Although some parts of them did-Lynette's head, for example, was once going to be the spokesperson for a group of scientists living in the ruins of a base in Area 51.' As you can see, neither of these stories made their way into the final game.

335: 'A second set of drafts hypothesized the army of the Master (from Fallout 1 ) roaming the wastes in a huge, armored land fortress, scooping up muties to use as slave labor.

↑ 1.0 1.1 Fallout 2 Official Strategies & Secrets, p.

In addition, he remarked on the popular culture association between the base and extraterrestrials, which had been covered in the Fallout 3 add-on Mothership Zeta.

When asked why the base was not included in Fallout: New Vegas, Joshua Sawyer expressed that the land between New Vegas and Area 51 was not close nor interesting enough for inclusion.

Many theories involve captured aliens and their technology, hence why the location is mentioned on a crashed alien ship in Fallout. The base is used by the United States military to develop and test many top secret aircraft and weapons technology, though it has long been a source of speculation among conspiracy theorists. It is located within the Nevada National Security Site.

Area 51 is based off of the real world Groom Lake Facility, code named Area 51.

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.

It was to appear as a location in Fallout 2 and be inhabited by a group of scientists, but was cut from the final version of the game. This was later retaken by aliens, but then crashed somewhere in California.Īrea 51 is mentioned in Fallout, as a print on a flying saucer in the Alien Ship special encounter. Area 51 housed some alien technology, including a captured flying saucer.

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