More than a year on, Area 51 is trending again, starting with fake Facebook events
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Max SeeleyJanuary 7, 2021
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If you’ve been on Twitter today, you’ve probably noticed that Area 51 is trending. why is that?Yesterday’s siege of Washington’s Capitol by pro-Trump supporters apparently reignited Defunct “Storm Zone 51” meme. This, along with the re-emergence of old Facebook campaigns, created the perfect meme storm.
On Wednesday, January 6, Trump supporters Siege of the Capitol In Washington, Congress will declare that President-elect Joe Biden has won the election.
Why is Area 51 popular today?
In some Twitter communities, the raid on the Capitol appeared to have an old “Area 51 storm” meme grabbing the internet’s imagination in 2019.
One user reacted to the events in Washington, thinking “maybe there’s a real possibility of an attack on Area 51,” after all.
Maybe an attack on Area 51 is really possible
— Jerry ❤️ (@jerry_dot_ai) January 7, 2021
Another user wrote: “Now we know how easy it is to take the Capitol. We really should revisit the whole ‘Storm Zone 51 thing’. So a meme has been resurrected.
Now we know how easy it is to take the Capitol.We really should revisit the whole ‘Storm Zone 51’ thing
— Oliver Sutter (@TwiterlesOliver) January 6, 2021
The Origin of the ‘Storm Zone 51’ Meme
“Storm Zone 51” starts at Facebook jokes go viral. The fake event calls on people to “storm Area 51, they can’t stop us all”.
Created by 21 Matty Roberts of Bakersfield, California, quickly drew attention, with more than 2 million people responding to calls to raid military bases in search of aliens.
Area 51 Raid initiative However, it soon fell apart and was replaced by an alien-themed festival. At one point, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department estimated that as many as 30,000 people planned to travel to Area 51 and the small town of Rachel throughout the holiday weekend.
Finally, about 6000 people made it Rachel and “Storm Zone 51” never materialized and no aliens were discovered.
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Max is currently studying Multimedia Journalism at Bournemouth University. After playing guitar with various bands for about a decade, he has always kept a keen eye on what’s going on in the music industry. Likewise, literature has played an important role in Max’s life since reading “On the Road” as a boy.
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