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Title: Will you storm Area 51 in September?
Post by: MillCreek on July 15, 2019, 06:46:03 PM
https://www.npr.org/2019/07/15/741938966/more-than-1-million-people-agree-to-storm-area-51-but-the-air-force-says-stay-ho

https://nypost.com/2019/07/15/viral-area-51-raid-amasses-1-million-recruits-gets-air-force-warning/

https://www.facebook.com/events/448435052621047/


You can sign up now on the Facebook page!  Mark your calendars for 0300 on September 20th! Let us know if you find any aliens!
Title: Re: Will you storm Area 51 in September?
Post by: BobR on July 15, 2019, 06:58:43 PM
Some of the memes this invasion is generating are pure gold.

bob


https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=area+51+memes&qs=n&form=QBILPG&sp=-1&pq=area+51+meme&sc=1-12&sk=&cvid=A33777E6B5984520AA80BBBE4AD783C9

https://www.google.com/search?biw=1516&bih=823&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=ogQtXbfwBomxggfdv6XIAg&q=area+51+memes&oq=area+51+memes&gs_l=img.3..0l3j0i5i30l7.4127.5712..5841...0.0..0.148.667.0j5......0....1..gws-wiz-img.bsS9vbckgJA
Title: Re: Will you storm Area 51 in September?
Post by: MillCreek on July 15, 2019, 07:02:17 PM
(https://pleated-jeans.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/27-of-the-funniest-storm-area-51-memes.jpg)
Title: Re: Will you storm Area 51 in September?
Post by: BlueStarLizzard on July 15, 2019, 07:16:12 PM
*shrug* the smart move would be for the military to play into the joke. Set a designated "break in" point, arrange a Mud Run obstacle course type race, put up funny alien decorations at the end with a party type event. I would think they could figure out crowd control and how to keep people out of actual sensitive or dangerous areas. Give the curiosity seekers and wacko's a distraction so they won't come up with anymore of their own ideas.

Hell, they could even use it to raise money for charity or something, not to mention the recruitment opportunity.
Title: Re: Will you storm Area 51 in September?
Post by: MechAg94 on July 15, 2019, 08:14:26 PM
*shrug* the smart move would be for the military to play into the joke. Set a designated "break in" point, arrange a Mud Run obstacle course type race, put up funny alien decorations at the end with a party type event. I would think they could figure out crowd control and how to keep people out of actual sensitive or dangerous areas. Give the curiosity seekers and wacko's a distraction so they won't come up with anymore of their own ideas.

Hell, they could even use it to raise money for charity or something, not to mention the recruitment opportunity.
Great idea. 

Add in some harmless fake land mines that pop up and make noise or flash.  That would be awesome to watch.  Maybe have some security guys join in wearing alien outfits plus some Men in Black types.

Title: Re: Will you storm Area 51 in September?
Post by: Jamisjockey on July 15, 2019, 08:14:30 PM
The invasion itself is a meme
Title: Re: Will you storm Area 51 in September?
Post by: HeroHog on July 15, 2019, 08:50:04 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CgT17A9uEI

PS: I joined the list on FB for Shits & Giggles
Title: Re: Will you storm Area 51 in September?
Post by: Perd Hapley on July 15, 2019, 09:17:19 PM
It would be a better meme if they'd wait a month, and do it on St Crispin's Day.
Title: Re: Will you storm Area 51 in September?
Post by: Perd Hapley on July 15, 2019, 09:41:07 PM
So, Kyle?

Naruto?

Someone's bathwater?

Do I want to know what these are?
Title: Re: Will you storm Area 51 in September?
Post by: Snowdog on July 15, 2019, 10:00:55 PM
So, Kyle?

Naruto?

Someone's bathwater?

Do I want to know what these are?

I was too embarrassed to ask, so I'm glad you did.
Title: Re: Will you storm Area 51 in September?
Post by: HeroHog on July 15, 2019, 11:00:34 PM
No, not really...
Title: Re: Will you storm Area 51 in September?
Post by: Hawkmoon on July 15, 2019, 11:24:12 PM
From the first link

https://www.npr.org/2019/07/15/741938966/more-than-1-million-people-agree-to-storm-area-51-but-the-air-force-says-stay-ho


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"Yes, it sounds like a joke, but there apparently are some people who want to check out the joke," Connie West, the co-owner of Little A'Le'Inn (pronounced "little alien"), told NPR.

