Visitors descending on the remote Nevada desert for "Storm Area 51" are from Earth, not outer space.

No one knows the exact number of people who will go to the towns near the federal restricted area.

The visitors descending on the remote Nevada desert for “Storm Area 51” are from Earth, not outer space. The events begin Friday morning.

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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.

Thousands of extraterrestrial enthusiasts are expected to descend on the desert for the 'Storm Area 51' event.

It’s about 2 p.m. on a Friday, an hour before closing time, and soon a stream of clients will try to squeeze into the lobby of Trac-B Exchange, the first storefront syringe exchange in Southern Nevada.

DIGITAL EXCLUSIVE: UNLV professor Michael Ian Borer talks about the trend and people's interest in aliens in relation to the #StormArea51 phenomenon.

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