Whatever They're Hiding, I'd Like to Know What It Is
Memorial Day at Area 51
By Skylaire Alfvegren
"I don't believe—knowing what I know about black projects—that we have that kind of technology," Bishop continues. "Our technology has expanded so greatly and so rapidly over the past 20, 30 years, but I don't think its expanded fast enough to encompass the technology that the black triangle has. But I've seen it; I've seen it operate, I've seen it turn sideways, and I watched it float for over 45 minutes, which is a long time for a sighting."
"American military technology is 50 years ahead at any given time," says Whiffen. "I've been telling people for 10 years that what I've seen out here is going to be common aircraft a few decades from now."
There are two opposing camps who make Rachel a destination: they intersected on Memorial Day weekend, as Area 51 celebrated its Golden Anniversary. Dozens of campers came out for the one-time Dreamland Resort event, celebrating terrestrial technology and good old-fashioned American know-how.
German-born Joerg Arnu, a clean-cut computer programmer based in Las Vegas, runs Dreamlandresort.com, the premier website for those interested in the militaristic side of Area 51. "Our group is not interested in UFO stories. We feel that we have more than enough real evidence that whatever goes on at Area 51 has nothing to do with ETs, but is in fact R&D for new defense systems, mostly aircraft and anti-aircraft related," Arnu says. "Due to the nature of tests out there, it is only natural that occasionally some tourists or locals catch a glimpse of a test flight or a new top-secret jet, and begin to talk about it. What better way to hide the real deal than to muddy the waters with stories about UFOs and alien autopsies at Area 51."
"My main interest is to bring like minds together," Bishop says, as he stacks folding chairs into the Rachel Senior Center. "I don't really hang my hat on any particular thing unless I'm able to prove it. I'm from Missouri—I've got to see it to believe it. And my scientific background makes me want to prove these things. My position is that I'm merely looking for the truth. I just returned from the boundary line [of the base], and the security is so strong, and so aggressive, they're protecting something. And what ever it is, they're protecting it very aggressively. I'd like to know what that is."
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