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A gate back to the top-secret U.S. military installation in Lincoln County , Nevada, known as Area 51

In Nevada away, the southern County of Lincoln, are two nondescript towns, whose population, 173. Surrounded by arid landscapes and dusty roads, as far as The Eye can see, the locations of Rachel and Hiko appear inconspicuous.

What makes it special, however, is its proximity to a top-secret US Air Force base better known as Area 51 . The mysterious military test area, long associated with UFO conspiracy theories, has cemented in folklore, their place in The Alien .

In these isolated cities, from 19. In September, tens of thousands of visitors will be gather would be expected, for two festivals, alien floor and Area storm 51 Basecamp .

in contrast to most large-scale festivals, these events are not years in the making. Instead, it comes from an internet joke posted on Facebook by only four months.

In a whirlwind couple of months, the person who helped behind this joke in the Organisation of those festivals, which he could now feared a "potential humanitarian disaster".

In June, the 20-year-old Matty Roberts, a student from Bakersfield, California, wrote a tongue-in-cheek Facebook event.

the name of the Facebook event was: "Storm Area 51 , you Can't Stop All of Us". The Plan , as the name implies, was to pay the charge at The Base in large enough to bypass the safety precautions.

Once inside the plant, the alleged secrets are lurking in the could be made of Alien Technology and secret government Research - finally available to The Public . "We see these aliens," the description explains The Event , even if lightly.

a few days after the Start of The Event , a viral sensation has been the headlines around The World .

"I have the Area 51 Facebook event at about 2 o'clock in the morning On June 27," Mr Roberts told the Bbc . "It was absolutely a joke from the get-go. It was just a ton of attention out of nowhere and it was Awesome . "

Matty Roberts written for The Storm Area 51 Facebook event in June for a laugh, As it stands, More Than 3. 5 million people have interest in participating in The Event on the 20th. September. Mr Roberts said it was a "good handful to take you seriously."

One of them is the 33-year-old Real Estate investor, Art Frasik, from Ohio. He told the Bbc that he and the others were determined to expose the system to enter "and to embrace The Discovery of The Aliens ."

"I'll be in Area 51 , because our American tax dollars Fund this facility and to hide after 70 years of Alien Technology from The World , it is our right to see it," he wrote in a Facebook message.

Two guys, a YouTuber and his friend, both from the Netherlands, have already been arrested, three miles within a restricted zone in the vicinity of the Area 51 base.

Matty Roberts said he started The Storm Area 51 Facebook event as a joke, The Other have similar threats to The Base , but to determine in addition to a plethora of memes, the extent of which is difficult.

The U.S. Air Force , on The Other hand, takes these threats seriously. Laura McAndrews, a spokeswoman for the Air Force , told the Bbc that "any attempt to, is the illegal access to military installations or military training areas dangerous."

Mr Roberts, again the warning, say not repeated, he wants someone to get hurt. According to the Facebook event viral, FBI agents went knocking on his door to question his intentions. Mr. Roberts assured The Agents he didn't "build pipe bombs or something crazy."

But what started as his "fun idea for a meme-page" escalated beyond his control. For the U.S. Air Force , and the counties of Lincoln and Nye, Area 51 invaders is the least of their worries could be.

Matty Roberts, 20, a student from Bakersfield, California, In particular, the two festivals represent great challenges for local law enforcement and infrastructure. Alien floor, hosted by the Little A'le'inn hotel in Rachel, and Area storm 51 Basecamp , held at The Alien Research Center in Hiko, authorizations issued by Lincoln County .

In preparation, The County prior to the signing of an emergency Declaration. No one with certainty how many people will participate, but the numbers vary between 5,000 and 50,000 round were white.

a visit from Area 51 , a pilgrimage for alien conspiracy theorists has been for decades. Right next to the Groom Lake base was in the 1950s as a test facility for the US spy plane, the Lockheed U-2 Reconnaissance Aircraft .

But according to Glenn Campbell, Area 51 expert, the plant is not public in connection with aliens and UFOs until the 1980s.

