Air Force, FBI raid homes in probe of Area 51 website

[douglas9]

Agents from the U.S. Air Force and FBI recently raided homes in Clark and Lincoln counties in an investigation of a man who operates a website about the top-secret military base known as Area 51, a spokesman said Wednesday.

The Air Force Office of Special Investigations and FBI entered homes owned by Joerg Arnu in Las Vegas and the tiny town of Rachel on Nov. 3 and seized potential evidence for an undisclosed joint agency probe, according to Lt. Col. Bryon McGarry, spokesman for Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas.

“This is an open and ongoing law enforcement investigation between the Las Vegas FBI and Air Force OSI,” McGarry said in a statement.

He declined to elaborate on the basis for the investigation, but Arnu, of Las Vegas, is the webmaster of a site titled Dreamland Resort, focusing on Area 51, an Air Force base in Lincoln County about 120 miles northwest of Las Vegas where testing is conducted on new and classified U.S. military aircraft.

https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/military/air-force-fbi-raid-homes-in-probe-of-area-51-website-2677764/

[Sneederbunk]

1. He found out about the space aliens in captivity

[Hugh_Lebowski]

2. Obviously, this website found out the REAL TRUTH ABOUT THE ALIENS!!11! (nt)

[jalan48]

3. Rachel is located on the Extraterrestrial Hwy. Not much there.

[Polybius]

4. Any idea what the website said?

There's are 1,000's of silly Area 51 sites alleging aliens and the FBI doesn't blink an eye. For them to go after this one, there had to be a reason.

[Tarc]

9. https://www.dreamlandresort.com/

I think he may have had some very hi-rez panorama images of the Area 51 grounds on his website, which for the moment to lessen the tensions around all this, have been taken down.

[Kennah]

5. Government acting to maintain the space alien mythology

Raid the house, ultimately nothing happens, and it sends a message that space aliens are the truth about Area 51--not experimental aircraft

[NowISeetheLight]

6. Snuck in the base?

I wonder if they were able to sneak onto the base somehow. I’ve watched documentaries about Area 51 that talk about all the sensors and guards watching you and stuff.

[DFW]

7. He saw the film "Independence Day" and thought it was a documentary

No wonder his web site was full of weird stuff!

[Tarc]

8. Those replying here should really stick a cork in the "aliens!" nonsense

It s petulant and immature.

The person in question runs https://www.dreamlandresort.com/ which has many maps and info about Area 51, info on possibly top secret projects, links to radio frequencies used by the base, aircraft sightings, and the like.

We should be FOR accountability and transparency in government doings, not pulling the dismissive "lol little green men!" junk/

[Bayard]

10. Calling Mulder and Scully!

The Truth is Out There.