Did the US Military really spend $11m to stop Storm Area 51? New docuseries reveals

The previously viral event titled "Storm Area 51" allegedly cost the US military around $11 million, according to the information revealed in the new Netflix documentary, "Trainwreck: Storm Area 51." According to People Magazine, the documentary traces the events before and after the now viral post was created and dives into the lasting impact of the Storm Area 51 event, which initially began as a joke.

In the documentary, Colonel Craddock of the US military explained the reason for spending such a large amount of money to protect the highly classified military base from any attempted "storming" in the future. He said:

"You can easily say, well we shouldn't have done it. We should not have wasted those resource. My argument will be that there were too wide a range of possibilities with the worst-case scenario being a mass casualty event. And I will defend to the final day that we did not overspend in our preparation for it.”

More about the unknown details from the Storm Area 51 event, as the new documentary alleges that the event cost the US military $11 million

According to People Magazine, the "Storm Area 51: They Can't Stop All of Us" was an event created on Facebook by the then twenty-year-old, Matty Roberts. The post encouraged literally "storming" Area 51, the highly classified airbase in Nevada that has long been the subject of conspiracy theories.

Area 51 has long been associated with UFOs and other alleged extraterrestrial sightings. The event, created in June 2019, soon became a viral sensation, with thousands of people gearing up to storm the military base. Several of those people believed that it was the only way to get answers to the mysteries surrounding the highly classified site.

According to People Magazine, Matty Roberts, who is featured in the documentary "Trainwreck: Storm Area 51," can be seen opening up about how one post completely transformed his life. In the series, he talked about how the post encouraged everyone to show an interest in attending the event, adding that soon after the post went viral, he was visited by the FBI. He said:

"What if every fool on the internet converged on Area 51. What would they do? Shoot everyone? It just seemed like a hilarious idea to me. Jokes are funnier when they’re edgy, so I’d make it sound like a real call to arms. I just thought it would be a funny post for my page of 40 followers."

He further added:

"I’m just sitting there shaking, thinking I’m about to get a bag over my head and thrown into a van and shipped off to God-knows-where. And they’re grilling me about my social life, my backstory, what kind of religious beliefs I hold. Like just to feel out whether or not I am actually a terrorist."

The Storm Area 51 event was scheduled for September 20, 2019, at 3 a.m. According to People Magazine, back in 2029, Laura McAndrews, a spokesperson for the US Military, said in an interview with The Washington Post that they discouraged people from taking part in the event. She also emphasized that the US military would protect the area from those who tried to enter. She said:

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"[Area 51] is an open training range for the U.S. Air Force, and we would discourage anyone from trying to come into the area where we train American military. The US Air Force always stands ready to protect America and its assets."

The documentary titled "Trainwreck: Storm Area 51" was released on July 30 and is currently streaming on Netflix.

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