Posted on 09/20/2019 2:45:10 PM PDT by Momaw Nadon
As the day of “Storm Area 51” arrived, a motley group of about 100 “alien-chasers” converged on the back gate of the secret site early Friday, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. At least two people were reportedly detained by local sheriff's deputies.
“Storm Area 51” became a viral phenomenon after a joke Facebook post in July urged people to crash the military base “to see them aliens.” Conspiracy theories surrounding extraterrestrials have long swirled around Area 51. Originally scheduled for 3 a.m. PDT Friday, “Storm Area 51” garnered global attention, as well as security concerns.
The Review-Journal reported that about a dozen officers were stationed at the gate on the outskirts of Rachel in Lincoln County, Nevada, and were joined by an officer with a police dog at 3 a.m. PDT. The mood was mostly lighthearted, according to the Review-Journal, as officers joked with the crowd. “The Final Countdown” blared out from a speaker brought to the gathering.
Images tweeted by Review-Journal journalist Mick Ackers showed one man wearing what appears to be a tinfoil hat and another in an astronaut costume. One attendee is pictured brandishing a North Korean flag.
The Associated Press reported that at least two people were detained at the gathering. Authorities said one person was arrested on a charge of public urination and another was detained early Friday.
Gerard Ramalho, a news anchor for News 3 Las Vegas, tweeted that a woman was detained when she tried to enter the restricted area. “One woman in her 20s tried to cross, but was detained,” he tweeted.
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“made a joke of it”
Great idea. Maybe Trump can set up a demo of military-alien technology!
Your buddy is probably wasting his time. The people who went out there thinking they could make money off of the kooks will outnumber the kooks. Besides, the real aliens are out at the end of Zzyzx Road. Don't eat the alien jerky!
I just have to walk across the street to see aliens. Too bad they’re not from space.
Me, too.
Love your tagline.
What if all the Area 51 security is to keep the bad things IN?
100 people? Did the reporter forget some zeroes? Shouldn’t that be “100,000” people?
Sounds like they are covering up the true scope of the assault. Unless 999,900 were beamed up to the mother ship for probe exams.
Old News.
I’ve already moved on to Area 52.
Somehow a hundred people actually took this seriously?
These are the losers of the losers.
Thank you. ;-D
“Alien Clap” — uh, no thanks.
Well, it wasn’t half a million people as predicted, it was a tiny crowd of 100, about the size of a Plugs Biden rally.
I have to admire the enthusiasm of the alien conspiracy-lovers, everyone should have a hobby that they love.
One person detained for public urination (in the desert, out in the middle of nowhere) LMAO.
“Klaatu Barada Nikto to you all!”
You watch your mouth. We don’t put up with that on FR.
Where did you get that?
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