Hundreds of Earthlings descend on secretive US base to 'see them aliens'

US base – Fears that thousands of people would “storm” Area 51 in response to a joke Facebook event have proved unfounded, although hundreds of revellers did descend on the secretive military base for festivities.

Around two million people had responded online to the joke “Storm Area 51, they can’t stop all of us” event to “see them, aliens”.

Events in the Nevada desert – which took place mainly at two rural towns, Rachel and Hiko – were mostly festive, with crowds numbering in the low thousands and few arrests, officials said.

Three people were arrested on Friday at the remote once-secret military base, Lincoln County Sheriff Kerry Lee said, bringing the tally of accused trespassers to five since Thursday during events dubbed ‘Alienstock’ and ‘Area 51 Basecamp’.

Several minor injuries were reported, and one man was treated for dehydration by festival medics in Rachel before returning to the party.

While costumed space aliens were common, no one reported seeing actual extraterrestrials or UFOs.

“There’s a great sense of community among everyone here,” said John Derryberry, who drove with his girlfriend, Sarah Shore, from Nashville, Tennessee.

Almost 100 people went at 3 am local time on Friday to the best-known “back gate” of the legendary former top-secret US Air Force base, near Rachel, and another 40 made a more difficult trek to a lesser-known gate in Tikaboo Valley, Sheriff Lee said.

During the day, about 300 went to the Tikaboo gate and another 800 people made the dusty eight-mile drive to the Rachel gate.

One woman, aged in her 60s and from California, was arrested after making it clear to sheriff’s deputies, her husband and everyone around her that she was going to trespass no matter what.

“It was just something she wanted to do,” the sheriff said.

Source – https://www.standard.co.uk