The military has upset UFO researchers by banning the public from an Area 51 viewpoint 26 miles away from the secretive base, with one calling it “absolutely insane.”
The U.S. Air Force has seized approximately 22,987 acres of public land in Nevada surrounding Area 51, including one of the viewpoints at Tikaboo Peak and closed “to all forms of public access and entry” on the grounds that it is dangerous.
The Irish Sun reports that the Bureau of Land Management stated: “This closure is necessary to protect persons, property, public lands, resources, and to avoid conflict among public land users.”
The Bureau of Land Management also claimed that “the mountain slopes are too steep for safe foot traffic… And the rocky ground is dangerously unstable.”
“While no serious injuries or accidents have occurred in recent years, the prevailing conditions and increased foot traffic raise the risk of injury events,” the agency added.
Is there a more nefarious reason for the massive land seizure?
One UFO and Area 51 researcher who owns land near the border of the base, Anders Otteson, calls it a “clear-cut example of government corruption.”
“I believe there’s going to be accelerated testing of different projects at the base and they want to eliminate the risk of anyone getting a peek into the hangars,” he told The Irish Sun. “The testing is likely a number of ‘secret’ aircraft projects that they don’t want to risk someone peaking into the hangar for.
“Tikaboo isn’t a great place to see test flights since those mainly happen at night and the distance of 26 miles is too far for any kind of reasonable night vision.”
What is the government trying to hide from the public?
“It’s possible that some projects there are going to require some activity during the day, which is what they’d be worried about from Tikaboo,” Otteson continued.
“It’s also important to note that the base has a surveillance camera on Tikaboo Peak and they have been known to cancel test flights in the past when they see someone up there.
“However, I don’t believe there is truly a risk to national security from people visiting these places on public land and taking photos/videos.”
Anders Otteson also rejects the claim that the government seized the land to protect the public.
“The ‘safety’ justification for the closure is complete nonsense. While yes, the terrain is rocky and remote, that would describe a large portion of the state of Nevada and the western United States, and this area is nowhere near the most dangerous. In fact, the closure order even acknowledges that there has never been a serious injury here.”
He added in his most recent YouTube video: “You may as well just seize every mountain in Nevada by that logic.”
Coincidentally, the massive land seizure occurred around the same time as a series of earthquakes near Area 51. United States Geological Survey data shows that during the last week of April, over 100 people reported at least 17 earthquakes near the top secret military base within the span of only 24 hours.