Area 51 haunted house

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Ammon Smith, a custom builder from Salt Lake City, Utah has built an Area 51 Halloween display at his home this year.

It’s that time of the year when we roll up our sleeves, get into the creative mood and make something so spookily wonderful that it sends chills down the neighbors' spine. And while you still have time to figure out what you are gonna wear for Halloween (or shall we stop pretending and just face the fact that we all are going to dress as the green-tracksuited players from Squid Game), the house interior and exterior can’t wait.

Roswell Aliens: This project could also be titled "How to spend two weeks covered in plaster and clay, being completely frustrated, and having your family and friends think you are nuts." But...the aliens came out fantastic and as we count down the days until …

the installation addresses the paranoia which we are suffering from the escape of radioactive material in japan, bringing into question the safety systems at the nuclear power plants.

When last left off, the alien cannister was roughly put together. One detail it needed was a large turn valve. I made this on the cheap by cutting out of a 99 cent frisbee. It's support was a short piece of PVC pipe glued to a plastic planter saucer. Detailed with a faux bolt. Once distressed and aged with paint, it looked pretty "first glance" decent. The window was a piece of super thin plastic you find in those cheapo poster frames. It is incredibly light and flexible, I just painted on a…

On June 24, 1947, strange lights attracted the attention of an observer flying over the Cascade Range in the western United States.

The Area 51 exhibit in the National Atomic Testing Museum, 755 East Flamingo Road, Tuesday, May 15, 2012.