West's inn in Alamo, Nev., is the closest lodging site to Area 51. "About 26 miles from the runway," she says.

...

"Apparently, people are taking it seriously," West said. "I think they're stupid if they think they're going to get to the test site, but I'm gonna capitalize on it."

I like the way this woman thinks. Spoken like a true entrepreneur.
Title: Re: Will you storm Area 51 in September?
Post by: charby on July 16, 2019, 07:35:41 AM
Rather storm the call center of vehicle warranties, credit cards and limited health enrollment.
Title: Re: Will you storm Area 51 in September?
Post by: brimic on July 16, 2019, 08:18:23 AM
Rather storm the call center of vehicle warranties, credit cards and limited health enrollment.
...and cable company customer service.
That just illustrates Area 51's weakness- it actually has an address or can be found on a map.
Title: Re: Will you storm Area 51 in September?
Post by: charby on July 16, 2019, 08:21:38 AM
...and cable company customer service.
That just illustrates Area 51's weakness- it actually has an address or can be found on a map.

 :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Title: Re: Will you storm Area 51 in September?
Post by: MechAg94 on July 16, 2019, 04:47:34 PM
...and cable company customer service.
That just illustrates Area 51's weakness- it actually has an address or can be found on a map.
I figure anything of importance was moved to Area 52. 
Title: Re: Will you storm Area 51 in September?
Post by: Jamisjockey on July 16, 2019, 06:22:01 PM
So, Kyle?

Naruto?

Someone's bathwater?

Do I want to know what these are?

A Kyle is an internet meme https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.knowyourmeme.com/memes/kyle

Nartuo is some reference to how some anime character runs
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naruto

Try and keep up

Title: Re: Will you storm Area 51 in September?
Post by: T.O.M. on July 16, 2019, 10:00:09 PM
I spent some down time looking at Google Map satellite views of Area 51 (look up Groom Lake, which is just to the north of Area 51 runways).  First, bravo to Google. If you drag the yellow man onto the area, he changes into a flying saucer.  Second, there are some good vantage points around the area.  Think the snipers would mind if we came with binoculars just to watch the show?
Title: Re: Will you storm Area 51 in September?
Post by: bedlamite on July 16, 2019, 11:55:11 PM
I spent some down time looking at Google Map satellite views of Area 51 (look up Groom Lake, which is just to the north of Area 51 runways).  First, bravo to Google. If you drag the yellow man onto the area, he changes into a flying saucer.  Second, there are some good vantage points around the area.  Think the snipers would mind if we came with binoculars just to watch the show?

There *used to be* some good vantage points. Now, If you can see it, you are on govt property.
Title: Re: Will you storm Area 51 in September?
Post by: HankB on July 17, 2019, 10:03:38 AM
There *used to be* some good vantage points. Now, If you can see it, you are on govt property.
I wonder how many people will bring drones . . .

Wouldn't it be funny if they released hundreds or thousands of balloons trailing strands of foil from somewhere upwind of the site?  >:D
Title: Re: Will you storm Area 51 in September?
Post by: WLJ on July 17, 2019, 10:51:30 AM
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/f7b5ddcbd20b364fa17c8bfa22e2601d/tumblr_pur092de6y1xoyw8po1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Will you storm Area 51 in September?
Post by: lee n. field on July 17, 2019, 11:27:45 AM
A Kyle is an internet meme https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.knowyourmeme.com/memes/kyle

OK, that also explains "karen", sort of, which  I was wondering about.

Quote
Nartuo is some reference to how some anime character runs
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naruto

Try and keep up

Gave up decades ago.
Title: Re: Will you storm Area 51 in September?
Post by: Scout26 on July 18, 2019, 01:12:20 AM
The Military (especially the Army) uses "Carl" as the f-d up troop who has a terminal case of the stupids.


