Thousands attend Area 51 events in Nevada desert

A Facebook hoax this summer invited people to storm Area 51 on September 20. Five people have been arrested since Thursday. Meanwhile, thousands of others are celebrating their love of UFOs at a number of festivals in the Nevada desert.
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[@discontinuedanimationchann5819]

“Thousands of people raid Area 51” “Shows about 10 people”

[@fredriikforkbeard7455]

Hayden Animates! They should’ve shown one of the caravans

[@skt8929]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5nLpZt9hrKDptU

[@fredriikforkbeard7455]

SKT tks good summary 😎

[@XUIW]

That's the news for you.

[@brettreichart]

@@fredriikforkbeard7455 This clip has more people in it than the "caravan".

[@armanivhj5980]

I’m disappointed their arm game weak their speed game weak they didn’t go far. They should be banned access from the villages

[@byronsmessedupmind5546]

armani vhj I was thinking the same thing 😭😭

[@endgamerunknown2255]

And where were you when we needed you.

[@beeshbrown8125]

The 5 kages approve this message👍👍👍👍👍

[@miguelBT2809]

The punctuation game is weak... AF!!

[@tobysmith2081]

Where are you?

[@dachief9757]

This is one of the most disappointing memes ever. I really thought more people would come lol.

[@joshuamcclung8362]

Night wolf Abdi well, the military did strait up say “hehe yeah, TRY IT”

[@lolbit8771]

Yah

[@isaaktheboii]

Ikr lmao

[@xavirobinn2788]

more people did actually come at night time that was just a bad clip

[@manifestationhappiness705]

I know right it really failed

[@franco.cordini]

"They can't stop us all" *five guards and a dog* "-It was just a prank bro"

[@chichan9013]

They turned the raid into a camping trip.

[@cosmeticlol452]

Flashy Paws I clicked on the link and it showed cats vs dogs 💀💀

[@mosquito4440]

@@cosmeticlol452 😂😂😂

[@nelsonta00]

its a festival too!

[@atomictraveller]

remember: raid base but don't do anything your not supposed to, in case you get into trouble just ride fuking donkey all life hoo hah yum gimme demons i love demons trip and slip with america

[@linanicolia1363]

sort of cute. Their intentions were good and a small distraction.

[@ingeniousJay]

I didn't see thousands...they need more clone jutsu

[@kalamitygame4195]

Sellabration how about more clone brain!!!🤣🤣

[@uncharted7againblackking256]

Wow beautiful comment hahahah

[@gordonschnick12]

Did you see videos from last night? A lot of people, even youtubers.

[@3xt1Collatz]

You are fake news the other major news outlets said there was 200 people as well only 2 people were arrested for trespassing another for disorderly conduct and another for indecent exposure! Such liars. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@bradnobl]

The 1000s are in that "other" parallel universe. "Ohhhh now I get it."

[@hanzt468]

imagine the people that stormed the capitol went to area 51 instead

[@eavyeavy2864]

If we had the folks who riot capital today when we storm Area 51 we would free the alien

[@pittabread5063]

@@eavyeavy2864 or get torn to death by thousands of bullets

[@brunovalerio5689]

Imagem BLM storming the are 51 not even the rock would be safe

[@MIL-SIM-Shadow-Company-III]

@@pittabread5063 not bullets this time. We are testing new generation weaponry that will replace any current standard issue weapon our military is using.

[@Mr.PR2000]

@@MIL-SIM-Shadow-Company-III 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@conyo985]

This just shows how much better 2019 was compared to 2020.

[@EnderGreenPanda]

The josh battle is waaaaayyyy better

[@chilldoc9638]

2020 was an amazing year

[@user-nb5jo2xi1g]

@@chilldoc9638 For you but not for me

[@user-nb5jo2xi1g]

Agreed

[@sebatheepik]

@@chilldoc9638 yeah same for me

[@joshfarmer7]

They want to do the NARUTO run, but some don't know who NARUTO is...the fuckery

[@liltree8382]

Anime is for virgins

[@comradecat1922]

Anime is still a thing Get a life losers

[@javo3942]

Josh Quick yeah I’m pretty sure these dorks know who Naruto is.😂

[@comrademays9631]

@@liltree8382 you're the loser for thinking like that

[@mang5949]

Lil Tree spitting straight facts

[@your7thfather392]

It was 100 not thousands and in the clip it was 15 By 100 I mean later on in the day

[@KappaJxsh]

Imjustdinoman it was thousands of people eairlier,

[@uncharted7againblackking256]

Hahha facts

[@STho205]

You saw about 18 people, not 100 here. The last one was about to have a heart attack. Too many doritos and Dr Pepper in his Mom's basement.

