UFO! For rent! 2br 1ba, appliances, incl. hyperdrive and gamma transmogrifier. No pets.
Rumor has it these were novelty guest houses in the UFO-crazed 1950's. When driving on highway 12 along the Outer Banks near Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, you will certainly do a double-take when you see this!
This photo was taken in January 2004 using a Kodak Z740 Zoom.
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Eclipse Pics (∆ncient), Hippie Gal, whatsoverthere, Joyous!, and 26 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Photophool (rebuilding stream) (71 months ago | reply)
Cute.
Joyous! (71 months ago | reply)
Amazing. I wonder how many others are scattered around the country? I think yours has been better cared-for than mine.
greenkayak73 (71 months ago | reply)
I haven't a clue. A search on the 'net reveals little. Maybe there's a conspiracy to keep actual numbers quiet...
Another sighting!
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Alitisa (71 months ago | reply)
OOOooh...The truth is out there...
Eclipse Pics (∆ncient) (71 months ago | reply)
That is so cool.... (FTLR)
rakastajatar (71 months ago | reply)
a safe haven for those 'safe' folks
FTFR
CSat (71 months ago | reply)
I would like to invite you to post this pic in
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CSat (71 months ago | reply)
Thank you for posting your pic here. It makes me giggle.
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something2do (71 months ago | reply)
Hey where do I GET AN APPLICATION ?And how soon can I move in?LOL :)
(Gary) [deleted] (71 months ago | reply)
Very interesting
Dugfresh (71 months ago | reply)
Heres another version.
www.sub-find.com/trilobis65.htm
Greg-O-Ree (71 months ago | reply)
What the sign doesn't say is the other 25 apartments in the converted saucer are rented out to 6" high little green men who party all night and hold regular cow abduction classes with the smattering of crop circle tours during the weekends.
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KBlood (71 months ago | reply)
I'll take it!
Golden Striker (71 months ago | reply)
These things were made by some Swedish company and intended to be a form of durable housing that could be dropped and lived in anywhere in almost any environment. Only about 25 were made, only a few survive now. Production on them stopped when they were no longer economical to make due to the oil crisis of the 70's. Yes, plastic, which these were largely made of, is a petroleum product.
If you want to do a search for them on the net you could try "saucer houses", "UFO houses", "UFO house", etc., putting the words in quotation marks.
jacq77 [deleted] (71 months ago | reply)
Ha ha...this reminds me of Troy McClure's house from The SImpsons lol
niknack (71 months ago | reply)
This is great!! I didn't know such a thing existed. Thanks for sharing!
greenkayak73 (71 months ago | reply)
Alitisa: "I want to believe..."
Eclipse Pics: =)
katie gail: Yes. MIB will be in touch.
CSatterfield: Thanks. You giggle = my work is done.
something2do: The current tenant's lease runs out on the 15th although he may leave before then. He seems agitated and keeps mumbling about "Vogons destroying the earth to make a hyperspace bypass" or something.
oh boy photos: Thanks.
Dugfresh: Thanks, man! Gotta get one of those. Looks like it would be nice somewhere like Montery Bay or the Bahamas or your neck of the woods. Glass-bottomed houses wouldn't be the same out in the marsh around here.
Greg-O-Ree: Making crop circles is fun - the alien equivalent of "laying rubber in front of the Dairy Queen."
KBlood: Excellent. Did I mention that you must provide your own dillithium crystals?
Golden Striker: Good info and thanks for the Googling tip.
jacqrojo: LOL - "My good looks paid for that pool and my talent filled it with water!"
niknack: Thanks, me niether!
wildlifeuplift (71 months ago | reply)
Well, they've done some nice landscaping since I was there, but I wouldn't rent the place unless they put up some darn curtains!
You know as a so-called conservative I would have thought that George Bush would do something about these illegal aliens!
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greenkayak73 (71 months ago | reply)
ROFL, Fred!!! Too funny.
[When was your pic taken?]
wildlifeuplift (71 months ago | reply)
Just last December. A friend showed me the sights of the Outer Banks.
DSutherland [deleted] (71 months ago | reply)
I wonder if it is for rent ? ;)
PhilWestcott (71 months ago | reply)
thats awesome, i want one! great picture!
johnblack! (71 months ago | reply)
great find! i want to live there.
AJK Photography (71 months ago | reply)
I can only imagine the disappointment of some kids going in there and finding that it won't fly.
Interesting pic anyway :)
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___S²___ (71 months ago | reply)
Nice shot
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Cameradawktor (71 months ago | reply)
great title, hillarious shot. this is super fantastic! 1-2-3 (no per day limitations)-group
clone101 (71 months ago | reply)
Hah! Very interesting. I'd check it out.
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PitsLamp photography (71 months ago | reply)
Hehe, fun pic.
AAAARRRGGGHHH, the aliens have landed and settled themselves.
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Princess Fancy Hen (71 months ago | reply)
This spacship house is in the best condition I've seen! LOL great pic!
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alardi (71 months ago | reply)
Oh my goodness, that's soo funny! Perfecto
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Princess Fancy Hen (71 months ago | reply)
Um. Well. Love it so much I just had to come back.
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Omega Imagez (71 months ago | reply)
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well this is a new one on me....lol...a very intresting picture nonetheless!
8ran (71 months ago | reply)
Heck of a neighbor to have... ;)
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Marc G. Smith (71 months ago | reply)
Made me laugh. Nice one.
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guckstdu [deleted] (71 months ago | reply)
freaky, cool shot
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brunkfordbraun (71 months ago | reply)
Great find!
inklake (71 months ago | reply)
Hilarious. Great glimpse of eccentricity. From The Continuum Pool and MNFG>
greenkayak73 (71 months ago | reply)
All: Thank you for visiting and for such great comments. These are HILARIOUS!
Mumzzzeee (71 months ago | reply)
We have gone by this "spaceship" for years when visiting between Frisco and Hatteras Village! We were down this past weekend...and we had a huge "discussion" because I wanted to stop to take a photo that captured the for rent sign (JUST as in your photo!) and he didn't! What a hysterical surprise to find your photo! :) Can't wait to show HIM that I wasn't the ONLY one! :)
greenkayak73 (71 months ago | reply)
This is too funny! Great minds think alike, huh?
I took this, but I can recall at least a dozen other shots of odd buildings, people, signs and stuff, that I passed up because I didn't want to stop or because it might seem weird!
I guess the lesson is, "when in doubt or not -take the shot"!
Hope you had a great trip.
lovelymerle2001 (71 months ago | reply)
Does Area 51 knkow about this?
Mary Hockenbery (reddirtrose) (70 months ago | reply)
I want one!
Gendoo (70 months ago | reply)
Nice!
please post to :
Sign of the Times/
our aesthetic demands... no... depends on it!
greenkayak73 (70 months ago | reply)
LOL - They do now, lovelymerle2001!
reddirtrose: Me too!
Thanks, Gendoo! I'll check it out...
4PIZON (70 months ago | reply)
Thats pretty cool. These never took off, no pun intended. (well maybe) Check this out.
netta p (70 months ago | reply)
wow - where exactly is this in nc? i have lived here my entire life and been to the obx so many times, but i have NEVER seen one of those. :o
nifty!!
Birdie2169 (69 months ago | reply)
This is freaking cool! They are here! :)
_mpd_ [deleted] (69 months ago | reply)
It's still for rent. I am guessing most people can't afford a proper gamma transmogrifier.
Dugfresh (69 months ago | reply)
www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=253101261& context=ph...
greenkayak73 (69 months ago | reply)
LOL - Doug! What the frack is that?