'I think a lot of us just want to see what's going to happen' We asked UFO enthusiasts who gathered at Area 51 why they want to storm the gates:
HIKO, Nev. — The festivals are over and Earthlings from around the globe headed home Sunday after a weekend camping and partying in the dusty Nevada desert and trekking to remote gates of Area 51, a formerly top-secret U.S. military base long the focus of UFO and space alien lore.Visitors hailed from France, Russia, Germany, Peru, Sweden, Australia and many U.S.
"It seems like a lot of good people chilling and having a good time," observed Dave Wells, a 56-year-old stonemason and festivals-seeker from Cincinnati wearing a day-glow green festival T-Shirt and taking in the scene Saturday in Rachel."We didn't," said Little A'Le'Inn owner-turned-"Alienstock" festival host Connie West, proprietor of the 10-room motel and cafe that became the center of the extraterrestrial-seeking universe.
Story continuesAuthorities said more than 1,000 people visited Area 51 gates near Rachel on Thursday and Friday. Officials didn't report the number on Saturday. Holt said Lincoln County sheriff's deputies on the public side of the gates were sent home early Sunday. Sheriff Kerry Lee said he watched about 20 people feign a rush before dawn Saturday toward a base gate outside Rachel, before stopping short.
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Area 51 festival wraps up in Nevada; Earthlings head homeThe festivals are over and Earthlings from around the globe headed home Sunday after a weekend camping and partying in the dusty Nevada desert and trekking to remote gates of Area 51, a formerly top-secret U.S. military base long the focus of UFO and space alien lore. Visitors hailed from France, Russia
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Area 51 festival wraps up in Nevada; Earthlings head homeFestivals are over and Earthlings are heading home from the Nevada desert, where people from around the globe took selfies — but didn't actually 'storm' — a remote U.S. military base long the focus of UFO and space alien lore.
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UFO aficionados end their pilgrimages outside the gates of Area 51Hundreds of people began arriving at the gate Friday. They came in tinfoil hats and orange jumpsuits. One guy arrived in his pajamas holding a bottle of liquor. They posed for pictures. Many sprinted the last 100 yards before stopping at the gate.
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1 event near Area 51 pulls plug; second festival continues'Area 51 Basecamp' organizer Keith Wright said that after drawing just 500 attendees at a Friday event planned for 5,000 at the Alien Research Center souvenir shop in Hiko, he had to pull the plug.
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1 event near Area 51 pulls plug; second festival continues
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