Places/place

Area 51

Every mention, in time. Each mark is a day — taller means more that day — and links to the moment.

Tim’s take

He treats it as the standard shorthand for government secrecy and classified black-ops technology, invoked whenever the conversation drifts into UFOs, reverse-engineered alien tech, or vanished scientists 14:41 50:46 18:01. The one story he actually tells in full, more than once, is the Art Bell caller whose call to the station got cut off — he treats that as the definitive Area 51 legend 43:30 46:52. Otherwise it's mostly a punchline: a stand-in for anyone's weird beliefs he doesn't need to care about 9:03, and a place he says people forfeit sympathy for going to on purpose 1:04:54.

References
8
Span
Feb 28, 2017 — May 3, 2026

Every Reference (8)

  • 1:06:25Feb 28, 2017neutral#
    "military weapons. She wrote about DARPA. She's written about area 51 in Roswell. I'm thinking about writing a book. Yeah. Well, what's"
    Sign Off: Annie Jacobson and Tim's Secret Book Project — Underground Economy+22s into the segment
  • 45:05Apr 18, 2018neutral#
    "famous call he ever got was from a it was from supposedly an area 51. He had a Chaney watch your ass. Bell just hangs up. Most famous"
  • 47:00Apr 18, 2018neutral#
    "by finding out whether you're using this line properly or not. Area 51. Yeah, that's right. Where are you an employee or are you now?"
    Playing the Area 51 Frantic Caller Clip — Skin Pocket+8s into the segment
  • Jan 10, 2021joking#
    "matter to me if the [ __ ] cleaning my teeth went to the [ __ ] area 51 roswell convention and [ __ ] dressed or dressed like a gray alien"
    Dealing With Nazis at the Tattoo Parlor and Ice Cream Shop — #234 - Stop Ratting | The Tim Dillon Show+138s into the segment
  • Dec 21, 2024neutral#
    "with like some Black Ops skunk work stuff that they're doing at Area 51 right how do we know about any by the time we know about it it's"
    The New Jersey Drone Mystery Begins — The Joe Rogan Experience | The Tim Dillon Show #422+372s into the segment
  • Mar 28, 2026neutral#
    "we have been trying to reverse engineer some of the technology from their crafts in highly um highly classified locations, things like Area 51 and then places you've never even heard of."
    Vanishing Scientists and the Secret UFO Reverse-Engineering Program — Melania’s Humanoid, Missing Scientists, & A Podcast Scam | The Tim Dillon Show #489+138s into the segment
  • Mar 28, 2026joking#
    "leaves out of Vegas. And you're taking that plane to go to [ __ ] Area 51 to go [ __ ] around, well then that's on you. You did it."
    No Sympathy for Kidnapped Secret Scientists — Melania’s Humanoid, Missing Scientists, & A Podcast Scam | The Tim Dillon Show #489+23s into the segment
  • May 3, 2026neutral#
    "in the span of 24 hours, there have been 17 earthquakes near Area 51. It started with a 4.4 magnitude quake just 2 and a half miles"
    The Fake Alien Invasion Theory and Steven Greer — Alien Invasion & Trapped Trump | The Tim Dillon Show #494+544s into the segment