The "Metallic egg-shaped UFO" at Area 51, explained
Pardon my French, in case I descend into French a whole fuckload of a lot in this post
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Disclaimer: I do indeed pine for the days when Alien Visitation bullshit will not be the thing I have to write about every goddamn day. And pardon my French.
By now it is no longer news that the biggest secret about Area 51 is that it was never secret. Oh, we haven’t been allowed to go there, and we haven’t been told what they do there (until all past employees were released from their confidentiality agreements in 2007); but the existence of the place has always been public information. It’s a classified facility, but a perfectly well known one. Its airstrip has always been on public aviation charts. The schedules of the planes and buses shuttling employees to and fro has always been public. It’s always been perfectly visible on Google Maps ever since aerial maps have been a thing.
Nevertheless, it’s in the news again — as if it’s some earthshaking revelation. Yesterday, there were a number of articles published (including by the Daily Fail if you want the very best in credibility) that a UFO wooist “whistleblower” named Eric Taber “heard from his uncle” an incredible tale. Here’s what he said, and here’s what really happened — to arm you against “Checkmate, skeptics” challenges by UFOlogists in your office today.