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1.2M people are saying they're gonna storm Area 51 and here are 30 funny memes about it: I WANNA KNOW ..... have Aliens been looking at us??? Are the UFO's real ???
What started off as a flippant joke has taken on a life of its own as people began to sign up to Storm Area 51 in their hundreds of thousands, sharing memes and vowing to check out those alien cheeks.
The Facebook event now has 1.2 million people 'attending' the showdown, scheduled for September 20th, .
Shaggy, Chuck Norris, and John Wick ready for Area 51
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Gee, I wonder who would come up with and promote a scheme like that.
trueblue2007
(17,242 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)scheme
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trueblue2007
(17,242 posts)jpak
(41,760 posts)SWBTATTReg
(22,176 posts)questions and I suspect that they are using the secrecy about this place to hide their misdeeds and such, and not military secrets as they claim. Especially with so much hype about this area, I'm sure that the Chinese and Russians probably have satellites permanently parked over Area 51 to monitor developments, so in effect, the base has lost its effectiveness.
If so many people mob the base, what are they going to do, shoot all of them? I realize that there may be some top secrets there, but I can't imagine something so secret, so out of this world literally that there are already some news out there on new aircraft being developed, etc. There have been far too many stories about alien technologies and such, it's time to get the answers out in the open and let the American public deal with it.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)And that this planet has never been 'visited' by intelligent life, ever.
There might one day be discovered some type of very primitive alien life, like tardigrades (something that somehow has drifted through space) but that's as far as I'd give any credit to.
If there was a real 'story' about 'alien tech' being discovered, the governments of the world would not be able to keep it hidden.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)How much does it suck to be an alien. To be able to zip around the galaxy, but the US government can keep you hidden.
Back in the Cold War, the Russians started rumors about shot like this at our air bases, in order to inspire nutbars to take pictures of anything unusual they saw.
SWBTATTReg
(22,176 posts)Ptah
(33,044 posts)trueblue2007
(17,242 posts)SWBTATTReg
(22,176 posts)YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)See ya, wouldn't want to be ya - that about sums it up. "They" don't find this to be a joking matter.
But you COULD watch "Unidentified: America's UFO Investigation" on the Travel Channel. It's all documentary.
jrandom421
(1,005 posts)1. As a military installation, the Air Force is authorized to use deadly force to protect it. That means real bullets, cannon shells and explosives.
2. Since Area 51 is right there by Nellis AFB, I imagine that if the defenders are threatened with being overrun by sheer numbers, I could see them calling on the 66th Weapons Squadron for help. You know, the place where they do advanced training for A-10 pilots? I could just see them sending a flight of A-10Cs, flown by some of the best and most experienced pilots in the Air Force, fully loaded with rockets, antipersonnel bombs and a fully loaded GAU-8 cannon.
If that doesn't scare some sense into these idiots, they deserve what they would be on the receiving end of.
Calista241
(5,586 posts)I foresee a bunch of barbed wire being laid. Sonic weapons, water guns, rubber bullets, tear gas, and other non-lethal weapons could be employed though.
jrandom421
(1,005 posts)If you've got 10,000 or more people willing to overwhelm the defenders to break into a secret military installation, when nonlethal weapons didn't slow them down, at that point, it doesn't matter if they're citizens or not.
The Air Force is authorized to use deadly force, if necessary, to protect the installation. If the first burst of gunfire doesn't slow them down, then the defenders will use whatever force they deem necessary to carry out their mission to protect the base.
The Air Force did warn them beforehand that it would be a bad idea. I don't think many people thought HOW BAD an idea it could be.
hunter
(38,337 posts)...who are secretly planning to storm the White House.
Their coming to take the current occupants back where they came from.