Area 51

Before the masses descend on the Nevada desert next month as part of the "Storm Area 51" event, local officials are pulling out all stops to ensure they are able to handle whatever crowds may come.

Instead of trying to storm an actual military base, conspiracy theorists and UFO fans are probably just going to party in the desert now.

Come for the aliens – stay for the A’Le’Inn.

For a harrowing couple of days, Facebook removed the page of the Storm Area 51 event that has gone viral in recent weeks, a decision it said was an accident.

The "Storm Area 51 event" event that went viral last month as people pledged to crash the secret military base in an attempt to "see them aliens" has only grown in scale in recent weeks. More than 2 million Facebook users have said they are going, up from slightly more than 400,000 two weeks ago.

Matty Roberts of Bakersfield, Calif., claims he was only kidding when he posted a Facebook page asking people to sign up for a mass invasion of one of America's most secret military bases Sept. 20.

The creator of a Facebook page calling for a public invasion of Area 51, the top-secret Air Force facility in Nevada, has finally spoken publicly about his joke getting out of hand.   

A crazy Facebook event page went viral over the past week with more than 1 million users responding that they would go to the top-secret military installation, Area 51 on Sept. 20 at 3 a.m.

Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" continues to dominate.

Having already overtaken Facebook, the crazy "Storm Area 51" event has prompted warnings from the U.S. military and caused UFO expert to say it's "getting somewhat out of hand."