Question: is there such thing as area 51?

Sara Imari Walker answered on 14 Jun 2011:

Area 51 is a real place. It is a US military base in the southwest portion of Nevada in the U.S. So yes it is real. The question of whether they really found aliens there is another story. Supposedly the “mysterious craft” found by farmers and brought to area 51 was actually a weather balloon. This is probably true. But, it is still fun to ponder what alien life might be out there! We have amazing programs like SETI (the search for extraterrestrial intelligence) which are scientific programs combing the skies looking for signs of intelligent alien life. They search lots of stars. They haven’t found anything yet but I am keeping my fingers crossed!