This would be AWESOME! Paging American Pinball.

Yes, and other military aircraft. It's actually Nellis AFB.

True story. I know this guy for over a decade and former NASA employee. I have no reason to not believe him. Also, its about 80 miles from LV.

Haha. Not me. Nothing there but military secrets and they will not let you in. None of those military secrets have anything to do with aliens, because we have never encountered aliens. Pretty simple, but the real truth often is. The government has already told us every single thing they know about aliens visiting earth. In case you missed it, I will list every one of those things right here:

NASA employee? ... but this is an AFB. These two organizations don't exactly see eye to eye.
If these guys take the wrong route - they won't need to worry about seeing in the dark any longer.

Edit...
Ooops, that would be NOAA, not NASA.

Well played.

Those are the Camo Dudes in their big white trucks.

I've already stormed Area 51.

On Call of Duty.

Not quite Area 51, but I did tour White Sands Missile Range this summer in NM. I was really surprised to learn in their museum that there is a Zumwalt sector (my last name). I've searched all I could to figure out who it was named after (land owner, admiral, etc.) and even exactly where it is on the missile range, but haven't had any luck thus far. Also, I wanted to go to the Trinity site on the far north of the range, but learned you can only access it on 2 specific days a year.

You actually go into the base to tour the museum (indoor and outdoor), but of course no access to the range. Very serious business there and can't imagine what would happen to anyone who didn't follow the rules and/or attempted to access unauthorized areas. The security and seriousness totally scared my son the entire time - was on his best behavior for sure. I thought it was the coolest part of our trip, but he thought it was the worst just because of the anxiety it caused him (guess it didn't help that I told him he might be shot if he disobeyed the rules.

If you are ever in the area and enjoy rocketry, you must go. Indoor museum was interested, but they also have a building that has a real V2 rocket in it with cutaways. Also, the outdoor museum with all of the missiles and rockets was awesome. Took me back to my youth when I was heavy into model rocketry. I actually had working rockets of several of the ones displayed at the outdoor museum.

On a side note, really made me proud to be an American. Our military, technology, and engineering are second to none in the world. Believe it or not, the world is still a very dangerous place and filled with tyrants and governments that love to see all of us dead or subjects to their control. Personally, I want the government to have secrets when it comes to bleeding edge military tech. Secrecy is a substantial element when it comes to peace and giving the enemy the ability to accurately measure our capabilities. Very few know our true capabilities, and most of those people are so compartmentalized they don't even realize the full potential.

My CWB Area 51 wakeboard from back in the day - did lots of charging the wake on this thing. Never saw any aliens, but did see stars after slamming my face onto the water with eyes wide open when catching the front edge of the board a few times. Still have it, but in my wakeboard bag in the attic
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I'm sure you enjoyed it. WSMR is very cool the first time you see it. By the hundredth time it gets kind of old. If you don't think so, try spending four years at Holloman AFB in Alamogordo, just outside the range. It may change your mind!!

Just to clarify, it is a interesting place to visit - wouldn't care to live in that desolation (nothing against NM, as it has some nice parts). I do remember seeing the base just off the highway leading out to the range. On our trip we mainly stayed around Ruidoso, but a day trip to the range was on my list (sledded on the dunes and also stopped by the pistachio orchard on the way, which was a plus).

Meh, I'm waiting for the "dig into the secret government base below the Denver Airport challenge" personally...

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/storm-bermuda-triangle-facebook-event-page-area-51-florida-puerto-rico-a9008826.html

Storm the Bermuda triangle is next. Participants must wear sponebob/pirate costumes.

"It can't swallow us all"

Since the government is monitoring all this Area 51 mumbo jumbo, (likely this thread as well) I refuse to post in here.

No worries, it is a unique place. I have a lot of fond memories of my time there...and a lot of really, really, really depressing ones too!!

No...but I will have my popcorn ready.

I did! Float the Area 51 pinball idea. You guys could make an awesome pin with this theme.

