Little A’Le’Inn owner Connie West reflects on the Storm Area 51 weekend in 2019 and plans for next year. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
LAW ENFORCEMENT IS RECAPPING ALL THE INCIDENTS SO FAR AND ACCORDING TO ERIC HOLT, LINCOLN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER THIS HAS BEEN RELATIVELY SMOOTH.
SO FAR, SIX PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR SECURITY GATE-RELATED INCIDENTS. MOST OF THE ARRESTS WERE FOR TRESPASSING AND ONE FOR INDECENT EXPOSURE. THERE HAVE BEEN TWO ROLLOVER CRASHES AND TWO CRASHES INVOLVING VEHICLES STRIKING COWS
Hundreds more vehicles poured into Rachel, Nevada, on the second day of Alienstock with more expected later Friday. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
People in costumes gathered to dance and party at Area 15 in Las Vegas on Thursday night, Sept. 19, 2019, as a pre-party to the Storm Area 51 events near Rachel, Nevada. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Matty Roberts, whose Facebook post “Storm Area 51: They Can’t Stop All of Us” started the events going on in Rachel, Nevada, had his own party at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
On the eve of the Storm Area 51 events in Rachel and Hiko, things are finally starting to look like a festival. (Mat Luschek / Review-Journal)
People are arriving for Storm Area 51 events in Rachel and in Hiko this weekend. (Mat Luschek / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Storm Area 51 fans are setting up makeshift campsites on the side of Route 375 near the Alienstock site in Rachel. (Mick Akers/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas Review-Journal transportation editor Mick Akers with the latest information on what to expect if you’re headed to Area 51 for this weekend’s events. (Mat Luschek / Review-Journal)
Preparations are underway for a pair of Area 51 events taking place this week in Lincoln County. (MIck Akers/Las Vegas Review-Journal)