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<p>The American people are finally ready to meet our extraterrestrial friends. No amount of X-Files reruns can fill the UFO-shaped void inside of our intergalactic hearts, and the current universe of trending memes proves it.</p><p>After decades of anecdotes and alien conspiracy theories about Area 51, the remote Nevada-based military facility highly barred from the public, someone organized <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/885909075108287/?active_tab=discussion" target="_blank">a public Facebook event</a> get the people some answers.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Who’s down??? <a href="https://t.co/VEfBzXTkX4">pic.twitter.com/VEfBzXTkX4</a></p>&mdash; Alex (@aranaalex41) <a href="https://twitter.com/aranaalex41/status/1146320986972626945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 3, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>The brilliantly facetious event is titled &quot;Storm Area 51, They Can&#39;t Stop All Of Us,&quot; and the event description sets out a simple objective:</h2><blockquote> <p>&quot;We will all meet up at the Area 51 Alien Center tourist attraction and coordinate our entry. If we naruto run, we can move faster than their bullets. Let&rsquo;s see them aliens.&quot;</p> </blockquote><p> </p><p>The Naruto run references the running style of the anime character Naruto Uzumaki, who runs with his arms behind him and his body lunged forward to minimize wind resistance.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Me &amp; the rest of the Naruto Runners storming the frontlines during the Area 51 raid on September 20th. <a href="https://t.co/37Bmb6oFkg">pic.twitter.com/37Bmb6oFkg</a></p>&mdash; Scenario (@iScenario) <a href="https://twitter.com/iScenario/status/1149516273438429186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>At the time of writing this, over 500,000 people have clicked &quot;attending&quot; for the massive Area 51 invasion slated for September 20th.</h2><oembed>https://twitter.com/PalkeshMishra/status/1149635225334382594</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is what we wearing when we Naruto run into Area 51 <a href="https://t.co/FhnJyqLdZo">pic.twitter.com/FhnJyqLdZo</a></p>&mdash; vic•kuroo simp (@KUR00S) <a href="https://twitter.com/KUR00S/status/1149600957535141891?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Area 51 is connected to California&#39;s Edwards Air Force Base, and is primarily used as a testing site for experimental plane technology and other top secret military projects. Conspiracy theorists and alien truthers have claimed the base has also been used to investigate a UFO that crashed in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Alien niggas after bunch of weebs come naruto running to area 51 <a href="https://t.co/Y3wyAQlZok">pic.twitter.com/Y3wyAQlZok</a></p>&mdash; BDI🌠 (@Slxcking) <a href="https://twitter.com/Slxcking/status/1149613263014858752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">the area 51 guards when 300k dudes naruto run at the gate in september <a href="https://t.co/RdEIv0apMK">pic.twitter.com/RdEIv0apMK</a></p>&mdash; Tyler (@Dy5function) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dy5function/status/1149505116078166019?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Us walking out of Area 51 with no aliens <a href="https://t.co/7J543zMKXM">pic.twitter.com/7J543zMKXM</a></p>&mdash; tomriddleswhorecrux (@BonneyLydia) <a href="https://twitter.com/BonneyLydia/status/1149617363337142274?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">so here’s the master plan to our invasion on Area 51<br><br>(please don’t tell the government) <a href="https://t.co/p0z4fsDEYi">pic.twitter.com/p0z4fsDEYi</a></p>&mdash; 👤 LIL CHUNDERSTUDY 👤 (@ChunATL) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChunATL/status/1149135354152271877?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Naturally, the quickly rising popularity of the Facebook event has given the internet the gift of countless new alien memes, a beautiful blessing we didn&#39;t know we needed, but we certainly need.