{"id":31141,"date":"2019-09-11T23:13:44","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T23:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/09\/11\/storm-area-51-event-canceled-after-everyone-realizes-its-a-horrible-idea\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:55:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:55:48","slug":"storm-area-51-event-canceled-after-everyone-realizes-its-a-horrible-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2019\/09\/11\/storm-area-51-event-canceled-after-everyone-realizes-its-a-horrible-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Storm Area 51\u2019 event canceled after everyone realizes it\u2019s a horrible idea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For one brief shining moment this summer, UFO enthusiasts had a dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the help of a joke Facebook page<\/a> that went viral, they hoped to band together and, en masse, rush onto Area 51<\/a> Sept. 20. Their goal? To prove, once and for all, that the military really is hiding UFOs<\/a> or evidence of aliens at the Air Force\u2019s storied and highly classified test site<\/a> in the Nevada desert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After all, the tongue-in-cheek page claimed, \u201cthey can\u2019t stop all of us. … If we naruto run<\/a>, we can move faster than their bullets. Lets [sic] see them aliens.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But now, after the ill-conceived \u201cLeeroy Jenkins\u201d-style run<\/a> morphed into an electronic dance music, arts and camping event called Alienstock, it is all falling through. Storm Area 51 creator Matty Roberts posted a notice on Alienstock\u2019s website earlier this week to announce he was pulling the plug on the festival. He pointed fingers at permit holder Connie West and the festival\u2019s alleged \u201clack of infrastructure, poor planning, risk management and blatant disregard for the safety of the expected 10,000+ Alienstock attendees.\u201d Alienstock was to be held in the tiny desert town of Rachel, Nevada, which is near Area 51 and where West helps run the Little A\u2019Le\u2019Inn hotel for alien enthusiasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\t