the Black Mailbox

USA / Nevada / Indian Springs /
The only landmark for about 40 miles on a barren stretch of highway is this mailbox battered by time and desert gusts.
It's known as the Black Mailbox although, as you can see in this photo by Oliver Robinson, it's actually a faded white.
The box is made of quarter-inch-thick bulletproof metal, and its door is clamped shut with a Master Lock. Its owner, say the black letters printed on its side, is STEVE MEDLIN, HC 61, BOX 80.
Over the years, hundreds of people have converged here to photograph this box held up by a chipped metal pole. They camp next to it. They try to break into it. They debate its significance, or simply huddle by it for hours, staring into the night.
Some think the mailbox is linked to nearby Area 51, a military installation and purported hotbed of extraterrestrial activity. At the very least, they consider the box a prime magnet for flying saucers.
A few visitors have claimed to have seen astonishing celestial oddities, but most seem to enjoy even uneventful nights at the mailbox, about midway between the towns of Alamo and Rachel.
Alien hunters here are surrounded by like-minded, - that is to say, uh, open-minded - company.
In a place where the welcome sign to Rachel reads, Humans: 98, Aliens: ?, few roll their eyes at tales of spaceships, military conspiracies and extraterrestrials that abduct and impregnate tourists.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_51
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Coordinates:   37°27'25"N   115°28'57"W

Comments

  • Its now white.
  • Really is an awesome landmark. Because that is all it is, is just a mailbox in the middle of nowhere.
  • I dont know why people would link aliens to some mailbox.
  • the only significant thing about that mailbox is that it's in the middle of nowhere. Either than that, I don't see how aliens would be interested in it
  • Bob lazzar is the one who made this mail box famous by bringing people to it, and by telling tje world its location and that yyou can see extraterresteial space craft in the skies around it at night due to its proximity to area 51.
  • If this gives people something to believe in good luck! The powers that be will never tell the truth behind Area 51 and it surroundings. Misdirection and plausible deniability are all that is needed to keep this place secure. Believe what you will and enjoy the mystery sooner or LATER the truth will out.
  • it could be that they think notes or letters written by aliens are put in the box for the US government to find and read.
  • if it gives people something to believe in don't knock it ....theres a small stable in bethlehem and more than a few people believe in that with no proof at all :)
  • As seen in the movie "Paul"
  • However, this is far from the cassette 51, in my opinion has nothing to do Greetings to all from Italy http://www.silverland.info/
  • Well said
  • You can't be serious. That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
  • Came here after watching Paul
  • Lol same... just watched it and wanted to see what its about as they dont elaborate in the movie :D
  • me 2 hihih
  • me and my children love the movie paul xx greeting from holland
  • Paul led me here........
  • Right behind you
  • I too was led here by Paul - shame to hear the mailbox has now been stolen though
  • Haha yeah here because of Paul
  • I nicked it
  • Paul also
  • Paul as well
  • Guilty lol
  • Paul again
  • Paul lol
  • Paul too
  • the box is actually set at the singularity point of a Fibernaci curve when viewed from 7.2 k,m above the Earths surface, and as you know 72 is the numerical answer to lifes biggest question as posed by metaphysists.
  • Still came here because of Paul.
  • That would be 42, not 72. It seems your calculations are off by 30, and as you know, 30 was the age of the first alien, Jesus Christ.
  • Paul too hahaha Wanted to see what this black mailbox is.
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