Encounter on the Extraterrestrial Highway

[UTAH]

About four years ago I rode home to Salt Lake City from Las Vegas on the Extraterrestrial Highway. This road in Nevada is about 98 miles long and starts about 100 miles North East of Las Vegas. My story:

I was headed North on Highway 375 at 11pm after spending time at the Little A'Le'Inn in Rachel Nevada. Rachel has a population of 53 and the inn, the only business, is run by a mother and son duo. If you're thinking of going there, plan your fuel stops. For, there's no gas to be had once you've hit Rachel, not 'till Ely. And, trust me, there's not much out there in the dessert if you need something. If you want to camp in Rachel, bar staff will say “yes” if you merely ask.

So, I'm cruising at 60 MPH on my Harley Tri-glide and feeling good. It was a beautiful warm night and no one else was to be seen on the road (as I like it). Suddenly, headlights came up fast behind me at approximately 100 MPH. I slowed to let them pass. But, the lights disappeared. About 10 minutes later, the lights came up on me faster, at about 200 MPH, and I again slowed. After slowing to follow me for a minute, the lights pulled right up on me, then turned East and went out into the dessert. The lights then disappeared.

Now, I'm a regular attendee of the Bonneville Salt Flat speed trials, held every year on the Western Salt Flats of Utah every Fall. And, I've become fairly proficient at determining speeds across the dessert. I know of no vehicle, no matter what it's size or cost, that can go across open dessert at high speed. If you've seen the sagebrush desserts of Utah and Nevada, you know they're not flat at all. There's brush and insect mounds across it. It's bumpy land.

Thanks for listening. FWIW, I'm not into UFO stuff. And, I doubt most UFO stories I hear. Yet, I cannot explain what I saw out on the dessert that night. It's OK if others doubt me – I'm not here to convince you of UFO's. I just know I saw something that seemed to defy what I think most vehicles can physically do.

Hunter

[Truckman]

Flying, rolling or levitating we'll just call it an Unexplained Speedy Object...Personally, I believe that the pinnacle of scientific achievement is not to be found native to this planet...Judging from the folks I see around me, and those I read about in the news, there's bound to be smarter beings somewhere......Ben

[Phillbo]

Sounds like some good acid.......

[UTAH]

Sounds like some good acid.......

Yes - I'm sure it would be.

I've never had what I would call weird experiences biking. And, that's after spending many nights camping in the dessert alone (on BLM lands). My nephew and I will do the Pony Express Trail this Summer - the 100 mile dirt section that goes from Fairfield to Ibapah (a Ute Indian reservation in the West Dessert). It's the same route Mark Twain took to California and we will stop at a pass a young Army Officer named Dwight D. Eisenhower camped at when surveying freeway routes to California. There's a lot of interesting things to see out there in the dessert.

Hunter

[Honda]

I have some fairly extensive experience regarding the area that Utah has mentioned and I have spent many hours in and around and that area. It's rather late when I first saw his post. I'm extremely intrigued by what he has said and will share more information tomorrow morning at some point.

[wacojoe]

Bill, did the lights following you appear to be on the paved highway behind you or off to a side in the open desert. Did they appear to be on the surface or hovering above? Were they two lights such as a normal vehicle or some other configuration/color? How did like lose visibility?

You said on another thread this was close to Area 51...how close? Anyone riding with you?

[Dave Grubb]

Your mention of rabbit hunting makes me chuckle, that is what I was doing. I didn't have a gun out there plus had no interest in eating them so I was chasing them around!

[Charles]

Very interesting information, I have a lady friend who's father is a retired USAF Communications person and he was assigned to Area 51 and he refuses to talk about anything about it other than he worked on communications gear. The gentleman is very quiet and soft spoken but does not trust anybody.

[UTAH]

Yes, Charles, it is interesting that so few of the workers from Area 51 are willing to talk.

I know an employee of the McCarren airport in Las Vegas. He claims there's an unmarked plane that comes to the airport daily to ferry staff in and out of Area 51. He showed me the plane, it sits in a small hanger complex on the West side of the airport, which runs along Las Vegas Blvd. You can see the small jet plane from the road. But, did I take pictures of it? No.

Hunter

[Truckman]

But, did I take pictures of it? No.

Hunter

This one?......Ben


By Tomás Del Coro from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA - (EG & G) N288DP Boeing 737-600 C/N 29892, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/inde...curid=58267079

[Phillbo]

Cool thread !!!

[UTAH]

This one?...Ben

Yes - that sure looks like the Area 51 plane.

Hunter

[Independent Voter]

This one?......Ben


By Tomás Del Coro from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA - (EG & G) N288DP Boeing 737-600 C/N 29892, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/inde...curid=58267079

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