There’s an article on the DailyGrail website today about a parcel of land directly adjacent to AREA 51 that’s been on the market for a while. This would be the Medlin Ranch, famous for its iconic black mailbox that served as a roadside landmark for UFO hunters before it was auctioned off at the Little A’le ‘Inn during the E.T. Highway festivities in 1996. The story mentions the irrigation troughs, feedlot pens and branding corrals that comes with the ranch houses and acres of land, but is silent when it comes to scorpions, trap-door spiders, cammo-dude patrols and occasional saucer nuts lurking about disguised as papier-mache boulders. Here are a couple of shots that I took of the original black mailbox 30 years ago.
PHOTOS by Blair MacKenzie Blake
READ ABOUT MY (and DANNY’s) ADVENTURES AT THE PERIMETER OF AREA 51 in DARKLORE VOLUME 7 (available at amazon)
There is actually a new black box. It's a cheezy plastic mailbox, but folks see to be carrying on the tradition. Visiting Area 51 is definitely an entertaining experience for anyone who would be inclined to do so. Just don't drive a ferrari or lambourghini there (as I saw some bros do when I went.) They will bottom out taking the dirt road to the actual entrance of Area 51. The Lil Ali'Inn is a must-stop. Just to at least have a piece of pie and a cup of coffee. Enjoy!
Nice! Nicely done!
Very cool! Must have been a very fun experience to be there, by that mailbox. But, what are they hiding ?? And, what insight into NASA did JFK have ?? Area 51 is a mind boggling thing.
The check’s in the mail.
Cool story bro.