When I was working on ERO, I’d heard about the UFO Watchtower and had to check it out! Here is a post on my other blog, Reality Check….
UFO Watchtower, Hooper, Colorado, c. 2005
The place, 2 1/2 miles north of Hooper, Colorado (about 40 minutes north of Alamosa, Colorado).
The mission?
Well, the mission is similar in scope to the likes of Area 51 or the Marfa Lights Viewing Area. Located in Saguache County, Colorado, in the heart of the San Luis Valley—where all the “weird shit” one hears about in Colorado originates (e.g., cattle mutilation, UFO sightings)—is this interesting little destination run by Judy Messoline, called the UFO Watchtower.
Near as I can tell, my wife and I made our first excursion there back in July 23, 2005, the same year Judy’s book, That Crazy Lady Down The Road, came out. I forgot about how or when I’d first been made aware of the Watchtower, but once I’d heard about it—and the Best Western Movie Manor hotel, with its…
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