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Multiple Area 51 staff have died from same disease after exposure to 'top secret' project
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Updated 11:58 21 Jul 2025 GMT+1Published 11:34 21 Jul 2025 GMT+1

Multiple Area 51 staff have died from same disease after exposure to 'top secret' project

They have also been denied healthcare due to a lack of record that they ever worked there

James Moorhouse

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Multiple staff at Area 51 have reportedly died or suffered from the same deadly disease after being exposed to a 'top secret' project.

Area 51, the highly classified US Air Force facility located in the Nevada desert, has long been linked with controversy and strange goings on, with many aliens and UFO sightings reported close to the base over the years.

Even people on Google Maps think that they've spotted some otherworldly sights close to the facility, with alien technology supposedly kept there if you believe in the conspiracy theories.

Whatever truly happens there, it often remains top secret, and now some US Air Force veterans and security guards are claiming that they were handed a death sentence by the government due to the presence of an invisible killer at the facility.

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Former Air Force Sergeant David Crete, who worked at the Nevada Training and Testing Range (NTTR) between 1983 and 1987, said that the left side of his brain was ‘dying’ due to atrophy while speaking at the House Veterans Affairs Committee earlier this year.

David Crete says he has severe health consequences from working in Area 51 (NewsNation)
David Crete says he has severe health consequences from working in Area 51 (NewsNation)
Area 51 (Satellite image (c) 2023 Maxar Technologies)
Area 51 (Satellite image (c) 2023 Maxar Technologies)

He is lobbying for better support for Area 51 veterans, many of whom have been denied healthcare in the US because none of the surviving veterans can prove they were exposed to radiation near Area 51, as their work there was so 'top secret' there are no records of them ever being there.

Sergeant Crete claims that as many as 490 of his former colleagues have died of severe illnesses including cancer since serving at the former nuclear site, with the radiation risks also seemingly a huge risk to the servicemen's families.

"My wife had three miscarriages. One of the guys that I worked with, his wife had seven," he added.

Area 51 has become linked with conspiracy theories (Bernard Friel/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Area 51 has become linked with conspiracy theories (Bernard Friel/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

"All four of my children were born with birth defects or significant health problems. It’s not their fault. I’m not saying it’s mine, but I brought it home."

Sergeant Crete claimed that the only acknowledgement of his service came from the late US Senator John McCain, who told him that his unit ‘ended the cold war'.

Air Force technician Mark Ely also worked at the base in the 1980s and is suffering from life-threatening conditions he feels were brought on due to the radiation he was exposed to.

He said: "Upholding the national interest was more important than my own life. It scarred my lungs. I got cysts on my liver. I started having lipomas, tumours inside my body I had to remove. My lining in my bladder was shed."

LADbible Group has approached the US Air Force for comment.

Featured Image Credit: Barry King/WireImage

Topics: Area 51, Health, US News

James Moorhouse
James Moorhouse

James is a NCTJ Gold Standard journalist covering a wide range of topics and news stories for LADbible. After two years in football writing, James switched to covering news with Newsquest in Cumbria, before joining the LAD team in 2025. In his spare time, James is a long-suffering Rochdale fan and loves reading, running and music. Contact him via [email protected]

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