(Sebastian Kettley) THE AREA 51 raid has failed to storm the US Air Force base but hundreds of revellers managed to party just outside its front gate. Here are the best pictures from the Area 51 raid on Friday.
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by Sebastian Kettley, September 22nd, 2019
Up to 100 would-be Area 51 raiders descended on the Nevada desert this Friday, September 20, in a bid to “see them aliens”. However the number of people was a far cry from the 2.1 million who pledged to attend the cancelled “Storm Area 51, They Can’t Stop All of Us” event organised by online pranksters. Those who did show up, however, appeared in fancy dress, carried homemade placards and danced with inflatable alien dolls. Another 2,000 people descended on the nearby towns of Rachel and Hiko, Nevada, where an Area 51-themed Alienstock festival is taking place over the weekend.
No one ended up storming the US Air Force base and instead, revellers held impromptu dance sessions, parties and attended concerts
The festival was organised in part by Little A’Le’Inn, a bar and restaurant in the town of Rachel.
Daniel Martinez, 31, who camped out in the desert for the event, was glad everything came together the way it did.
He said: “Here’s a big open space for people to be. One person starts something and it infects everybody with positivity.
“Anything can happen if you give people a place to be.”
Area 51 raid: Here are the best pictures of the Area 51 festival (Image: GETTY)
Area 51 raid: Revellers partied at the desert festival in fancy costume (Image: GETTY)
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Area 51 raid: Revellers appeared outside the gate to the Area 51 army base (Image: REUTERS)
Mick Ackers, a Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter, filmed a punk rock concert taking place in the desert.
Another group of people built a stage for an electronic dance music (EDM) show.
An “Area 51 Retreat” was also held, where participants were taught how to telepathically communicate with aliens and how to properly identify UFOs.
Dan Gordon, a Nevada Department of Public Safety officer, told the Review-Journal: “Everybody has been really cool.
“We’ve been asking everybody that’s been coming in and over the last three days where they’re from out of curiosity and it’s a lot more far reaching than I expected.
“I think we’ve seen all 50 states covered and several countries.”
Despite the many parties, authorities have only made six arrests including one incident of public urination.
Lincoln County Manager Scott Holt said five people were arrested for trespassing.
Anything can happen if you give people a place to be
Overall, Lincoln County Sheriff Kerry Lee said the “crowd has been very good”.
He said: “Officers have been mingling with the crowds and the crowds have been positive and so far it’s been really well.”
Area 51 is the popular name given to Homey Airport – a classified US Air Force base tucked away in the Nevada Desert.
Conspiracy theorists believe the army base is home to alien remains and extraterrestrial technology collected from a supposed UFO crash near Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947.
Area 51 raid: The original raid was called off but an Alienstock festival went ahead in the desert (Image: GETTY)
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Area 51 raid: People danced in the desert and stages were erected for bands (Image: GETTY)
Area 51 raid: No one was hurt or tried to storm the US Air Force base (Image: REUTERS)
California-native Matty Roberts, 21, gave birth to the Storm Area 51 event on June 27 this year.
By July, the event gained traction with online pranksters and became the most-talked-about prank of the year and it morphed into a festival.
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The Area 51 event was eventually cancelled over safety concerns and moved to Las Vegas where a Bud Light Area 51 Celebration was already taking place.
Mr Roberts wrote on the Alienstock website: “Due to the lack of infrastructure, poor planning, risk management and blatant disregard for the safety of the expected 10,000+ AlienStock attendees, we decided to pull the plug on the festival.”
The event was moved to Las Vegas and took place on September 18 but a version of the festival was still held in the Nevada desert.
Mr Roberts has said he aims to take the festival “on the road” following its success.
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