

Authorities were prepared to secure any threat to the facility and advised people not to participate in the event.

Dave Goldfein said that the protection of the national secrets inside Area 51 is being taken very seriously. The government has not taken the matter lightly. “I think actually storming Area 51 is a horrible idea, but it’s fun to read and laugh about.” “The memes are my favorite part about the whole thing,” junior Andrew Schuler said. Social media sites have thousands of memes and other posts dedicated to the subject.

The goal of the raid was to ‘See them Aliens’ and to uncover all the other secrets Area 51 was believed to hold. “And Howard the alien is the sustenance for us meme lords.” “There are definitely aliens in Area 51, and if there weren’t, Howard the alien would not be alive,” senior Berto Bell said.
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The facility has been the subject of a large amount of science fiction media, such as TV shows like ‘The X-Files’ and movies like ‘Independence Day.’ It has been a large focus of conspiracy theories and paranormal investigations for years.īecause of the infamous amount of security at the facility, people are curious about what the United States government is keeping inside. While the event was supposedly a joke, the extensive amount of online engagement had people wondering: Will people actually storm Area 51?Īrea 51 is a classified United States Air Force facility located in Lincoln County, Nevada. In June, college student Matty Roberts created a Facebook event tited ‘Storm Area 51, They Can’t Stop All of Us,’ listed to take place on Sept.
