The Unexplained - Chasing Alien Hot Spots Across America | USA

📅 Ongoing | 🗺️ Desert Highways, Forest Shadows, Fogged Horizons

Some people collect postcards. We collect roadside mysteries—the kind that make you roll down the window a little farther just to feel the air.

We chase that jittery, electric feeling that maybe—just maybe—the universe knows something we don’t. Across deserts, ghost towns, and fog-draped forests, we followed the strange. Red eyes. Missed time. Acorn-shaped vessels. Murals no one can explain.

These trips? These aren’t about proof. They’re about possibility.

Here’s our running list of the unexplained—each stop a breadcrumb on the cosmic trail.

📚Journal Spill

Mojave Desert, CA

The Mojave feels empty until it doesn’t.

This is where the Mojave Incident reportedly happened — two campers, a documented abduction, telepathic torment, red-eyed beings, and dreams no one wants to remember.

Even now, visitors mention strange dreams, missing time, and the sense of being watched. We didn’t see anything unusual, but we didn’t sleep much either.

Roswell, NM

In 1947, a rancher found wreckage. The military changed its story three times. The rest is history—or hysteria.

Now Roswell wears its legend proudly: flying saucer McDonald’s 🍔, alien streetlamps 👽, and the International UFO Museum stacked with affidavits, photos, and fragments.

An older man at the visitor center pointed at a fiberglass alien and whispered to E, “They took the real one to Area 51.” He was joking – right?

Area 51, NV

The most famous secret in America. The government denied its existence until 2013. Rumors say alien tech is reverse-engineered here. Others claim it’s where the moon landing was staged.

Visitors drive the Extraterrestrial Highway, stop at E.T. Fresh Jerky, and pose by the Black Mailbox.

The road to Area 51 feels long and deliberate. Signs warn you to turn around. A white truck sits on the hills and doesn’t move. The gate appears fast — chain link, cameras, quiet.

At the Little A’Le’Inn, the walls are covered in UFO photos, stories, and visitors’ notes about lights in the sky.

Lowell, AZ

Lowell looks like time stopped. No official incident. Erie Street is lined with 1950s buildings, rusted cars, and murals of UFOs on brick walls. Some say the murals are a quiet nod to sightings reported in the area. The National UFO Reporting Center lists over 30 (as of 2025).

Marfa, TX

The lights have danced here since the 1800s. Out past town, people gather each night waiting for the Marfa Lights. Reddish orbs flicker across the desert horizon - splitting, merging, and vanishing. Scientists say it’s refracted headlights. Locals say otherwise. The viewing station draws nightly crowds.

A man with a telescope told us, “They show up when you’re honest.” We watched quietly and didn’t ask what that meant.

Kecksburg, PA

1965. A fireball in the sky. Something shaped like a bell crashed in the woods. The military came, removed it, denied everything.

Today a replica monument marks the spot. Locals still talk about the strange symbols carved into the metal. There’s an annual UFO festival. The woods are quiet.

Aztec, NM

Overshadowed by Roswell, but no less eerie to visit.

In 1948, a reported crash in Hart Canyon. Witnesses claimed a disc, seamless metal, and bodies inside. It's easy to miss the turnoff — no sign, no marker, just a dirt road and a story that never quite went away.

Lincoln, NH

Barney and Betty Hill’s abduction in 1961. A bright light, missing time, and the first widely publicized abduction case.

We drove the same route through Franconia Notch, trees pressed close, sky overcast. E read their story aloud. The air felt heavy. Nothing strange happened, but it didn’t feel ordinary either.

Apache-Sitgreaves Forest, AZ

Travis Walton vanished in 1975 after walking toward a light in the forest. He returned five days later. His story became Fire in the Sky.

We parked at the trailhead where the event supposedly happened. The woods were quiet. The forest now draws hikers, skeptics, and believers. We walked a while and stopped often to listen. Just the wind through the pines — or maybe not.

UFO Watchtower, CO

A rancher built this place after seeing too many strange lights. Now it’s a watchtower and guestbook for believers.

The San Luis Valley has one of the highest concentrations of UFO reports in the country. Visitors climb the platform, leave small offerings, and scan the horizon. We stood at the top and watched for objects in the sky. The owner waved us up and said, “You might not see anything, but something always sees you.”

We wrote our names in the book anyway.

El Yunque, Puerto Rico

Stories go back centuries.

Christopher Columbus saw lights here. Now: glowing orbs, reptilian creatures, animal mutilations, chupacabras, and hikers who vanish then return changed. Some say there’s a secret base in the forest. Others say the mountain itself is alive. The forest’s electromagnetic anomalies have made it a suspected portal zone for decades.

We hiked to La Mina Falls. Halfway up, E stopped, looked back, and said, “Something’s behind us.” We never saw it, but we didn’t doubt him either.

Sedona, AZ

Sedona isn’t just red rocks and retreat centers - it’s a magnet for the mysterious.

We sat quietly near Cathedral Rock. The air buzzed low. The air felt weird. We watched people meditate to become one with the earth.

Vortex tours. Skywatch meetups. Meditation circles aimed at contact. Locals and wanderers alike speak of glowing orbs, disappearing helicopters, and underground bases tucked beneath Secret Mountain. Some ufologists believe Sedona’s phenomena aren’t just extraterrestrial - they’re interdimensional - creating a cosmic crossroad.

Very Large Array, NM

We didn’t expect to feel anything here. It’s just radio telescopes, right?

Rows of giant white dishes stretch across the desert, listening for signals from deep space. The COSMIC Project still uses this site to search millions of stars for signs of intelligent life.

We walked the perimeter, watched the dishes rotate like they were tracking something we couldn’t see. We didn’t hear anything. We didn't see anything. But we felt the weight of the listening.

Road to Nowhere, NC - The Tunnel with No End

Lakeview Drive ends at a tunnel that never connects to anything. It was meant to reach the old communities beyond Fontana Lake but construction stopped decades ago.

Inside, sound disappears fast. Locals say flashes of light appear without warning.

We walked to the end, touched the wall, turned back. The tunnel stayed dark.

Arecibo, Puerto Rico

In 1974, the Arecibo Observatory sent a coded message into space — our introduction to whoever might be listening. DNA, atoms, the solar system, a stick figure human.

The dish collapsed in a storm 2020, but standing near the ruins, you can still feel the echo of that message.

🔚 Final Spin

We didn’t find aliens. But we found the places that remember them.

Deserts, forests, small towns — each with stories that blur the line between folklore and possibility. Some gave us goosebumps, others gave us nothing at all.

Maybe that’s the point. The mystery isn’t about finding proof. It’s about showing up.

The road’s still open. The stories keep growing. And if you know a good UFO hotspot, we’re ready to hear it.

We look forward to hearing of any UFO hot spots you've been to in America.

🍬Echoes, Keepsakes, & Oddities

• Marfa’s lights that really did flicker in the distance

• A quiet “hi” whispered at Arecibo

• A rancher’s hand wave at the Watchtower

• The heavy stillness in the Mojave

• The echo inside the Road to Nowhere tunnel

🎞️ Tag & Snag

• 👁️‍🗨️ #SeenButNotConfirmed

• 🌀 #PortalPending

• 📍 #CoordinatesThatLinger

• 🔍 #SmallTownStrange

• 📡 #SignalFromEarth