Area 51 secrets to be revealed 'in 2025' by classified projects specialist
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Area 51's 'literally out of this world' UFO secrets might finally come to light sometime next year. Jim Goodall, an aviation journalist with firsthand sources who have worked at the classified base, gave an interview in the mid-1990s where he discussed top-secret technologies at the site that 'would make George Lucas envious.'.
![[UFO enthusiasts are pouring over comments Goodall (pictured) made in the mid-'90s, quoting his anonymous sources. One Area 51 source told him, 'I won't be able to tell you until the year 2025. But we have things in the Nevada desert that would make George Lucas envious']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/16/93359883-0-image-a-16_1734713240268.jpg)
'One gentleman spent 12 of his 30 years in black programs at Groom Lake [as Area 51 is also known],' Goodall explained in the unearthed documentary interview. 'I asked him, 'Can you really tell me what's happening out there?'' he continued. 'And he said, 'Well, there's a lot of things going on there that I won't be able to tell you until the year 2025.''.
![[A rendering of the metallic egg-shaped UFO is seen. 'X-rays couldn't penetrate it; it showed up on X-ray as a solid object. They tried to open it and penetrate its hull; they couldn't,' Taber said]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/19/78836745-14214745-A_rendering_of_the_metallic_egg_shaped_UFO_is_seen_X_rays_couldn-a-25_1734722727528.jpg)
The mention of '2025' could refer to an executive order by then-President Bill Clinton, which established a 25-year timer for the 'automatic declassification' of government secrets. This means many top-secret projects from the 1990s could soon be declassified.
![[In 2021, private pilot and amateur photographer Gabe Zeifman nabbed this image of a triangle craft while flying his own plane past the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR), past Papoose Dry Lake, and past Groom Lake which is home to Area 51]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/17/93359931-14214745-image-a-20_1734714030703.jpg)
Area 51 is just one of many sensitive military facilities located within the US Air Force's Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR), a sprawling military training area in Nevada's Mojave Desert. The shroud of secrecy surrounding Area 51 has fueled widespread conspiracy theories about its true purpose, including claims that it houses captured or crashed UFOs.
![[Above: a collection of once 'top secret' aircraft made by Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works for the US military over the years]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/17/93360193-14214745-image-a-24_1734716012764.jpg)
Above, a satellite view of Area 51. The United States Air Force facility is a remote detachment of Edwards Air Force Base, within the Nevada Test and Training Range. UFO enthusiasts are pouring over comments Goodall (pictured) made in the mid-'90s, quoting his anonymous sources. One Area 51 source told him, 'I won't be able to tell you until the year 2025. But we have things in the Nevada desert that would make George Lucas envious'.
