07-14-2019, 10:07 AM
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Half a million people signed up to storm Area 51 — what happens if they actually show
Half a million people signed up to storm Area 51 — what happens if they actually show up?
https://nationalpost.com/news/world/...tually-show-up
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Should everything go according to plan, more than half a million strangers will gather in a remote Nevada town in mid-September, united by a common goal: raid Area 51 in the wee hours of the morning – using a strength-in-numbers approach to reveal any extraterrestrial treasures stashed within the notoriously clandestine government base.
Or, put more simply, “Lets see them aliens.”
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07-14-2019, 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Faust
what happens if they actually show up?
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07-14-2019, 10:14 AM
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07-14-2019, 10:17 AM
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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Hmmm...I wonder what happens when you storm a highly classified military base that contains, likely, the country's largest collection of military intelligence in existence?
Nothing good, I think we can all agree on that.
As an aside, I watched a fascinating documentary on Netflix (though i didnt like the way it was done very much) on a man named Bob Lazar.
Honestly, he is either the craziest SOB alive (he is a genius in academic terms) or what he experienced working at that facility is what many expect has happened in the past. Really worth the 90 minutes of your time if at all interested in the accusations of what the government has been hiding for decades.
https://www.netflix.com/ca/title/81083891
He has also warned these half million people not to do what they are saying they will.
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"I have to comment on this 'Storm Area 51' thing. I do understand it was started as a joke by someone, but there are a number of people who are actually planning on showing up.
"This is a misguided idea. Area 51 is a classified research base. There are no aliens or alien technology located there.
"The only place there was ever any alien technology was at Site S4, south of Area 51 proper. That was 30 years ago.
"S4 may have moved decades ago or it's possible it's no longer being used for the project. I do not support this 'movement'.
"The last time someone tried to get in to Area 51 he was shot. This is not the way to go about trying to get more information.
"What is good, is the interest in the subject - the science and technology. That is what would immediately change the world we live in."
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07-14-2019, 10:37 AM
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Pent-up
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Plutanamo Bay.
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‘Citizens raid military base’
In simplest terms, this is a very bad idea.
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07-14-2019, 10:38 AM
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499, 999 people. I signed up but I'm not going. Too frickin hot out there.
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07-14-2019, 10:49 AM
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First Line Centre
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In all seriousness the military can’t just open fire on a horde of citizens. It would be a pr nightmare. A single person getting shot some time ago can be covered up or buried in the news. Even five hundred people showing up would have to be settled somehow other then machine guns.
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07-14-2019, 10:58 AM
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CP's Fraser Crane
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Chuck Norris signed up
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07-14-2019, 10:58 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: SW Calgary
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That many people are pretty easy to track. They'd just contain them before they got close to the base and use riot control style methods to get them to disperse
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07-14-2019, 11:04 AM
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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Originally Posted by speede5
In all seriousness the military can’t just open fire on a horde of citizens. It would be a pr nightmare. A single person getting shot some time ago can be covered up or buried in the news. Even five hundred people showing up would have to be settled somehow other then machine guns.
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Well the whole thing is clearly marked and fenced off...military style.
IIRC the signs even say trespassers will be shot on sight, so if anyone actually breaches the fenceline, then yes they are likely to take gunfire.
It's a suicide mission to even try.
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07-14-2019, 11:08 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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I almost hope they succeed so that they can be emotionally devastated once they realize that alien contact with Earth is not a real thing.
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07-14-2019, 11:13 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
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There's gotta be a chemical weapon they have that will knock them all out without killing them. Then we get to see what 500,000 charged with trespassing looks like: A gift from God to the Nevada governments coffers in fines.
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07-14-2019, 11:21 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Ontario
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I'm sure the Chinese are eagerly waiting to see what happens when you simply try to overwhelm with numbers.
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07-14-2019, 11:28 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Near Fish Creek
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I’m on my way. Thanks Nevada, this year Area 51, next year the Black Hole.
This is this Raiders fan fantasy come true!
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07-14-2019, 11:34 AM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: North of the River, South of the Bluff
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With months of heads up the military doesn’t need to shoot anyone. They’ll use sonic devices mounted on trucks to produce a sound frequency that will leave everything incapacitated.
Then tear gas will fall.
Good luck to those going. You’ll suffer concussion like symptoms for the rest of your life.
More likely this is slacktivism at its finest and no one shows but a few nuts.
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07-14-2019, 11:36 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Calgary
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I hope this happens, i want to watch from afar, see how it all plays out, and then laugh at everyone who went.
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07-14-2019, 11:47 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Sherwood Park, AB
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I hope they completely clear it out and just leave the doors wide open
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07-14-2019, 12:11 PM
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Franchise Player
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Idiots.
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07-14-2019, 12:32 PM
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Norm!
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They'll use the brown sound sonic weapon, and we'll see a half million people simultaneously filling their pants.
I mean what do they think they'll find there?
And with this much warning the Air Force would sanitize the base.
It was a development and reasearch facility for high altitude spy planes. The actual story of the design of the Black bird there is just as interesting as alien autopsies etc.
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