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Former Area 51 workers claim almost 500 people have died as a result of working at the secretive military base. They also claim that many of those who died, as well as others that are alive, but now sick, were denied proper treatment by the government due to the classified nature of their work.
The Air Force veterans say they were unknowingly exposed to radiation while stationed at Area 51, also known as the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR). They claim that because their work for the U.S. Department of Defense has been “Data Masked” to make it appears, at least on paper, as if they never worked there. Therefore, they have been unable to get the healthcare they need because the causes of their illnesses can’t be documented and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has refused to cover their medical care.
491 former Area 51 employees have died as a result of this, according to David Crete, a former Air Force Sergeant who worked at the base. They believe nuclear testing at the facility is the primary culprit in all of the illnesses and deaths and that the government put them at risk without their knowledge.
“I struggle telling our story, we are a proud group of veterans,” Crete said at a meeting with the House Veterans Committee this past April. “I get the calls from the widows. They’re terrible phone calls, as they tell me what happened to their spouses. All of the widows experience the same thing. Mine will as well.”
Air Force veteran Mike Nemcic, who has had four different types of cancer, beginning when he was 38-years-old, told NewsNation: “It’s just a matter of betrayal. These folks knew, and they purposefully kept it quiet because it was more beneficial to them not to tell us.”
It’s not just military veterans that were affected
Robert Krouse, a former Department of Defense contractor who worked at Area 51 and like the others, “assumed it was safe,” has had two cancers. “I have a feeding tube, but I saw friends who passed away or are paralyzed and can’t walk. I’m just blessed I’m functional but not as handy. I feel blessed. I’m much better off than some,” said Krouse.
“Our government knew that the area was contaminated. So knowing that, and they willfully put us there, that’s giving somebody a death sentence,” said another Air Force veteran, Pomp Braswell. He also told NewsNation, “I feel pushed aside. That our government has chosen to use national security as their excuse to not take care of the people who took care of them.”
As a result of these and other Area 51 veterans coming forward, two bills have been introduced: the Protect Act and the Forgotten Veterans Act. It is hoped that those bills will result in proper healthcare for the former Area 51 workers and some relief for the widows and children of those who have already died.
“We’re not talking about making somebody rich,” Crete told the House Veterans Committee. “We’re just talking about making them not forgotten.”
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