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From: bkshurman@outlook.com

RACHEL, Nev. – On the lonely dirt road to one of the entrances
to the enigmatic Area 51, the only thing that resembled
"storming" on Friday was all the dust kicked up from all the
vehicles making the trek for selfies and group photos.

After months of hype -- and emergency preparations that saw
hundreds of law enforcement and fire officials scatter across
the vast high-desert area around Rachel, Nev., about 140 miles
north of Las Vegas -- hardcore alien "believers" and those open
to having their minds changed on the existence of extra-
terrestrials gathered outside the military base, and were mostly
just happy to be there.


"I've always looked to the skies, but I always kept it to myself
because you didn't talk about those things and now everyone is
talking about things because it's easier to come out in the open
with being a believer," Lisa Miller, who came all the way from
Kentucky, told Fox News.

"I've always looked to the skies, but I always kept it to myself
because you didn't talk about those things and now everyone is
talking about things because it's easier to come out in the open
with being a believer."

— Lisa Miller, Kentuckian who traveled to Area 51 in Nevada

Miller, who's currently on a "sample platter of a vacation"
across various stops in the Southwest, said she ventured out in
the early-morning hours Friday when the actual "storming" took
place. She described the scene as maybe 50 people walking, but
"nobody being stupid."

"I keep telling people, everybody's looking at the gate. Look to
the skies because you don't know what you're going to see out
here in the desert," Miller told Fox News. "Stop looking just at
the gate and broaden your mind."

On the road to the gate, there were dozens of vehicles traveling
in either direction, kicking up large plumes of dust along the
way.

After parking their cars near a "road closed" sign, about 20
people walked down to the gate that serves as an entrance to
Area 51. When they finally arrived, they were greeted by about
eight police vehicles, with officers milling around.

One officer told Fox News that people had been coming and going
throughout the day, but their numbers were never overwhelming.
Most groups stuck around for up to 10 minutes, taking selfies
and other photos by the gate before heading back to continue
their treks through the desert to the sights along the
"Extraterrestrial Highway."

For Daisy Blue and Benton Huang from Tennessee, the trip to the
gate took thousands of miles. While they weren't greeted by a
massive crowd, Benton said it was fun to come up and see
officers outside on guard and interact with them.

"It lived up to my expectations," Huang told Fox News.

Area 51 tested aircraft ranging from the U-2 in the 1950s to the
B-2 stealth bomber in the 1980s. The government spent decades
refusing to acknowledge the site even existed, before releasing
documents confirming it in 2013.The continued secrecy
surrounding the site has fueled rumors of government studies of extraterrestrials and crashed UFOs.

In that spirit, and with tongue planted in cheek, the "Storm
Area 51" Facebook event went viral in July as people pledged to
overrun the base in an attempt to "see them aliens."

After all the hype and emergency preparations, officials said
that only two arrests were made so far during the alien-themed
events in Rachel and Hiko.

Lincoln County Sheriff Kerry Lee told FOX5 of Las Vegas that the
arrests were made overnight, between late Thursday and early
Friday. A Canadian citizen was arrested in Hiko for indecent
exposure but was later released. A second, alcohol-related
arrest was made and the suspect was transferred to a booking
facility in Pioche.

The sheriff in neighboring Nye County reported that about 40
people gathered overnight at a conspicuously green "Area 51
Alien Center" in Amargosa Valley about 3 a.m. and approached a
base gate before leaving after "heated warnings" from officers.

The gathering at the gate, which could have been a scene of
conflict, was instead something that was "awesome" for Alex
Bauer, Danny Meyer, and Jack Homan of Chicago.

"It passed my expectations," Meyer told Fox News. "It's a little
anticlimactic, but I'm from the Midwest so it's kind of
beautiful just looking around at all the scenery."

https://www.foxnews.com/science/storm-area-51-nevada-desert-
alien-believers

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