[@lazer7869]

You can't see rest of them because they are running to fast.....

[@jeffdunnell508]

The rest of them were too busy raiding the fridge

[@GamerB2022LikesTugs]

No way it’s been 4 years since this happened. I remember talking about it with my friends at my old school.

[@Arifumiko]

SAME. 😭 I MISS IT

[@Champagneyear]

How old where you then and now.

[@JesusDoBem666]

@@ChampagneyearI was in my second year of high school. In 2020 I was a senior, Im currently 21 old

[@noob-jy7zd]

i got to stay home and watch the live stream

[@Allabovethesky]

Broo!! 😭💔💔 I seriously want to go back to 2019

[@emil2321]

"They can't stop all of us" Area 51 security: *laughs in mounted LMG rounds

[@LucidPreditor]

How did the security get inside the LMG rounds?

[@fastcars514]

@@LucidPreditor what

[@vanessatorres3635]

So your telling me people can raid the capital but can’t raid Area 51

[@andreah6175]

see my videos - directed energy vs weighted blanket

[@jackyboi1235]

*laughs in cannons*

[@ep5212]

You expect me to believe these are adults?

[@danielh8569]

LMAO.

[@uncharted7againblackking256]

😁😂😁😂

[@DOCSAFETUBE]

More like snowflake losers

[@Carolina_Luke]

@@peupater7414 He's just jealous he didn't get to go and clap a girl's cheek(s) there.

[@Carolina_Luke]

@@peupater7414 In this case I imagine it would be both because why not. Clap HUMAN and ALIEN girl cheeks!

[@UncleFjester]

the same 2 million people that said they would move to Canada if Trump was elected.

[@Danderson4589]

haha, that was funny.

[@hnys7976]

Shut up boomer

[@___Truth___]

@• LX Gamer • Some people are just weirdos 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@freshyda_j9132]

Yooo Onggg 😭😭

[@darnellingram5719]

Well... I live in Germany now ... so it wasn’t all lies

[@MrLegoguy47]

"Thousands attend Area 51 events in Nevada desert" *Only shows about less than 20 people*

[@anthonydoesstuff]

Yes

[@ericmendenhall2867]

1 person = 1000

[@sheaworrell661]

I was extremely sad about how the raid turned out....

[@monki2825]

agreed

[@ihatelife5464]

People are cowards....

[@dyingismypassion7997]

Yes

[@scottl500]

They would have been shot and killed don't blame them. Plus its trespassing. Plus plus what if they are hiding something for our safety.

[@Ok-ok-ok-ok-ok]

@@scottl500 if they are hiding it that means it's dangerous or powerful if that is powerful or dangerous that could be used for wars so probably they are hiding some weapons or nothing maybe just a bluff

[@toriharmon7768]

Where are the thousands of people? Also very disappointed in their lack of energy in the Naruto run.

[@ChickenLord319]

yea looking like they just did 25 laps around Asia

[@-rio-.]

Right

[@CryptoJebb]

They didn't use the good clip. I'm the one in white. We have the better video

[@tribeofJudah1445]

Dats white ppl. fucciN up Everythang. everythang. Everyting!!!! DAMN it was Literally disgusting. That's how I feel about everything yall do. Fucc ups.....

[@skt8929]

News doesn't do it justice heres a better idea of the scale kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5nLpZt9hrKDptU

[@Gun_Thumb]

Lol they left the gate wide open like " go ahead be dumb"

[@daahsri]

King Ammah there is no gate lol

[@VenomousVortexProductions]

Gosh this is 4 years ago now. I remember when I and my old school friends were theorising about what'd happen to Area 51 that day. Only a few months prior to the COVID disaster too...

