A sci-fi brothel, an extraterrestrial souvenir shop and a fireworks dealer: This is the epicenter of the Area 51 raid to 'see them aliens.'
AMARGOSA VALLEY, Nev. – The phones are ringing here, the calls coming in from somewhere out there. They haven’t stopped for days.
"The Nevada Test and Training Range is an area where the Air Force tests and trains combat aircraft," Air Force spokeswoman Laura McAndrews said in a statement to USA TODAY. The 90-mile drive along U.S. 95 to this far-flung fill-up stop passes a sheep range dotted with Joshua Trees, the Air Force base and the bleak buildings of a state prison slammed in the middle of an otherwise majestic landscape.
“Because I’m a God-fearing woman, I listen to God’s laws,” Hoskins said, “but I also listen to the law of the land.” James has worked seven years at the Alamo, home of the “world’s largest firecracker” – the M-800, a towering firework prop, complete with a green wick, planted in a patch of desert next to the shop.
On the other side of U.S. 95 are the charred leftovers of a Chevron gas station. The one normal piece of this place, recognizable in any city, burned down two weeks ago.
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