This was as a physicist Bob Lazar came forward on Las Vegas TV station. In an interview, he claimed that he was tasked with the reverse Engineering of an alien space ship in a separate facility near Area 51 .

"With his announcement, thousands of conspiracy theories have been born," Annie Jacobsen , wrote a bestselling book on Area 51 , told the Bbc .

, Because The Base is a classified military facility, no one knows what is currently happening there. Its purpose has always said "advance military science and technology faster and further than any other foreign power in The World ," Ms Jacobsen. Their veil of secrecy, The Other leads to different conclusions.

"The Base remains a black box, no one can get in to, so that it is said to be a kind of Rorschach Test for what you want To Believe ," Mr Campbell told the Bbc .

Area 51 is located about 30 miles (48 km) South of Rachel, in Lincoln County , Nevada, As Mr Roberts' Facebook event shown, Area 51 remains a magnet for alien-conspiracy claims.

the Lincoln County sheriff Kerry Lee said to the Bbc that, even if 1% of Facebook-guests, it "would be more overwhelming than we can handle".

Mr. Lee said, another 150 officers and 300 medic is brought in from Nevada. In the rule, only 26 officers are at his disposal for the entire 10,000 sq mile (27,000 sq km) district.

Extraterrestrial Highway sign, covered seen with labels along the state 375 route Those arrested for trespassing on the Area 51 site and faces a fine of at least $1000 (£800), Mr Lee said. "My advice would be, if you are planning to come and see Area 51 , you can see it from the outside of the border," he said.

resources are diverted by a number of local, state, and Federal authorities, including the FBI. The FBI, according to Mr Lee, is the gathering of knowledge about "the numbers that come to these events".

If top-end-arrival estimates, Lincoln County 's population (approximately 5,000) would increase 10-fold overnight. In Rachel and Hiko, Mr Lee said, the equipment would not be sufficient. Apart from a couple of shops and a hotel, medical, toilet, gas and internet services are non-existent or patchy at Best .

booked out All the rooms at the Little A'le ' Inn in Rachel, where alien stock occurs, A statement about Rachel's website predicted that alien floor would be "Fyre Festival 2. 0". Fyre Festival, takes place in the year 2017, was invoiced as a glamorous party in The Bahamas , but eventually promised More Than he could deliver. Some believe that alien floor, a similar fate could suffer.

earlier This Week , Mr Roberts officially severed ties with alien stock, citing fears of a "potential humanitarian disaster". "Due to the lack of infrastructure, poor planning, Risk Management , and the blatant disregard for the safety of the expected 10 000+ alien stick participants, we decided to pull The Plug on The Festival ," a statement on The Alien stock to the website.

Former alien-floor organizer Frank DiMaggio also distanced himself from The Festival . He told KTNV in Las Vegas The Event , "this has to go before the biggest disaster has seen, the southern Nevada".

Connie West, owner of the Little A ' Le ' Inn, said alien stick forward to go. She told KTNV has paid them for safety, toilets and paramedics, and on Monday last week announced a 20 bands and two comedians on the line-up.

Connie West, owner of the Little A ' Le ' Inn, said alien stock still further, "no matter what", when asked if she had any regrets, Ms-West broke down in tears in front of the camera. "No matter what it will happen, there is nothing I can do to stop it," she said, a KTNV reporter.

organisers of the second event, a two-day meeting of the "believers" that UFO experts and musicians on The Alien Research Center in Hiko, seem more sanguine.

Keith Wright , an organizer for Storm Area 51 , Basecamp , told the Bbc , they have a capacity for around 5,000 people.

daily tickets for The Event cost $51 (£41) Per person, with car Parking, two bottles of water, a $10 food truck voucher included in The Price . On-site accommodation is limited to tents (cost is $50 Per day) or Parking for campers and trailers (costs $150 Per day).

Basecamp Area 51 is recorded on The Alien Research Center in Hiko, Mr Wright, 49, said that it covered a "reasonable amount" of public space for the tents, water, electrical and plumbing needs. But if the numbers are longer than the tens of thousands of "there is no way you will be supported by the existing infrastructure," he said.

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Source of news: bbc.com