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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsStage set in Nevada as Earthlings arrive for 'Storm Area 51' events
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2019/09/19/stage-set-in-nevada-as-earthlings-arrive-for-storm-area-51-events/HIKO, Nev. The stage was set Thursday for music and other space-themed entertainment as Earthlings descended on the Nevada desert for events inspired by an internet hoax known as Storm Area 51.
It started as a joke, but its not a joke for us, Alon Burton, guitarist and member of the group Wily Savage, said as he and several other men wrestled a tarp over a makeshift stage near the Little ALeInn motel and cafe in Rachel.
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As they arrived for the weekend events, campers in trucks and trailers staked out space on federal land across a highway.
Anticipating a big crowd, a beer company had produced alien-themed cans, and a brothel in offered discounts to E.T. enthusiasts.
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Stage set in Nevada as Earthlings arrive for 'Storm Area 51' events (Original Post)
jpak
Sep 2019
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jpak
(41,758 posts)1. and this...
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Electronic dance music DJ and recording artist Paul Oakenfold is Fridays headliner in Hiko
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saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)2. jpak,
laughing here. Let the earthlings laugh and make merry? Are they coming to eat US?
jpak
(41,758 posts)3. hmmmmmm...maybe
saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)4. Loved that episode of "The Twilight Zone"
Marcuse
(7,488 posts)5. In the beginning...