Anyone going to Area 51?

[US 41]

You know, to go see them aliens. The page is called "Storm Area 51, They can't Stop All of Us". Currently 645K are going and 601K are interested on Facebook. It's supposed to happen September 20th.

This is obviously a joke, but I'm kind of wondering if anyone will actually show up. I'm sure whoever made this page didn't think over a million people would be interested in it.

[707]

I hope they do show up and try. I'll be waiting on the other side of US 95 in a lawn chair with popcorn and Coke to laugh when they fail. Or on the off chance they do make it inside, laugh when they can't find anything they were looking for.

VS988

[MikieTimT]

I hope they do show up and try. I'll be waiting on the other side of US 95 in a lawn chair with popcorn and Coke to laugh when they fail. Or on the off chance they do make it inside, laugh when they can't find anything they were looking for.

VS988

By the time Sept. 20 rolls around, the feds will have moved anything of interest to Area 52.

[corco]

I'd be down to try this - Area 51 is only a quick overnight trip away. Though it's really annoying this isn't happening on a weekend day.

[Roadgeekteen]

This can't end well.

[MNHighwayMan]

This can't end well.

Sure it can. A bunch of morons will get arrested for trying to enter a secure government site. That's a good day in my book.

[briantroutman]

The call from this "pilot"  was horribly staged, but it was incredible entertainment nonetheless.

[adventurernumber1]

Even though Area 51 has somewhat of a meme status and is often tossed around in popular culture, there's no reason to bring this side of it into reality, because I definitely could not foresee something like this going well. Even with the news beforehand that people would supposedly be "storming in"  on that date, I don't think the military/government personnel will be quick to joke around, and I could see that there might indeed be a lot of arrests and people getting in trouble for a stupid decision because of it. I'd say I hope this stays confined to the internet, and that nobody actually goes pointlessly running to Area 51 in real life. 

[oscar]

By the time Sept. 20 rolls around, the feds will have moved anything of interest to Area 52.

When I visited Rachel NV near Area 51 in the mid-1990s, the consensus among the UFO crazies who hang out there was that anything interesting had long been quietly moved elsewhere, and that is the only thing the government is trying to hide.

It was putting on a good show, however. I drove to the Area 51 perimeter, to take photos of signs on the boundary fence (including the ones threatening lethal force for intruders, and forbidding photographs of the area). There were menacing SUVs on the other side of the fence. The drivers made sure I knew that they knew I was in the vicinity, in case I had any ideas about crashing the gates to enter Area 51. But no attempts to hassle me.

The folklore also had it that anyone caught crossing the fence into Area 51 doesn't get "arrested", but they do get a serious beating before they're kicked out.

[707]

This can't end well.

Sure it can. A bunch of morons will get arrested for trying to enter a secure government site. That's a good day in my book.

Hence my idea with the lawn chair and popcorn. Now all we need is the Benny Hill theme song.

VS988

[vdeane]

I can't help but think of this when the idea of breaking into Area 51 comes up.  These people won't have time/space powers or technology to help them, so I don't see good stuff coming from it.

[Max Rockatansky]

Goldfield and US 6 between Tonopah and Ely are far more interesting than anything going on at Nellis Air Force Range.  Granted I think it would be pretty neat to tour some of the old mining sites of the Tonopah Mining District. 

[texaskdog]

This can't end well.

Sure it can. A bunch of morons will get arrested for trying to enter a secure government site. That's a good day in my book.

No, they will all be shot

[roadman65]

Its all testing of new government aircraft and weapons.  Some look like UFO's as they were never out before.  Of course with technology the Russians, ISIS, or whomever our enemies are can see what goes on in Area 51 before even the President (whether Obama, Trump, Bush, or Slick Willie) will know.

Though I do not believe we are alone in the Universe and I am not talking about my religious beliefs meaning other life in the heavens.  I believe strongly in the fact other solar systems can have planets like us.  Though I am not saying that Area 51 has met some other forms of life, but I am not saying that they have not either.

[hotdogPi]

Its all testing of new government aircraft and weapons.  Some look like UFO's as they were never out before.  Of course with technology the Russians, ISIS, or whomever our enemies are can see what goes on in Area 51 before even the President (whether Obama, Trump, Bush, or Slick Willie) will know.

Also, if we are trying to prevent access to Area 51, we aren't defending the rest of the country as effectively.

[cjk374]

Everyone who tries to storm Area 51 wins a Darwin Award! 

[Roadgeekteen]

Just musing, what if all 400,000 people who signed the petition show up to raid area 51? If some are armed, this could turn very ugly very quickly, if they are willing to use force to try to break it.

[Max Rockatansky]

Just musing, what if all 400,000 people who signed the petition show up to raid area 51? If some are armed, this could turn very ugly very quickly, if they are willing to use force to try to break it.

I would highly doubt even 1% of that 400,000 people even has the slightest clue how remote Area 51 of the Nellis Air Force Range really is.  Don't forgot were talking ear shot of the 160 mile plus no service zone of US 6 between Tonopah and Ely.

[tolbs17]

I wish I can!