{"id":78,"date":"2019-08-11T21:43:05","date_gmt":"2019-08-11T21:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/micahhanks.com\/podcast\/?p=78"},"modified":"2019-08-11T21:43:05","modified_gmt":"2019-08-11T21:43:05","slug":"07-15-19-welcome-to-watertown-area-51-secrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/micahhanks.com\/podcast\/2019\/08\/11\/07-15-19-welcome-to-watertown-area-51-secrets\/","title":{"rendered":"07.15.19. Welcome to Watertown: Area 51 Secrets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5285\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-78-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/gralienreport\/TGR_071519_Welcome_to_Watertown_-_Area_51_Secrets.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/gralienreport\/TGR_071519_Welcome_to_Watertown_-_Area_51_Secrets.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/gralienreport\/TGR_071519_Welcome_to_Watertown_-_Area_51_Secrets.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/gralienreport\/TGR_071519_Welcome_to_Watertown_-_Area_51_Secrets.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/micahhanks.com\/podcast\/?powerpress_pinw=78-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/gralienreport\/TGR_071519_Welcome_to_Watertown_-_Area_51_Secrets.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"TGR_071519_Welcome_to_Watertown_-_Area_51_Secrets.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/micahhanks.com\/podcast\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/micahhanks.com\/podcast\/subscribe\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><p>On this edition of the program, the debate over the use of straws continues, as we learn of a bizarre case of &#8220;death by metal straw&#8221; that occurred in the United Kingdom, while environmentally-minded bans of plastic straws are still in the works. Then, after other news that includes the science behind Hollywood&#8217;s latest sci-fi &#8220;reboot,&#8221; we shift our attention over to one of the be best-kept secrets in American Government: the secretive installation known as Area 51.<\/p>\n<p>The famous facility at Groom Lake has long been the subject of rumors and speculation, particularly after it became a household name in the 1990s, following Bob Lazar&#8217;s peculiar rise to fame for having allegedly worked there. During the Cold War, the CIA&#8217;s top-secret spy planes were tested at the Nevada site, for use in reconnaissance missions over the U.S.S.R. &#8220;Much of the testing took place at the facility at Groom Lake,&#8221; a CIA history of the operation reads, &#8220;a dry lakebed near Las Vegas, Nevada, in an isolated area that came to be known as Area 51 and Watertown. The area was chosen by top officials of the U-2\u2019s Development Projects Staff who flew to Nevada in search of a site where the U-2 could be tested safely and secretly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, how big a secret was Area 51, also known as &#8220;Watertown&#8221; and a variety of other things over the years? We look at recently declassified information about the highly-secretive site, and why some historians and aviation enthusiasts would argue that America&#8217;s biggest secret <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dreamlandresort.com\/pete\/no_secret.html\">was never all that secret, after all<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gralienreport.com\/x\">Become a subscriber and get even more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials from Micah Hanks.<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"ezAdsense adsense adsense-midtext\">Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalog of<strong> The Micah Hanks Program, <\/strong>as well as &#8220;classic&#8221; episodes of\u00a0<em>The Gralien Report Podcast,<\/em> weekly \u201cadditional editions\u201d of the subscriber-only <em><strong>X Podcast,<\/strong><\/em> the monthly\u00a0<strong>Enigmas\u00a0<\/strong>specials, and much more.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"ezAdsense adsense adsense-midtext\">Like us on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GralienReport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"ezAdsense adsense adsense-midtext\">Follow us <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/MicahHanks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">@MicahHanks<\/a> <\/strong>on Twitter<\/li>\n<li>Follow Micah on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/micah_hanks\/?hl=en\"><strong>Instagram<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this edition of the program, the debate over the use of straws continues, as we learn of a bizarre case of &#8220;death by metal straw&#8221; that occurred in the United Kingdom, while environmentally-minded bans of plastic straws are still in the works. 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