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- Yucca, Arizona - Area 66
The "golf ball" building at Area 66 is open as a museum. It doesn't look like it was built as a restaurant, but rather like someone tried to turn it into one at one time. The UFO museum inside is very interesting and describes the crash of a flying saucer outside Kingman in 1953 and subsequent involvement by the U.S. government. On display are FBI and White House documents, a piece of crash wreckage tested by Cal Tech (I think), and a drop-launched saucer on the top floor. There's also a fascinating film that shows some astronauts flying a "saucer" with the golf ball building in the background. I was under the impression that the golf ball has been there a long time as a proving ground building.
[Joe Kaufman, 06/07/2019]Golf Ball House: Area 66:- Address:
- 12716 Alamo Rd, Yucca, AZ
- Directions:
- Area 66. I-40 exit 25 (Alamo Rd). Southeast of the exit, easily visible from the road.
- Hours:
- Th-Su 10-5 (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 928-592-5200
- Admission:
- Adults $8.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
Bakersfield Shoe house for sale
The Shoe House in Bakersfield, CA is for sale. Remnants of Deschwanden's Shoe Repair, the last business that inhabited the shoe nearly a decade ago, can still be spied through the windows. The Deschwanden family is selling the shoe at Chester Avenue and 10th Street, and two adjacent homes. The shoe has been a Bakersfield fixture since it first appeared in 1947 (same year as the first flying saucer sightings over the US!). It is 20 feet tall and 30 feet long. The price? For the shoe and a small adjacent house, the owners are asking for $99,000.
[02/20/2000]- Address:
- 931 Chester Ave., Bakersfield, CA
- Directions:
- Chester and 10th.
- Phone:
- 661-864-1002
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
Electronics warehouse store attracted customers with a big flying saucer crashed into its facade, and more spaceships hanging above the merchandise.
Roadsideamerica.com Report...
Fry's Electronics
- Directions:
- At Fry's Electronics on N. Hollywood Way, at the southeast corner of Burbank's Bob Hope Airport. Just south of Vanowen St.
- Hours:
- Feb. 2021: Chain closed permanently
- Status:
- Closed
- Burbank, California - Alien Crash Landing
Fry's Electronics has a themed electronic's store in Beautiful Downtown (really by the airport) Burbank based upon 1950s movies of aliens invading Earth. There is a flying saucer crashed into the building above the front door.
Inside, US Army figures fight aliens. Over in the computer section is a giant octopus holding up computer displays. In the back corner of this large warehouse type store is a cafe. It is designed like a drive in movie theater. There are three 50's convertible automobiles made into booths where you can eat and watch B&W movies on a large screen TV.
[Dan, 09/01/2000] - Burbank, California - Flying Saucer Crash?
Across the street from the Burbank Airport, is an interesting retail theme. It's Fry's Electronics, on the SW corner Vanowen and Hollywood Way. The front of the building is constructed to look like a flying saucer crashed into it. There's half a flying saucer sticking out of the building, with tromp l'oeil cracks, shadows, and burn marks painted/sculpted in. Inside, the store is themed like some sort of '50s science fiction movie.
[Steph Greenberg, 04/30/2000]
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2311 North Hollywood Way. This is becoming a recurring theme, at least in CA. See UFO Crash Site.