In 2019, a joke Facebook event titled "Storm Area 51" went viral, attracting millions of RSVPs and widespread concerns that a massive crowd would try to breach the secretive U.S. government facility. But the actual event turned out to be completely different.

If you were on social media during the summer of 2019, you might remember a joke about storming Area 51, the U.S. Air Force facility where the government has long been rumored to hide evidence of aliens.

During the joke’s lifespan, social media users discussed how to get into the secretive Nevada desert base, or what they would do with their new alien friends after liberating them from their supposed imprisonment. Meanwhile, the U.S. military, government agencies, and other authorities monitored the situation to make sure it didn’t

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