Where Aliens Stand

Everyone has his or her own theories when it comes to what is inside of Area 51, and probably everyone has heard about it at least once. Will we ever really know what the reality behind it is? Before proceeding to answer this question, it is necessary to know its origin. 
Area 51 is a highly classified United States Air Force facility located near Groom Lake in the state of Nevada. It was acknowledged by the CIA rather recently, in 2013. Yet it is known an Air Force Field was already active in the same location since 1942. The facility’s purpose is supposedly to support the development and testing of experimental aircraft and weapons. As it would be expected, what’s inside this place is restricted to the public, which has raised suspicion around it. Some have gone as far as claiming it hides martians and experiments on human beings. With its appearance on social media, the facility gained even more popularity and at the same time, doubts about the experimentation in it. To date, the number of different conspiracy theories on what could have been going on in Area 51 is uncountable. 
The most solid theory (if it can be called so, ignoring a great deal of imagination involved in it) states that this place is most likely the US government secret storage of alien bodies and UFOs. If it were an open Air Force training - they say - it wouldn’t be hard to see soldiers around the area, but it is. These ideas started when a flying object, which some guarantee was an UFO, crashed in Roswell, New Mexico on July 2, 1947. Some locals argue they never witnessed the machine being taken away; others gave it much less importance. Either way, many kept thinking the remains of the object that crashed were carried to Area 51 in order to examine and replicate the supposed spacecraft, but it was all kept secret. 
As the mystery it generated made many more curious about it, constant references and jokes about it became popular, especially on Facebook. As part of this trend, this same year a person named Matty Roberts created an event on Facebook called “Storm Area 51, They Can't Stop All of Us”. Its description gave the idea of invading the military base on September 20, 2019, to finally find out all the secrets. In reality, the purpose of the event was purely comedic. In fact, in its organization it was commented, “if we Naruto run, we can move faster than their bullets”, evidently as a joke referring to the anime character (Naruto) and the soldiers’ weapons. 
To Robert’s surprise, over 2 million people have responded "going" and 1.5 million "interested" in the Facebook platform. Whereas some understood it was a joke, some others thought it was real. As its popularity increased, the US government communicated its awareness on the situation and warned people not to do so, in order to prevent a disaster. Basically, the US wouldn’t take responsibility if the people who try to enter illegally were injured while protecting the perimeter. Also, the FBI is monitoring the situation and the number of people that may be attending to this event. 
Threatened by the authorities, Roberts decided to transform this idea into a festival that would be taking place in Rachel, Nevada. Instead of invading the military base, there would be an “Alienstock” festival. In the end, it was canceled because “critical infrastructure needed was not provided for this festival”, as the organizers said. 
Last week, the day finally came. A smaller festival, the “Area 51 Basecamp”, took place. It featured music and movies but closed early due to low attendance. At 3 am, a crowd of roughly 3,000 people had gathered around the military facility. However, only 200 persisted and made it to the main gates. Nothing more than dancing to music, alien and astronaut costume photoshoots, and the arrest of a man for trivial reasons happened during the night. The only alarming event was the US Defense Department's threat to attack the raiders with bombs, which was falsely posted on Twitter. Those who had taken it seriously were disappointed, but many others were happy for having met people with similar interests. Having the initial purpose of the raid failed, it leaves us still with the question, “Will we someday be able to “see them aliens”?