People convinced they've found 'alien technology' as mysterious tower discovered on Google Maps in Area 51

The weekend’s finally rolled around again, and for those of you lucky enough to not be working, that might mean sitting out in the sun, catching up with mates, or endlessly doomscrolling while you binge telly.

But each of those could include one same key thing: conspiracy theories.

Oh, go on, be honest, even if you think they’re totally ridiculous, a big juicy theory can get you hooked.

And when it comes to the go to for a bit of a bizarre mystery, Area 51 has to be up there with people recently convinced they’ve found ‘alien technology’.

Yet the majority of us absolutely cannot go there; it’s surrounded by warning signs from the US, surveillance, and armed guards, and it’s even illegal to fly over it.

The facility known as Area 51. (DigitalGlobe via Getty Images via Getty Images)

But there’s one way you can go there, kind of anyway; Google Maps.

With curiosity never seeming to fade away, people have been using the site to take a tour around Area 51 and are convinced they’ve found something as a mysterious tower was discovered. If you want to have a look yourself, search for 37°14'46.5"N 115°49'24.0"W.

North of Las Vegas, Nevada, Area 51 is the popular nickname for a United States Air Force facility that is so shrouded in secrecy, many have decided it’s connected to aliens and UFOs.

Screenshotting the satellite image from Google Maps, the tower went viral on social media as speculation quickly began over just what it actually is.

As users on Reddit asked just what the ‘tall triangle shaped tower at Area 51’ is, answers quickly came in – ranging from serious to the, well, not so-serious at all.

One suggested: “It’s 100 percent involved in RADAR signals. It’s literally impossible to tell you the frequency of the signal or the direction it’s coming from.

“This is why it out and open for everyone to see. That being said I would put money on a phased array system.”

A second pondered: “Probably air traffic control. Doesn’t look like any kind of radio tower. Could be some weird kind of water tower.”

Another wondered if it’s the platform ‘used to test radar signal returns from prototypes’,” with plenty agreeing it could be a radar tower.

While on the other (more fun) end, someone said: “It’s a sun dial so the aliens know when to go home after shift ends.”

“Ahh the Avengers tower, duh,” another added.

A third quipped: “It’s where the aliens test their various white powders.”

"Obviously alien technology. It pops out when the Earth is done," a fourth wrote.

While one summed the whole thing up as they joked: “It was built to specifically provoke theoretical conversation.”

LADbible contacted the US Air Force for comment.