
One Million People Want to Storm Area 51 and People Are Memeing Them Hard
By Mark PygasJul. 15 2019, Published 9:29 a.m. ET
Unless you've been living under a moon rock for the past week, you've probably heard that over one million people have joined a Facebook group titled "Storm Area 51, They Can't Stop All of Us." The plan? To form a "Naruto run," inspired by a Japanese manga, and "storm" the top secret U.S. Air Force base that people seem to think is being used to store crashed alien spacecraft and live aliens.
On Friday the event had just 400,000 people marked as going, meaning the number of those attending has more than doubled over the weekend. That's despite warnings from the Air Force that people would definitely have a bad time if they attempted to enter the base.
″[Area 51] is an open training range for the U.S. Air Force, and we would discourage anyone from trying to come into the area where we train American armed forces,” Air Force spokeswoman Laura McAndrews told the Washington Post. “The U.S. Air Force always stands ready to protect America and its assets.”
Thankfully, most people seem to realize that the whole thing is a joke and have no plans on actually storming Area 51. These clever people are more than happy enough to just embrace the meme on Twitter, and there's plenty of memes.
the aliens at #Area51 waiting for the we outside text pic.twitter.com/3ZVywYKtg7
— Sabrina👽🖖🏽 (@idkhonestlyok) July 12, 2019
Others are clearly motivated to make it into Area 51 and meet some aliens.
My motivation to study Vs. My motivation to get into Area 51 pic.twitter.com/lF7TbFb5RU
— College Student (@FactsOfSchool) July 13, 2019
Some people seem to think that they'd be pretty good when it comes to avoiding security in the area.
Avoiding security at Area 51 like ... pic.twitter.com/R4fbD60pHd
— MLB GIFS (@MLBGIFs) July 14, 2019
Others are envisioning their lives after securing their very own alien friend and smuggling them out of the base.
My alien that I stole from area 51 waking me up at 3 AM asking me how to flush the toilet #Area51 pic.twitter.com/U1rqnFY46b
— 🇲🇽Paco442🇲🇽 (@Paco_442) July 12, 2019
Some Twitter users think that making it past the guards will be easy.
The guards My friends
— Lou Smelk (@itsfreerealty) July 14, 2019
at Area 51 and I bout
to see
aliens pic.twitter.com/1AchVs3uaO
Others, not so much.
Area 51 guards watching people trying to break in. #Area51 pic.twitter.com/PiStTUNlrR
— Barbara (@ImBarbaraPool) July 12, 2019
All of the corners of the Internet are ready to come together to make this thing happen.
Don't worry me and Vape Nation got you guys covered with the smoke screens at area 51
— Ethan Klein (@h3h3productions) July 15, 2019
Some Twitter users are already making their escape plans.
How iam gonna enter Area 51 vs how iam gonna leave pic.twitter.com/DGn7pVDhi4
— Shaquille Oatmeal (@AllySafwaan) July 15, 2019
Some commenters are even planning on bringing the aliens some delicious snacks.
Me showing up to Area 51 with iced coffees for all the aliens pic.twitter.com/wnBzUOWzB2
— James Harness (@JamesHarness) July 13, 2019
Even companies are getting involved.
Free MoonPies in Area 51
— MoonPie (@MoonPie) July 14, 2019
Some in better ways than others...
After we storm Area 51, we will rename it Area 69
— Natural Light (@naturallight) July 12, 2019
I KNEW IT.
This one is my favorite 😂 #Area51 pic.twitter.com/2XYvDRYsQt
— Jesse (@_jesse25) July 14, 2019
Some alien parents are planning to take their new green friends international.
My alien from area51 going
— SEAS (@Seasonsart) July 14, 2019
to the Paris fashion week pic.twitter.com/ZW5y7W35ZW
Should be easy.
The Area 51 guards on September 20th pic.twitter.com/21sqYj1TBk
— 🐦Colin🐻 (@IntroSpecktive) July 14, 2019
That's a pretty good hiding spot.
When your mum walks in your room after you've just saved an alien from Area 51 pic.twitter.com/oRFYq37aAF
— Jack mull (@J4CKMULL) July 12, 2019
Remember, if you get captured, don't tell them a thing.
#Area51
— Notorious Nessa (@SinCityCeleste) July 12, 2019
Area 51 Guards: All of us:
WHO DO
YOU PEOPLE. SCOOPS
WORK FOR? AHOY! pic.twitter.com/t2tLSNzcbe
We'll see you all on September 20th, brave memers.