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About 75 People Gather at Area 51 Gate, 1 Person Arrested
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/09/20/about-75-people-gather-area-51-gate-1-person-arrested.htmlHIKO, Nev. — About 75 people arrived early Friday at a gate at the once-secret Area 51 military base in Nevada — at the time appointed by an internet hoaxster to "storm" the facility to see space aliens — and one person was arrested, authorities said.
The "Storm Area 51" invitation spawned festivals in the tiny Nevada towns of Rachel and Hiko nearest the military site, and a more than two-hour drive from Las Vegas.
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Lincoln County Sheriff Kerry Lee estimated late Thursday that about 1,500 people had gathered at the festival sites and said more than 150 people also made the rugged trip several additional miles on bone-rattling dirt roads to get within selfie distance of the gates.
A man who was urinating near the gate was arrested and a woman was detained for an undlsclosed reason, Lee said. The sheriff scheduled a media briefing later Friday morning.
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