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Area 51 website owner who says armed feds raided his homes speaks out: 'It could be your door next'
2022-11-21
Ah'l wager, aliens.
[FoxNews] Arnu says all he knows is that the investigation was related to something he posted online

The owner of a prominent Area 51 website is speaking out after he says federal government agents raided his homes at gunpoint and broke down the doors while investigating a crime he still does not know the details of.

"I discussed the case with an attorney specialized in Federal cases," Joerg Arnu, proprietor of the website Area-51 themed website Dreamland Resort.com, said in a statement to Fox News Digital on Saturday. "What I learned is truly incredible and in my opinion a much bigger story than the raid of my homes. What was done to me and my girlfriend, two unarmed, innocent, cooperating senior citizens, is apparently totally within the law. Truly incredible!"

It was reported earlier this week that Arnu claimed 15-20 armed federal authorities from the U.S. Air Force and FBI raided two Nevada homes belonging to him and his girlfriend including a home he was present in where he says agents busted through his door and yanked the pair outside where they were "detained and treated in the most disrespectful way."

Arnu said on Saturday that he still does not know what specific crime he violated and only knows what an agent told him during the raid that the incident was "related to images posted on my Area 51 website."

Arnu claims that between the damages to his houses, including the broken down door, and the value of the hard drives, cameras, and other equipment, amounts to a dollar value of around $25,000.

"I have not been charged with a crime and all my attempts to reach out to the FBI to at least get my much-needed medical and financial records and passwords stored on the seized computers were in vain," Arnu said. "Crickets from the feds!"

In photos provided to Fox News Digital, doors to Arnu’s homes can be seen bent and damaged where he says agents stormed into his dwelling.

Arnu explained earlier this week that his girlfriend was "led out into the street barefoot and only in her underwear in full view of the neighbors" during the raid and that he was led outside "handcuffed and only in a T-shirt and sweats in sub-freezing temperatures."

"The federal government has the right to harass and traumatize random citizens that are not accused of any crime," Arnu said. "Kick in their doors, manhandle them and take whatever they want from them. Said citizens have no rights whatsoever to reimbursement of their damages, return of their property or compensation for the trauma they were subjected to."

Lt. Col. Bryon McGarry, Nellis Air Force Base spokesperson, confirmed to Fox News Digital that there is currently an open investigation into Arnu but did not provide details as to the specific crime.

Fox News Digital reached out to the Federal Bureau of Investigation multiple times but did not immediately receive a response.

Arnu started Dreamland Resort in 1999 and the site features videos of drone footage from around Area 51, satellite images of the base, discussion forums, and articles on various rumored top-secret projects involving UFOs. The site also features photos of "super secret" aircraft being developed by the U.S. military.
Perhaps it’s the super secret items that the feds object to having revealed. That’s why we stick to open source information here, and occasionally remind y’all that the site is not secure.
Arnu says that he took down some photos from this website following the raid in an attempt to "diffuse" the situation but does not believe he posted anything illegal.

Arnu created a GoFundMe to raise money to replace the items he says that his lawyer told him he is unlikely to get back.

"By the time you get your laptops back they will be obsolete," Arnu says his lawyer told him. "IF you get them back."

Arnu has suggested that he will take legal action in order to recover his property.
Annnnd... Xyz, who's obsessed with me, steps up to the plate and swings and whiffs. Again, Xyz, I don't have an OnlyFans page, and I WON'T send you d1ckpics?
Posted by:Skidmark

#15  They will find me in my easy chair eating a hot pocket watching a Cavs game. Pro-tip, wear galoshes, one of my dogs is 16 and incontinent.
Posted by: Super Hose   2022-11-21 20:10  

#14  Security risk? Aviation Week Leak was/is notorious for ...and has been for decades.
Posted by: magpie   2022-11-21 14:35  

#13  Hunter Biden laptop repairman details 'chilling' warning from FBI agent
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-11-21 13:41  

#12  FBI is like the boys who cried "Wolf!". It's all fun and games until a real wolf shows up.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2022-11-21 12:57  

#11  What MikeKozlowski says may well be true. If so, the problem is the FBI has squandered it's reputation chasing after Trump for the past six years while ignoring Hillary, Hunter, Jeffery and Joe. So when they work on a case that really matters, we don't believe them.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2022-11-21 12:54  

#10  Who knows if Hunter has already given the Chinese the premium tour.
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-11-21 10:04  

#9   NN2N1,

Keep this is mind - we know the bad guys have reconsats overhead every now and them. And they see exactly what we want them to see.

