Dear C.I.A. - We Knew it All Along

Persistence pays.  Persistent rumors usually have a grain of truth to them and that grain slowly gets harder to ignore/deny - like a pebble in a clandestine's shoe - when you actually know it's not a rumor.

The Central Intelligence Agency declassified some documents which seem to support the existence of a facility which we have lovingly come to know through the years as Area 51.  Yes, Virginia, there really is such a place.

While not all the documents about it were released, and some of what was released is still redacted, the admission that this area in Nevada, which has taken on mythical proportion through years of denial, is something of a letdown in terms of it being a surprise.

The C.I.A. isn't admitting to much being there or going on beyond it being a testing site for some top-secret aircraft, the U-2 to begin with. This, of course, will not sit well with those who believe that Area 51 is the government's hidey-hole for anything they don't want the public to know about.  We can't handle the truth, you see.

Some see this admission, as not so earth-shattering as it is, as an indicator that there's some loosening on the reins by the C.I.A. regarding information on this location.  Doubt it, considering how little documentation was released. Folks, if the trickle of data regarding Area 51 ever turns into a mighty river, it can only mean one of three things:

1.  The C.I.A. has discontinued use of the facility, has moved or destroyed anything sensitive, doesn't care what the public knows about it and will start charging for tours.
2.  The aliens have woken up from their comas (what, you thought they were dead?), have taken over the place and are demanding to know who's responsible for the deplorable condition of their crafts and luggage.
3.  The world is about to end and the C.I.A. wants to purge its collective covert soul before it, and we, go bye-bye.

Believe it or not, I don't care a lot about the existence of Area 51 or its "real purpose".  I don't even care that the C.I.A. has been keeping secrets from us, sometimes not all that successfully.  That's their job.  It's part of what we hired them for.  If you don't like what they do, then get a mandate passed to dismantle them.  You may not like the outcome of such an action, as damn-near impossible as it would be to get, in terms of world peace, etc., but I wish you the best with it nonetheless.

I only have one burning question for the Central Intelligence Agency regarding that bit of desert-land:

Where'd you put the Ark of the Covenant?