RACHEL —A bored college student in Bakersfield, California, logs onto Facebook and creates an alien-themed event as a goof. Two weeks later and more than 400 miles away, a small Nevada town is thrown ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

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There are just three more days before September 20, the date which an infamous Facebook post urged readers to Storm Area 51, the mysterious, top-secret Air Force base near Rachel, Nevada. Some pointed ...

LAS VEGAS – Alienstock has landed. The mothership doors have creaked open. Yet no one knows how many will enter. Questions remain unanswered about the alien-themed music festival running Thursday ...

UPDATE, SUNDAY AM: A tweet by The Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) that threatened Area 51 trespassers with a stealth bomber has been hastily deleted and an apology issued. The ...

An innkeeper who expects an unknown number of campers to be attracted to her tiny Nevada desert town by a "Storm Area 51" internet hoax has been sent a cease-and-desist order over her use of the name ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - A Nevada business owner has sued the creator of the Storm Area 51 craze and others for more than $50,000 over actions revolving around the Alienstock event and its origins, a lawsuit ...

RACHEL, Nev. — Despite a lower than expected turnout and an ongoing legal battle, it appears Alienstock is preparing to return. The event stemmed from a viral Facebook group called Storm Area 51, ...

Despite a low turnout for the first Alienstock in 2019, it may be happening again. The event was inspired by an event titled "Storm Area 51." The event page urged people to go to the military site and ...