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=== Area 51 Facebook Raid ===
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In June 2019, a joke [[Facebook]] event was created rallying the public to storm the training range on September 20 that year. Over two million people responded as "going" to the event, with another 1.5 million "interested".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-ideas/weird-and-wacky/storm-area-51-alien-tourists-prompt-nevada-emergency-crowd-planning/news-story/52ea93a62a27fb75a1858bf4a8ed8e98|title=Area 51, Tourist Planning|date=August 22, 2019|work=News.com|access-date=August 22, 2019}}</ref> The county commission chairman estimated that approximately 40,000 people would turn up on 20 September.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.660citynews.com/2019/08/20/area-51-county-officials-draft-emergency-plan-for-big-crowds/|title=Area 51, Nevada Emergency|date=August 22, 2019|work=660 News|access-date=August 22, 2019}}</ref>

On July 10, speaking with ''[[The Washington Post]]'', Air Force spokeswoman Laura McAndrews said officials were aware of the event, and issued a warning saying that the area was "an open training range for the U.S. Air Force, and we would discourage anyone from trying to come into the area where we train American armed forces", adding: "The U.S. Air Force always stands ready to protect America and its assets".<ref name="McAndrewsWaPo">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2019/07/13/half-million-people-signed-up-storm-area-what-happens-if-they-actually-show-up/ |title=Half a million people signed up to storm Area 51. What happens if they actually show? |first=Michael |last=Brice-Saddler |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> A public information officer at [[Nellis Air Force Base]] told [[KNPR]] that "any attempt to illegally access the area is highly discouraged".<ref name=":4">{{cite web|url=https://knpr.org/knpr/2019-07/bring-it-biz-owners-welcome-million-person-march-area-51|title=Bring It! Biz Owners Welcome Million-Person March To Area 51 |website=Nevada Public Radio|language=en|access-date=2019-07-21}}</ref>