A UFO conference can easily fill up the ten rooms at the remote Little A’Le’Inn, just 45 miles outside Area 51, the mysterious government facility in Nevada long-believed to house evidence of aliens and extra-terrestrial life.
But Connie West, who runs the tiny desert motel, is braced for a much bigger crowd expected on the weekend of Sept. 20. That’s when 2 million people have indicated on Facebook that they will descend on the military installation to ‘see them aliens.’
Little A’Le’Inn, the closest lodging to U.S. Air Force installation, is ‘booked solid’ for the event, according to its website, and ready for the invasion of alien believers.
‘Is it stressful? Yeah. Is it more publicity than ever before? Absolutely,’ West told Fox News. ‘We are absolutely embracing it. We’re embracing it to stay in business. Got to capitalize on it.’
‘Of course I’m still terrified,’ she added. ‘But there’s nothing I can do. People are coming and we’re going to embrace it.’
Little A’Le’Inn, the closest lodging to the mysterious military installation known as Area 51 is braced for millions coming to ‘see them aliens’ for an event on the weekend of Sept. 20
The Facebook ‘Storm Area 51, They Can’t Stop All of Us’ event has 2 million people indicating they plan to attend on September 20 and another 1.4 million who say they are interested
The Air Force isn’t quite as receptive to the quirky Facebook campaign and possibility of having crowds of UFO seekers show up at Area 51’s door.
The Air Force ‘would discourage anyone from trying to come into the area where we train American armed forces,’ spokeswoman Laura McAndrews told Fox News, adding that it [the U.S. Air Force] ‘always stands ready to protect America and its assets.’
‘The Nevada Test and Training Range is an area where the Air Force tests and trains combat aircraft. As a matter of practice, we do not discuss specific security measures, but any attempt to illegally access military installations or military training areas is dangerous’ McAndrews, in a separate statement, told Dailymail.com.
Another 1.4 million people have indicated that they are ‘interested’ in attending the event, originally created by Facebook user Matthew Roberts in July, and which at one point was taken down for violating the social media platform’s community standards.
‘I never got any reason behind the event being removed,’ Roberts told CNET. ‘I created a sister event which amassed about 15,000 people before being taken down for no reason.’
Facebook has since allowed the event posting to return, says Roberts, who claims he was even checked out by the FBI.
‘They were super cool and wanted to make sure that I wasn’t an actual terrorist making pipe bombs in the living room,’ he told 23ABC.
Connie West (above), who runs Little A’Le’Inn, says she is ‘absolutely embracing’ the potential ‘millions’ who say they may be coming to Storm Area 51
In addition ten rooms, RV hookups and several campsites, Little A’Le’Inn sells so-called ‘alien wares’ and has information on how visitors can take an Area 51 tour
West said her parents originally opened Little A’Le’Inn in August 1988 in the tiny town of Rachel, population 54, and that she’s now running the establishment.
In addition ten rooms, RV hookups and several campsites, the lodging sells so-called ‘alien wares’ and has information on how visitors can take an Area 51 tour.
The government facility shrouded in secrecy has been speculated about for decades as the repository for aliens, flying saucers and other out-of-this world phenomena.
A Storm Area 51 website promises ‘Something big is coming,’ and that ‘they can’t stop us all.’
West told Fox News that the Little A’Le’Inn has handled a few crowds in its day.
‘Weekends book up sporadically. Skywatchers, conventions, groups who want to bring their families out here,’ she said. ‘If it was hunting season or a UFO conference, then all the rooms booked up.
‘But not like this,’ referring to the storm she hopes is coming. ‘I think it’s going to be a really incredible weekend. I truly do.’