An Internet goof that went viral has produced controversy over a potential music festival in a tiny Nevada town near Area 51, the secret Air Force facility in the vast desert.

Time reports on the bubbling controversy, which — wouldn’t you know it — has an Arkansas angle?

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Brock Dailey, a 20-year-old Arkansas native music promoter, is identified as one of the organizers of Alienstock, the proposed music festival for a weekend in September. The military and the inhabitants of Rachel, Nev., are among those wary of a big festival.

 

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