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Me deciding on what alien I wanna take home from Area 51 <a href="https://t.co/MfeBv9S7jt">pic.twitter.com/MfeBv9S7jt</a></p>&mdash; max (@Loui5Santana) <a href="https://twitter.com/Loui5Santana/status/1149657803658629120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/ChaiChi24/status/1149630936390070272</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Europeans opening twitter and seeing tweets about raiding Area 51 <a href="https://t.co/PEse4BrnBn">pic.twitter.com/PEse4BrnBn</a></p>&mdash; peep (@TheGeekyPeep) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheGeekyPeep/status/1149615733472497666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/Caleb_Brentley/status/1149663097533059072</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Area 51, as with most military bases, is heavily guarded. The last (documented) alien truther to attempt to break in got immediately shot down in January. But the 500,000 are hoping the sheer numbers, aided by the Naruto sprint, would allow some survivors to see the aliens.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">my alien i took from area 51 waking me up at 3am to ask how to work my shower <a href="https://t.co/tNGzzNDrgX">pic.twitter.com/tNGzzNDrgX</a></p>&mdash; ✰ AJA-MILAN ✰ (@_ajaoneal) <a href="https://twitter.com/_ajaoneal/status/1149613172283695106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Me getting on Twitter trying to find out why Area 51 is trending <a href="https://t.co/ei3PEJcYFM">pic.twitter.com/ei3PEJcYFM</a></p>&mdash; The Social Fever (@Goon_Squaddddd) <a href="https://twitter.com/Goon_Squaddddd/status/1149651164700348418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">How I’m pulling up to Area 51<br><br>vs<br><br>How I’m leaving Area 51 <a href="https://t.co/WLAqAWZK1B">pic.twitter.com/WLAqAWZK1B</a></p>&mdash; Dre (@lilaltoidfyb) <a href="https://twitter.com/lilaltoidfyb/status/1149677446972747776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The U.S government when everyone arrives at area 51 <br><br> <a href="https://t.co/Mn3h2uZcpb">pic.twitter.com/Mn3h2uZcpb</a></p>&mdash; C R G (@realistzen) <a href="https://twitter.com/realistzen/status/1149642158506311680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Me talking to the Aliens in Area 51 <a href="https://t.co/QBdiq0X5WS">pic.twitter.com/QBdiq0X5WS</a></p>&mdash; Kaiya (@Firockie) <a href="https://twitter.com/Firockie/status/1149660057576996864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">me on my way to Area 52 while the guards are focusing on Area 51 <a href="https://t.co/7A9DvrZ17m">pic.twitter.com/7A9DvrZ17m</a></p>&mdash; alli⁷ ♡ (@vsweetkth) <a href="https://twitter.com/vsweetkth/status/1149608535027621889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>In the rare case that some attendees took this seriously and showed up ready to invade, it&#39;s a pretty sure thing they&#39;d be arrested, shot, or apprehended. Luckily though, most of the alien enthusiasts who hit &quot;attending&quot; have been funneling their brave truth-seeking energy into creating out of this world memes.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">the aliens from area 51 getting way too comfy in my house <a href="https://t.co/iKK59GjfxY">pic.twitter.com/iKK59GjfxY</a></p>&mdash; alison (@sandowhat) <a href="https://twitter.com/sandowhat/status/1149636074546724865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/gimme_nek/status/1149670866386636801</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">*Area 51 is trending on Twitter*<br><br>aliens: <a href="https://t.co/9zI2pfQL3r">pic.twitter.com/9zI2pfQL3r</a></p>&mdash; The Social Fever (@Goon_Squaddddd) <a href="https://twitter.com/Goon_Squaddddd/status/1149648112480206851?