--- title: 'Plunger Guy' Leads People in an Attempt to 'Storm Area 51' description: Of all the earthlings curious about alien life, the plunger guy who led his people to storm Area 51 is perhaps the most interesting. canonical: https://time.com/5683239/area-51-raid-plunger/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-09-21T18:06:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:00:22.772Z og:title: All Hail the 'Plunger Guy' Hero Leading the Most Amusing Attempt to 'Storm Area 51' and Plunge for the Truth og:description: And you better believe they did the trademark Naruto run og:url: https://time.com/5683239/area-51-raid-plunger/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt570b46e466fb71c3/698a0351457a52ca45d62d59/area51raid-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: US-PEOPLE-AREA 51 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: All Hail the 'Plunger Guy' Hero Leading the Most Amusing Attempt to 'Storm Area 51' and Plunge for the Truth twitter:description: And you better believe they did the trademark Naruto run twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt570b46e466fb71c3/698a0351457a52ca45d62d59/area51raid-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # All Hail the 'Plunger Guy' Hero Leading the Most Amusing Attempt to 'Storm Area 51' and Plunge for the Truth > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Sep 21, 2019 6:06 PM UTC  Members of law enforcement stand near barb wire, as people gathered to "storm" Area 51, at an entrance to the military facility near Rachel, Nevada on September 20, 2019\. (Photo by Bridget BENNETT / AFP) (Photo credit should read BRIDGET BENNETT/AFP/Getty Images) Members of law enforcement stand near barb wire, as people gathered to "storm" Area 51, at an entrance to the military facility near Rachel, Nevada on September 20, 2019\. (Photo by Bridget BENNETT / AFP) (Photo credit should read BRIDGET BENNETT/AFP/Getty Images) BRIDGET BENNETT&etty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Sep 21, 2019 6:06 PM UTC Out of all of the roughly 100 truth-seeking earth-dwellers who showed to the “[Area 51 raid](https://time.com/5682078/area-51-raid/)” before dawn on Saturday, “plunger guy” may have had the most flair. Even if you didn’t believe enough to make the trip to [Area 51](https://time.com/5682343/area-51-raid-signs/) to see things for yourself this weekend in Nevada, there are still shenanigans to enjoy. And this video capturing a band’s best intentions is that primo essential viewing opportunity. It all went down at around 3 a.m. Saturday, when a man, aptly dubbed “plunger guy,” raised a plunger high in the air and led a group of like-minded individuals _toward_ the Area 51 barricade for a “trial run.” And you better believe they did the trademark [Naruto run](https://time.com/5681348/area-51-naruto-run/) from the popular manga series. It was the original raid-plotting method proposed by the total hoax, though totally widespread Storm Area 51 Facebook event that captain-of-the-chaos Matty Roberts began as a joke. **Read More**: [Laughs, Masks and a ‘Sense of Community.’ Most People Came in Peace to the Area 51 Raid. Here’s What Actually Happened ](https://time.com/5681197/area-51-raid-aftermath/) The shaggy blond-haired plunger man named Ben Schneider a.k.a. Reckless Ben on YouTube, who told reporters he was Gary Winthorpe (a Danny Duncan reference!) from Ohio, and a his fellow Alienstock attendees got just steps before the gates of the secretive military facility before stopping, but that doesn’t make it any less glorious. > [](https://twitter.com/morgan%5Fsung/status/1175372774388297728) While they may not have gotten to poke around to see what’s being so closely guarded, luckily for us, news teams were on the scene to witness their valiant truth quest below. “We came out here to raid Area 51 and find the truth about what they’re hiding,” plunger guy told [FOX 5 KVVU-TV](https://www.fox5vegas.com/news/aliens/thousands-turn-out-for-alien-themed-festivals-in-lincoln-county/article%5F67ee8a98-dc32-11e9-9b9b-5fba853baec2.html). “We don’t know if it’s aliens, we don’t know if it’s time travel, we don’t know if there’s minions in there.” Plunger guy did go on to admit that people weren’t going to really raid Area 51. “It was a bunch of millennials that came out. They all came out with their camera just trying to vlog the whole thing so nobody ended up storming. It was kind of lame,” he said. Like the Naruto runner legend before him who raced through a live broadcast, plunger guy has made quite an impression. “We’re gonna plunge the truth,” he told [Mashable](https://mashable.com/article/storm-area-51-second-try-alienstock-reckless-ben-youtube/). Plunge on. Even though as many as two million people signed up, far less were in Rachel and Hiko, Nev., for the far more practical music festivals. Happily, a jovial interplay between guards and “raiders” has prevailed, but there have been some [arrests](https://time.com/5682254/area-51-arrest-raid/). One thing’s for sure. 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