In The News: Department of Sociology
No one knows what to expect about the “Assault on Area 51” event, but the two small cities of Rachel and Hiko, located near the military research site that was once a secret, are preparing for an influx of people in the coming days.
Visitors descending on the remote Nevada desert for "Storm Area 51" are from Earth, not outer space.
Visitors descending on the remote Nevada desert for “Storm Area 51” are from Earth, not outer space.
Visitors descending on the remote Nevada desert for “Storm Area 51” are from Earth, not outer space.
Visitors descending on the remote Nevada desert for "Storm Area 51" are from Earth, not outer space.
Visitors who descend to the remote Nevada desert for the assault on "Area 51" are from Earth, not from outer space.
Visitors descending on the remote Nevada desert for "Storm Area 51" are from Earth, not outer space.
The visitors descending on the remote Nevada desert for “Storm Area 51” are from Earth, not outer space. The events begin Friday morning.
No one knows the exact number of people who will go to the towns near the federal restricted area.
What is it about Americans that makes us so afraid of admitting that people ought to have free time — both for their own sake as individuals, and for the betterment of society?
Chances are, if you've been on Facebook you've probably seen the event to Storm Area 51. UNLV junior Dylan Orlando had his eyes on it.
He's somewhere out there: That is, Michael Ian Borer, a UNLV sociologist and pop culture expert who's available to offer context to media stories about the swelling interest in aliens and the Area 51 military base in Nevada.