Nearly three-quarters of a million people have signed up to storm one the U.S. government’s most mysterious bases on September 20, 2019. Cutting edge high-tech aircraft are developed and tested at so-called Area 51 and rumor has it the base also houses a program to back engineer alien spacecraft captured by the U.S. military. Now, via social media, those wanting answers to what goes on at Area 51 are organizing to take it upon themselves to find out.
A Facebook event titled “Storm Area 51, They Can’t Stop All of Us,” has received over 700 thousand responses as of the writing of this article, and the number is rising sharply. The story is being covered by nearly every major news outlet.
Area 51 is a classified base in the Nevada Test and Training Area which is part of the Nellis Air Force Base complex. Although the public has known about the base since the 1980s, its existence was denied by the U.S. government until the CIA decided to allow its existence to be acknowledged in 2013.
Earlier that year, I took the Kardashian/Jenner clan to Area 51 for an episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians. At the time, it was both the most secretive and, debatably, most famous U.S. Air Force installation.
The base got its alien reputation in 1989 when a man named Bob Lazar claimed to have worked at a facility just south of Area 51 near Papoose Lake called S-4. Lazar said he was then bussed from Area 51 to S-4 where there was an underground facility that housed several alien spacecraft. He claimed his job was to back engineer the alien technology used by the spaceship.
Lazar’s story became a worldwide sensation and made Area 51 a household name, while the government was still denying its existence. Meanwhile, the tourism industry embraced Area 51’s newfound notoriety. Gift shops popped up in the area, and regular tours to the gates and roads leading to the base started up. Signs warning visitors not to continue going onto the base became a popular attraction. Some of the signs claimed deadly force could be used to secure the base.
So what will happen to truth-seekers that attempt to storm the base on September 20? Let’s take a look at the fate of some of those who have crossed the line and lived to tell the story.
Read the rest of the article on Alejandro’s Blog: The People Who Have Gone Past the Warning Signs at Area 51