Storming Area 51: How it will probably go down

Just don't fly in guys....

Great, I live it Fort Worth. We aren’t all idiot Darwin Award nominees.

Part of me feels sad for people like this, the other part thinks that thinning the herd can sometimes be a good idea.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/storm-area-51-event-pushes-rural-nevada-county-to-declare-emergency/ar-AAG6GYt?li=AAggNb9&ocid=mailsignout

A state of emergency has been pre-emptively declared. Lol

Hahaha! Though I guess if even 10,000 idiots show up they need to have infrastructure in place to deal with it.

Area 51 is miles and miles away from Vegas. There’s a mountain range aways from Vegas, where Area 51 starts and the security begins. The heart of Area 51 is something like 75 miles away from that, according to an ex Air Force guy I was with in Vegas two weeks ago.

You can’t even get near the air space on the perimeter let alone anywhere near anything worth mentioning.

But the pinball in New York New York is pretty terrific!

And yes, Area 51 would be a monster theme! Great idea @dcfan!

For those of you who plan on participating, PM me and I will give you my personal info so that you can make sure you will all of your pins to me.

My hunch is non-lethal force along with the threat of lethal force will be sufficient to deter those that decide to take this joke too far.

Is this still a thing?

anyone going to Alienstock? https://alienstockfestival.com/

That’s the same thing as asking if aliens are real?

Although the raid is cancelled, I wonder if anyone is going to show up tomorrow?

Recently, two Dutch men were arrested on September 10th, hoping to get video of Area 51 - https://www.apnews.com/1b4f2e934a7f4ecbbb9c662ab05cf217

Well, it appears that 2 young men have already been arrested for trying to access this secret facility with some drones in tow...
See attached story.
I also heard that you can make a wager on whether or not aliens are found... Odds at 4000 to 1 against...
Not sure if that is still the case since the website and raid have been ended apparently.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/18/us/dutch-nationals-area-51-trespassing-trnd/index.html

Typical internet all talk and no action when things get real.

Yeah, when you get arrested, put in jail and fined, things get real.
You don't get to go back to work, no more Saturday nights out and probably no internet access.
Plus, you probably have call home to get some bail money so you can do normal things again.
Assuming your criminal record does not stop you from doing those normal things again.

Is this a sporting event? Any prizes being handed out!

Yes, the local bars will provide you with Alien Secretion shots...

Yes, prizes for best costume...

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49774816

Too funny. 75 showed up, only one arrested and that was for urinating.

I visited both gates back in 2016 including the one that requires a 20 mile car ride down a dead straight dirt road with fine, crushed powder (security can see you coming the minute you turn off the main road - my truck was kicking up dust about 30 ft in the air). It was amazing to actually go to the remote gate as I love aviation and Groom Lake is where all the cool planes get tested. There was no one else around when I got to the "gate" but could see the camo dudes parked on a high hill and watching my father and I from up high. I turned my truck around to face the other direction so they know I had no intention of driving past the marked line. I also had the opportunity to tour the Nevada Test site which sites directly to the west of Groom Lake. The actual base is a very long way from anything and the area is extremely remote. I stayed the night in Rachel, watched Dr. Strangelove, and did some stargazing. It was a great experience but couldn't imagine being in that area with thousands of other people. It was a really cool thing to do and I highly recommend going if you get the chance, just do it when no one else is around

Next time you fly into Las Vegas, check out the Area 51 planes that take employee to Groom Lake (Called JANET flights - just another non-existent terminal). They are located on the side of the airport nearest Luxor (giant pyramid) and the planes are white with a red strip down the side. They get priority for takeoff and landing over civilian traffic.

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My friend did point out those planes when we were staying at either New York or Luxor. Can’t remember which one.

Looks like the party already started.

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Will be interesting to see how many idiots get themselves arrested. IMHO it's takes a special kind of stupid.

If they were protesting for the right reasons I could respect them. Somehow, I doubt this is the case.

Wonder if there are any A-10 sightings yet.