Bud Light's 'Area 51' Can Design Began as a Joke, but Now Might Become Real

51,000 retweets will put the gag into production

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At this point, it sounds like the odds of seeing a Bud Light Area 51 can might be better than the chances millions of Facebook users will actually invade the top-secret military installation.

Thanks to the viral popularity of a tongue-in-cheek event scheduled for Sept. 20 called “Storm Area 51, They Can’t Stop All of Us,” the secrecy-shrouded U.S. Air Force base in Nevada has been the talk of the internet for weeks.

Bud Light got in on the buzz Wednesday by tweeting a potential can design that fully embraces our future alien overlords.

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