Why Does The Government Lie About Area51?

[KrisHawkXXX]

In 2003 The federal government has admitted that it exists.. but i did research on the Roswell incident. I think its true but my question is... why is the government hiding all those facts and trying to cover it up? If there is no Alien spacecraft/artifact(s) then they should go out of their way to prove it. Thoughts and opinions?

 

[justapixel]

How do you prove a negative?

or

How do you prove you do not posess something?

 

[jackoroe]

Area 51 has existed as a matter of fact for many years. Try and get within a couple of miles of it and see how much security there is to protect "nothing". I don't think there's any aliens there. I do think it's an R&D facility that is on the cutting edge of flight technology. The "alien" craft seen in the area, ar most likely experimental airplanes or space craft.

 

[doctorsun]

I think the real question is why do people insist that anything more interesting than aircraft testing goes on there? The government admits Area 51 exists and admits they test experimental aircraft there. That's all that goes on. Sorry to disappoint.

I think of it this way...if an alien race has the technology and desire to reach our planet, they're going to do it. The government would not be capable of covering it up.

 

[frankfrank]

When did the government begin to admit that Area 51 exists?

I always heard that the place did not "officially" exist...

 

[Willie Boy]

In 2003 The federal government has admitted that it exists.. but i did research on the Roswell incident. I think its true but my question is... why is the government hiding all those facts and trying to cover it up? If there is no Alien spacecraft/artifact(s) then they should go out of their way to prove it. Thoughts and opinions?

They actually answered this on a few episodes of the X-Files. They deny the existence of aliens, then allow the most artificial "abduction" claims to be publicized, thereby causing most people to doubt the validity of far more credible witnesses with the wave of a hand. Its all an attempt to control the minds of the people, to make them believe whatever they are told.

 

[Yooper]

In January 2008, it is now being called 'Homey Airport.'

http://www.dailyaviator.com/?p=1498

 

[Yuki Sohma]

I am not sure what to think. I do believe that we are not alone and that wherever they be, they be intelligent. Have they traveled to earth in the recent past, I say maybe (ie Roswell, Rendlesham Forest & Berwyn Mountain). Have they traveled to earth in the distant past, I say maybe yes.

The only thing preventing me from saying definitely yes is the distance and time involved but then agen' I am using my finite earthling mind & knowledge to judge other civilizations.

I do know that the United States Military is supposed to be very strict on who knows what, when, where, why & how. By that I mean, unless the knowledge of something has a direct impact on what your military duties are, you do not need to know about it.

I wuz' once invited to attend a seminar involving several very high and I do mean very high (Presidential and Congressional level advisors) United States Air Force Military (not Civilian) Officials.

Lo & behold an audience member asked the inevitable "Area 51, Project Blue Book, & Roswell" what do you know about them question.

The answer wuz' "We do not know anything about the subjects in question involving UFOs" and I believe that they were being honest................so if they aren't being told at their levels, why oh why, would the rest of us be told................that is just the way it works I guess................

A past US President (who I refuse to acknowledge because I think that he wuz' mean and I styll dislike him) once made a reference to aliens during a United Nations speech.

 

[tonyboy]

They don't.. simple as that.

 

[MystikWizard]

Have to agree with the aircraft testing. I don't think there are aliens being hidden there, gang. Sorry.

And yes, if our Government is testing new technology, yes they want it kept Top Secret. Nobody around the site. No exceptions. That's why it's Top Secret.

 

[Telstra]

i used to like X-files series.
But now i don't. And no, NO aliens.

 

[Glafna]

I agree that Area 51 is definatly for flight testing, but I don't believe that we are alone in the universe... Unless you believe that it all was created for us, or think Humankind is special in some way, it is impossible for us to be the only intellectual species capable of technological, scientific, and medical wonders.

One thing I'm wondering.... what would we do if we DID discover something out there, would extreme xenophobia kick in, or would we somehow make a peaceful first contact..

 

[HenryReardon]

One thing I'm wondering.... what would we do if we DID discover something out there, would extreme xenophobia kick in, or would we somehow make a peaceful first contact..

