What Happens If One Million People Actually Stormed Area 51?

If you happened to wander into the Nevada desert and stumbled upon the secret U.S. military base, Area 51, you'd quickly be arrested, killed, or maybe even abducted by aliens. But what if you happened to organize one million other people through social media to storm Area 51? They can't stop us all right? Or can they? And if you did manage to get into the base, what would you see?

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[emraldsphone]

Kid: Hey grandpa I learned about September 20
Me: *Area 51 flashbacks*

[lelouchrouge]

It really hurts too much to think that i will die without knowing what was in there

[godmode]

The fact there’s someone out there who knows what’s in there is just scary

[MALITHA]

When we're inside area 51
Us: *Expecting to see aliens*

Reality: **Its just nerds writing articles about alien conspiracies**

[patk.]

What I’ve learned:

• we need to go on days prior to avoid traffic

• wear camo so they don’t see us

•dodge bullets

SUCCESS

[ibn]

if someone recorded everything that they hid in area 51 it would surely go viral

[theoverlook]

“You’re just simply running into the base” followed by 999, 999 other people only for all to get evaporated in a millisecond by alien weaponry.

[duchi]

*"They can't stop us all, right?"*
Or can they?

_* VSauce Music Plays *_

[charlietran]

While in a parallel universe:

1 Mil+ aliens raid U.S.

[AwokenEntertainment]

We just wanna know what they hiding back there... 😭😭

[TheUrthChild]

What they didn't factor in is what percentage of that million would be teachers, doctors, soldier's, businessmen, etc? Point I'm making is if a million people really got together and decided to invade area 51, someone out of that million would be intelligent enough to suggest a more organized strategy than storming the gates unarmed.

[Nieves_SantaCruz]

Good job, Comrade! Now that the U.S. Government thinks this video will scare us away from storming Area 51, we now get the Element of Suprise.

[TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

If one million people were to actually storm Area 51, I'd doubt over half of them would even know what a "Naruto run" is.

[darkfallinsul]

Isn't it a coincidence that right after everybody stormed Area 51 coronavirus became a think preventing everybody from being around each other

[ka]

I like how this guy is trying to talk everybody out of storming area 51.

[jackkeenanx]

Government: You will need guns, helicopters, planes...

Florida Man: *Am I a joke to you?*

[Kiing_jer]

Forget area 51, lets invade the bermuda triangle. It can't sink us all

[kevinduliesco]

I feel like conspiracy theorist watching this and waiting for someone to successfully Storm it.

[AlbretEinstong]

Remember when this was the only thing people were worried about?

[nemek]

Everyone: Storming Area 51.
US Government: We will use lethal force on everyone trespassing.
Everyone: Kawabunga it is!