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 ...

Trainwreck: Storm Area 51' is a shining example of everything that's wrong with the internet and the dangers of a new ...

Storm Area 51 may just be one of the most expensive jokes in American history. One late night in June 2019, Matty Roberts, a 20-year-old from Bakersville, Calif., created a Facebook event, which ...

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

Area 51, one of the most secretive military bases in the world, unexpectedly became the center of a viral storm in 2019.

Storm Area 51 may just be one of the most expensive jokes in American history. One late night in June 2019, Matty Roberts, a 20-year-old from Bakersville, Calif., created a Facebook event, which ...

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.