Document extends secrecy on Area 51 in southern Nevada

KRNV ^ | 9/19/2003 | Associated Press

[JennysCool]

CARSON CITY (AP) -- Invoking national security, President Bush has renewed an exemption allowing the Air Force to keep mum about its top-secret operations at Groom Lake, also known as Area 51, in southern Nevada.

Bush signed a memorandum declaring it of "paramount interest'' to exempt the base from disclosing classified information.

President Clinton first issued the exemption in 1995 in response to two lawsuits filed by injured workers in Nevada seeking information about the military's environmental practices at the site. It has been renewed yearly.

The government has acknowledged the existence of the Groom Lake installation but has not disclosed what it does at the facility.

The secrecy has fueled speculation about UFOs, aliens and other strange occurrences around Area 51.

[50sDad]

Argh, mate! I could tell ya, but then I'd have ta kill ya!

[theFIRMbss]

>of "paramount interest'' to exempt the base from disclosing classified information

[Smogger]

And lo and behold we had titanium and a variety of other technologies from seemingly out of nowhere.

Lemme adjust my tinfoil.

[Bernard Marx]

they needed the space to construct more alien-housing.

Let them live 10 to a room like the rest of the illegal aliens!

[Pearls Before Swine]

I dunno -- if there was anything REALLY good in Area 51, wouldn't Clinton have leaked it by now?

[TADSLOS]

There's nothing there but a Dell Webb Sun City for retired defense contractors (and Elvis, of course).

[ctlpdad]

FYI ping

[PatrioticAmerican]

Nah, he's afraid of the shadow government.

[demlosers]

The aliens have been breeding rapidly and they needed the space to construct more alien-housing.

They live at Dulce base New Mexico. I heard it's 180,000 lil' aliens living in underground adobes. ;) ;)

[ForOurFuture]

Interesting... but WHO CARES! Don't we have enough ridiculous Trekkies and other subnormal nerds believing in extraterrestrial visits?

Please don't call me a nerd. Believe.

[eastforker]

I am not for sure but WJC may be one of THEM!!!

[TomServo]

Interesting... but WHO CARES!

You're liable to see alot of posts you don't care about, newbie. It's real simple - don't read it.

[balrog666]

Aliens Crossing!

[Timesink]

I dunno -- if there was anything REALLY good in Area 51, wouldn't Clinton have leaked it by now?

Don't assume they would have been dumb enough to tell Bill Clinton about it.

[LanPB01]

PING You might be intersted in this.