Popular Mechanics "What Really Happened in Area 51?" (Essay from Magazine)

What Really Happened in Area 51?

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This article is about the conspiracy theory's surrounding the strange events that happened at Area 51 and in Roswell Nevada.

Summary
     The biggest conspiracy involving the infamous Area 51, is what crash landed in Roswell. In 1947, an extra terrestrial flying saucer  was recovered, and inside were two short creatures with huge heads, bug eyes and green skin.  This incident sparked national fear and countless stories, but what really happened.  The most probable explanation for this mysterious event is that it was actually a complex Soviet Scheme to completely freak America out, to buy more time for Stalin in the Cold war race, using technology taken from German engineers right before the end of the war.  As for the two Aliens inside the saucer, they were human children mutilated and transformed by Soviet doctors under the command of  Stalin.
     Is this true, or a government cover up?  First of all, there is no evidence of the Soviets created any flying discs, let alone carry two passengers. For the "Aliens", the worlds perception of what creatures from outer space looked like were humanoids with long tentacles, not the modern little green men (which came from Steven Spielberg's movie "Close encounters of the Third Kind), so it is highly unlikely that the Soviets would create two children to look like they did. Whatever happened in Roswell, was moved to Area 51, where people still speculate it is still there.  Even if it was Aliens who crash landed on earth, the Soviets, as well as the Americans were in a huge race to see who could build the biggest and the best technology, and some of which has really impacted our lives today.

Reactions
     This was a very interesting story to read, and brought up a few convincing arguments for both sides.  I believe that we will never know for sure what was really responsible for the UFO crash in 1947, but I think that anything is possible. Whether it was a Soviet scare tactic, or real aliens, Popular Mechanics put out a good article that got us to think.

"What Really Happened in Area 51?." Popular Mechanics Sept. 2011. Web.

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