Exploring the Extraterrestrial Highway Near Area 51

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  @sg1770 · 11 months ago

  Steve helped me through a very dark time in my life.  I know it sounds like I am being a little dramatic but I went through a really bad depression and anxiety period that came out of nowhere and watching Steve’s videos calmed me down and got me through it.  I am completely fine now and still watch every video.   Thank you Steve and your lovely wife.

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• DA

  @danielcarroll5667 · 11 months ago

  I can't begin to tell you how much I look forward to your videos, enjoy your sense of humor and appreciate all the effort you put into this, thank you Steve.

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• BM

  @BMWMike · 11 months ago

  Just waiting for my wife to come home and then we'll watch this. We drove the Extraterrestrial Highway two years ago when we came over from the UK. Best vacation ever.

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• TH

  @TheNaikan · 7 months ago (edited)

  I was at the "back gate" in late 2017 and when I got within 20 feet of the fence and took a selfie, they blew a super loud air horn at me. I said "that was rude" and they immediately did it again. They are watching you, and they can hear you. Do not mess around there.

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• GE

  @General_Confusion · 11 months ago

  That hill you climbed is a great vantage point to watch someone driving off in your car.

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• RA

  @rattles3044 · 11 months ago

  Next time anyone sees that &quot;Sidetrack Adventure&quot; sticker it will be in the windshield of a flying saucer.<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;👀

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• DA

  @dalefortneroregon · 11 months ago

  Steve&apos;s low-temperature humor is a joy.

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• SH

  @sharon94503 · 11 months ago

  They raise the sign so that the spaceships can identify that runway next to it😂

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• CR

  @craighill1882 · 11 months ago

  I drove that highway 5 years ago on my way home (Reno) from Arizona. &nbsp;I spent the night in Alamo and left very early the next morning. &nbsp;I did not see another vehicle in either direction from Alamo to Warm Springs! &nbsp;Those cattle you see alongside the highway will get out on the road at night and lay down for the warmth! &nbsp;You need to be really cautious driving open range at night for that reason. &nbsp;<br>Love sidetrack adventures. &nbsp;Keep up the great work!

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• MM

  @mmadman · 11 months ago

  Those skies are beautiful. Nothing else needed for a great road trip. Very enjoyable. Thanks for taking us along!

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• BI

  @bill.godwin-austen · 11 months ago

  A photographer friend of mine, many years ago, had driven out to the Extraterrestrial Highway on a lark, hoping to get some shots of &quot;lights in the sky&quot; or anything fun and unusual. He did spot something flying overhead that night, and in a serendipitous case of being at the exact right spot at the exact right time, caught a shot of it flying across the face of the full moon. The somewhat odd wedge-like silhouette against the moon would have, at the time, definitely been considered an &quot;Unidentified flying object&quot;, but a few years later, he realized that what he had caught was a nighttime test flight (to evade easy visual identification) of what we now know as the F-117 Stealth Fighter.

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• GA

  @GasOperatedDad · 11 months ago

  Wow - this brings back memories. &nbsp;As a young midwestern man in the mid 90&apos;s I flew to Vegas, to drive to Tonopah to do electrical work at a gold mine for two days. &nbsp;On that round trip to/from Tonopah I saw so many amazing things. &nbsp;A dead steer not 10 feet off the road had a gigantic Golden Eagle sitting on the carcass. &nbsp;Such a majestic/awesome bird! &nbsp;Driving the desolate E.T. highway I saw an F117stealth jet flowing low across the valley with another legacy fighter jet immediately tailing it. &nbsp;Making the late night desolate drive back from the gold mine to Tonopah the clear desert skies were so amazing with stars I had to pull over to the side of the road, and just lay on the hood of the rental car to stare at the indescribable star clusters I just never saw in the midwest. &nbsp;There were so many stars I remember that there was more white than black space. &nbsp;Great memories on that trip.

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