Area 51: Government Secrets

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Implementation of the “Black Budget” by the government? In essence, a secret pool of taxpayer’s dollars. Funds were largely ‘uncontrolled” and researchers estimate $30 billion dollars a year, or two thirds of the budget, was spent trying to keep its projects secret.  This included background checks of employee’s, transportation, security, and surveillance of the employee’s that worked there.

From the start, everything has been a “cloak-and-dagger ” clandestine operation.

John Pike directs GlobalSecurity.org, a Beltway think tank, and has carefully observed the Pentagon for 25 years.  He says that during the Reagan years, analysts could figure out – in broad terms – what the key classified projects were, despite all the secrecy. “Twenty years ago, when there was a big increase in classified spending, we pretty much knew what the programs were,” Pike says. “We knew there was a stealth fighter. We knew there was a stealth bomber.”

In 1990, he notes, a New York Times reporter was able to pen a 273-page book on the “Black Budget,” money that was funneled into clandestine military and spy programs with little congressional oversight.

We may never know exactly what goes on inside of Area 51. In fact, there was a time when it was believed that Area 51 was moved to Area 6413. However, according to an anonymous source in Washington D.C., it would cost $5 billion dollars to move the facility and such an operation would be unthinkable.

But whether or not you believe the government is continuing to keep what goes on at Area 51 a big secret and perhaps they have moved base operations  to Area 6413,  consider this…..64 minus 13 equals 51.

REFERENCES:

abovetopsecret.com, howstuffworks.com, San Francisco Bay Guardian News – “Spying on the Government”

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Madeleine Noa is a freelance writer from Honolulu, Hawaii who has published articles on a wide range of topics including spas, real estate development in Hawaii, entertainment, luxury yachts, and history. She is also a copywriter and creates sales collateral for small businesses and corporations. She has been an associate writer for "IN" Magazine and "Second City" Magazine, having been published 13 times between the two publications. She currently is involved in the alternative energy industry and in helping to sustain a symphonic orchestra in Hawaii.

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