{"id":84909,"date":"2026-07-28T10:01:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T14:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=84909"},"modified":"2026-07-28T10:01:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T14:01:43","slug":"monster-fire-breaks-out-near-area-51-sparking-theories-of-secret-weapon-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/monster-fire-breaks-out-near-area-51-sparking-theories-of-secret-weapon-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Monster Fire Breaks Out Near Area 51 Sparking Theories Of Secret Weapon Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>Daily Mail (caution: tabloid):<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/07\/27\/20\/110282309-16008659-image-a-27_1785182137706.jpg\" alt=\"YouTuber Dreamland Resort captured footage of the fire, showing columns of smoke around Bald Mountain, the highest peak in the Groom Range, located directly inside the restricted military zone of Area 51\" width=\"384\" height=\"216\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A massive fire has broken out near the highly classified Area 51 base in\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a id=\"mol-0f86b790-89e1-11f1-87f6-fb95c5821cd2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/nevada\/index.html\" target=\"_self\">Nevada<\/a><\/span>, sparking theories that a secret weapon was recently tested.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The blaze, dubbed the Quail Springs Fire, sparked on Saturday and has since burned through more than 4,400 acres.\u00a0\u00a0The fire is located in Lincoln County, Nevada, just south of Rachel, burning near Bald Mountain on the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) withdrawn lands. While officials said the fire was started by lightning, online users believe something more sinister is at play. Commenting on a livestream showing the blaze outside of Area 51, many people suggested\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/sciencetech\/article-15606545\/Mysterious-earthquake-swarm-hits-Nevada-near-secret-base-used-testing-nuclear-weapons.html\" target=\"_self\">a secret weapon was to blame<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Daily Mail (caution: tabloid): A massive fire has broken out near the highly classified Area 51 base in\u00a0Nevada, sparking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-84909","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84909"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84910,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84909\/revisions\/84910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}