For decades, Nevada’s Area 51 Air Force facility has represented the eye of a conspiratorial hurricane that swirls around “evidence” that aliens (and their technology) exist and are hiding behind its ...

It's been a perennial American obsession for more than 50 years. It's provided a shadowy backdrop for shows like "The X-Files" and movies like the 1996 summer blockbuster "Independence Day." And in ...

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From Cold War aircraft testing to UFO speculation, the highly classified military testing site has been surrounded by myths for decades. UFO believers look for suspicious spacecraft during a UFO and ...

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Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. What is most likely going on in Area 51? – ...