QUOTE(*Armageddon Signs* @ Jan 26 2007, 05:45 PM) [snapback]1517397[/snapback]
So What are your opinions about Area 51?? My Opinion is that place gives me the creeps.

Here's what I believe, based on some educated and informed guesses:
There are no aliens there. No UFOs. It's a testing center for innovative aircraft.
It's still very active and its mission has not been moved.
Why all the secrecy? Well, for one thing America is at war. Or have you forgotten? And for another thing, despite the end of the Cold War, there are still many countries that want to steal our secrets. Innovative, developmental aircraft are at the top of the list, no doubt.
There are many who claim it houses UFOs, aliens and such. Take note of who is propagating these rumors: in most instances, it's someone with a book, documentary or website to sell. These are hardly objective sources, they have a vested interest in keeping the issues alive.
It is often said that the UFOs and aliens were moved to, "top secret Dugway Proving Ground and its Michael Army Airfield in Utah."
This is laughable. At least twice a year the newspapers of Salt Lake City --- Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News --- and nearby Tooele, Utah --- The Tooele Transcript --- visit Dugway and tour the facilities.
Twice, NASA has used the hangar at Michael Army Airfield (where UFOs are said to be stored) as a temporary working area while NASA satellites landed in the desert of Dugway Proving Ground. If you watched CNN during the landing of the first satellite, you saw the interior of the hangar. It's empty.
But the writers and producers of Area 51 books and documentaries don't want you to know the above. Nor do the residents of Rachel, Nevada, who make a living off all the UFO and alien hubub.
Area 51 (or more properly, the Groom Lake Facility) has UFOs and aliens? Nahhhhh ... it's all hype promoted by modern-day snake oil salesmen.