Storming Area 51 won’t work, but studying UFOs is a real concern

Published July 16, 2019 11:00am ET



Intelligent extraterrestrial or extradimensional beings may well exist. But it is almost certain that none of those beings or bodies are in Area 51. Moreover, the U.S. military isn’t going to let folks just wander into that sensitive base.

Still, more than 1 million people have signed up for a Facebook event which calls for storming the Groom Lake area of Edwards Air Force Base, also known as Area 51, this September. While divided by levels of seriousness, the group apparently thinks it can find proof of aliens at the base.

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