• iconNews
  • videos
  • entertainment
  • Home
  • News
    • UK News
    • US News
    • Australia
    • Ireland
    • World News
    • Weird News
    • Viral News
    • Sport
    • Technology
    • Science
    • True Crime
    • Travel
  • Entertainment
    • Celebrity
    • TV & Film
    • Netflix
    • Music
    • Gaming
    • TikTok
  • LAD Originals
    • Say Maaate to a Mate
    • Daily Ladness
    • Lad Files
    • UOKM8?
    • FreeToBe
    • Extinct
    • Citizen Reef
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube

LAD Entertainment

YouTube

LAD Stories

Submit Your Content
Man convinced he’s found a ‘nuke town’ near Area 51 after spotting detail on Google Earth

Home> Community> Weird

Updated 21:17 3 Jun 2024 GMT+1Published 21:14 3 Jun 2024 GMT+1

Man convinced he’s found a ‘nuke town’ near Area 51 after spotting detail on Google Earth

One Reddit user made the discovery while looking for Area 51 on Google Maps

Brenna Cooper

Brenna Cooper

Nothing gets the minds of the internet buzzing like a conspiracy theory, and what bigger conspiracy theory is there than the contents of Area 51.

A highly classified United States base located in the Nevada desert, Area 51 has long captured the imaginations of many asking exactly what goes on inside the facility.

From alien experiments to government cover-ups the base is strictly off limits to the general public and - despite a viral meme calling for people to storm the base in 2019 - no unauthorised person has successfully made it inside.

Advert

Area 51 has spawned many conspiracy theories. (Getty Stock Image)
Area 51 has spawned many conspiracy theories. (Getty Stock Image)

As it's highly unlikely that anyone outside the US government will be heading in on foot anytime conspiracy theorists have repeatedly taken to Reddit to share their theories on what could be going on there.

A recent post on r/interestingasf**k saw one redditor reveal they'd found evidence of a 'nuke town' near the base on Google Maps.

Sharing a screenshot from their phone, the user posted an image of what they said was a '1/4 mile crater' as well as what they believed were the remains of destroyed buildings.

The 'nuke town'. (Reddit/Google Maps)
The 'nuke town'. (Reddit/Google Maps)

Advert

Despite the obvious sarcastic responses of 'giant radioactive ants' or 'sarlacc pit', several users were swiftly able to recognise the area as a nuclear test site in Nevada.

The crater isn't the only one visible either, with multiple explosions taking place in the area.

One person - who used Google Earth Pro - shared an image of the 'largest crater' they could find, sharing a screen grab from Google Earth, with the site labelled 'US Nuke: Hermosa'.

Someone else had also stumbled across the location while attempting to spy on Area 51 via Google Maps, revealing it was the location was called the Yucca Flat (also known as the Nevada Test Site).

The site is just under 70 miles away from the dazzling lights of Las Vegas, with over 739 nuclear tests had taken place in the area.


Advert

The location is also home to the ominously named 'Doom Town' which was fake settlement created by the US Military in the 1950s used to test how a nuclear attack would devastate a typical American community back in the times when nuclear war looked like a real possibility. Pretty grim stuff.

Should the lure of a nuclear fallout is something that you find interesting, you'll be pleased to know visitors are allowed outside the area. So you can satisfy your morbid curiosity while waiting for Area 51 to become declassified.

But before you pack your bags and book a flight, be aware there a multiple restrictions placed on who can visit.

First of all you have to be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident and all mobile phones, cameras and electronic devices are banned, which makes sense considering it's a US military site.

Featured Image Credit: (Getty Stock Photo / Reddit)

Topics: Area 51, Reddit, US News, Conspiracy Theory, Weird

Brenna Cooper
Brenna Cooper

Brenna Cooper is a journalist at LADbible. She graduated from the University of Sheffield with a degree in History, followed by an NCTJ accredited masters in Journalism. She began her career as a freelance writer for Digital Spy, where she wrote about all things TV, film and showbiz. Her favourite topics to cover are music, travel and any bizarre pop culture.

X

@_brencoco

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

3 hours ago
5 hours ago
a day ago
  • 3 hours ago

    Man who visited all 197 countries in world says best he has been to has ‘everything you could want’

    The bloke has seen all sorts on his travels

    Community
  • 5 hours ago

    Images show inside of ‘Black Mirror style’ building that houses 20,000 people

    The place is like its own town

    Community
  • a day ago

    Real reason why Ancient Greek statues all have tiny penises

    Perhaps they're all growers, not showers

    Community
  • a day ago

    Sex expert explains worrying reason people are having less sex following warning to couples

    Psychotherapist Esther Perel took to the Diary of a CEO podcast to share her expert opinion on sex

    Community
  • Shocking report reveals truth about 'gigantic cover-up' fuelled by Area 51 UFO conspiracies
  • People convinced they've found 'alien technology' as mysterious tower discovered on Google Maps in Area 51
  • 'Only man to sneak into Area 51' says what he witnessed will stay with him forever
  • Theories behind what goes on at fenced off location known as 'England's Area 51'