[@bradwiller7706]

Wtf was that? Even Special Olympics runners have better form

[@LiquidCesspool]

Yikes

[@jeffmacilraithify]

Lol what you expect? Them to Olympic run into the gate???

[@callmebig_e]

naruto running it was on the petition where u signed up, u had to naruto run

[@its.kailel]

Brad Willer it's called Naruto running dude

[@ye4439]

Bruh even naruto running can have better form than that

[@haydeng3316]

What a failure and an embarrassment this whole thing turned out to be

[@Truchasgl3]

Why?. This was a joke. And they wemt to have fun. It was a festival made for the memes. Did you really expect people to raid a miltary base? In that case you are the silly one here.

[@stewiegriffin4565]

True I wanted to see some morons get shot or tased for trespassing

[@ight3817]

@@Truchasgl3 no I'm sure he wasn't expecting a full on military base invasion, but more of the fact of why would people go to extremely lengths just for a meme. It really goes to show people seriously have nothing else better to do lmao

[@discobroccoli198]

i g h t what “lengths” did they go? Most of those people probably lived in the area so it’s not like they worked hard to get there

[@bloodycinephile]

@@stewiegriffin4565 Then just watch any prank youtuber. For some reason they don't think trespassing laws apply to them.

[@fcm3d]

This is kinda embarrassing to watch.

[@Cscottrun53]

@NOT YOU extremely embarrassing

[@GotoHere]

Jun Moreno Embarrassing like a Joe Biden campaign rally.

[@bunie5276]

it has been a year since the raid today and it felt like it was yesterday

[@liewipaulos3936]

Same lol

[@helios9261]

Two Years… felt like the day before yesterday

[@bunie5276]

@@helios9261 you’re right…

[@savaesmek]

@@helios92613 years felt like the day before the day before yesterday

[@user-yl8zp9mn1w]

4 years and it feels like decades ago

[@TheRobzX]

note this; covid happened almost directly after this

[@MrBullet888]

And a few Moms rejoiced that their kids came up from the basement and saw sunlight for the first time in years. 😂 Yay aliens!!

[@breakplateseatsteaks5107]

😂 Yeah *SCIENCE*

[@morena012]

😂😂😂

[@mosquito4440]

😂🤣😂🤣

[@khamaribooker9740]

Bwaahahhaha 😂😅😅😅😂😂😂

[@acommunist1607]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂💯💯💯💯😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽😆😆😆😆😂😂😂😂😂😂💪💪💪💪💪💪💪😤 😐

[@fitchkou]

I bet these few people are less than those aliens inside.

[@NowhereAndEver]

Who's here after 1 year of September 20th?

[@canyourunlikenarutoo8253]

Praise thy raid

[@breadybeard3813]

E

[@IamDakotaaaa]

y'all. who remembers this?

[@Greenpoloboy3]

They should be wearing tinfoil hats for safety

[@CrzyChase]

This will have 1,000 likes one day. 🖒

[@chillboi589]

Im Barbossa u sure

[@uncharted7againblackking256]

@RedGaming Studio wow u need to watch more movies check out this movie caller signs with mel Gibson in it then you'll understand

[@sweet.patata]

RedGaming Studio its some kind of cone shaped tinfoil hat thats used to not let the aliens mindcontrol you

[@sirboomsalot4902]

Aloha Why “sadly”? People wear those to make fun of conspiracy theorists.

[@mayolnis3119]

The good old day of 2019

[@Allabovethesky]

😢

[@Allabovethesky]

I want to go back to 2019

[@KamikazeCash123]

2019 was goated

[@eliwood8023]

Raiders: we're *serious* about this! Also raiders: die after running maybe 50 feet, laughing the whole time. Me: serious?

[@Kazuk0100]

they dont even know how to do it properly.

[@kevintheseacucumber4675]

0:16 “Yo lets stay behind bro” “Aight”

[@mosquito4440]

I'm done!🤣

[@user-pj6ye3bi5n]

me in gym

[@i-deni-i5138]

When a news anchor says “not sure you’ll find UFOs” then you know they have them.

