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Tourism World: UFO Hot Spots to visit in Microsoft Flight Simulator
We visit the places our planet’s visitors *may* have visited. Join us on a journey into the 'strangest kind?' ...
Since its release last week, Microsoft Flight Simulator has captured the imaginations of budding pilots and explorers the world over. Thanks to its groundbreaking use of real-world satellite data, photogrammetry, and other technical AI wizardry, developers Asobo Studio and its partners have managed to recreate a fully digital version of the planet Earth.
A simulation where truly stunning levels of detail across environments, structures and weather (like the amazing fluffy clouds) present the first true next-gen experiences for the new decade. And with said decade kicking off with a very weird and unprecedented 2020, being able to hop into a digital plane and soar through the skies has been nothing short of cathartic and zen, in equal measure.
We decided to chart a course to visit some of the world’s most infamous UFO hotspots. Places where strange flying craft have been spotted on more than one occasion...
Being able to travel the globe (and beyond) from the comfort of your own home has always been a videogame thing, but Microsoft Flight Simulator takes it all to the next level. And with that in mind, we decided to chart a course to visit some of the world’s most infamous UFO hotspots. Places where strange flying craft have been spotted on more than one occasion -- where little grey men break curfew and social distancing rules, but flee the scene of the breach as quickly as they were spotted.
San Clemente, Chile
San Clemente, located in the Andes Mountains of South American country Chile, is renowned for being a UFO hotspot. A place that many have not only spotted strange craft flying through the air -- but several landings too. Since the mid-1990s there have been hundreds of sightings around San Clemente, which has also seen the rise of local 'UFO Tourism' that “in no way guarantees” a traveller will spot a UFO. So, buyer beware.
Do I finally fit?
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Roswell, New Mexico
Perhaps the most famous of all UFO hotspots, Roswell was the apparent location of an actual UFO crash back in 1947. An incident that saw the US Army step in to proclaim the shiny debris of a mere “weather balloon”, upon a couple of outcomes from a few secret meetings. Even though several witnesses claimed the material was “not of this Earth” -- the sort of stuff that would impress the T-1000 from Terminator 2. Since the alleged cover-up, speculation has grown to the point where many believe a small grey-skinned being from outer-space actually survived the crash.
No weather report to discuss
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Wiltshire, England
It seems that UFOs and strange visitors like to go back to the same spots over and over -- kind of like how humans do when it comes to family vacations or favourite holiday destinations. Cley Hill, on the Somerset and Wiltshire border in England has seen several sightings dating back hundreds of years. Testimonials recall strange flashing lights moving about in formation as if being controlled by something or someone. Plus, you know, they’ve got them henges of stone over there and we heard someone talking about weird shapes in the grass.
I can see Camelot!
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Wycliffe Well, Australia
Australia’s Roswell is located between Alice Springs and Tennant Creek and is just about the dictionary definition of the term “middle of nowhere”. With this area of the outback being almost completely flat, sightings of strange flying craft date back to the World War II-era. A time when people actually visited the location. Since then, the sightings and strange goings on around Wycliffe Well have been as numerous as the surrounding land is sunburnt. We heard this from a reliable source: the local Bunyip.
No Jean in sight
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Area 51, Nevada
A top secret military base in the middle of a desert that just so happens to be one of the most well-known places on Earth. So yeah, not exactly top secret. But, what goes on inside its walls remains a mystery. Is it the home of new technology born from UFO debris found in sites like Roswell? Does it house a bonafide alien scientist that walks around in a lab coat and talks non-stop about how it misses Glorbnax cuisine? Is it the place the moon landing was faked? Well, as the star of a hit 90s sci-fi TV show once said -- The Truth is Out There.
Mysteriously missing
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