According to a press release issued, at 5:18 pm local time on January 28, an unidentified male sped through a security checkpoint at the entrance to the secret Area 51 government site. Both the Nye County Sheriff’s Office and the NNSS Security Protective Force Officers pursued the man in a high speed chase for eight miles..
According to the NNSS, the man got out of his car and began approaching security officials carrying an unknown “cylindrical object.” The man did not respond to officers’ verbal commands and was shot and pronounced dead..
The FBI is also investigating..
The press release is vague and mysterious... no word on the identity of the man or what the cylindrical item in question was...