It had got to fever pitch by that point.

忽然间事情成了 演出成功了。

For years the US government denied the existence of the sprawling military facility in a Nevada desert, whipping to fever pitch the rumors about what went on there and making the place a veritable holy grail for the conspiracy theorists.

多年来，美国政府一直否认内华达沙漠这一大块军事基地的存在，这使得流言四起，对那里进行的活动猜想纷纷，使得该地成为阴谋理论家名副其实的圣杯。