A prison for aliens? Have a look at the restricted Area 51 in Nevada, USA

UFO seekers around the world have always believed that the high security military base of Area 51 in Nevada is used to store UFOs and accommodate aliens in captivity. A UFO seeker recently scaled a nearby mountain and used super-telescopic lenses to cover activities there.

As Area 51 and its remote desert environs are listed as highly restrictive military areas, many people are keen to find out its true identity.

Tim Doyle, founder of UFO Seekers on YouTuber, and his wife Tracey, recently mounted the 8,000 m-high Tikaboo Pea and spied on the military base 40 km away with super-telescopic lenses. The video covers all the buildings and vehicular traffic inside the base.

Established in 1955, Area 51 is part of California’s Edwards Military Air Base. It was originally used for test flying Lockheed’s U-2 spy planes, but subsequently used for other purposes, including as a prison for aliens as suggested by UFO seekers.

While old maps clearly showed the location of Area 51, there is no trace of it in newly published maps. Moreover, the name has now been applied to a sub-area of the Nevada underground nuclear test grounds. Rumours also suggest that the area houses a mortuary for alien corpses, and every new president would make a point of visiting it to take a look.

The difficulty of tracking the death toll from Iran's nationwide protests has been compounded by the government's decision to cut off the internet and international calling to the country, but some information has still been getting out.

The Associated Press has been relying on figures provided by the Human Rights Activists News Agency, which has reported hundreds of deaths. The U.S.-based agency has been accurate throughout multiple years of demonstrations, relying on a network of activists inside Iran that confirms all reported fatalities.

With communications blocked in Iran, the AP has been unable to independently confirm the group's toll. The theocratic government of Iran has not provided casualty figures for the demonstrations.

Iranian state media has provided little information about the demonstrations, making it difficult to assess the scale of the protests. Videos that have surfaced online offer brief, shaky glimpses of people in the streets or the sound of gunfire.

The AP reporting has relied on some of these videos, which likely have made it out of the country via Starlink satellite dishes. The AP authenticates such footage by checking it against known locations and events, as well as talking to regional experts. The AP also ensures the substance of the video is consistent with its own reporting.

FILE - Protesters hold placards during a rally in support of the nationwide mass demonstrations in Iran against the government in Paris, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

FILE - Protesters participate in a demonstration in Berlin, Germany, in support of the nationwide mass protests in Iran against the government, Jan. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

FILE - In this frame grab from footage circulating on social media shows protesters dancing and cheering around a bonfire as they take to the streets despite an intensifying crackdown as the Islamic Republic remains cut off from the rest of the world, in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 9, 2026.(UGC via AP, File)

FILE - Protesters march on a bridge in Tehran, Iran, on Dec. 29, 2025. (Fars News Agency via AP, File)