LAS VEGAS — Director Oren Peli, whose micro-budget horror film “Paranormal Activity” has become an overnight sensation, is filming his next project in Las Vegas this week called ‘Area 51′.
Peli will be shooting scenes for “Area 51” at Dixie’s Dam Bar inside the Hooters Hotel and Casino Thursday. The film about the infamous UFO warehouse is set at Nellis Air Force Base, although its unknown if Peli will be allowed to shoot on the base.
“Paranormal Activity,” which was produced on a budget of $15,000, is currently playing in select areas around the United States.
Area 51 is a nickname for a military base that is located in the southern portion of Nevada in the western United States (83 miles north-northwest of downtown Las Vegas). Situated at its center, on the southern shore of Groom Lake, is a large secretive military airfield. The base’s primary purpose is to support development and testing of experimental aircraft and weapons systems.
The intense secrecy surrounding the base, the very existence of which the U.S. government barely acknowledges, has made it the frequent subject of conspiracy theories and a central component to unidentified flying object (UFO) folklore.
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