been justified after years of being mocked. the government site long rumored to be located somewhere in the nevada desert. it s been the subject of hollywood lore and countless of conspiracy theories but is there any truth to the legends of crash spaceships and alien autopsies? guess what, some people are in the know and dan simon is outfront. reporter: hollywood has long showed an obsession with area 51. welcome to earth. reporter: from aliens to ufos it helped fuel a perception that the government has been holding on to top secret information about this remote facility in the nevada desert. until now it had only really existed in places like the x-files on television but newly released cia documents officially acknowledge the site for the first time. andy jacobson spent several years roif iesearching area 51, publishing her findings in a book. it s become a national