The drama of the Area 51 event was meant to be out of this world. The lack of humans brought it back to reality.
The drama of the Area 51 event was meant to be out of this world, but the lack of humans brought it back to reality.
"Law enforcement clearly outnumbers visitors. There are no vendors and not much of an infrastructure,” according to a post on the town’s official website Thursday night."A makeshift stage was set up on a dusty dirt lot and a few campers are parked around the area. This has very clearly become Fyre Fest 2.0 after the creator of the Storm Area 51 movement pulled out and the organizers started suing each other.
At least two people were detained by local sheriff's deputies early Friday, according to the Associated Press, but it was not clear what the offense was. The Lincoln County Sheriff's office did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment. Another event, located about in the next nearest town of Hiko, seems to be going more smoothly with plans for music, movies and discussions about aliens.
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