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3. Fill in the words from the list, then make sentences using the completed phrases.

10)mysteriously; 10…………..temperature;

1.In Alaska’s GlacierиBayбNationalАParkДit’sИeasy to … what our planet looked like at the end of the Ice Age.

2.Today, you canСvisit these …ghost towns and look inside …, prisons and banks to see how people lived back then.

3.If you were a … two hundred years ago, you’d need a good place to hide your stolen … .

4.The top and the bottom of the … have very different weather and vegetation.

5.These …, …and … are actually over 60 million years old.

6.The Anasazi Indians, who lived there over a ……years ago, built many houses, both underground and on the tops of the cliffs.

5. In small groups, briefly discuss these statements and choose someone to report the group’s opinions and answers to the class.

1. UFOs, aliens, and secret governments do exist, but the Government and the scientists keep this information secret.

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2. There are always rumours about UFOs, aliens, and secret governments but nobody’s seen them.

6. What do you think Area 51 is? Describe the pictures 102 – 109. Use the words from the box.

Secrecy; strict security; conspiracy; military air traffic; radar stations; motion sensors; helicopters; warning sign; crashed alien spacecraft; dead or alive; rumours; time travel experiments; secret governments.

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7. Read the sentences. Do you think they are true? Read the text and check your answers.

1.Area 51 is a nickname for a military base that is located in the western United States.

2.The area is permanently off-limits both to civilian and normal military air traffic.

3.Its secretive nature and undoubted connection to classified aircraft research, together with reports of unusual phenomena, have led Area 51 to become a focus of modern UFO and conspiracy theories.

4.Some of the activities mentioned in such theories at Area 51 include:

•The storage, examination, and reverse engineering of crashed alien spacecraft, the study of their occupants (living and dead), and the manufacture of aircraft based on alien technology.

•Meetings with extraterrestrials. И

•The development of exotic energy weapons or means of weather control. Д

•The development of time travel and teleportation technology.А

In the southwestern portion of Lincoln County in southern Nevada lies a stretch of land known as Area 51. It is located on the edge of a large dry salt flat referred to as Groom Lake. Within Area 51 is a United States Air Force top-secret military testing and development base. Its official name is Air Force Flight Test Centre Detachment 3 (AFFTC Det. 3), but it is also sometimes known as Dreamland, the Ranch, Paradise Ranch, or the Box.

It is believed that the airfield is used to analyse enemy aircraft and weapons systems as well as to secretly develop and test new military aircraft.

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There are Janet flights that shuttle workers to Area 51 from a high security terminal at the Las Vegas McCarran Airport.

The secrecy and strict security that surrounds Area 51 is what makes so many people, especially conspiracy theorists, wonder exactly what goes on there.

History

Groom Lake was used during World War II for bombing and artillery practice. However, that ceased in 1955 when Lockheed Martin's Advanced Development Programs decided it would be a good location to test the U-2 spy plane.

The base expanded over the years and it was used as the testing ground for other Black Projects (classified military/defence projects that are

The government declassified the existence of Area 51 in 1997. That means, they finally admitted that the area did exist. However, the area that surrounds Groom Lake remains offАlimits to both civilians and normal military air traffic. There are radar stations, buried motion sensors, and HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters in theбarea that that notice unauthorized personnel trying to enter the area.

Anyone that visits Areaи51 is met with a warning sign that reminds him or her “photography is prohibited” in large letters. People who have been caught aiming Сcameras at the base have been detained afterwards. In smaller letters on the sign, it says that use of lethal force to those disobeying the sign is authorized. Security guards, armed with M16s, routinely patrol the perimeters of the area. There are no reports of visitors failing to halt being shot, but there is a $650 fine that is usually imposed. Several curious reporters have found themselves receiving follow-up visits from FBI agents after trying to sneak onto Area 51. Even military pilots risk receiving disciplinary action if they stray into the airspace surrounding Groom Lake.

UFOs, a New World Order, and the Moon Landing

Part of the mystery that surrounds Area 51 has to do with unidentified flying objects or UFOs. This is due in part to the fact that the aircraft research there is so secretive and there have been reports of unusual phenomena in Area 51. Some people believe that Area 51 is used to store crashed alien spacecraft to the government can study not only the aircraft, but also any

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