‘I snuck into Area 51 against the government’s will’

A man unexpectedly stumbled upon a restricted section of Area 51 in Nevada. He claims he snuck in against the US government’s will and was astonished by what he saw.

A man who studied the science of humans and culture unexpectedly stumbled upon a restricted section of Area 51 in Nevada — and lived to tell the tale of his wild experience.

In 1996, Jerry Freeman innocently set out on a week-long mission to follow the trail of the pioneers who headed out west to California in 1849 to find gold.

The pioneers never made it to their destination, but they did leave behind several journals on the border of Area 51, about 128km northwest of Las Vegas.

It became Freeman’s mission to find those lost inscriptions. However, despite so many years passing, the US Air Force was not keen on Freeman accessing the restricted area.

As a result, the ambitious man set out at night to get the job done.

Jerry Freeman on his way to follow the trail of the 1849 pioneers. Picture: otherhand.org

While he might not have found what he was looking for, Freeman claimed he stumbled upon something even better.

Freeman described his experience to journalist and UFO researcher George Knapp, recalling one night when he came across a possible alien spacecraft, according to the Daily Mail.

“It looked like a dry lake bed to me, nothing else, but at night it was a different story,” the anthropologist said.

Freeman described his experience to journalist and UFO researcher George Knapp, recalling one night when he came across a possible alien spacecraft. Picture: Gallo Images via Getty Images

“I could clearly see what were security lights on the perimeters and I could see lights that opened and closed near the centre of the lake.”

Freeman said he was only able to observe for a few minutes, but during that short period of time, he felt vibrations under his feet that indicated that something was being tested.

“I think if they’d have caught me in there, they’d have lit me up like a Roman candle,” he said.

Freeman said if he got caught ‘they’d have lit me up like a Roman candle’. Picture: DigitalGlobe via Getty Images

Area 51 was a hush-hush topic for years, despite widespread fascination with the mysterious area, until 2013, when the US government finally admitted that it existed.

Although Freeman’s experience happened almost 30 years ago, to this day, people have their own thoughts and theories on Area 51 being connected to aliens.

Recently, a triangular tower at Area 51 had conspiracy theorists believing it has to do with alien technology.

“Right next to a runway … probably a flight control tower?” someone said on social media.

“Maybe a phased radar setup,” another person wrote.

“Multi-phase radar array by the look it. Likely for smaller drone size craft, hence the configuration. It’s right by the runway, it is still a base used to test prosaic yet classified craft,” said someone else.

This article originally appeared on the New York Post and was reproduced with permission