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# Make a Quick Getaway With the Very Best Captured Area 51 Alien Memes

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by 

[Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/)


## Melissa Locker


Jul 15, 2019 3:16 PM UTC

![area 51 alien memes](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7eb91870909fbfda/6989fff586f68e98906ed38e/stormarea51alienmemes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=3:2)

Rachel, NV, On The Extraterrestrial Highway, Highway 375, Home Of Numerous UFO Sightings And Near Area 51\. (Photo By: MyLoupe/UIG Via Getty Images)

Rachel, NV, On The Extraterrestrial Highway, Highway 375, Home Of Numerous UFO Sightings And Near Area 51\. (Photo By: MyLoupe/UIG Via Getty Images) MyLoupe—Universal Images Group via Getty

by 

[Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/)


## Melissa Locker


Jul 15, 2019 3:16 PM UTC

Last week, [Area 51 hit the headlines](https://time.com/5625420/area-51-petition/) when over a million people signed up to a [Facebook event](https://www.facebook.com/events/448435052621047/?active%5Ftab=about) suggesting civilians raid the secretive military base to to finally “see them aliens.” Area 51, which makes up part of Nellis Air Force Complex in Nevada, has long captured the imagination of conspiracy theorists because of the intense secrecy surrounding the facility and its work, leading some to speculate that it houses aliens and their technology.

While people are seemingly signing up for the tongue-in-cheek event all in good fun, the military is warning against any jokesters making good on their Facebook promise and showing up at the remote and highly-classified military site in person. When reached for comment by [_The Washington Post_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2019/07/13/half-million-people-signed-up-storm-area-what-happens-if-they-actually-show-up/?utm%5Fterm=.b773ae98ea1f)on Friday, Air Force spokeswoman Laura McAndrews issued a warning:

“\[Area 51\] is an open training range for the US Air Force, and we would discourage anyone from trying to come into the area where we train American armed forces,” McAndrews told the paper. “The US Air Force always stands ready to protect America and its assets.”

Since most people will undoubtedly heed the military’s warning and stay away from [Area 51](http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1860871%5F1860876%5F1861006,00.html), their interaction with [aliens](https://time.com/alien-life/) is limited to sharing memes on Twitter that speculate what it would be like to actually find aliens in Area 51.

See the best [Area 51 alien memes](https://time.com/alien-life/) below.

> [](https://twitter.com/realistzen/status/1149642158506311680)

> [](https://twitter.com/Caleb%5FBrentley/status/1149663097533059072)


> [](https://twitter.com/brklynn17/status/1150091031066664961)

> [](https://twitter.com/j%5Fmping/status/1149668212553834497)

> [](https://twitter.com/irritatingshit1/status/1149614355375198208)


> [](https://twitter.com/tastyana2/status/1149579757970837506)

> [](https://twitter.com/MikeDaveD/status/1149658040347422720)

> [](https://twitter.com/juanjose7%5F/status/1149565015625592834)


> [](https://twitter.com/cloutlessrat/status/1149642978341691393)

> [](https://twitter.com/birdhusband/status/1149556868680863750)

> [](https://twitter.com/niallmoran%5F/status/1149641207041032193)


> [](https://twitter.com/lilaltoidfyb/status/1149677446972747776)

> [](https://twitter.com/ImBarbaraPool/status/1149698451694919680)

> [](https://twitter.com/matthewjmartin%5F/status/1149657473671786498)


> [](https://twitter.com/Gabriel%5Frod12/status/1149730952534528003)

> [](https://twitter.com/eli%5Fbashi/status/1150593789297385472)

> [](https://twitter.com/baratingz/status/1149990967950241792)


> [](https://twitter.com/Kenyaa%5Fsophia/status/1150540612296482816)

> [](https://twitter.com/JFlecTV/status/1149987731642077189)

> [](https://twitter.com/aquajacky/status/1150132963193102336)


> [](https://twitter.com/Jfishwinning/status/1150483922700161024)

> [](https://twitter.com/absinners/status/1150139335662022656)

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