Posted on 07/14/2019 5:24:42 PM PDT by Kaslin
Just yesterday we were discussing what I’m still holding out hope turns out to be one of the most widespread pranks in history. Nearly 400,000 people have signed on to a crackpot scheme on Facebook to “storm” Area 51, the top-secret military base located near Groom Lake in Nevada. The guy who actually started it is assuring the authorities it was a joke (and begging not to be arrested) but his followers don’t all seem to agree. The situation is being taken seriously enough that the Air Force actually responded to a question about it. While not coming out and specifically threating to burn all of these people to cinders if they cross the fence, they sure sounded like they were implying it. The following was offered up by Air Force spokeswoman Laura McAndrews. (The Hill)
Air Force spokeswoman Laura McAndrews declined to elaborate on specific details.
However, she did issue a warning to those who may be serious about a plan to infiltrate the Nevada Air Force base.
“[Area 51] is an open training range for the U.S. Air Force, and we would discourage anyone from trying to come into the area where we train American armed forces,” McAndrews told the paper.
“The U.S. Air Force always stands ready to protect America and its assets,” she added.
The Air Force stands ready to protect America and its assets. And you can rest assured they have plenty of assets out at Groom Lake. Whether it’s the next generation of stealth fighters being developed or an interstellar cell tower so ET can phone home, they don’t allow anyone in. The other assets they have on hand include both Apache choppers and fighter jets.
Depending on how you read the spokeswoman’s rather veiled comments, it’s not hard to imagine that she’s hinting at precisely what I was suggesting yesterday. If one or two people show up and try to sneak in, odds are some guys in an SUV will show up, tackle you, detain you for questioning for a few days and then let you go. But if more people than can be tackled all swarm the place at once from multiple entry points, particularly if it looks like some of them will make it to the airstrip, what do you think they’re going to do?
Do you really think they wouldn’t give the order to just start ripping the crowd up with weapons? That’s an awfully big assumption to literally bet your life on.
Our Air Force and other military officers take the same oath as most elected officials. They will protect against “all enemies, foreign and domestic.” Don’t become one of those domestic enemies. You won’t like how it ends.
For those who are really curious about what Area 51 looks like but don’t want to wind up as a grease stain in the middle of the desert, here’s one of the most recent videos anyone managed to take of the base. A guy and his son scaled their way up to the top of Tikaboo Peak, from which Area 51 can be seen at a great distance. You’re not supposed to climb that mountain, but they managed to not get caught. The guy dragged up a video camera with an extremely powerful zoom lens and start filming. Spoiler alert: He didn’t see any aliens.
AREA 51 FROM TIKABOO PEAK PART 1 (THE BASE IS VERY ACTIVE)
Yes, those who would go out there and try to trespass need to understand that the military is NOT civilian enforcement. They are under no mandates to arrest.
We need to invite the anti-FA (anti-first amendment) folks to a party out there.
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God I love that plane.
Aliens are Aliens. You seen one, you seen ‘em all. /s
They are all libtards. They should be encouraged. We will have a couple hundred thousand less of them.
“was one of 25 correctional officers who stopped 220 inmates from rushing a fence by using triple-chasers, gas, and stun guns.”
And yet here you sit behind a keyboard instead of volunteering your ass to show the Border Patrol how it should be done.
Interesting.
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I was once in a place where there was a door guarded by two Marines. They were very polite. Someone told me what ever you do, do not try to go through they door, they WILL kill you.
Why should the people headed to area 51 be worried? The government/military isn’t doing anything about foreigners storming our Southern border.
Agree. USAF isn’t going to machine gun a flash mob. Guaranteed.
That sign needs a skull and crossbones on it, and maybe a hieroglyphic of an Apache doing a strafing run on some Antifa hippies, or other hippies being shot by AP’s.
IAC, only the first row needs to dropped in their tracks... The rest will immediately self deport...
This is much ado bout nothing.
First, a bunch of people are not going to show up in the middle of the desert to “storm Area 51”, at least not enough to be any real threat. That area is remote as hell and tough as nails.
Secondly, the Air Force isn’t going to do anything, they can’t on US soil. The National Guard, local PD and the Area 51 hired security will however, and what they’ll do is arrest any idiot that tries.
I get the secrecy aspect of national defense but the military works for us. Threatening citizens? F them.
125 in the shade. Good luck kids !
I was at a military site and in the safety/security training and warned of horse play. They told the story of a helicopter going along a dirt road. Some of the manual laborers riding in the back of the large open truck pointed their shovel handles at the helicopter.
A short while later the truck came over a rise and came face to face with two Humvees blocking the road with a bunch of guns pointed at them. And an armed helicopter hovering over the road with its guns pointed at them.
I don’t think that the group was arrested, but the entire company doing the work was kicked off the site.
I would often do work just outside a very secure area fence and alone. Still on the site and within a gated area - but out in the dirt and sage brush. Always made sure I was wearing my high-vis vest, truck with cones sitting on top of it to let them know I wasn’t hiding anything.
Still a bit disconcerting when the two guys come driving up, come out of their truck with their rifles at the ready and ask to see my badge and what am I doing.
Just pretend it’s the southern border.
Just release a few hundred diamondbacks in their path.
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