Lots of books have been written on that very topic. Some of them paint humankind in a favorable light, some not.

Also movies. One of the best sci fi movies of all time dates back to circa 1950 - The Day the Earth Stood Still.

 

[Glafna]

Lots of books have been written on that very topic. Some of them paint humankind in a favorable light, some not.

Also movies. One of the best sci fi movies of all time dates back to circa 1950 - The Day the Earth Stood Still.

Except for one thing... they are Science Fiction, and pure speculation on what would happen if aliens do come to earth, or we discover them out there, or any number of scenarios that are more likely not to be realistic. In reality, it depends on who is there on first contact, who the current world leaders are, and whether or not the life form is humanoid, which we will be able to deal with far easier then if it was an giant intelligent ant.

 

[HenryReardon]

Except for one thing... they are Science Fiction, and pure speculation on what would happen if aliens do come to earth, or we discover them out there, or any number of scenarios that are more likely not to be realistic. In reality, it depends on who is there on first contact, who the current world leaders are, and whether or not the life form is humanoid, which we will be able to deal with far easier then if it was an giant intelligent ant.

Absent facts, speculation is all there is.

 

[Glafna]

Absent facts, speculation is all there is.

Unfortunatly

 

[Kulindahr]

Best direct answer:

Because that's what government does.

I think of it this way...if an alien race has the technology and desire to reach our planet, they're going to do it. The government would not be capable of covering it up.

Whoa -- quite fallacious.. because loaded with assumptions.
That's kind of like saying that if pilots wnet down in North Vietnam, we'd know what happened to them -- government wouldn't be capable of covering it up.

.... and whether or not the life form is humanoid, which we will be able to deal with far easier then if it was an giant intelligent ant.

I have no idea even where to begin looking for it, but I once read a very good paper on why intelligent life would not develop in creatures with exoskeletons. The main point was that for a brain sufficiently large to contain intelligence, no exoskeletal structure would be strong enough. So expect any aliens we meet to have internal skeletons -- assuming they're land dwellers; if not... anything goes!

 

[Glafna]

I have no idea even where to begin looking for it, but I once read a very good paper on why intelligent life would not develop in creatures with exoskeletons. The main point was that for a brain sufficiently large to contain intelligence, no exoskeletal structure would be strong enough. So expect any aliens we meet to have internal skeletons -- assuming they're land dwellers; if not... anything goes!

The problem is, that it's based on OUR understanding of anatomy and intelligence, where we might be completely wrong. Scientific facts are often disproved, and reproved, or completely rewritten due to discoveries in nature and through successful experiments.

Remember, it wasn't too long ago that the earth was considered square and the center of the universe.

 

[Lostlover]

Area 51 has existed as a matter of fact for many years. Try and get within a couple of miles of it and see how much security there is to protect "nothing". I don't think there's any aliens there. I do think it's an R&D facility that is on the cutting edge of flight technology. The "alien" craft seen in the area, ar most likely experimental airplanes or space craft.

Your avatar looks too much like Carrot Top for me to find attractive.

Just my two cents.

 

[Kulindahr]

The problem is, that it's based on OUR understanding of anatomy and intelligence, where we might be completely wrong. Scientific facts are often disproved, and reproved, or completely rewritten due to discoveries in nature and through successful experiments.

Remember, it wasn't too long ago that the earth was considered square and the center of the universe.

No, it's based on physical principles -- chemistry, strength of materials, and such. Really, it's just a matter of engineering. The only assumptions involved are that anything intelligent will have a minimum neural-equivalent complexity and volume of activity similar to ours, and that evolution is the vehicle for the development of intelligence.

Once you make those two, if you're assuming non-sessile land-dwelling creatures, you're stuck with planets which fall in the 'life zone', have between .6 and something like 3.0 surface gravity, and have an abundance of free water and carbon. Then it's all biological/engineering principles.

Now, if someone could conceive of a way for a biological organism to make buckyballs and monomolecular carbon strings, the parameters could change. But the assessment of the viability of an exoskeletal lifeform WRT intelligence depends on nothing but how the elements behave under conditions favorable to carbon-based chemistry.