From: | psychospy@aol.com (PsychoSpy) |
Title: | MILLER, 'ALIENS' TO CONVERGE |
Source: | Las Vegas Review-Journal |
Date: | March 22, 1996 |
CARSON CITY--Sensing a chance for a publicity bonanza, Gov. Bob
Miller has decided to dedicate the state's Extraterrestrial
Highway on April 18 as part of a promotion for a hot Hollywood
alien movie.
Stars of "Independence Day," a movie about an alien attack on the
Earth, will make the trip with Miller to Rachel, 140 miles north
of Las Vegas, to dedicate Highway 375 as Nevada's Extraterrestrial
Highway.
Large signs proclaiming the 98-mile highway north of the Nevada
Test Site as a haven for aliens Will be unveiled during special
ceremonies. UFO experts also will be on hand to lead discussions.
The state Transportation Board, chaired by Miller, proclaimed the
road as the Extraterrestrial Highway on Feb. 1. The highway is
just north of the secret Area 51 base where the Air Force is
believed to have tested the stealth, U-2 and other aircraft.
UFO buffs also claim aliens and their downed aircraft have been
taken to the base for study.
Besides unveiling the signs April 18, "Independence Day" producers
will dedicate a monument for the movie. The monument is supposed
to serve as a beacon for outer-space visitors.
The movie will not be released nationally until July 3, but
producers plan a celebration on April 17 in Las Vegas during which
selected scenes will be shown.
Scenes from the movie, starring Bill Pullman and Jeff Goldblum,
were filmed in West Wendover and Wendover, Utah. "Independence
Day" is being tabbed as one of the summer's top movies.
Since the Extraterrestrial Highway was proclaimed, the state has
been bombarded by requests for information, said Richard Urey,
Miller's press secretary.
Miller visited Los Angeles last month to talk to Twentieth Century
Fox, the distributor of "Independence Day," about tying the road
dedication in with the movie.
State government officials did not plan to announce the dedication
ceremonies until next week, but "Independence Day" producers
surprised them with a Wednesday release out of Hollywood.