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Area 51 hit with 17 earthquakes in a single day as Trump promises fresh UFO files release: ‘Worth discussing’
NY Post ^ | May 3, 2026 | Anthony Blair

Posted on 05/05/2026 5:51:04 AM PDT by Twotone

Area 51 experienced at least 17 earthquakes in a single day this week, with stumped experts admitting the behavior is highly “unusual.”

The secretive Nevada Air Force base, long associated with reports of UFOs, was hit by comparatively shallow quakes, prompting conspiracy theories about nuclear testing.

The cluster of earthquakes ranged in magnitude from 2.5 to 4.4 and struck near the base, which is about 80 miles from Las Vegas, according to US Geological Survey (USGS) data.

The first, most powerful quake, struck 2.5 miles below ground just after 3 p.m. Wednesday local time, followed by more than a dozen smaller tremors.

Geophysicist Stefan Burns claimed the activity was in “an unusual place to get an earthquake,” and highlighted how shallow it was in a video on X.

He added that the unusual characteristics made it “worth discussing in the context of ‘if this is a covert underground nuclear test.'”

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: airforcebase; area51; earthquakes; earthtremors; nevada; quakes; shallowquakes; silversprings; testing; tremors

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1 posted on 05/05/2026 5:51:04 AM PDT by Twotone
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To: Twotone

They’re blowin’ up the underground bunkers where the UFOs are kept.


2 posted on 05/05/2026 6:01:35 AM PDT by Rio
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To: Rio

2.5 miles below ground?


3 posted on 05/05/2026 6:03:41 AM PDT by Justa (Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people....)
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To: Twotone

Wasn’t this a X-Files episode?


4 posted on 05/05/2026 6:04:30 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show host to me.... Sting)
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To: Twotone

Considering the secrecy surrounding Groom Lake and the aircraft testing that goes on there, these earthquakes may be a cover story.


5 posted on 05/05/2026 6:08:37 AM PDT by Tallguy
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To: Twotone
Only one man can stop it....
6 posted on 05/05/2026 6:09:10 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Twotone

I suspect Global Warming is to blame. Or Climate Change along with some Climate Disruption.


7 posted on 05/05/2026 6:10:53 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: Dixie Yooper

Trump’s Fault.

Thank you for your attention to this matter...


8 posted on 05/05/2026 6:45:33 AM PDT by null and void (Trump isn't a pussycat, but he does have nine lives!)
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To: Tallguy

Most likely.


9 posted on 05/05/2026 6:57:36 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Twotone

E.T is not happy.


10 posted on 05/05/2026 6:57:47 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Twotone
Not UFOs anymore. More like, UUOs (Unidentified Underground Objects).

The UFOs of the past were never from outer space. They've been with us all along, and they've been watching us from below since forever.

Alternately, the tremors have been caused by creatures like those from the Tremors movies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEKC25Bs4Cg
11 posted on 05/05/2026 7:15:43 AM PDT by adorno ( )
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LOOK UP”QUAKES: SILVER SPRINGS, NEV”. I LIVE 5 MILES FROM THE EPICENTER........


12 posted on 05/05/2026 7:19:59 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: Twotone

Nuke testing?


13 posted on 05/05/2026 7:32:01 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: Twotone

Graboids!


14 posted on 05/05/2026 7:43:45 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: BenLurkin

Where is Wesley Crusher when you need him? He could figure something out!


15 posted on 05/05/2026 7:46:08 AM PDT by Clay Moore (My pistol identifies as a cordless hole punch. )
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To: adorno
>>More like, UUOs

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Tripods being activated after thousands of years being mothballed?

16 posted on 05/05/2026 7:47:47 AM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: Clay Moore

Still trying to pass Scotty’s basic engineering exam!


17 posted on 05/05/2026 7:48:29 AM PDT by Reily
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To: Twotone

The only safe place to test the anti-matter core of the captured Vulcan warp engine is 2.5 kilometers underground.


18 posted on 05/05/2026 7:53:12 AM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.)
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To: Twotone
The secretive Nevada Air Force base

That should be "the United States Air Force base, located in Nevada". Nevada doesn't have an air force.

Also, a military base cannot be secretive. The people who work there or the operations conducted there can be secretive, but not "the base" itself. Better to say, "The United States Air Force base, located in Nevada, known for it's secret operations" or something like that.

People are such lazy writers these days, even (especially) those who do so for a living. I blame poor education and constant texting and general NGAS attitudes.

19 posted on 05/05/2026 8:05:35 AM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: Twotone

Earthquakes are hardly unusual in the Basin and Range Province. Anyway, better a lot of small quakes than one big one.


20 posted on 05/05/2026 8:06:55 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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