Whether fact or fiction, a Nevada highway has been devoted to Extraterrestrials, a highway that runs 98 miles, between Ash Springs and Warm Springs. Out here there may not be another living thing for miles, the hush being unmistakable. The hazy blue and purple mountains' majestic.

Along this road is the town of Rachel, a mere speck on the road map, known for being the unofficial headquarters for UFO watchers. One of Rachel's scant business establishments is the Little A'Le Inn (pronounced Alien), a bar and grill. It was across the road from the Inn that the first "Extraterrestrial Highway" sign is planted.

Nearly 370 million years ago, legitimate scientists believe that the area near Rachel was visited by a heavenly body. This star like nucleus produced waves as tall as 1,000 feet in what was then ocean. Ground zero for this comet collision with earth may have been about 20 miles from Rachel, near today's Extraterrestrial Highway.

Nevada, much of which is barren desert today was beneath a sea of water when the comet hit. Its size thought to be two-thirds of a mile wide. The comet blew a 120-mile-wide crater into the sea floor. There are few places on the globe so remote and God forsaken as highway 375.

Traveling this route, it doesn't take long to realize how the road got its unofficial nickname, of one of the loneliest highways in the world.