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">the government desperately trying to distract everyone from area 51 by making vine trending everyone: <a href="https://t.co/s9WNTlz8RO">pic.twitter.com/s9WNTlz8RO</a></p>&mdash; alex (@alexjohnhoff) <a href="https://twitter.com/alexjohnhoff/status/1149636860089495552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Everyone’s Mums waiting outside Area 51 after we see the aliens. <a href="https://t.co/swZtqCvNPb">pic.twitter.com/swZtqCvNPb</a></p>&mdash; Niall Moran 🎗 (@niallmoran_) <a href="https://twitter.com/niallmoran_/status/1149641207041032193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">How people are getting ready to invade Area 51 to find those aliens 😂 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Area51?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Area51</a> <a href="https://t.co/Rtd25YaoJr">pic.twitter.com/Rtd25YaoJr</a></p>&mdash; Victoria Perez :) (@TheRealViktorya) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRealViktorya/status/1149681131123564544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Me coming back with a new fit i found inside Area 51 <a href="https://t.co/xH2oBynqtz">pic.twitter.com/xH2oBynqtz</a></p>&mdash; 🎱🪐🐝 | BLM (@Mcl0vun) <a href="https://twitter.com/Mcl0vun/status/1149615898275135489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The U.S government wiping our memories after we all turn up at Area 51 <a href="https://t.co/YR5CR2uckA">pic.twitter.com/YR5CR2uckA</a></p>&mdash; Matt Martin (@matthewjmartin_) <a href="https://twitter.com/matthewjmartin_/status/1149657473671786498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/claire_gvf/status/1149653924699234305</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">us walking into area 51 with no plan <a href="https://t.co/QFxJEpASRh">pic.twitter.com/QFxJEpASRh</a></p>&mdash; jack (@yolandaenigma) <a href="https://twitter.com/yolandaenigma/status/1149531935414222849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">All of us going over the plan to overrun the guards at Area 51 <a href="https://t.co/KrpLanGA6K">pic.twitter.com/KrpLanGA6K</a></p>&mdash; TJ🤴🏾 (@TheeTJRuth) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheeTJRuth/status/1149527500310994946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The truth is out there, and we&#39;re all hoping to find it on September 20th.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Thousands have taken a Facebook pledge to raid Area 51 for aliens. The truth is out there.

The American people are finally ready to meet our extraterrestrial friends. No amount of X-Files reruns can fill the UFO-shaped void inside of our intergalactic hearts, and the current universe of trending memes proves it.After decades of anecdotes and alien conspiracy theories about Area 51, the remote Nevada-based military facility highly barred from the public, someone organized a public Facebook event get the people some answers.Who’s down??? pic.twitter.com/VEfBzXTkX4&mdash; Alex (@aranaalex41) July 3, 2019 The brilliantly facetious event is titled &quot;Storm Area 51, They Can&#39;t Stop All Of Us,&quot; and the event description sets out a simple objective: &quot;We will all meet up at the Area 51 Alien Center tourist attraction and coordinate our entry. If we naruto run, we can move faster than their bullets. Let&rsquo;s see them aliens.&quot;  The Naruto run references the running style of the anime character Naruto Uzumaki, who runs with his arms behind him and his body lunged forward to minimize wind resistance.Me &amp; the rest of the Naruto Runners storming the frontlines during the Area 51 raid on September 20th. pic.twitter.com/37Bmb6oFkg&mdash; Scenario (@iScenario) July 12, 2019 At the time of writing this, over 500,000 people have clicked &quot;attending&quot; for the massive Area 51 invasion slated for September 20th.https://twitter.com/PalkeshMishra/status/1149635225334382594This is what we wearing when we Naruto run into Area 51 pic.twitter.com/FhnJyqLdZo&mdash; vic•kuroo simp (@KUR00S) July 12, 2019 Area 51 is connected to California&#39;s Edwards Air Force Base, and is primarily used as a testing site for experimental plane technology and other top secret military projects. Conspiracy theorists and alien truthers have claimed the base has also