EAST OF TONOPAH, NV
Head out on U.S. highway 6 from Tonopah and eventually you'll pass Alamo, NV and an intersection with NV375. What I didn't catch on the drive past on the way to Lunar Crater was the signpost for Extraterrestrial Highway - - a real Nevada DOT sign - - which I saw on the way back was peppered with bullet holes and decals. And I didn't think to get our hosts to stop for a pic.
In 1996, due to many reports of UFO sightings on the 98 mile stretch of highway, it was renamed the ET Highway. Not coincidentally, the road parallels a portion of the Groom Lake Base / Nevada Test Site know as "Area 51." This area, which derives its name from being in grid 51 of the location map, is a US Air Force test center and is home to a 6-mile long runway. The U2 spyplane of the 60s; the SR71 Blackbird spyplane and other futuristic aircraft like the Stealth Bomber are either acknowledged or rumored to have tested in the area.
Want to know more?? Google Extraterrestrial Highway and Area 51 for lots of interesting fact and conjecture.
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