375, and there are two alien-themed points of interest immediately in either direction. It’s located right at the split between S.R. In a little over 90 minutes, you’ll end up in Crystal Springs, where you’ll find the second most famous road sign in Nevada, the Extraterrestrial Highway Sign. Starting in Vegas, take I-15 north to US Route 93 (Great Basin Highway). Go UFO-hunting along the Extraterrestrial Highway Locals quickly leaned into the alien lore, and thus, an entire quirky tourism industry centered around the base was born. That's the gist of the situation, but because the desert tends to be fertile ground for alien conspiracies (see also: Roswell), the unidentified flying objects allegedly spotted in Area 51's airspace were assumed to be extraterrestrial UFOs, and not the more obvious but far less exciting advanced military aircraft prototypes that they actually were. It’s restricted to both land and area use, and the restricted airspace above the base covers about 575 square miles.
(It’s so secret, in fact, that the government didn't officially acknowledge its existence until 2013.)Īlong with the former Nevada Test Site, Area 51 is now part of the Nevada National Security Site. In reality, it’s a covert, 5,000-square-mile United States Air Force testing facility where highly-classified military aircraft are trialed. You’ve probably heard something about aliens hanging out in far-flung Nevada, but do you know what Area 51 actually is?Ĭonspiracy theorists will tell you that it’s a top-secret military base somewhere in the southern Nevada desert where they experiment on aliens.
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