Matty Roberts, now 26, lives in Bakersfield, California with his mother, Malinda Ortega, who is also featured in the documentary. You can find him on Instagram, where he’s been posting stories about ...

As a joke, Matty Roberts came up with the idea of "invading" Area 51, the military base in the Nevada desert associated with aliens and UFOs. The goof idea of storming Area 51 went viral. Three ...

Storm Area 51, a two‑part documentary exploring the strange, multi‑million‑dollar meme that almost became a national incident ...

According to Trainwreck: Storm Area 51, the viral joke cost the U.S. military an estimated $11 million.

Audience reactions to Netflix’s Trainwreck docuseries have been largely mixed, but Trainwreck: Storm Area 51 has stood out as an exception.

The most popular episode of Joe Rogan's podcast has been credited with inspiring the viral movement to storm the gates of Area 51 in the summer of 2019. Netflix released a new episode of its ...

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 ...

When 20-year old Matty Roberts creates a Facebook event inviting people to storm the classified Air Force facility Area 51 in the Nevada desert, the post quickly goes viral, with hundreds and then ...

NEED TO KNOW Netflix's Trainwreck: Storm Area 51 documentary revisits the 2019 internet meme where 21-year-old Matty Roberts created a satirical Facebook event encouraging people to raid Area 51 ...

When Matty Roberts of Bakersfield, California, created the public Facebook event “Storm Area 51” for Sep. 20, 2019, at 3 a.m., he didn’t expect it to go viral.

Roberts took advantage of his few months of internet fame back in 2019 by organizing an EDM music festival, dubbed Alienstock, in Las Vegas, on the day of the “Storm Area 51” event.