Area 51 festival comes to a peaceful conclusion

The festivals are over and Earthlings from around the globe headed home Sunday after a weekend camping and partying in the dusty Nevada desert and trekking to the remote gates of Area 51, a formerly top-secret U.S. military base long the focus of UFO and space alien lore.

They left in peace, officials and the host of a free "Alienstock" festival said Sunday.

Visitors hailed from France, Russia, Germany, Peru, Sweden, Australia and many U.S. states in answer to an internet post in June suggesting that if enough people rushed the area 51 military base authorities couldn't stop everyone. At its peak about 3000 people were in attendance.