Out of this world

Twenty six. That’s the number UFOs Judy Messoline has seen from her UFO Watchtower since opening 15 years ago in Hooper, Colorado. As long as this viewing platform has been here, there have been 96 documented viewings, she says. The UFO Watchtower only rises a story off the ground, but it offers a sweeping view of the otherwise flat-as-a-pancake 7,600-foot San Luis Valley, high in the Rocky Mountains.