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A branch of my family has recently moved to Nevada. I don't mean Las Vegas, more along the lines of the "strange" region. My uncle is an underground nuclear physisist. He was called to the area known as area 51. I'm worried about him. Can anyone reasure that he won't be in any harm.

I live in Las Vegas, which is the city where 99% of the workers of that "nebulous region" of Nevada live. Chances are he does not specifically work in that area, there are lots of "Area #'s" but that’s one everyone buzzes on about.

Anyway it's just a place to work. You eat some dust; it’s a desert after all. It's very cold in the winter and very hot in the summer and last time I checked no Aliens were eating Americans there.

So don't worry, just another job in just another place.

I have reason to believe that he is in danger. Got an email from him last nite. Said that it would be his last ...

I have reason to believe that he is in danger. Got an email from him last nite. Said that it would be his last ...
:rolleyes:

Maybe he is going to be working on his nuclear physics and he won't have time to email you :)

The only danger in "Area 51" aka Nellis Air Force Base is the toxic waste dump.

I don't see why an airforce base would need a nuclear physicsist anyway :rolleyes:

He's making it up, i know him and his uncle has not moved there, they probably all live in cumbria shagging a few sheep!! :p

Hes working to make nuclear powered engines and weapons for the planes, New stuff, cool eh.

He works at home, in his apartment and he sets his own worktimes. Hes a bit of a lie about so I dont know why he wont have time 2 email me.

Cumbria is in england!!

Hes working to make nuclear powered engines and weapons for the planes, New stuff, cool eh.
BS, they tried that in the 1960s. Can't work. The little matter of shielding renders the plane as agile as a penguin.

BS, they tried that in the 1960s. Can't work. The little matter of shielding renders the plane as agile as a penguin.
penguin are actually quite agile in water

penguin are actually quite agile in water
Yeah, so is the Platypus. But of course I was referring to air.

Yeah, so is the Platypus. But of course I was referring to air.
I know :rolleyes:

penguin are actually quite agile in water
Cool! Sub-aquatic fighter jets! Something only the Bush administration could comission. They'll be handy in the Iranian desert in 10 years time!

In all seriousness though... Area 51? Eh? I mean... the whole thing just reeks of bullshit doesn't it? It's a secret testing ground... it's a biological waste dump... It's home of a crashed alien vehicle... They need more nuclear scientist uncles there... Mysterious lights and sounds emanate from it... It's so mysterious as to be not mysterious at all. Sounds to me like a diversionary tactic to distract from all the stuff that goes on at the genuinely secret areas 50 and 52. No, really.

51 may be semi-secret.. but yet you can readily view satellite maps online that show nearly every detail of the base. Sweet huh?

Yeah, so is the Platypus. But of course I was referring to air.
I think we need flying platypuses. Platypi?
How do you pluralize "platypus"?

platypussessess?

should be

Area 51 now legally exsists thanks to Clinton. It used to be officially non-exsistent, even though you could see it from over a ridge nearby.

There's really not alot that's special about it. Despite what you may have seen in the movies, it exsists, everyone knows it does, there are no aliens or crashed spaceships and it's just a secret weapons development site, one that has brought us such lovely products as the B2 and the F-117A

Area 51 now legally exsists thanks to Clinton. It used to be officially non-exsistent, even though you could see it from over a ridge nearby.

There's really not alot that's special about it. Despite what you may have seen in the movies, it exsists, everyone knows it does, there are no aliens or crashed spaceships and it's just a secret weapons development site, one that has brought us such lovely products as the B2 and the F-117A

Bingo. If the Op's uncle is workjing there cool. But certain things trigger the godd old BS detector: "underground nuclear physisist", being "called to the area known as area 51", "working to make nuclear powered engines", "He works at home, in his apartment and he sets his own worktimes. Hes a bit of a lie about".

All of that scream troll.

DNFTT

Oh, and call Area 51 by its name... Groom Lake Facility.

The "Area" designation was to make the Weapons Developement Site (not UFO storage, sorry) appear to be a normal base to the Soviets. The huge runway is pretty cool though, and if Aurora exists, it's probably based from there. IF, though. Mighty big if.

I believe Area 51 exists, but I don't think they're aliens there. I think its just some government project. Perhaps a machinary testing site. I live in Phoenix and in 1997, there were some strange "lights." I guess its a test from Area 51, but, hey who knows? ^_^

We've known for years that Area 51 exists ... it's Nevada that doesn't exist.

We've known for years that Area 51 exists ... it's Nevada that doesn't exist.

It all makes sense now :D

I think we need flying platypuses. Platypi?
How do you pluralize "platypus"?

Platepussy. Definately platepussy.

It does exist. Area 51 is an Air Force Base. They develop Aircraft there. You need a long runway because you can't build a new aircraft then have it try and land and go careering off the end of a runway and then take damage. Well, thats what i would say, i mean you could always say that they need an extra long runway so that they can land space craft there :rolleyes:

It does exist. Area 51 is an Air Force Base. They develop Aircraft there. You need a long runway because you can't build a new aircraft then have it try and land and go careering off the end of a runway and then take damage. Well, thats what i would say, i mean you could always say that they need an extra long runway so that they can land space craft there :rolleyes:

The blur comes with US Aircraft that might be considered spacecraft... such as maybe an emergency shuttle landing... :D

Yeah, so is the Platypus. But of course I was referring to air.

Perhaps, but Nostradamus warned of the "iron fish".

So maybe this person's uncle knows something Nostradamus clued into but that the rest of us aren't aware of? ;)

That which is enclosed in iron and letter in a fish,
Out will go one who will then make war,
He will have his fleet well rowed by sea,
Appearing near Latin land.