Mr Arnu may believe he is performing a public service, and let's face it - it's kinda cool. But he may well be seeing/describing things the recon sats haven't seen, and I guarantee that somewhere in China, a PLAAF Airman First Class is chowing down on his mu shu pork and comparing the two - and of such things is good intelligence work made.

USAF and DOD have been - all things considered - remarkably tolerant about the Area 51 fanboys over the years, but the Alphabet agencies have been keeping a perfectly legal eye on them too, and I suspect that they either found or could have exposed something that we really, really wanted kept on the QT. At that point, all bets are off, and Mr Arnu bears the responsibility for what happened next.

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski   2022-11-21 09:45  

#8  It's been a slow month for fed door kicking.
They were bored. (They have a budget to justify.)
Posted by: ed in texas   2022-11-21 09:18  

#7  
Given, he and others have surveil Groom, a Crimson/Top Secret Base's activities. Yes, he should be investigated given his leaks "could" compromise National Security.

But with that said. Any real US enemy already has its own versions of a KH-12+ watching Groom, Johnston Island and a few other better out of sight out of mind hidden R&D sites.

Really, the only people not knowing what is going on at Groom are the typical American Taxpayers, who are paying for it. However, for $40 you can purchase a Spy-Sat pic that views 1km down to 30cm


Posted by: NN2N1   2022-11-21 06:39  

#6  They're the enemy, Spike. Plain and simple. I'll bet most of them Agent-in charge on down are just enforcers like you say and the Directors are of course hand picked sons of bitches, party loyalists. There was that article recently about a federal investigator re-tasked now solely with hunting subversives. But at the moment they're afraid of you. It's soft targets they're going for. Just like SS must have gone for the outliers, the wierd ones first, or those it could easily frame. With time, as their thuggery goes unchallenged by the majority, armed or not, they will consolidate total coercive power. Today they've come for this sad guy. Tommorow they'll actually come for everyone who is critical of them.

Arnu is not even a UFO hack. I saw his site. He's more interested in exposing AF black projects for his followers. Not harmless from a security point of view, imagine if the Chinese put him up to it, but also not warranting such treatment. A simple cease and desist thingy would have sufficed but the establishment is geared up for making examples these days. That's what I meant.
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-11-21 03:21  

#5  Cheering for the same FBI that is known to be corrupt. Cheering for the FBI that shot Randy Weaver's dog and son and wife. Cheering for the FBI that raided Trump.

They are nothing but mafia enforcers for the deep state. They are illegitimate. They do not represent our interests, nor do they protect us. They are no better than Papa Doc Duvalier's Tonton Macoutes.
Posted by: Spike the Hairy6811   2022-11-21 02:43  

#4  I think the feebs are going after the lowest hanging fruit these days. They know they can't challenge that great white majority yet, so they go after the outliers, ones they think nobody will turn up for. Just a hunch.

We can't really believe in this alien spacecraft fantasy of course. Anybody who does is slightly loony or a scammer. But it gives the feds a target to show off their muscle. An anti-establishment family, whining about coverups and shit. Zap 'em! Show off your fed power.
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-11-21 02:02  

#3  he still does not know what specific crime he violated and only knows what an agent told him

At least tell the poor bastard what crime he's violated so he can get better at it. 🙃

By the way, having a girlfriend at a senior age is cool, but not if she's a senior too. Whatevaah 🎵
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-11-21 01:52  

#2  Eh? What do you mean, Xyz?
Posted by: trailing wife   2022-11-21 00:49  

#1  Hopefully it’s Frank G and not me.
Posted by: Xyz   2022-11-21 00:44  

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