Wildfires Threaten Area 51

35,000 acres involved as of Monday.

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Key Takeaways:

  • Wildfires, reportedly started by a lightning strike on July 4, are burning within 15 miles of Area 51 in Nevada, covering 35,000 acres.
  • The blaze's proximity to Area 51 has ignited various internet conspiracy theories, including government cover-ups or alien intervention.
  • Skeptics are countering these theories, asserting that it is simply a naturally occurring brush fire being combated with available resources.
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News outlets are reporting wildfires burning as close as 15 miles from the legendary Area 51 facility in Nevada, sparking internet conspiracy theories along with the flames. Started on July 4 reportedly by a lightning strike, the blaze began in Clark County about 40 miles north of Las Vegas.

As of Monday, the fire had spread to cover 35,000 acres and smoke and haze had drifted as far as Las Vegas. So far, no evacuations have been ordered or advised.

Internet contributors have claimed that the fires are the result of everything from government conspiracies designed to cover up sensitive data on extraterrestrial life to alien intervention. But skeptics have pushed back with statements such as, “It’s a brush fire,” “There is no unexplained activity” and “They are using resources available to combat a naturally occurring wildfire.”

Mark Phelps

Mark Phelps is a senior editor at AVweb. He is an instrument rated private pilot and former owner of a Grumman American AA1B and a V-tail Bonanza.

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  1. ‘But skeptics have pushed back with statements such as, “It’s a brush fire..’

    Haha what do they know. Everyone I know believes it was two chemtrails above Area 51 that deliberately collided to caused a bolt of lightning that missed its target of the housed aliens in the barracks at 51 and unfortunately caused a stupid brush fire nearby.
    Heads will roll, people are saying.

  2. Imagine all these alien hoaxes going up in smoke after all this time. Catastrophic!

  3. And it happens just as the Epstein conspiracy blazes away. Cannot be a co-incidence, he looked a bit like the ET alien after all…

  4. A Jewish Space laser can certainly cause that!

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