While much of the book seems like a straightforward history of nuclear and advanced aircraft testing in the Nevada desert, Jacobsen appears to go off the deep end when she starts discussing the conspiracy theories surrounding the infamous Area 51.
Jacobsen supposed has a source (only one guy, from what I gathered by listening to the interview) who claims, apparently convincingly to her, that the 1947 Roswell UFO "crash" was really part of a Soviet conspiracy.

What the fuck? This story has so many holes you could strain pasta with it.
Either Annie Jacobsen is extremely gullible, especially given that this crazy theory is based on one "expert source" or she's cynically trying to sell lots of books. Either way, I was disappointed that Terry Gross wasn't a bit more skeptical of these claims and didn't ask more probing questions about this ridiculous assertion.
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