been used to investigate a UFO that crashed in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947.Alien niggas after bunch of weebs come naruto running to area 51 pic.twitter.com/Y3wyAQlZok&mdash; BDI🌠 (@Slxcking) July 12, 2019 the area 51 guards when 300k dudes naruto run at the gate in september pic.twitter.com/RdEIv0apMK&mdash; Tyler (@Dy5function) July 12, 2019 Us walking out of Area 51 with no aliens pic.twitter.com/7J543zMKXM&mdash; tomriddleswhorecrux (@BonneyLydia) July 12, 2019 so here’s the master plan to our invasion on Area 51(please don’t tell the government) pic.twitter.com/p0z4fsDEYi&mdash; 👤 LIL CHUNDERSTUDY 👤 (@ChunATL) July 11, 2019 Naturally, the quickly rising popularity of the Facebook event has given the internet the gift of countless new alien memes, a beautiful blessing we didn&#39;t know we needed, but we certainly need.Me deciding on what alien I wanna take home from Area 51 pic.twitter.com/MfeBv9S7jt&mdash; max (@Loui5Santana) July 12, 2019 https://twitter.com/ChaiChi24/status/1149630936390070272Europeans opening twitter and seeing tweets about raiding Area 51 pic.twitter.com/PEse4BrnBn&mdash; peep (@TheGeekyPeep) July 12, 2019 https://twitter.com/Caleb_Brentley/status/1149663097533059072Area 51, as with most military bases, is heavily guarded. The last (documented) alien truther to attempt to break in got immediately shot down in January. But the 500,000 are hoping the sheer numbers, aided by the Naruto sprint, would allow some survivors to see the aliens.my alien i took from area 51 waking me up at 3am to ask how to work my shower pic.twitter.com/tNGzzNDrgX&mdash; ✰ AJA-MILAN ✰ (@_ajaoneal) July 12, 2019 Me getting on Twitter trying to find out why Area 51 is trending pic.twitter.com/ei3PEJcYFM&mdash; The Social Fever (@Goon_Squaddddd) July 12, 2019 How I’m pulling up to Area 51vsHow I’m leaving Area 51 pic.twitter.com/WLAqAWZK1B&mdash; Dre (@lilaltoidfyb) July 12, 2019 The U.S government when everyone arrives at area 51  pic.twitter.com/Mn3h2uZcpb&mdash; C R G (@realistzen) July 12, 2019 Me talking to the Aliens in Area 51 pic.twitter.com/QBdiq0X5WS&mdash; Kaiya (@Firockie) July 12, 2019 me on my way to Area 52 while the guards are focusing on Area 51 pic.twitter.com/7A9DvrZ17m&mdash; alli⁷ ♡ (@vsweetkth) July 12, 2019 In the rare case that some attendees took this seriously and showed up ready to invade, it&#39;s a pretty sure thing they&#39;d be arrested, shot, or apprehended. Luckily though, most of the alien enthusiasts who hit &quot;attending&quot; have been funneling their brave truth-seeking energy into creating out of this world memes.the aliens from area 51 getting way too comfy in my house pic.twitter.com/iKK59GjfxY&mdash; alison (@sandowhat) July 12, 2019 https://twitter.com/gimme_nek/status/1149670866386636801*Area 51 is trending on Twitter*aliens: pic.twitter.com/9zI2pfQL3r&mdash; The Social Fever (@Goon_Squaddddd) July 12, 2019 the government desperately trying to distract everyone from area 51 by making vine trending everyone: pic.twitter.com/s9WNTlz8RO&mdash; alex (@alexjohnhoff) July 12, 2019 Everyone’s Mums waiting outside Area 51 after we see the aliens. pic.twitter.com/swZtqCvNPb&mdash; Niall Moran 🎗 (@niallmoran_) July 12, 2019 How people are getting ready to invade Area 51 to find those aliens 😂 #Area51 pic.twitter.com/Rtd25YaoJr&mdash; Victoria Perez :) (@TheRealViktorya) July 12, 2019 Me coming back with a new fit i found inside Area 51 pic.twitter.com/xH2oBynqtz&mdash; 🎱🪐🐝 | BLM (@Mcl0vun) July 12, 2019 The U.S government wiping our memories after we all turn up at Area 51 pic.twitter.com/YR5CR2uckA&mdash; Matt Martin (@matthewjmartin_) July 12, 2019 https://twitter.com/claire_gvf/status/1149653924699234305us walking into area 51 with no plan pic.twitter.com/QFxJEpASRh&mdash; jack (@yolandaenigma) July 12, 2019  All of us going over the plan to overrun the guards at Area 51 pic.twitter.com/KrpLanGA6K&mdash; TJ🤴🏾 (@TheeTJRuth) July 12, 2019 The truth is out there, and we&#39;re all hoping to find it on September 20th.

The American people are finally ready to meet our extraterrestrial friends.