[@samuraicheems5117]

Expectations : *2 Million people* Reality :

[@gotyesomeonyouusetoknow]

When area 51 has more security than the border

[@gdstar6917]

whats the "border"

[@PaulinaPaulino]

Does this "run" look like it was staged for the TV cameras? And the fat guy way in the back, holding up his pants... too funny?

[@ChickenLord319]

lol

[@zukokurama]

The raid is still ongoing we are all actually under a genjutsu living in a false reality where only "200 showed up"

[@tarrynshorts3646]

Loser fest 2019.

[@zvcyii]

fake news, they didn't report "clap them cheeks"

[@tshields7985]

What a time to be alive

[@DinkyWinkie69]

Still can't believe this was a year ago

[@djungbo4462]

1 year from the legendary raid, never forget

[@LucidPreditor]

Raid? You mean the loitering.

[@djungbo4462]

@@LucidPreditor the legendary loitering

[@braulioromero9880]

@@djungbo4462 lmao

[@sceptre80]

Should've raided it yesterday so we could actually have something to remember on the 21st night of September.

[@10kfollowersnovideos58]

Looking back this was my favorite internet meme

[@GitSumGaming]

It’s scientifically proven when you naruto run at an exactly 120 degrees angle whilst screaming at the top of your lungs you go 15% the speed of light. So it wouldn’t take that long to cover the 15 miles to get through the gates...git educated

[@rohandev2305]

*Thousand attend Area 51 events in Nevada desert* *Me* : *lol* 😂

[@darklatios7775]

I haven't cringed this hard in such a long time =/

[@x_VolcanicAsh_x]

1 year ago, and it still feels like yesterday

[@fanaticalplel1003]

This....did not go as badass as I expected in my head

[@TheEskimogrl]

Only a couple hundred went to the gate, the rest of the people were in Rachel next to the alien inn or they were at the alien research center gift store down the road. Everyone kept changing the meet up time from 3am to 4:20pm so more people showed up the following day, not at 3am like originally planned.

[@N8tiveBaller22]

The ones that showed up took a joke serious 😂. And you know at least one of them took days off from work.

[@ghivifahmi4252]

If we tell the capitol protesters that the missing votes are in area 51 we might have a raid this year

[@JohnMatrixOfficial]

It's hard to run a 5k, while drinking Coronas.

[@GodThunderGaming]

Wait a minute? Corona

[@airdunk23]

@@GodThunderGaming corona beer bruh

[@GodThunderGaming]

@@airdunk23 oh lol

[@KoolAidDinkyTV]

This was the beginning of the world tearing apart Edit: I am back after congress talking about aliens.

[@truebreakage9003]

Basically

[@TheLocalBomber1]

I have never been this disappointed in my life

[@thxo6639]

One of the few things that make me proud of our generation.

[@mgtv3344]

Wb now

[@Elmer_Fudd]

WARNING: This is (Click Bait)👽 Only a couple dozen showed up!🙄

[@Elmer_Fudd]

Ok 27 showed up!🙄

[@pepega4844]

You know why you're here. We need round 2.🤣🤣🤣

[@murkypal9801]

Damn I was expecting thousands of people running into the gate but only 15 people were there and only 5 attempted to get in... how embarrassing

[@drumrollplease631]

I am the only one from my friends who remembered the anniversary of the raid

[@ProdOchoaSoLit]

no I came back to this video 4 the same reason

[@drumrollplease631]

yslochoa yep, you did, but I’m the only one from *my friends* who remembered it

[@kelseyclemons8881]

We should make this a thing every year

[@julz_swag]

Man I remember all this Area 51 raid meme stuff lol

[@skbdabest1244]

Who else came here for the memories

[@ivaerz4977]

thousands lol there are more people inside an Elevator than that

[@trustmeforreal6361]

Lol they just went 10year olds raiding Area 51

[@narutomega7178]

Wow... My friend ...! What are you doing...? That my style...Naruto Mega here.

