Case file · Secret facility (alleged)
The Extraterrestrial Highway
In 1996 the State of Nevada formally named State Route 375, which runs past the Area 51 range and the hamlet of Rachel, the 'Extraterrestrial Highway', with a ceremony tied to the film 'Independence Day'.
1996 CE · 37.65, -115.74 · status: official
The account
Rachel's Little A'Le'Inn and the 'black mailbox' on the highway had already drawn UFO watchers since Bob Lazar's 1989 claims.
The sceptical view
The name is tourism; what people see along the road is mostly military test and training traffic from the Nevada ranges.