German magazine Stern reported yesterday that head-banging rock sensation Andrew WK, AKA Andrew Wilkes-Krier, is intricately linked in the US government's continuing efforts to conceal ongoing study of extraterrestrial spacecrafts at the secret Groom Lake "Area 51" facility outside Rachel, Nevada.

Many details of the story are still surfacing, but the central allegation is that Mr. Wilkes-Krier was an integral component of an effort to divert attention away from the increasing scrutiny given to the facility by mainstream media outlets. Jeff K. Larson, an US State Department insider who wishes to remain anonymous, contends that the United States Air Force worked in association with the State Department to launch a high publicity media blitz revolving around an "impossibly upbeat 'rebel' that superficially espoused teen angst and rebellion," but in fact reinforced the status quo in most if not all respects. This, it was hoped, would keep prying eyes far off the track of discovering the reality behind the US Military's exploits with flying saucer technology and members of the alien grey race that are housed in a hollowed-out mountain in the deserts of Nevada.

Wilkes-Krier's cover was blown when editors of his latest DVD came across unusual footage dating from 2001 in which a member of Wilkes-Krier's entourage mentioned the ploy backstage before a concert, reportedly bragging that "no one's gonna give a shit about the aliens when they're getting crushed in mosh pits." A series of phone calls made by the editors to investigate the curious statement led to the window of the editing studio being shot out by men in a black sport utility vehicle, and harassing phone calls behind made to their wives. Fearing behind silenced by the mysterious men, the men came forward with their findings, selling the story to Stern Magazine for a reported $230,000.

Calls to Wilkes-Krier's publicist, the US Air Force, and Area 51 were not returned.