UFO's
Number of strange sights in the Nevada Desert was caused by..
The U.S testing various U-2s.
Who was the person that claimed to have been the witness of the crash that the CIA tried to cover up?
It was Major Jesse Marcel
What is the information that the CIA collects and studies information from around the world called?
It's called Intelligence
When was the U.S. facility established?
1942
What was the tension between the Unites States and the Soviet Union called?
The cold war
The CIA's cover story for the strange sightings was..
Special places that are on "weather observation missions".
What was the image the public had of Aliens?
Small bodies with oversized heads, skinny arms, and large oval eyes.
What did Area 51 want to do besides the things they were already doing?
They wanted to build planes that fly unseen by the enemies technology, this planes were called stealth aircraft.
How large was the area?
1,200 square miles
What was the United states and Soviet Union doing during this period?
They were gathering information on each other and having a race to have the best military weapons and technology.
What radio show created people fear of aliens and added to the reasons the government had to keep this top secret.
The War of the Worlds
What was the year that the public's interest of area 51 grew?
1978
Who provides details to the president and some cabinet members so that they can make the best decision for the US?
The CIA
Area 52 was also referred as?
United States Army Proving Grounds.
What were the Soviet Union that the United States didn't like and were afraid it would spread.
Communists/Communism
When was the World of Wars created?
1898
What was the theory people had of the activities in area 51?
That they were storing and studying aliens.
When was a lead and silver mine acquired by the US Air Force ?
1955
What was the reason to forming the area?
To test chemical weapons and biological weapons.
Where did this fast paced era of scientific development lead both nations?
It lead them to outer space.
Disk-like shapes and strange lights were mistaken as..
UFO's
What is a popular way to getting close to area 51 nowadays?
It's by driving through the Extraterrestrial Highway.
The Atomic Energy Commission.
What incident caused the area's secretes to come to surface?
When thousands of sheeps died in the neighboring ranch overnight.
What was the U-2 incident?
It was when a jet pilot that was recruited by the CIA and was spying on the Soviet Union but his plane was shot down causing the Soviet Union to recover the equipment and study the US's latest technology.