People actually showed up to "raid" Area 51 and the memes are amazing
20 September 2019, 17:30
People have been joking for months that they planned to "storm Area 51" and naruto run inside to "see them aliens". Now, people have actually shown up at Area 51 and the memes are already hilarious.
Earlier this year, a meme where people joked they were planning to "storm Area 51" captured the internet's imagination all because of a viral Facebook event called 'Storm Area 51, They Can't Stop All of Us'. Now, it seems that people have actually shown up at the mysterious military site where, for decades, conspiracy theorists have alleged that aliens are being held.
Yes, people have turned up at Area 51, though there is little evidence that any actual "storming" has taken place. Reuters reports that "several dozen revellers" gathered near "a heavily guarded entrance early Friday, but most did not attempt to enter the site."
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Videos and photos from the meetup have already surfaced online. At some points, a live stream has been available to view online. In clips circulating on social media, attendees can be heard on video chanting things like "tell us the truth!" and "clap them cheeks".
People are actually showing up to ‘Storm Area 51’ in Nevada. pic.twitter.com/YYEOSoXXCT
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) September 20, 2019
“Raid that alien booty”
— ☁️ (@vihxshi) September 20, 2019
“Clap alíen cheeks”
These #area51 raiders are something else 💀 pic.twitter.com/Q5e9aDoCAG
The initial event was slated for September 20 (today) from 3 am to 6 am and eventually over 2 million people indicated that they were "going" to the storm Area 51 event–though nowhere near that many people have shown up.
"We will all meet up at the Area 51 Alien Center tourist attraction and coordinate our entry. If we naruto run, we can move faster than their bullets. Lets see them aliens," the description read.
In the beginning, the premise of many of the internet's jokes about the event was that people would show up to the secret Nevada military site and rescue an alien from captivity.
The internet is reacting to news that people actually showed up to Area 51. Needless to say, the memes are incredible.
Me inside Area 51 with my alien doing a freestyle so they can let us go #Area51storm pic.twitter.com/xmHdWuLxQK
— Sophia🦋 (@kookblueside) September 20, 2019
the aliens looking at the Area 51 memes after we set them all free #Area51storm pic.twitter.com/JLoktsUx7D
— swaggerbunny69 (@swaggerbunny69) September 20, 2019
When you realize people actually showed up to storm Area 51 #Area51storm pic.twitter.com/D89wOOHrJU
— M 🅴 (@MalachiCleek) September 20, 2019
Area 51 raiders not realizing that the government actually know all of this so they move the aliens to area 52 #Area51storm pic.twitter.com/v6jiELCyAF
— Dyaabs (@jayceeemmm) September 20, 2019
My Area 51 alien when she finds out I ain’t showing up to rescue her ass #Area51storm pic.twitter.com/jkQBAhM7TQ
— Sphinxonyx 🖤👑 (@sphynxxxonyx) September 20, 2019
Me looking at everyone showing up to Area 51 ready to free some Aliens when I thought it was all a joke. #Area51storm pic.twitter.com/6wXovGr7jb
— 𝓛𝑜𝓋𝑒, Ben (fan account) (@TS7Track3) September 20, 2019
Government officials after they realized people were being dead serious about showing up to Area 51 #Area51storm pic.twitter.com/yySzz9fb5Z
— SKT (@sebastiun) September 20, 2019
the aliens at area 52 watching area 51 aliens get rescued like #Area51storm pic.twitter.com/U3t97NS86a
— kimchii🦎 (@pinkishnoodle) September 20, 2019
professor x when he finds out that the aliens in area 51 are really x men hidden by the government #Area51storm pic.twitter.com/PGbSwKMhYG
— lord voldethot (@aIeksmorozovas) September 20, 2019
me packing all my shit up tryna catch a ride back to whatever planet these aliens are from after the area 51 raid cause the Earth gonna die soon #Area51storm
— shelby (@shelbyy_raay) September 20, 2019
pic.twitter.com/DYmccb5D4h
Sasuke has been spotted at Area 51 the raid is still on ! pic.twitter.com/iIizTDvw1H
— Sasuke Uchiha (@AtoningRogue) September 20, 2019
the amount of the amount of
— ♏︎ (@venivdvicii) September 19, 2019
people saying vs. people that
they’re going actually go:
to #Area51: pic.twitter.com/M1PllEIUF3
Every US officer at area 51 right now:#Area51storm pic.twitter.com/f7yz9mND8A
— mika ✨💘 (@mikailajjeans) September 20, 2019
Me finding out people actually went to Area 51 #Area51storm pic.twitter.com/oTRjWM2Mas
— Shucks 🏹 (@Shuccks) September 20, 2019
Anyway, who doesn't love a joke that gets way out of hand?