The Only Person Who Was Able to Enter Area 51 and Get Out Alive (4 photos)

In 1996, an anthropologist from California encountered a strange phenomenon in the Nevada desert. Jerry Freeman wasn’t looking for UFOs or secret government projects. He just wanted to retrace the path of the pioneers of 1849, heading west in search of gold. However, this route passed through Area 51, a classified US Air Force facility, and Freeman had to travel at night to avoid patrols.





California anthropologist Jerry Freeman

One night during the week-long mission, Freeman witnessed a mysterious scene near Papoose Lake, a dry lake bed in Lincoln County rumored to be home to an alien spacecraft hangar known as "S-4."

Freeman told journalist and UFO researcher George Knapp that an opening suddenly opened in the area of ​​the lake, emitting a bright bluish light.

"It looked like a dry lake bed, nothing more, but at night it turned into something else," the anthropologist shared. "I clearly saw that there were security lights around the perimeter, and in the center of the lake the lights were turning on and off."

The American watched the unusual picture for two minutes and felt a vibration similar to an earthquake.



Area 51 from a satellite

"I think if I had been caught there, they would have set me on fire like a Roman candle," he is sure.

The man originally set out on a journey to find the inscriptions of fallen gold miners.

These pioneers in 1849 turned off the historic Spanish Trail, which led prospectors west through Colorado, Utah, and Nevada, to find a shortcut to the California gold fields. Unfortunately, they failed, and the area eventually earned its infamous name - Death Valley.

All that remains of the fallen explorers are their journals. They tell of seven inscriptions that mark their journey during the Gold Rush.

Unfortunately for Freeman, some of this historical evidence is located on the territory of the Air Force test site, where the secret Area 51 is located. Although he received permission from the National Park Service and the Bureau of Land Management to search for forgotten artifacts, the Air Force flatly refused him access. The adventurer eventually set out at night.





Area 51 is located in an area known as Groom Lake. The complex reportedly extends to Papoose Lake, a dry lake bed

It is worth noting that the first time Bob Lazar spoke about the S-4 was in 1989. He claimed to have worked as a physicist and engineer on the flying saucer antigravity reactor at the secret S-4 facility in Nevada. For years, he continued to appear on television, talking about the existence of Area 51 and secret government projects.

In 1996, former Area 51 employees filed a lawsuit claiming that they were exposed to toxic chemicals while on the base.

However, the lawsuit was dismissed on national security grounds, and President Bill Clinton signed an executive order exempting the base from the country's environmental laws.

The US government only officially confirmed the existence of Area 51 in 2013.

However, in court documents, authorities prefer to call the secret facility "Groom Lake." According to Freeman, it was there that he discovered the mysterious portal.



Freeman's map shows the route pioneers took to cross what would become known as Death Valley

Since Freeman discovered Area 51 in late 1996, it has continued to generate fascination and conspiracy theories. This month, a mysterious triangular tower was discovered on Google Maps, sparking rumors of alien contact.

While it's still unclear what exactly Freeman saw that night in the desert, the answers may lie in files that could soon be declassified by the Trump administration.

In the mid-1990s, Jim Goodall, an aviation journalist, revealed top-secret technology at the facility that “would make George Lucas jealous.”

“One gentleman had spent 12 of his 30 years working in the secret programs at Groom Lake [as Area 51 is known],” Goodall explained in an interview. “I asked him, ‘Can you really tell me what’s going on there?’ And he said, ‘There’s a lot going on there that I won’t be able to tell you until 2025.’”

The reference to "2025" may be related to President Clinton's executive order that imposed a 25-year deadline for the "automatic declassification" of government secrets.