{"id":8339,"date":"2019-10-24T13:47:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T13:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/?p=8339"},"modified":"2020-06-15T13:06:19","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T13:06:19","slug":"storm-area-51-air-force-public-affairs-office-e-mails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/storm-area-51-air-force-public-affairs-office-e-mails\/","title":{"rendered":"Storm Area 51: Air Force Public Affairs Office E-Mails"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Background<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>&#8220;Storm Area 51, They Can&#8217;t Stop All of Us&#8221;, commonly referred to as Raid Area 51 or Storm Area 51, was an American Facebook event that took place on September 20, 2019, at Area 51, a United States Air Force (USAF) facility within the Nevada Test and Training Range, to raid the site in a search for extraterrestrial life. More than 2 million people responded &#8220;going&#8221; and 1.5 million &#8220;interested&#8221; on the event&#8217;s page, which subsequently attracted widespread media reaction and made the event become an Internet meme.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>USAF was fielding e-mails and phone calls from journalists (and others) about the event. On September 5, 2019, I filed a FOIA request for all e-mails sent to\/from USAF Spokeswoman Laura Mcandrews that contained the keyword &#8220;Area 51.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On October 24, 2019, I received the below documents.<\/p>\n<h3>Document Archive &#8211; Highlights<\/h3>\n<p><em>(Full Release is below)<\/em><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-8339 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/10-24-2019-6-32-23-AM.png'><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"839\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/10-24-2019-6-32-23-AM.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/10-24-2019-6-32-23-AM.png 810w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/10-24-2019-6-32-23-AM-600x621.png 600w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/10-24-2019-6-32-23-AM-290x300.png 290w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/10-24-2019-6-32-23-AM-150x155.png 150w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/10-24-2019-6-32-23-AM-450x466.png 450w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/10-24-2019-6-32-23-AM-768x795.png 768w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/10-24-2019-6-32-23-AM-145x150.png 145w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/10-24-2019-6-32-23-AM-731x757.png 731w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8340'>\n\t\t\t\tOn July 27, 2019, Joe Macias sent the USAF a list of &#8220;demands&#8221; about the Storm Area 51 event.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/10-24-2019-6-33-15-AM.png'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"766\" height=\"1087\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/10-24-2019-6-33-15-AM.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/10-24-2019-6-33-15-AM.png 766w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/10-24-2019-6-33-15-AM-600x851.png 600w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/10-24-2019-6-33-15-AM-211x300.png 211w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/10-24-2019-6-33-15-AM-722x1024.png 722w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/10-24-2019-6-33-15-AM-150x213.png 150w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/10-24-2019-6-33-15-AM-450x639.png 450w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/10-24-2019-6-33-15-AM-106x150.png 106w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/10-24-2019-6-33-15-AM-731x1037.png 731w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8341'>\n\t\t\t\tThis e-mail was sent to the PAO at USAF, Laura Mcandrews, expressing concern over the Storm Area 51 event. One note is that whomever this was (name redacted) expressed concern over &#8220;Unexploded ordnance&#8221; (aka: UXO) in and around Area 51 that someone may have stepped on.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<h3>Document Archive<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/documents2.theblackvault.com\/documents\/usaf\/usaf-area51.pdf\">Storm Area 51: Air Force Public Affairs Office E-Mails<\/a>\u00a0 [28 Pages, 0.5MB]<\/p>\n<div class=\"ead-preview\"><div class=\"ead-document\" style=\"position: relative;padding-top: 90%;\"><div class=\"ead-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe src=\"\/\/docs.google.com\/viewer?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocuments2.theblackvault.com%2Fdocuments%2Fusaf%2Fusaf-area51.pdf&amp;embedded=true&amp;hl=en\" title=\"Embedded Document\" class=\"ead-iframe\" style=\"width: 100%;height: 100%;border: none;position: absolute;left: 0;top: 0;visibility: hidden;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\t\t\t<div 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