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Area 51 is an active U.S. Air Force military installation located at Groom Lake in southern Nevada. It is not accessible to the public. It is administered by Edwards Air Force Base, which is in southern California. Area 51 has been the focus of numerous conspiracy theories involving extraterrestrial life.

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