Heh - what a bunch of maroons

From the London Daily Mail:

Moment BBC film crew was held at gunpoint after trying to sneak into Nevada's Area 51 military base with UFO conspiracy theorists
This is the moment a BBC film crew were held by security teams at the notoriously secretive Area 51 - where conspiracy theorists believe the American government is hiding a flying saucer.

Irish comedian Andrew Maxwell and UFO expert Darren Perks sneaked past the border at the site - and were forced to lie on the ground at gunpoint for three hours while the FBI checked their credentials.

It is the same 'documentary' team that caused outrage in Britain last week when they suggested that the 7/7 London bombings were part of a government conspiracy to boost support for the Iraq war.

Some more:

'We stopped the tour bus approx 50 metres from the restricted area barriers and started to film.

'There was no one around, no guards, no vehicles - nothing.

'We filmed for approximately 30 minutes and tried to call the guards but there was no one there and no sign of them.

'So we all decided to walk past the barriers onto the restricted area past the security huts and basically onto Area 51. Nothing happened....'

He continued: 'We filmed again for another 30 minutes and even messed around doing a silly dance, but still no guards.

'Then one of the other stars of the trip pointed out that on looking through one of the security hut windows, she could see the guards all sitting down eating dinner and watching the basketball game on TV. They did nothing.

'So after a few more minutes and a few more picture taking and filming, one of the crew decided to speak to the guards and knocked on their hut door. All hell broke loose.'

'The guards rushed out with their weapons and forced us all to lay face down at gunpoint in the tarmac.

'We were all searched, had our phones, wallets and IDs taken and the film equipment taken. This was at approx 6:15pm.

'For three hours we lay face down until the Lincoln County Sheriffs arrived on scene.

'Things then eased off a bit and we were all then taken one by one off the restricted area to the sheriffs who issued us with a ticket and grilled us about what we were doing. We all got fined �375 each.

'We were told that this incident was so serious that Washington had to call London to advise that 12 'Brits' had just breached security at America's most top-secret military base and that we all were at one point going to jail for six months.

'Luckily whoever it was in Washington was kind enough to just fine us.'

Bunch of idiots -- the entrance is very well posted showing that it is a U.S. Air Force installation and that Photography is prohibited. Of course, they will leach a little frisson of notoriety from their stupid act and be the toast of the glitterati for the next fifteen minutes. I have to ask -- how much does it hurt to be that stupid?