Area 51,

September 18, 2002 8:55 PM

Area 51, truth seekers 0. Bush reissues order keeping Nevada site secret. I can't believe he had time to think about this with all the other shit he's stirring so hard.
posted by puddsharp (16 comments total)

Heck, didn't we all just think he moved Area 51

or is that what they WANT us to think? :)
posted by RobbieFal at 9:16 PM on September 18, 2002

Here's a link on Bob Lazar, the person who 'told all' about Area 51. Kinda nut or big nut? You decide. My tinfoil hat is chafing my scalp...
posted by phyrewerx at 9:26 PM on September 18, 2002

with all the other shit he's stirring so hard.

Nice shot. Such as?
posted by hama7 at 9:33 PM on September 18, 2002

Nice shot. Such as?

please! don't you watch the liberal controlled media?
posted by mcsweetie at 9:34 PM on September 18, 2002

Maybe dubbya is an alien. That would explain a whole lot.

Do you know what the queers are doing to the soil?
posted by spungfoo at 9:40 PM on September 18, 2002

So. A secret military research site is still secret.

Mmm, pancakes!
posted by Slithy_Tove at 9:40 PM on September 18, 2002

so.... if this is still secret, how come we know about it existing?

I figure somebody fucked up
posted by RobbieFal at 9:52 PM on September 18, 2002

Um. Did you really expect Bush to fully disclose Area51? If Clinton had done the same thing, would you have made a snarky remark about that?
posted by jmd82 at 9:56 PM on September 18, 2002

Makes sense in a way: Area 51/Groom Lake has surpassed Cheyenne Mountain and the Pentagon as far as being the most talked about military installation in the public eye.

By maintaining a sense of secrecy, the site can be kept on the military's payroll and not end up on an "abandoned structures website" or otherwise become a tourist attraction like the Greenbrier Hotel.

Given our current political climate, however, the Bush administration would preceive such actions as a humiliating blow to national security. And who knows - maybe the military felt the need to reuse the site as a fuel depot.
posted by Smart Dalek at 10:00 PM on September 18, 2002

So "Area" is winning, I guess.
posted by aznblader at 11:25 PM on September 18, 2002

Bush did nothing different than Klintoon.
posted by ZupanGOD at 2:02 AM on September 19, 2002

Hell, he'd make McDonald's NTK if he could.
posted by rushmc at 6:23 AM on September 19, 2002

AFAIK, the Greenbrier shelter wasn't a military site and was administered by FEMA. (I believe they also run Mount Weather and a slew of other continuity-of-government sites in and around DC)

And ya gotta keep Area 51 secret; isn't that the "secure undisclosed location" where Cheney is?
posted by Vidiot at 7:18 AM on September 19, 2002

Do you know what the queers are doing to the soil?

They're building landing strips for gay Martians, I swear to God!
posted by mikrophon at 7:39 AM on September 19, 2002

Dont blame me, I voted for Kodos.
posted by Samsonov14 at 9:09 AM on September 19, 2002

Then, in 1995, President Bill Clinton raised the stakes by issuing an order clamping down on discussion or release of any information whatsoever.

I would have never known that fact. Thanks for solving part of the mystery for me puddsharp. I wondered why about this time there was so much publicity of Area 51. I blamed the X files.
posted by thomcatspike at 12:41 PM on September 19, 2002