Gents, I'm not a conspiracy theorist but, like most of you, I have always been curious about this secret military base. I heard an interesting interview the other day on NPR's Fresh Air. Here is the excerpt.
http://www.npr.org/2011/05/17/136356848/area-51-uncensored-was-it-ufos-or-the-ussr
http://www.npr.org/2011/05/17/136356848/area-51-uncensored-was-it-ufos-or-the-ussr