Free the aliens!
On September 20th, over 1.4 million people have vowed to storm and “naruto run” into Area 51.
If you've never heard of area 51, it's a mysterious American airbase which some conspiracy theorists believe contains evidence of alien life. and has recently turned into our favourite meme.
As the event continues to spiral out of control on Facebook, thousands of Area 51 memes have taken over Twitter.
“Get In losers we’re heading to Area 51” pic.twitter.com/4CAVVpH9WJ
— landon cassill (@landoncassill) July 15, 2019
me at area 51 adopting my first alien pic.twitter.com/mVmF9tgG3N
— Anya Marcisz (@anyamarcisz) July 19, 2019
Me showing up to Area 51 with iced coffees for all the aliens pic.twitter.com/wnBzUOWzB2
— James Harness (@JamesHarness) July 13, 2019
The alien I stole from Area 51 showing up in my room at 3am to tell me he threw up pic.twitter.com/SnzXmozc1i
— yeet (@irritatingshit1) July 12, 2019
US Air Force spokeswoman Laura McAndrews issued a stern warning to anyone planning to trespass.
She said:
[Area 51] is an open training range for the US Air Force, and we would discourage anyone from trying to come into the area where we train American armed forces. The US Air Force always stands ready to protect America and its assets.
It wasn’t long before celebs - or maybe their social media teams jumped on the bandwagon;
Me & @selenagomez on our way to Area 51 👽 pic.twitter.com/P5ui7X5keU
— Miley Ray Cyrus (@MileyCyrus) July 16, 2019
That one time @ Area 51 pic.twitter.com/ywxzbDC1BT
— Miley Ray Cyrus (@MileyCyrus) July 16, 2019
Lil Nas X jumped on the trend with another remix of Old Town Road feature an area 51 animated video to go with it;
Lizzo is also sharing her Area 51 moments on social;
Exclusive footage from inside Area 51 pic.twitter.com/E8okpvHs7S
— |L I Z Z O| (@lizzo) July 16, 2019
Then Elon Musk, yes the Tesla creator shared this hilarious meme of Joe Rogan.
♥️👽 SpaceX has Area 59 👽♥️ pic.twitter.com/h4YUL1Xx51
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 17, 2019