theories, actual grounded theories that are probable or likely.
My guess: Testing ground for new military aircraft.
Theres no “alien” lmfao
They just don’t want people to get too close and leak images of their newest and most advanced war machines. Because that’s gonna trigger a firestorm of news like “PENTAGON TESTING NEW KILLING MACHINES!”
Yea… I don’t think people want to be reminded how much of their tax dollars are going to the military, so the government want to hide it as much as possible to avoid bad PR.
Edit: Also, they might have even more advanced tech hidden in some other place like “Area 52”, and intentionally popularize “Area 51” to divert the attention. Okay this bit might be a bit too much “conspiracy”, but not impossible.
There is definitely some test craft and systems that are next gen or early future gen. They need a controllable dead zone for EM to test certain systems before they can test it in real world EM polluted areas.
They probably have labs for development, but most of that stuff is handled by the MIC unless it is so secret that they can’t allow anything to leave the base except for personnel that could be highly vetted and controlled.
Just for testing one aircraft, they need a huge amount of infrastructure and personnel which necessitates a fairly large base. Some of their stuff they would need to tear down to base components to inspect parts after every flight. They need facilities on-site to repair or replace components that probably only exist on that aircraft.
So most of the base may exist and operate just to test one new aircraft that is 10 years away from production or to service something like the X-37 program.
