Area 51 - STORM AREA 51

Area 51 has been the hot topic for many years based on its conspiracies about the U.S. Government hiding the truth of extraterrestrials existence. Many believe the aliens are held captive inside Nellis Air Force Base. Area 51 popularity in sci-fi literature, and sci-fi's pop culture for many decades.

Matty Roberts

Belief in aliens has increased steadily since the birth of modern alien research in the 1940s and 1950s. Several conspiracies about the American government suppressing evidence of aliens' existence. Especially, U.S. Army Air Force Base, Area 51 was born in 1955 during the UFO Phenomenon Era, which are the many reasons why. Area 51 has so many people fixated on what's really going on inside this military base. However, recently one young man, posted an event on social media in the Summer of 2019 setting an event, Storm Raid Area 51: "You Can't Stop Us All."

Matty Roberts, a 21year old from Bakersville, CA. He’s a full-time student at Bakersville college studying petroleum engineering. On June 27, 2019, he was bored and posted an event on Facebook, called Storm Area 51 “You can’t stop us all.” His plans were to get people to meet him in Rachel, Nevada close by the secretive military base to see what the government hiding. Also, setting so-called captive aliens free from the facility. Then a few days later his joke gained traction. Thousands RSVP’s out of millions of people signing up for this event.

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The U.S. Air Force Response

The Air Force didn’t take this viral joke lightly either, even though it was intended as a joke. They still had to be cautious that may have an effect on businesses both locally in Nevada and around the United States, which prepared products for visitors for those attending the event

The FBI reaction took it seriously. Due to the fact that a lot of people signed up to join the raid. They didn’t know the severity of the event or how it would turn out. They were willing to make preparations by any means necessary. The FBI decided to contact Matty Roberts, to investigate and question Roberts. He felt uneasy about the FBI. When they finally made contact with him for questioning. Roberts clarified about his joke on social media and did not expect his joke to get out of control. Also, he stated that his intentions were good, and he didn’t want to cause any trouble.