On September 20, if all goes according to plan, 1.9 million people will storm Area 51 and liberate the extraterrestrials currently detained there by the U.S. government. All will not go according to ...

Well, it looks like people actually showed up for the Area 51 raid. Or, at least, they showed up for Alienstock, the music festival in Rachel, Nevada, meant to celebrate the viral Facebook group ...

The Area 51 raid kicked off early Thursday morning to the surprise of many who have watched plans for the event jokingly unfold on social media, but who didn't think it would actually happen. A ...

Matty Roberts created the Facebook event “Storm Area 51, They Can’t Stop All of Us” in late June as a joke, but by late August, millions had RSVPd on Facebook, and every room in nearby towns was ...

RACHEL, Nev. — I was 90 minutes north of Las Vegas, driving from the vast Mojave into the even wider expanse of the Great Basin Desert, when I was pulled over for speeding. The cop asked me where I ...

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CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

The fall season is about to get a supernatural twist. If you're one of the many alien fans loving the recent Area 51 memes on social media, you'll want to make sure you're stocked up on the perfect ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dani Di Placido covers film, television, and internet culture. It all started as a joke. Matty Roberts, a student from Bakersfield ...

The meme of the summer turned into a nightmare for a pair of friends looking to capture some cool but illegal footage. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011. Eric and his family live 100% ...

No good meme goes unpunished. Michaela Ripley, 21, from Olympia, Wash., at the fence to Area 51.Credit...Roger Kisby for The New York Times Supported by By Jessica Klein When Bob Lazar, the original ...