Meanwhile regarding the storming of Area 51, I'll be like:

 [popcorn] [popcorn] [popcorn] [popcorn] [popcorn] [popcorn]

Title: Re: Will you storm Area 51 in September?
Post by: bedlamite on July 18, 2019, 10:29:57 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bNeNL5tvMs
Title: Re: Will you storm Area 51 in September?
Post by: TommyGunn on July 18, 2019, 10:38:00 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bNeNL5tvMs

Seal Team Six wannabe? :rofl: :rofl: :facepalm: [tinfoil]...... :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Title: Re: Will you storm Area 51 in September?
Post by: HeroHog on July 18, 2019, 11:39:39 AM
I'm in, if I'm in the area and my scooter is charged enough to make all the way to the base from the perimeter...
Title: Re: Will you storm Area 51 in September?
Post by: 230RN on July 19, 2019, 09:19:32 AM
I'm in, if I'm in the area and my scooter is charged enough to make all the way to the base from the perimeter...

Similar boat with my cane.  I might be able to drizzle in, but "storming in" is out of the question.

Lemmings.

Lemmings, all.

Terry, 230RN


Terry, 230RN
Title: Re: Will you storm Area 51 in September?
Post by: Fly320s on July 19, 2019, 09:53:38 AM
You bunch of neophytes.

You want to walk/run/storm across a desert?  Are you stupid or something?  Why walk when you can drive?  And why drive when you can fly?

Airborne assault is the best approach. 

Therefore, I recommend launching yourselves over the fence with a trebuchet or catapult.  Chainmail armor is optional.
Title: Re: Will you storm Area 51 in September?
Post by: MillCreek on July 19, 2019, 10:04:48 AM
Go hover or go home.

https://observer.com/2019/07/franky-zapata-hoverboard-bastille-day/
Title: Re: Will you storm Area 51 in September?
Post by: WLJ on July 19, 2019, 10:45:26 AM
Heard there's info that can lead to the arrest of Hillary at Area 51. Also heard that the largest mass suicide in history is being planned for Sept 20th.


Title: Re: Will you storm Area 51 in September?
Post by: K Frame on July 19, 2019, 12:04:49 PM
You bunch of neophytes.

You want to walk/run/storm across a desert?  Are you stupid or something?  Why walk when you can drive?  And why drive when you can fly?

Airborne assault is the best approach. 

Therefore, I recommend launching yourselves over the fence with a trebuchet or catapult.  Chainmail armor is optional.


WITNESS THEM!

http://gph.is/1K7wXU3
Title: Re: Will you storm Area 51 in September?
Post by: 230RN on July 19, 2019, 01:56:44 PM
"Therefore, I recommend launching yourselves over the fence with a trebuchet or catapult.  Chainmail armor is optional."

Chainmail armor made out of spring steel wire, right?

Boingboingboingboing.

If there were "anything" there, former President BHO would have told us:

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES

SUBJECT:      Transparency and Open Government

My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government.  We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration. Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness in Government.

Government should be transparent.  Transparency promotes accountability and provides information for citizens about what their Government is doing.  Information maintained by the Federal Government is a national asset. My Administration will take appropriate action, consistent with law and policy, to disclose information rapidly in forms that the public can readily find and use. Executive departments and agencies should harness new technologies to put information about their operations and decisions online and readily available to the public. Executive departments and agencies should also solicit public feedback to identify information of greatest use to the public.

.... edited for brevity, 230RN

BARACK OBAMA

Source:
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/transparency-and-open-government

"...consistent with law and policy..."  Aye, there's the loophole, all the other fine words notwithstanding.

I say thus:  If there is or was anything there deserving of such ultra-high levels of security, all the better for the safety of the U.S., so maybe those lemmings should let it be.

 I bet there would be a couple of "Amens" over that statement.

Terry, 230RN


Title: Re: Will you storm Area 51 in September?
Post by: Scout26 on July 19, 2019, 03:55:14 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swdOiDliTJY
Title: Re: Will you storm Area 51 in September?
Post by: Fly320s on July 19, 2019, 07:47:47 PM
This whole thing is going to end up like Geraldo Rivera chasing Al Capone's vault.