Nevada leaders stress safety ahead of ‘Storm Area 51’ events
State leaders are monitoring the planned “Storm Area 51” events this month to ensure that those in the area are safe.
Gov. Steve Sisolak said he’s been in contact with state and local agencies, including the Nevada National Guard, regarding the Sept. 20-22
events planned for Lincoln and Nye counties.
“Our team as been in constant communication with the National Guard; we’ve talked to them a few times,” Sisolak said. “Unfortunately it’s being promoted like it’s some kind of big party out there. They’re supposedly coming from all over the country and all over the world to go there, and we don’t want to put anybody in danger.”
The ordering of a guard presence would be a state decision, according to Nye County emergency manager Scott Lewis.
“We’re not at that point yet, because we have to understand what the scope is and what our actual risk is,” he said. “That’s an ongoing process. Those types of resources are in our back pocket and through a formalized process we would request such.”
Despite the planned
Peacestock 51 festival being denied a permit by Nye County officials, the area is still bracing for a population surge in the thousands, because the original meet-up point mentioned in the
viral Facebook post that started the whole “Storm Area 51” phenomenon called to meet at the Area 51 Alien Travel Center in Amargosa Valley.
A pair of events are planned for Lincoln County: Alienstock at the Little A’Le’Inn in Rachel and Storm Area 51 Basecamp at the Alien Research Center in Hiko.