Case file · Secret facility (alleged)
'Storm Area 51'
A joke Facebook event created on 27 June 2019 drew more than two million 'going' replies to a raid on Area 51; on 20 September a few thousand people actually came to festivals at Rachel and Hiko, and only a handful approached the gates.
2019 CE · 37.60, -115.22 · status: official
The sceptical view
The event shows how the base's mythology has become a shared internet joke; nothing was found because nobody got in.