Inside abandoned ‘UFO capital of Australia’ with crumbling ‘galaxy theatre’ and decapitated alien statues
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ON a remote desert highway in Australia, visitors have reported years of bizarre sightings and experiences. The Wycliffe Well Roadhouse sits between Alice Springs and Tennant Creek - and it is here where drivers claim to have been chased off the road by an unknown force.
![[Everything at Wycliffe Well was made to be alien-themed]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/w7yydk-toilet-door-alien-mural-956588969.jpg?strip=all&w=641)
The roadhouse on the Stuart Highway was built in 1872 and has been plagued by unusual goings-on for decades - with visitors reporting bizarre sightings since World War Two. Now, it is said to be the fifth best place in the world to see UFOs. Even the Royal Australian Air Force has launched investigations into incidents reported there.
![[Drivers are warned about the area as they drive through the country's UFO capital]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/p91186-wycliffe-well-stuart-highway-956588965.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Wycliffe' Well's brochure tells visitors: "UFO sightings are so common, that if you stayed up all night looking, you would be considered unlucky not to see anything, rather than lucky to see something.". In 2021, one witness recalled her experience within hours of arriving at the roadhouse's caravan park.
Tamzen Hayes and her friend Lucy were busy playing cards when they "saw something unexplainable.". Writing for travel site Escape she said: "That's when we saw it. A strange oval-shaped ship gliding away into the sunset like the cowboy at the end of a western.
![[The roadhouse is located 380 kilometres north of Alice Springs on the Stuart Highway]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/photo-paolo-picciotto-reda-universal-956588675.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
"We could only stare, frozen and slack-jawed as it disappeared. "I swear we saw something unexplainable in the sky that night.". In 1985 the rest stop was transformed by Australian sailor and UFO fanatic Lew Farkas who wanted to do more with the area's alien history.
![[Murals are still visible at the run-down and forgotten site]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/photo-paolo-picciotto-reda-universal-956588639.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
