For decades, Nevada’s Area 51 Air Force facility has represented the eye of a conspiratorial hurricane that swirls around “evidence” that aliens (and their technology) exist and are hiding behind its ...

It's been a perennial American obsession for more than 50 years. It's provided a shadowy backdrop for shows like "The X-Files" and movies like the 1996 summer blockbuster "Independence Day." And in ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Area 51, a top-secret U.S. military facility in the Nevada desert, has ...

Add Popular Science (opens in a new tab) More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results.

From Cold War aircraft testing to UFO speculation, the highly classified military testing site has been surrounded by myths for decades. UFO believers look for suspicious spacecraft during a UFO and ...

The human mind is designed to predict, but uncertainty helps us thrive. A daily, curiosity-driven guide to the big, weird, and fascinating ideas shaping the news cycle.