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Area 51 has “secrets that deserve to be protected”, a US Air Force general has warned amid a plan to storm the secret installation to “see them aliens”.



General David Goldfein, the chief of staff for the US Air Force, made the cryptic comment at the Air Force Association’s Air, Space, Cyber conference at National Habor, Maryland.



He was quizzed about the viral Facebook event by reporters.

Millions of people had planned to attend “Storm Area 51, They Can’t Stop All Of Us” on September 20.

US Air Force officials have already warned they “stood ready” to defend the military base.



Goldfein’s response however will just further inflame conspiracy theories that Area 51 is actually the home of the US government’s secrets about aliens.

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Speaking to reporters, Goldfein said: “We’re taking it very seriously, our nation has secrets.



“And those secrets deserve to be protected.”

Matt Donovan, acting secretary of the US Air Force, reportedly added that extra security has been deployed along with barricades.

Thousands of people are still expected to descend on Nevada despite the event now being deleted from Facebook

And just last week YouTuber Ties Granzier and his friend Govert Charles Wilhelmus Jacob Sweep were arrested close to Area 51.

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Nevada residents are preparing for an influx of tourists amid the plan to storm it.

Businesses around the already popular tourist spot were looking forward to a boom.

Matty Roberts started the event as a joke, but has now said the event as cancelled as he fears a “humanitarian disaster”.

And the linked festival Alienstock 2019 has also been axed due to fears the event was going to become “Fyrefest 2.0” due to the “lack of infrastructure, poor planning, risk management”.

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Roberts was inspired to make the joke after Joe Rogan interviewed conspiracy theorist and former Area 51 employee Bob Lazar.

On the now-deleted Facebook event, it said: “We will all meet up in Rural Nevada and coordinate our parties.

"If we Naruto run, we can move faster than their bullets.



“Lets see them aliens."

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Area 51 lies in the middle of the barren desert in the US, with unmarked roads leading up to the frontgate.

It is one of the most secretive locations in the world and is often linked to conspiracy theories about aliens.

The site is a highly classified remote detachment of Edwards Air Force Base, and was built in 1955.

The fenced off land, measuring six by ten miles, is located 83 miles north of Las Vegas in Nevada.

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US Government officials refused to acknowledge the existence of Area 51 for decades.

The base was kept secret until it was officially acknowledged by the CIA in 2013, and its location was revealed.

It had been used as a testing ground for top-secret aircraft, including the U-2 in the 1950s, and the B2 stealth bomber.

The current purpose of the site however remains a closely guarded secret.

