Months of memes, planning, and campaigning have led to this. Days after Tom Delonge dropped the unidentified flying object bombshell on America, the storm has begun. 

Despite numerous warnings from Nevada officials, the raid is on and it is real. 

The Alien Research Center has a new sign up greeting visitors and one that reads ‘I stormed Area 51’ ahead of Friday’s Area 51 Basecamp kickoff. #stormarea51 #area51 pic.twitter.com/uar7I84Zqf

— Mick Akers (@mickakers) September 18, 2019

Here are a few people who are really taking in the spirit of the event downtown. #Area51 #LasVegas #SeeThemAliens @News3LV pic.twitter.com/5D1V4OW8AB

— Max Darrow (@MaxNews3LV) September 20, 2019

Alienstock, as it’s now being dubbed, is bound to be a spectacle in one way or another.