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The Area Raid Was the Worst Way to Spot an Alien or UFO WIRED Skip main contentOpen Navigation Menu MenuStory Saved To revist this article visit My Profile then View saved stories Close Alert UFOBackchannelBusinessCultureGearIdeasScienceSecurityMoreChevronStory CloseSign InSearch SearchBackchannelBusinessCultureGearIdeasScienceSecurity FAQsFace MasksEssentialsHow Disinfect EverythingSymptoms and TestingNewsletterLatest News Sarah Scoles Science PMThe UFODozens of revelers gathered near top-secret base purportedly hoping glimpse some extraterrestrial life but all they got were memes selfies FacebookTwitterEmailSave Story Photograph John Locher AP Normally when you turn onto Highway from Crystal Springs in Nevada a big green road sign sits picnic tables shade trees baking under relentless desert sun EXTRATERRESTRIAL HIGHWAY reads retro-futuristic font suggestive space computer This was so named around time Independence Day came out because it s stretch asphalt closest Many curious visitor have traveled its miles watching for jet tests drone forays see something might later boast For decades thought secretive holds not just jets within boundaries also maybe aliens their technology course is conspiracy theory based on much strange aerodynamic sightings word man Bob Lazar But region kind embraces notoriety with wink-wink nudge-nudge week though disappeared removed advance Storm events taking place towns Rachel Hiko Officials afraid that too many people would stop pose snarling intersection If festivities far including Friday early-morning attempt breach are any indication exactly trouble officials should been worried about joke Facebook event started by suggesting storm gates purported be uncovering government secrets In reality launching meme rocketing creator fame It worked At raid there no storming steel-eyed demands expose There wasn t even really serious UFO-truthing bunch kids bright clothes pointing cameras at each other shouting text ragged unison When I drove down Extraterrestrial Wednesday evening half cars passed law enforcement Their white sides whooshed presence anomalous valley where almost one lives With little human-friendly infrastructure lot guard had reasons beef up security Curiously actual which know-it-alls call Camo Dudes contract intimidators who drive unmarked Ford Raptors cruise dirt roads between ET highway perimeter follow your campsite after dark sit hill above front gate Advertisement They don speak interact until break rules fact often cover faces as pass oncoming function most part seems act scary consider breaking visited last fall do reporting culture book tactics police here friendly jovial encouraged go perhaps nothing ma am way seemed mostly what happen Plus early probably outnumbered visitors A meaningless digital RSVP turns isn problem dinner party secret-base raids On Thursday morning few meandered Little Le Inn only business inn bar restaurant alien-themed souvenir shop formerly known Alienstock now befalling misfortune called le Stock onsite headed back instead -ish-minute search crowd Dust rolls behind my car like wave rip-curling dry guards could coming before arrived evidence progress showing tiny turbulent tornadoes And indeed officer ready me arrive He Lake Tahoe he says greeting Ohio pulls LET S SEE THEM ALIENS asks if take his picture PHOTOGRAPHY OF THIS AREA IS PROHIBITED blares red right him Can ask Sure ahead Later day roadblock quarter-mile itself Lincoln County mill thumbs belt loops vest hems can farther say m welcome walk cyclops razor wire As press begins chat another follows us low-key version escorting makes seem enjoy company keeping mood light re going anybody That inside LEARN MORE Guide Aliens By crowds begun droves Yes has rows RVs parked dusty squares camps constellate Bureau Land Management acres throughout cases Bud Light special-edition green-man cans stashed coolers camper refrigerators Camry trunks Pulling true tin-foil hats guy mooning camera alien boxers two young women skin-sucking suits stage band play scheduled miracle number counts dozens Behind them sprawls enormous dust parking empty except twentysomethings practicing Naruto running beneath floodlights off-leash dogs uneasy bass levels PortaPotties outnumber permanent residents listen hour heading off-site camp set alarm anyone will try get spot away town rumbling military throttles sky look sound fast-traveling craft triangular-looking somethings flying close together high visits traditionally isolation quiet darkness brought first lack everything appealing secret experience environment feels meaningful transgressive historically different speakers drown aerospace-y sounds lights blind aircraft hovering eyes Air Force crazy test anything actually advanced trip very goes off middle night headlights Back Gate Road Hovering low over higher ground distance vaguely UFO-like Still approach underwhelming giant Dodge Ram truck playing extremely loud electronica same -second loop 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