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from CBS News<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Area 51? And why is it so secretive?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

BY JESSICA LEARISH<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"RevellersMen dressed as aliens dance at “Alienstock,” a\u00a0 “Storm Area 51” spinoff event, on September 20, 2019 in Rachel, Nevada.\u00a0GETTY IMAGES<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 2019, this well-known but little-understood location\u00a0took over social media<\/a> when one jokester inspired millions of people to RSVP “yes” to trespassing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The place: Area 51<\/a>, a remote patch of desert some 83 miles north-northwest of Las Vegas, next to a salt flat at the foot of a mountain. This military outpost \u2014 and what’s happened inside it \u2014 is so top-secret that its very existence was disputed until 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In short, Area 51 was\u00a0created<\/a>\u00a0during the Cold War to help America peek in on the Soviet Union. But, because of its clandestine beginnings and cutting-edge tech, many Americans came to associate the base with extraterrestrial ships and little green men.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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