The True Story Behind 'Trainwreck: Storm Area 51'

What Was Storm Area 51? The True Story Behind the Viral Facebook Event that Cost the U.S. Military $11 Million

Storm Area 51 is one of the subjects of Netflix's 'Trainwreck' docuseriesCourtesy of Netflix Matty Roberts in 'Trainwreck: Storm Area 51.'NEED TO KNOWStorm Area 51 was a 2019 Facebook event that went viralOver two million people RSVPed to raid the highly classified U.S. air baseThe incident is the subject of Netflix's 'Trainwreck: Storm Area 51,' which debuted on July 29Storm Area 51 may just be one of the most expensive jokes in American histor…

The True Story Behind 'Trainwreck: Storm Area 51'

The last 2025 installment of Trainwreck, Netflix’s series on disasters in recent history, is more about a trainwreck that was averted. Out July 29, Trainwreck: Storm Area 51 explores what happened when conspiracy theorists gathered at a highly-protected military base in rural Nevada, convinced that was where the government was doing top-secret U.F.O research. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] They were prompted by a Facebook post that was create…

Internet Meme Comes To Life In Netflix’s ‘Trainwreck: Storm Area 51’

Supposedly, a contender for Netflix’s biggest actual competitor isn’t another studio’s streaming service or even the general practice of leaving the house, but streaming-video pioneer YouTube. The near-universally used site has become, among other things, a go-to hub for content creators (read: semi-professionals) to disseminate (or regurgitate) obvious points better-made elsewhere. Never does the idea of Netflix competing with YouTube make more…

Trainwreck: Storm Area 51 Review: Very Amusing Entertainer

Trainwreck: Storm Area 51 Review: When a shitpost on a random Facebook group calling people to storm Area 51, a highly classified United States Air Force base, goes viral, things start to unravel for the creator of the event, Matty Roberts, as well as the US Air Force, FBI, and Federal Aviation Administration. Director Jack MacInnes The series has 2 episodes, each with a runtime of around 50 minutes. Trainwreck: Storm Area 51 Review: Still Tra…

Storm Area 51’s Matty Roberts And Malinda Ortega: Where Are They Now?

Trainwreck: Storm Area 51, the 2-part Netflix documentary, is a testament to how jobless people can be. I am quite sure that an incident like this could only have happened in a developed nation, because nobody has the time to indulge in such conspiracy theories, live in their own dreamland, and, moreover, act upon it in the real world in a developing or underdeveloped nation. We all love a good conspiracy theory, but in September 2019, we saw ho…