Storm Area 51 creator: 'I sparked a movement while I was bored at 2 a.m.'
by David Montero, Los Angeles Times
Sep 12, 2019
4 minutes
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LAS VEGAS - The largest thing Matty Roberts had ever organized was a rave in his hometown of Bakersfield, Calif. It featured a few local bands and a couple of DJs and drew about 350 people.
He was a community college student with plans to transfer to a four-year school and get a degree in engineering. He worked at a vape shop. Fun for him was playing World of Warcraft at his house.
That was 10 months ago - ancient history for the 21-year-old at the center of the weirdest internet phenomenon of the summer, a plan to organize a mass raid Sept. 20
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