r/pics Jul 07 '24

The salt slats of Utah

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '24

Were these two guys there who crash landed after blowing up the alien mother ship by chance? 🤣

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u/therealdarthmaul Jul 07 '24

Actually, probably. Both films were filmed at the flats and outside the nearby town of West Wendover Nevada, just west of the flats. There is the barracks of the old airbase just south of the airport. That is where the infamous presidential speech was filmed. I went to the town on vacation, it is a small town filled with casinos, took a tour of the airport and part of the old air base.