SpOoKy! o_0

the plural is platypuses

A branch of my family has recently moved to Nevada. I don't mean Las Vegas, more along the lines of the "strange" region. My uncle is an underground nuclear physisist. He was called to the area known as area 51. I'm worried about him. Can anyone reasure that he won't be in any harm.

I know someone who has been stationed at Area 51 and he is just fine. He can't tell us anything about it, but he's just fine one way or another.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=platypus

I knew someone stationed at Groom Lake too ... He was a SAM operator, he got kicked out though; broke his leg.

Actually ... The MP broke his leg ... heh ...

We've known for years that Area 51 exists ... it's Nevada that doesn't exist.

He he. Good answer!

as far as im concerned area 51 is the base that holds everything extra terrestrial thats jus how i feel....

I still think that Platypi sounds better that Platypuses :p

Hes working to make nuclear powered engines and weapons for the planes, New stuff, cool eh.
I suppose he met Elvis as well?

Uh-huh-huh Hail to the King, baby!

Looking at the original post, I must say that I was unaware that there was a specialty of nuclear physics dedicated to working underground...



Besides, EVERYBODY knows that the government moved the aliens from Area 51 to Area 151 year ago.... so he has nothing to worry about....except perhaps low-hanging stalagmites. They can leave a nasty mark.

How do you pluralize "platypus"?
You put a male and female platypus in the same cage.

It is a military base that made and tested new planes, that is all.
I'm so sick of this Area 51 UFO subject.
He is not in danger!!!

A branch of my family has recently moved to Nevada. I don't mean Las Vegas, more along the lines of the "strange" region. My uncle is an underground nuclear physisist. He was called to the area known as area 51. I'm worried about him. Can anyone reasure that he won't be in any harm.

He should be just fine. Area 51 has been pretty much "sanitized" since there were lawsuits about their on-site disposal practices for toxic waste. Groom Lake and a handful of other top-secret government project sites are another matter.

Area 51 is a designation on a military map. Of course it exists. And FOIA requests for satellite pictures of the area show that there is a facility there, but not all that much of one. Mainly an pretty-damn-big sized airstrip and some buildings. A small baseball diamond, barracks and airplane hangers are also included. I'd suspect that it doesn't house aliens (mainly because I'm a skeptic of UFO's), but because it's so very remote, it's a nice place to test new airplanes out of.

And as Eutrusca said, their cleanup practices have been forced to improve, so I'd suspect he'll be fine.

Looking at the original post, I must say that I was unaware that there was a specialty of nuclear physics dedicated to working underground...

Interestingly enough, there is. You see, often times, when you're dealing with theoretical physics you need to get as far away from the background radiation of the cosmos as possible, so you bury the stuff deep underground, and shield it against any other radiation.

Hell, that's what they do with the atomic clock in Colorado and many other things are buried deep underground (things where you want minimal radiation interference)

BS, they tried that in the 1960s. Can't work. The little matter of shielding renders the plane as agile as a penguin.
Yep, my grandfather was an engineer on the project, he still has some of the diagrams.

penguin are actually quite agile in water
So are fast attack subs.

Area 51: It does exist
Duh. Has it ever not been known to exist?

Perhaps, but Nostradamus warned of the "iron fish".

So maybe this person's uncle knows something Nostradamus clued into but that the rest of us aren't aware of? ;)

That which is enclosed in iron and letter in a fish,
Out will go one who will then make war,
He will have his fleet well rowed by sea,
Appearing near Latin land.

SpOoKy! o_0
sounds more like a submarine. O.O someone's going to attack the vatican with a fleet of submarines!

sounds more like a submarine. O.O someone's going to attack the vatican with a fleet of submarines!
Drat, they've discovered my evil plot!
Foiled again!
If it weren't for you meddling kids....

:D

Drat, they've discovered my evil plot!
Foiled again!
If it weren't for you meddling kids....

:D

Hey, you don't happen to own a purple turbin do you? And if so, do your foot soldiers wear blue and white uniforms (*cough* UN Peacekeepers *cough*)?

Runs and hids

Hey, you don't happen to own a purple turbin do you? And if so, do your foot soldiers wear blue and white uniforms (*cough* UN Peacekeepers *cough*)?

Runs and hids
No, I wear a Frankenstein mask and a pink feathered hat.
My soldiers wear chartreuse and spike heels.

Or something like that, I think.

No, I wear a Frankenstein mask and a pink feathered hat.
My soldiers wear chartreuse and spike heels.

Or something like that, I think.

Ah good, because I was wrong ... it is not a "purple turbin", but a "blue turban" that matters.

However, the only thing worse than a pink feather hated spiked heel wearing soldier would be one also carting around a yellow feathered boa.

Interestingly enough, there is. You see, often times, when you're dealing with theoretical physics you need to get as far away from the background radiation of the cosmos as possible, so you bury the stuff deep underground, and shield it against any other radiation.

Hell, that's what they do with the atomic clock in Colorado and many other things are buried deep underground (things where you want minimal radiation interference)

Oh, I'm aware that they bury some things underground for those reasons. WE have a huge particle accelerator down in an old mine shaft for just that reason. However despite the fact that the environment is condusive to this work I've just never heard of the people working on them being called underground specialists as the work is identical to what it would be on the surface, just with better results.

Interestingly enough, there is. You see, often times, when you're dealing with theoretical physics you need to get as far away from the background radiation of the cosmos as possible, so you bury the stuff deep underground, and shield it against any other radiation.

Hell, that's what they do with the atomic clock in Colorado and many other things are buried deep underground (things where you want minimal radiation interference)


There's a atomic clock?

Area 51 does exist. They test planes, missles etc. there, I have seen video proof of a missle being tested there (it was edited to not show buildings etc.) from someone who is a big engineer at a company that works with the military.

Edit: Yes, and people can buy nifty little clock that get the time from it via satellite or something like that.