(1) If you are on military land, do as they say.
(2) MP “standing down with weapons drawn” is inappropriate; first question should be “Are you an American Citizens?” from there, the situation should De-escalate.
(3) turn these bikers back and tell them they are not welcome any further than the stop.
(4) Military should not have “drawn-down” on the bikers.
My FIL (2015-RIP), prior to his 22+ discharge, spent his last 8 months walking (marching) guard duty at the Area 51 hanger on second (10:00-08:00).
He said nothing in detail and I have my personal ideas (that don’t include “aliens”).
Yet, he maintained the perimeter and I respect his service. We can leave it at that.
The security guards were almost certainly contractors, not active duty military. ACDU MPs are far more professional than these guys were. Just my $.02 worth.
Area 51 started out as a restricted area because it was surrounded by the Nevada nuclear test sites, then got picked up as the secret airbase for the very early Soviet jet aircraft and missiles that had been stolen, purchased, recovered from crash sites, and taken from Warsaw pact nations in the late 40’s and early 50’s. At that time, they didn’t ANYBODY to know we had the actual jets, much less had been flying them as aggressors for training of the USAF and USN pilots.
Then that secret landing strip got improved for the U-2 and SR71/A12 flight testing, which got it behind the TS/SBI intelligence barriers as well.
Aliens would have needed a background check to get in there back then. Today?
Hillary and Bill SELL our missile staging technology to the Chinses, and Obola PAYS Iran to restart its nuclear bomb program..