Book Review::Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base

Area 51 is probably one of those conspiracy theory target places that always manages to maintain this aura of malevolence around it, and the US government does nothing to stop it, in fact the many silly attempts by conspiracy theorists and ufologists to reveal the inner workings of this highly guarded place, actually helps the US government to safeguard its secrets rather than worry about them being exposed.

The review that I am writing today is about one of the plethora of books that have dealt with the subject of Area 51.

Well, if like its counterparts, you are looking for a book that’s riddled with conspiracy theories of alien visitors, captured alien space craft ( sigh, Independence Day ) or some plans to establish a Illuminati new world order than you will be highly disappointed.

Annie Jacobsen’s Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base, is a forceful account of the highly secretive workings inside Area 51, a highly guarded military base in Nevada, USA.

This book brings to light the story of the extraordinary genius, vision, hard work and patriotism of the American men and women that worked at Area 51 and churned out marvels of human ingenuity and intelligence.

From Roswell Crash to the ultra secret but gigantic (to the point of being biblical) nuclear tests, from NASA astronaut training to drone aircraft technology, Annie Jacobsen builds on a huge number of declassified never before seen government files, and most importantly, interviews from people  who worked at Area 51.

Great read if you are not a conspiracy theory junkie, this book packs in truckloads of information but somehow conveys it smoothly with the very human stories of the people who worked at Area 51.

I spent two days reading this book and at no point, I was bored.  Worth the time and money spent.