Okay. Chelsea, I have either definitely not good
news or also not good news, but different kinds
of news. Wow. Those are really nice choices.
I'm going to go with the second one. I think
definitely not good news, but a different kind
of news. Yeah. Okay. And I didn't want to call
it good news. But you'll understand when I start
reading why this is not bad. Okay, this comes
from the Daily Mail, which, you know, take it
for what it's worth. Yeah. I had to report on
this one, though, because it's just such a good
title. Written on July 16th, 2025 by Stacy Liberatore,
article title, Enormous Fire Breaks Out by Area
51, Sending UFO Watchers into a Frenzy. A massive
fire has broken out near the infamous Area 51,
sending plumes of smoke into the sky and UFO
enthusiasts into a panic. A live stream camera
set up on private land just outside the heavily
guarded Groom Lake facility near Rachel, Nevada,
captured eerie footage of smoke rising from deep
within the classified base. The blaze was sparked
by the Gothic fire, which has grown from 8 ,000
acres to 35 ,000 since starting on July 4th.
It has been confirmed as a lightning -sparked
wildfire. not stop speculation from spiraling
online, with conspiracy theorists claiming everything
from a crashed experimental craft to a cover
-up gone wrong. Quote, I'm not saying anything
other than it was aliens, end quote, Skywatch
Signal, a group that monitors strange sightings
shared on X. Area 51 has become a cultural phenomenon
thanks to decades of conspiracy theories connecting
the base to UFOs, aliens, and experimental aircraft
testing. While the fire is around 15 miles outside
the military base, it is currently sweeping over
where above -ground nuclear testing occurred.
Oh, that's terrifying. The Nevada Test Site,
which is 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas. This
site, now known as the Nevada National Security
Site, was established for nuclear weapons testing
during the Cold War, and there is still nuclear
debris and contamination in the area. Oh, good.
Better send it up into the stratosphere. Yeah.
With the fire. I just hope they're not north
-leading winds. They're generally not. Let's
just keep it down there. Yeah. Let's. The fire
is under the jurisdiction of the Department of
Defense, which is listed as the landowner for
Area 51 and surrounding regions. The Gothic fire
is primarily spreading through northern Nevada,
gaining fuel as high temperatures and low relative
humidity hit the state. Is that not just, like,
they say hit the state, is that just not the
normal state of existence in Nevada? You bring
up a good point, yeah. High temperatures and
low humidity? Yep. I guess not, though. Apparently
not. This is different. Yeah, this one's different.
The area is also littered with timber, specifically
pinyon and juniper and grass, allowing the fire
to continue its path of destruction. Despite
the fire's growth, no evacuations have been ordered
and no structures are threatened. It's currently
0 % contained with no estimate of full containment.
Wow. 0%. That is ridiculous. But I guess they
got no water to fight it with, do they? Not only
that, I mean... despite the UFO enthusiasts freaking
out, like, there can't be much around. No, it's
a desert, and also they even said - Yeah, they're
probably just like, eh, let it burn. They even
said it's still 15 miles away, so I don't know
if it's that concerning to them. And my guess
is they would keep debris away from the site
itself so that they could have a clear sight
of people coming. Brian Cross shared on X, quote,
sitting in the Vegas airport at this moment,
grand smoky off towards Area 51, end quote. Area
51 is a highly classified US Air Force facility
located within the Nevada Test and Training Range,
approximately 83 miles north -northwest of Las
Vegas. Officially known as Groom Lake, the base
is situated near a dry salt flat of the same
name, nestled between the Nellis Force Range
and the Rugged Groom Mountain Range. It lies
just outside the tiny desert town of Rachel Nevada
along the so -called Extraterrestrial Highway
which is formerly called Nevada State Route 375.
The base established in 1955 remained largely
unknown until 1989 when Bob Lazar claimed on
TV that he worked at a security site near Groom
Lake S4 studying alien technology and spacecraft.
The US Air Force and the government have denied
those claims. The footage has sparked wild conspiracies
online with one ex -user saying quote are they
trying to destroy evidence now that a congressman
has asked for access to Area 51?" Another user
asked if people, quote, finally stormed Area
51, end quote, recalling now 500 ,000 people
committed to rushing the base in 2019. The owner
of the livestream, EWU, crew posted an alert
about the fire saying quote a fire has broken
out inside the boundaries barry 51 and our cameras
are capturing it in real time the live stream
is operated from private property overlooking
the area 51 perimeter near rachel nevada Watch
day and night as activity unfolds. Strange lights,
aircraft, convoys, and now smoke rising from
inside the base were located only minutes from
the back gate of Groom Lake. End of quote, end
of article. Yeah, maybe I can put a link to that
live stream in the episode description just so
everybody can see it if they want to. I don't
know if the fire will be out by the time we put
this episode out, but it sounds like it's really
far away from being under control. So my question
is like why are people freaking out about this?
It seems very... And I was thinking, are they
thinking they're trying to destroy evidence?
And then the first X thing was that they think
they're trying to destroy evidence. Well, and
it seems like the only people who are freaked
out are the UFO enthusiasts. I mean, I would
consider myself a UFO enthusiast, and I'm not
that freaked out by it. No, but you also don't
have a live stream set up of Area 51. And I feel
like if you have a live stream set up very 51,
if there's anything exciting that happens, you've
got to talk about it. That's true. It also does
close my tab with my live stream. I do also have
to be bothered by the fact that the only things
that they use for sourcing in this article is
X accounts who are commenting on it. They did
really avoid putting any up that had any racial
slurs in it, which is nice. That is nice and
hard to come by. Yeah. Gotta say, I don't actually
go onto X, but from what I hear... We really
just operate off vibes for X. So if anybody has
anything different to tell us, go ahead and tell
us. We're probably still gonna just find out.
It's like a mystical thing. It's like a mystical
place where all the racial slurs and horrible
people hang out. And the Nazi and Nazi adjacents,
yes. Yep. They love it there, from what I hear.
Hey, you guys got 48 hours, don't go there. It's
vibe negative there. Anyhow, bye.