Irish comedian Andrew Maxwell was arrested at gunpoint while making a documentary about UFO’s.

He sneaked into America’s secret Area 51 military base.

He and 11 others were ordered to lay on the ground for three hours while the FBI carried out security checks and government officials in Washington were informed of the security breach.

The crew were filming an episode of BBC3’s Conspiracy Road Trip, in which the comedian takes conspiracy theorists on a journey to challenge their beliefs.