Here we are: well into the first hundred years of the third millennium and we’re still seeking an answer to the age-old question of whether there is life out there beyond planet Earth. There’s a little-known observatory in North Carolina that not only seeks an answer, but has also created the world’s only Official UFO Landing Pad.

Welcome to Bakersville, North Carolina, population - about 450.

TripAdvisor/management Well known to many as the Gateway to Roan Mountain and one of the most beautiful sections of the Appalachian Trail, Bakersville now has another claim to fame.

An invitation to UFOs throughout the galaxy to drop in and stay a while.

Facebook/Willis Observatory The world’s only official UFO Landing Pad is found on the campus of Willis Observatory right in Bakersville.

And if you think it’s a joke, you’d be mistaken. The soft, grassy area just beyond the welcome sign is just what the aliens need to protect their craft upon landing.

Willis Observatory

Willis Observatory is a privately owned astronomical observatory.

Willis Observatory Its mission? To learn, educate, and inspire.

It also endeavors to provide a venue in which the public can observe the night sky through high-powered telescopes.

Willis Observatory And the night sky around Bakersville is perfect for observing the stars - and any unidentified flying objects, of course!

The observatory has quite a few telescopes that can turn an ordinary dark night into a true star party, complete with a fire pit to warm your toes.

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As for those aliens… thus far, there have been no reports of landings on the nation’s only official UFO Landing Pad.

TripAdvisor/management But that doesn’t mean they haven’t fired up their invisibility cloak prior to setting down!

You’ll find Willis Observatory approximately 50 miles northeast of Asheville.

Google Maps For the record, UFO sightings are not a rare occurrence in North Carolina.

In the last 24 months, there have been hundreds of sightings in North Carolina reported to the official National UFO Reporting Center; all of zero of them have been in Bakersville. Again… we have to ask the question about the UFO-sized invisibility cloak…

TripAdvisor/management

Well known to many as the Gateway to Roan Mountain and one of the most beautiful sections of the Appalachian Trail, Bakersville now has another claim to fame.

Facebook/Willis Observatory

The world’s only official UFO Landing Pad is found on the campus of Willis Observatory right in Bakersville.

Willis Observatory

Its mission? To learn, educate, and inspire.

And the night sky around Bakersville is perfect for observing the stars - and any unidentified flying objects, of course!

Google/Willis Observatory

But that doesn’t mean they haven’t fired up their invisibility cloak prior to setting down!

Google Maps

For the record, UFO sightings are not a rare occurrence in North Carolina.

Learn more about Willis Observatory and it’s one-of-a-kind UFO Landing Pad by visiting its official website, here.

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Address: Willis Observatory, 1456 Bear Creek Rd, Bakersville, NC 28705, USA