publication date: Friday, September 20, 2019 (part of Fall 2019)

category: Fads

clue: His unserious post about trespassing in an Air Force test facility provoked an out-of-this-world response.

explanation: In June 2019, Roberts created a public Facebook event for September 20 called "Storm Area 51, They Can't Stop All of Us," which quickly went viral and attracted responses from over 3 million people. He later disavowed it as a joke. more…

intended difficulty: medium

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Matthew Preston, and Erik Bates


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