They Come in Peace…and for the BBQ
Just found an April Fools joke on Google Earth. Area 51 has some visitors.
Update: Yow – this page currently has over 2500 Diggs (and a total of over 150,000 hits!!!) and is the top Digg story of the day! Thankfully 1&1’s servers are handling the load quite well…
Update: also listed on Wikipedia and waxy.org
Update: hello Washington Post readers…
Posted: April 1st, 2006 under Amusements.
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Comments
Comment from ZJBird
Time: April 1, 2006, 10:52 am
HAHAHA, this is good! I just booted up my google earth and it took me a bit but i found it! This is just for April fools? Nice find!
Comment from gilbert
Time: April 1, 2006, 11:01 am
Nice find, next time i’ll put it in the hangar
Comment from Chris
Time: April 1, 2006, 11:05 am
Nice find. Google have always had that witty humor going on. Just to say that its now been removed since I last checked!
Comment from Eric
Time: April 1, 2006, 11:18 am
Awesome! Not as funny as Pigeon Rank, but it’s cool that they hid some easter eggs in Google Earth!
Trackback from meneame.net
Time: April 1, 2006, 11:27 am
Extraterrestres avistados na Área 51
Finalmente! Cá está a prova que faltava para quem está convencido que somos visitados por pequenos homenzinhos verdes.
Trackback from Chrono Tron – 100%
Time: April 1, 2006, 11:29 am
Google: Pathetic Disappointment on April 1
I’m quite a Google fan and every single year I have been relishing the excellent tricks played on the rest of the web by Google and with great anticipation I’ve been waiting for April 1 just to check out Google’s mindboggling trick/ho…
Comment from Jauhari
Time: April 1, 2006, 11:32 am
That’s nice Fools Day 
Comment from Naser
Time: April 1, 2006, 11:50 am
Wow great discovery
Comment from Bobby
Time: April 1, 2006, 11:53 am
Don’t despair, looks like they still had some fun today …..
Comment from Slapo
Time: April 1, 2006, 12:10 pm
How come Google Earth can’t find Roswell when they have Area 51? Weird 
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Comment from MooseBlaster
Time: April 1, 2006, 12:30 pm
Slapo: Have you tried typing in Roswell, NM?
Trackback from Zoli’s Blog
Time: April 1, 2006, 12:45 pm
They Come in Piece …
If you have Google Earth, don’t click the story link, check it out yourself: search fore Area 51, then zoom in.
Otherwise: read more | |
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Time: April 1, 2006, 2:11 pm
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Comment from wogo
Time: April 1, 2006, 2:54 pm
ROFLOL! MAO!
Comment from Son Nguyen
Time: April 1, 2006, 3:16 pm
I love this day, so many news that is actually news
Trackback from NYI LYNN SECK
Time: April 1, 2006, 3:28 pm
Google Earth’s April Fool
Google Earth’s April Fool
Check it out that Aliens visit to Google Earth at April 1.
Comment from NLS
Time: April 1, 2006, 5:42 pm
Great Idea. Ha Ha
Trackback from meneame.net
Time: April 1, 2006, 5:55 pm
La otra broma: Extraterrestres en el area 51
Google ha insertado en Google Earth imágenes de extraterrestres en la famosa base del área 51. Esta sí ha sido una broma buena.
Trackback from zxocuteboy
Time: April 1, 2006, 6:54 pm
Just found an April Fools
Just found an April Fools joke on Google Earth. Area 51 has some visitors.
Trackback from Waxy.org
Time: April 1, 2006, 7:23 pm
Internet Jackass Day 2006
Like every year, I’ll be rounding up my favorite pranks on Internet Jackass Day (aka April Fool’s Day). In case…
Trackback from Mike The Actuary’s Musings
Time: April 1, 2006, 7:58 pm
Google Discovers Area 51’s Secret
You know, I’ve been unusually annoyed with the April 1st tomfoolery this year, but I did encounter one item I liked.
Apparently, in honor of the day, Google added an item of interest to their images of Area 51.
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Comment from Rain
Time: April 2, 2006, 4:12 am
Funny~!
Comment from wper
Time: April 2, 2006, 11:49 am
really interesting
Comment from Rasec
Time: April 3, 2006, 10:08 am
hauehaieuhaieuh ! que podre !
Mas foi engraçado !
Saudações do Brasil !
Comment from Anonymous
Time: April 3, 2006, 10:38 am
how did you find that???
Comment from Kevin
Time: April 3, 2006, 10:47 am
There was a hint posted on the Google Earth Community forum. It took me roughly 5 minutes of scanning Area 51 to find them.
Comment from David Thompson
Time: April 3, 2006, 7:35 pm
Nice to have a little BBQ and clean the windshield. Good find!
Comment from Hojo
Time: April 4, 2006, 3:40 am
“Thankfully 1&1’s servers are handling the load quite well…”
Can you also tell wich hosting plan you? Im very interested in a good hosting plan.
Comment from Kevin
Time: April 4, 2006, 9:06 am
I have 1&1’s Linux Business plan. $9.99/month, 100 GB disk, Linux shell, 2000 email addresses, etc etc etc. So far (after 2+ years) it has been very stable, with only one or two minor issues. More info here.
Comment from TheoryMaster
Time: April 8, 2006, 10:07 pm
Awesome joke!
Comment from bobinzz
Time: April 1, 2006, 10:40 am
haha thats gold
i love it, google never ceases to amaze 