# Area 51 gets too much publicity

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/area-51-gets-too-much-publicity/286918>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 27, 2005, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/area-51-gets-too-much-publicity/286918 "2005-01-27T14:25:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/area-51-gets-too-much-publicity/286918/61 "2005-02-02T21:25:30Z")

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> [@DWToml815](#):
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> [Read this…Then destroy the message…](http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/conspiracies/51179)

I would conjecture that “Mr. X” ia also a fan of mind-altering substancs. That, or it was a slow “news” day.

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**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/area-51-gets-too-much-publicity/286918/62 "2005-02-02T23:35:28Z")

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> [@Incubus](#):
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> Here _hands **S41Freak51** a tinfoil hat_
> 
> Everyone gets one of these as a free gift  
> 😉

Psshaw!!

Everyone knows tin foil hats don’t work…unless you top it off with a tin pie tin.

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