Storm Area 51

Cnorm said:

Easy way to confirm if a photo has been pulled from somewhere else on the internet: right click the photo and click "search google for photo".

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What browser? I don't see that option on Firefox.

OverTheTop said:

What browser? I don't see that option on Firefox.

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it works in both Chrome & Firefox
Here is link with Firefox:
https://images.google.com/

Cnorm said:

Easy way to confirm if a photo has been pulled from somewhere else on the internet: right click the photo and click "search google for photo". You'll be able to see where else it's been used and, usually, the original site it's from.

Takes less than a minute to save yourself from spreading fake news.

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Not to play into the negatively you regularly bring to threads I'll just shoot you a PM. No need to call you out on your ignorance in public.

*edit* LOL. I can't start a conversation with you. Am I ignored? Or is your inbox full from folks thanking your for all the valuable information you so willingly share. No need to answer, I don't care.

On a lighter note. World championship line dancing...in the desert. Neat.

Admins feel free to delete my "fake news" post....

I was just trying to help. I'm sorry if I upset you by pointing out easy, useful tools that would keep you from appearing gullible.

'Storm Area 51' Fails To Materialize
September 20, 2019

https://www.npr.org/2019/09/20/762897934/storm-area-51-fails-to-materialize

The secrets of Area 51, the highly classified Air Force facility long rumored to house extraterrestrial artifacts, remain unseen.

Despite millions responding to the public Facebook event "Storm Area 51, They Can't Stop All of Us," Nevada authorities say about 40 people gathered at the gates before being confronted and dispersed by law enforcement.

According to the Lincoln County Sheriff's office, one arrest was made — not for an attempt at freeing an alien, but for public urination.

Ten days before the planned raid, two Dutch tourists were arrested after being found trespassing on Department of Energy land near Area 51.

Revelers gather at 3 a.m. to honor the original Storm Area 51 idea outside of the Area 51 rear gate as the Alienstock festival continues in nearby Rachel, Nevada:

"Welcome to Earth . . ."

Dave F.

Winston said:

not for an attempt at freeing an alien, but for public urination.

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Now that's some funny stuff right there.

Should have used this

When I worked on Wright-Patterson AFB, I was once asked at a party if that's really where the kept the Martians. I replied (and managed to keep a straight face throughout) that "No, the Venusians stay at Wright-Patterson AFB. The Martians live at Nellis AFB. You see, if the Venusians and Martians are ever together, the Venusians try to eat the Martians so we have to keep them separated." The guy looked at me and goes "Really? You can tell people that?" I just walked away.

Bat-mite said:

Now that's some funny stuff right there.

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My faith in humanity has been slightly restored by the failure of more that 40 to show up.

Winston said:

My faith in humanity has been slightly restored by the failure of more that 40 to show up.

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And only 2.5% of them arrested ....

Bat-mite said:

And only 2.5% of them arrested ....

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Yeah, even better. Didn't consider that. Even more faith restored.

I 'stormed' Area 51 and it was even weirder than I imagined

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/24/area-51-raid-event-what-happened-nevada

In the middle of the Nevadan desert, outside a secretive US military airstrip, I found the world’s strangest social media convention.

Dozens of young, good-looking, often costumed people were running around filming each other with semi-professional video rigs. They were YouTube and Instagram stars – or, more often, aspiring stars – here to “storm” Area 51 for the benefit of their followers and free the aliens held captive within. Or at least film themselves talking about it.

Joining them was a ragged army of hundreds of stoners, UFO buffs, punk bands, rubberneckers, European tourists, people with way too much time on their hands, and meme-lords in Pepe the Frog costumes – all here because of the Internet, the ironic and the earnest alike, for a party at the end of the earth.

Winston said:

all here because of the Internet

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Says it all.

Bat-mite said:

Says it all.

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Of course! ......so what does it say?

Same thing as the fox.

It was discovered that the Aliens appear to have donned disguises and now strongly resemble residents of Mexico . . . The plot thickens !

Dave F.

In the 70's I was always up for a good party

Winston said:

My faith in humanity has been slightly restored by the failure of more that 40 to show up.

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Huh. It's as if it was all some sort of... joke...

Cnorm said:

Huh. It's as if it was all some sort of... joke...

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The Twitter twit who originated it thought it was until the level of response he received. To the locals in their small towns and the USAF, I doubt the cost of preparation if it materialized was much of a "joke." Hopefully, the small town locals overall profited from those who showed up... but not to actually storm Area 51... and will continue to profit if it becomes an annual thing.

All's well that ends well.

All looked quiet the other day.