Fallout/Fallout 2 location Area 51
	The Alien Ship, a special encounter in the original Fallout where you can find the only in-game reference to Area 51.
	Site part of Mojave Wasteland

 

Area 51 is a military base in Nevada, and a former testing ground for experimental government aircraft and extraterrestrial phenomena. The area 51 appears to contain some alien technology, like a captured flying saucer re-captured by aliens, but crashed in California.

AppearancesEdit

Area 51 is mentioned in Fallout, as a print on a flying saucer in the alien ship special encounter. It was to appear as a location in Fallout 2 and be inhabited by a group of scientists, but was cut for the final version of the game.^[1]

Behind the scenesEdit

In one of the first versions of Fallout 2, Lynette's talking head was supposed to be used for a spokesperson for a group of scientists living in the ruins of Area 51.

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ Fallout 2 Official Strategies & Secrets, p. 335