# Hillary will get to the bottom of Area 51!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-will-get-to-the-bottom-of-area-51/742214>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [January 5, 2016, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-will-get-to-the-bottom-of-area-51/742214 "2016-01-05T11:48:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-will-get-to-the-bottom-of-area-51/742214/21 "2016-01-14T02:47:21Z")

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> [@El\_Kabong](#):
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> Aren’t aliens illegal? I mean, I keep hearing all the time about this problem we supposedly have with illegal aliens. I think we should prevent their flying saucers from landing until we figure out what’s going on.

They come from France.

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**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-will-get-to-the-bottom-of-area-51/742214/22 "2016-01-14T03:25:45Z")

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> [@thirdname](#):
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> They come from France.

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-will-get-to-the-bottom-of-area-51/742214/23 "2016-01-15T05:19:47Z")

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> [@cochrane](#):
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> They want you to think the aliens are at Area 51. But Area 51 is just a distraction so you don’t find out about Area 52.

Area 42. What were you thinking?

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**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-will-get-to-the-bottom-of-area-51/742214/24 "2016-01-15T12:03:12Z")

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I don’t know what she’s thinking. I got to the bottom of [Area 51](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_51_%281995_video_game%29) back in the 90s.

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**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-will-get-to-the-bottom-of-area-51/742214/25 "2016-01-16T05:29:39Z")

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> [@FabioClone](#):
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> Does no one remember that [her husband has already done this](http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2014/04/bill-clinton-wouldnt-be-surprised-if-aliens-exist/)?

I was going to say, the Clinton’s have kind of a history with Area 51. Beyond Bill’s efforts to look into it, Bill’s Chief of Staff John Podesta spent some of his time in the political wilderness between the Clinton and Obama administrations advocating for declassification of UFO related documents.

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**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-will-get-to-the-bottom-of-area-51/742214/26 "2016-01-16T21:04:38Z")

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I don’t think that would do much. It varies, but generally in conspiracy theory circles the POTUS doesn’t have much power and everything is run by a shadowy cabal. If the president steps out of line they get taken care of, like JFK.

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