Landmarks & buildings
Area 51
classified United States Air Force base at Groom Lake in Nye and Lincoln counties in Nevada, United States
United States · 37.2333, -115.8083
Area 51 is where 2 video games are set, according to their Wikipedia articles: Wikidata records their setting only as the country. Nothing on this atlas was filmed here.
Named here by Area 51’s own Wikipedia article
Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Area 51, where neither Wikidata nor the production’s own article records it. That is the weakest evidence on this atlas, so these get no pin on the map and stay out of the downloads — the sentence is quoted in full below each one so you can judge it.
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Paul 2011
“Paul, a 2011 film depicting an alien named Paul who was held prisoner in Area 51.” Wikipedia
Set here
Video games that take place here. A game is filmed nowhere, so this is where the story is set rather than where a camera stood: a different claim from everything above, and kept under its own heading for that reason.
Set here, per Wikipedia
Games whose English Wikipedia article says they are set in Area 51, where Wikidata’s narrative-location statement stops at the country. Still a setting and not a shoot, and still a sentence rather than a statement: two steps from the strongest evidence on this atlas, and labelled at both.
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Frequently asked questions
Was anything filmed at Area 51?
No. 3 video games are set there, and nothing drawn or rendered is filmed anywhere. This page is about where the story happens.
Where is Area 51?
Area 51 is in the United States. Its coordinates are 37.2333, -115.8083.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by ESA, Attribution.