Sunday, March 06, 2005

Indie Filmmakers Detained at Area 51





"Independent filmmakers Ford Austin and Jed Rowen were driving near the infamous government base known as 'Area 51' on saturday night when their car was surrounded by several government employees in uniform. When asked what they were doing at the facility, the two filmmakers claimed to have been researching extra terrestrials and the secret government program that is rumored to be operating at the site. The agents took the two filmmakers into custody until late monday afternoon when they were allowed to leave the base. Austin stated, 'We weren't trespassing. We were staying deliberately away from the perimeter fence. It was terrifying! I mean, they put guns to our heads, took our cameras, and threw us into a cage. This definitely means that our film is hitting a little close to the bone'. Ford Austin claims that he and his producing partner, Jed Rowen, were attempting to return to an area known as S-4."

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Not that I dont disbeleive this story, I dont necessarily beleive it either. Sounds suspiciously like a publicity stunt feeding the attitudes of the zealous beleivers, who are really just as bad as the zealous skeptics, both refusing to analyze things from an objective point of view. How do we really know that they were arrested?

Mac said...

I'm dubious, too. "Return" to S-4? Maybe they *thought* the place they had been was S-4, but I seriously doubt they ever made it to the real place . . . whatever it's called.