[@nullpointer66]

They should do this like a yearly event

[@CircusSabre]

WHO'S READY FOR ROUND 2 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Bert-bc3dx]

I've got the Shaun, let's go

[@dissonance2675]

A few dazed & confused souls in search of 👽👽👽

[@0thereviewer586]

Lol...😁

[@JZGreengo]

I love how happy they are lmao all I see are people enjoying life and enjoying memes

[@alyakav8087]

That one person who was running but looked like hey were walking was a mood

[@RiskyYT]

Click bait at its finest, had me excited and then I see 15 people what a let down

[@gordonschnick12]

Find videos from last night. People started showing up Thursday night. The raid was at 3:00 am

[@RiskyYT]

Gordon Schnick imma have to check that out

[@taoist32]

Gordon Schnick It was a festival. No one raided the base. Once you reach the gate you still have 40 miles of desert before you reach one of the buildings of the base.

[@geoneo7238]

COMMENTS ARE WORTH IT!! I’m still laughing at some of the best comments I’ve read in quite awhile!! 😂😂

[@psychoticsalmon]

here I am, hoping this becomes an annual festival

[@Charles-km7in]

This happened almost a year ago? I know it was a let down, but damn.

[@RollingxBigshot]

That was about 20 people lol

[@reknas78]

Thousands??? I counted less than 10 and stopped 100 yards from the gate. Pathetic!

[@skt8929]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJbNdnesr61gjMk

[@skt8929]

There where more later at night at at the hotels

[@sweatelope4989]

No 3DFX footage. >: C

[@anti4107]

wait this happened almost a year ago i feel old

[@j28esn]

Ngl, this is definitely why covid started. Area 51 wanted to get back at people for endangering their secrecy 😂

[@urmom-qr6ix]

its a military base, you are asking to get shot if you go in there 🙄😬

[@kamokkan]

I refuse to believe it will be 2 years since...

[@Natalia-on3ce]

I came to say dang this was a year ago and then I see em run like that😭😭😭

[@imustbecrazy5626]

Staged photo. They were drinking beer and standing around all day. It turned into a loser festival.

[@buttonmash1572]

So people are losers for trying to have fun?

[@imustbecrazy5626]

@@buttonmash1572 no their losers for not doing what they came there for. Virtue signaling for nerds.

[@buttonmash1572]

@@imustbecrazy5626 Yeah they should've at least freed one alien

[@imustbecrazy5626]

@@buttonmash1572 Naw dawg. They should have been vaporized.

[@buttonmash1572]

@@imustbecrazy5626 Vaporized by alien blasters seems a little extreme

[@artstrology]

Greetings, We have flown across the Galaxy to perform free proctology exams.

[@artstrology]

@早 上 好 Guerilla Gorilla There is no sign up necessary. You are selected by a process that existed before you were born. Please relax and do not resist. It is best if you don't struggle during the procedure. Thank you for your cooperation.

[@AndGuitar]

Isn’t every other video or news service reporting that approximately 100 people actually showed up? Where does CBS see thousands?

[@dem7556]

This whole ordeal was so surreal and entertaining, cant wait for next year!

[@therealniqqatron]

Today is the raids anniversary

[@darkervlm2876]

Yes

[@rafaelthecrusader7968]

Just nerds being nerds. These are not the most courageous type

[@cami5431]

“Thousands storm area 51” *shows 10 people*

[@kermskayla7764]

The bravest people of them all I salute them all

[@idahogreen2885]

idk about "thousands" but the vid showed upwards of 15!!!!

[@gordonschnick12]

Find videos from last night.

[@toat_]

There were thousands who came and left. Search videos up. The ones at nighttime had alot of people.

[@RaulHernandez-xo4ie]

Omg this people need professional help , I hope there not planing on having kid's. We have enough """pollution"""in this world.

[@cerenity3578]

You dont know if some of them already have kids or not.

[@jthegoat9868]

I cant believe that this was already 1 year ago

[@grimwashere4104]

remember when this was our biggest concern in life

[@winstonpoindexter8401]

That’s exactly what I was expecting to happen 😂

[@juniuws]

The fact that they took the jokes seriously 🙄

[@doomxprie]

I think it was kinda real but mostly a joke

[@mzimmma]

0:05 that is me when the pizza delivery belles the door

[@marrakesh_3589]

It wasn't about rushing the place it was about the freinds we made along the way