Area 51 Raid Becomes Alien-Stock
We have all been taught the old adage, “Secrets are no fun. Secrets are for everyone!”
But clearly the government did not get that message.
For almost 65 years, many people claim that our government has been keeping secrets in a United States Air Force facility in Nevada, commonly known as Area 51. Many people believe that they are hiding none other than an extra terrestrial from us.
One man had enough of these secrets. People from all over the country planned to raid the infamous Area 51 and see what the government has been hiding all these years.
Whether it was ET himself, or little green aliens, they were going to find out the truth.
It all started when a musician named Matty Robberts created a cloud-based, attention-seeking event on his Facebook page inviting everyone who wished to find out the truth to “storm” Area 51. He even set a date.
What he did not expect though was it to blow up into a media frenzy. Millions of people signed up to go and storm the USAF facility on September 20th.
Numerous memes and videos were created on the topic, and a beer company even created an alien-themed drink for the occasion. But now that it was on the Internet, there was no way to move forward with this raid in real life without a little too much attention from law enforcement.
Robberts’s joke had already prompted more of a reaction than he’d ever expected. But this was about to go even further — the FBI soon paid a visit to his home.
More than likely not all two million people were going to show up to complete this highly illegal and dangerous mission, so Robberts and his co-host, Connie West, an owner of a local business, decided to create their own event: Alienstock.
Alienstock was designed to be a big party in Rachel, Nevada, where people could listen to live music, and take part in many alien-themed activities.
As fun as it sounds, there were many issues as well. They had no idea how many people would show up to this small town of 50-60 people. Police stations were even trying to come together to make sure it was safe. After all this, the citizens of the town decided it was a bad idea, and gave a list of reasons why.
This reaction led to Robberts dropping the whole idea, but his co-cost West was not about to let all their hard work go to waste. So he continued the event but changed the name for copyright adding a hyphen to create Alien-Stock.
So the event was on, and it turned out even better than many imagined, according to Vox News. They were sponsored by Budlight for an EDM, alien-themed party and about 6,000 people showed up to the event.
Be sure to get your tickets because it’s no secret that another alien-themed, live-music filled festival is surely going to happen again in Vegas next year.