@justus
Some internet comedian started a hashtag weeks ago about getting this massive mob of people together to ‘rush Area 51 and see the aliens’. Unfortunately tens of thousands of people took it seriously, some bunch of Vegas promoters got involved and promised everyone there’d be bands, booze, and strippers, and it just kinda snowballed from there.
They were expecting 25,000 people to show up and start charging the front gates (which are 13 miles away from the ‘No Trespassing’ sign) and at least two Dutch Youtubers got arrested for trying it a few days ago, but apparently most people of them found better things to do with their time.
There’s some hilarious coverage of the whole fiasco on the Mysterious Universe site under the ‘Rush Area 51’ search terms for those interested.
@Masem
There’s also supposed to be a “serious” ‘aliens at Area 51’ event going on at the same time close by. Makes me wonder what happens if the drunken partiers meet up with the hard-core paranoids of the David Icke stripe there?
Apparently only about 75 showed up outside Area 51, one arrested.
But there’s still a major gathering nearby in this Alienstock, some thousands of people. They aren’t rushing the gate, just having a good drunk time about aliens.
@red45671
not enough people are willing to actually risk their lives for what is potentially nothing, and most people know it was a joke event from the start.
There’s also supposed to be a music festival but the main guy organising it backed out a couple of weeks ago. They still have a line up and going through with it anyway.
it’s not so much a “raid”, moreso just people grouping up as tourists to see an “event” and see if anything interesting happens, meet likeminded people or I guess just make their boring little lives a little more interesting for a day or 2.
That’s nice.
Knows a thing or two about really turning invisible.
Wow, people are stupid.
Some internet comedian started a hashtag weeks ago about getting this massive mob of people together to ‘rush Area 51 and see the aliens’. Unfortunately tens of thousands of people took it seriously, some bunch of Vegas promoters got involved and promised everyone there’d be bands, booze, and strippers, and it just kinda snowballed from there.
They were expecting 25,000 people to show up and start charging the front gates (which are 13 miles away from the ‘No Trespassing’ sign) and at least two Dutch Youtubers got arrested for trying it a few days ago, but apparently most people of them found better things to do with their time.
There’s some hilarious coverage of the whole fiasco on the Mysterious Universe site under the ‘Rush Area 51’ search terms for those interested.
There’s also supposed to be a “serious” ‘aliens at Area 51’ event going on at the same time close by. Makes me wonder what happens if the drunken partiers meet up with the hard-core paranoids of the David Icke stripe there?
But there’s still a major gathering nearby in this Alienstock, some thousands of people. They aren’t rushing the gate, just having a good drunk time about aliens.
not enough people are willing to actually risk their lives for what is potentially nothing, and most people know it was a joke event from the start.
THey never even got past the fence. What was the point of this whole event?
So it when from “Storm Area 51” to “Hang around Area 51 and hope something interesting happens”
@Masem
oh god dammit, why
Edited
I had a good laugh when I saw that
My.
God.
Relevant.
TBH, I thought it just some joke. I never thought they were actually gonna go through with it.
It happened!