Check out Friday’s scene from the Storm Area 51 events in Rachel and Hiko, Nevada.
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The first two days of Storm Area 51 events has yielded only a handful of arrests, including one for a man urinating on an Area 51 security gate.
Following a relatively calm day of prep and setup on Thursday — when reporters and some seriously obnoxious bloggers seemed to equal the number of attendees — the attention seekers turned up en masse on Friday looking to party at Alienstock.
About 100 extraterrestrial enthusiasts converged at the back gate of Area 51 near Rachel at 3 a.m. Friday to follow through on the original Storm Area 51 plan.
Check out the scene from the first day of Storm Area 51 events in Rachel and Hiko, Nevada.
With Day 1 down, there are two more to go in Alienstock, and West believes the event will get better as the days go on.
Multiple camps are visible off the highway. Some flying American flags and some with alien-themed flags, letting passersby know they’re here for the party.
The incident command post, the main first responder area of the three being set up for the Storm Area 51 events is comprised of over a dozen federal, state and local agencies.
Arby’s is bringing a food truck with a specialized menu to the Area 51 Bascamp event in Hiko.
A look at some key dates and events leading up to this week’s Storm Area 51 events.
“STAY AWAY FROM RACHEL NEXT WEEKEND!” the town’s official site, rachel-nevada.com, warned this week.
The area around Area 51 will be a no-fly zone during this week’s planned extraterrestrial events.
After months of hoopla surrounding the Storm Area 51 phenomenon, organizers behind Alienstock and Area 51 Basecamp are getting festival sites ready for attendees.
Two men from the Netherlands accused of trespassing onto the Nevada National Security Site last week each pleaded guilty Monday to the misdemeanor charge.
The “Storm Area 51” events planned for Lincoln County will pile up a hefty bill, and officials could pursue legal action against Facebook and the original event organizers to recoup some of that.