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==Popular culture== {{More citations needed section|date=July 2016}} * Area 52 has been featured in newscasts by television stations such as [[KLAS-TV|KLAS]].<ref>[http://www.lasvegasnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=7333994&nav=menu102_2_1 Las Vegas Channel 8 News story on Area 52] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080527224247/http://www.lasvegasnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=7333994&nav=menu102_2_1 |date=May 27, 2008 }}</ref> * Area 52 has also been featured on [[History (U.S. TV channel)|The History Channel]]'s ''[[UFO Hunters]]'',<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOAKD0yMTnQ Video of History Channel's UFO Hunters Area 52 episode] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012142357/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOAKD0yMTnQ |date=October 12, 2014 }}</ref> in which it is speculated to facilitate the use of highly advanced aircraft technology, including craft such as [[flying saucer]]s or [[Unidentified flying object|UFO]]s. * In the television series ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', ''Area 52'' is actually the US Treasury's code designation for [[Stargate Command]]. * In an episode of ''[[Total Drama World Tour]]'', Area 52 is visited right before the contestants get to Area 51. * In the [[Warner Bros. Cartoons|Warner Bros.]] movie [[Looney Tunes: Back in Action|''Looney Tunes Back in Action'']], [[Bugs Bunny]] and [[Daffy Duck]] visit a secret military base in the [[Great Basin Desert|Nevada Desert]], used mainly as a storage for [[Extraterrestrial life|extraterrestrial]] lifeforms and technology and government secrets, called Area 52. In the movie, this base is the "real" [[Area 51]], and the name "Area 51" is only a [[Official cover|cover]] for Area 52. * In the popular MMORPG ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', Area 52 is a playable area within the game where the player-controlled avatar may visit and participate in various activities. Located throughout the area are various pop-culture references to Area 51, [[Extraterrestrial life|extraterrestrial]] lifeforms, the ''[[Men in Black (franchise)]]'', and ''[[Star Trek]]''. Further, there is a [[World of Warcraft#Gameplay|realm]] bearing the same name. * Area 52 was also a music reference created by Camellia in an album called U.U.F.O.
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