Here's a timeline of key events at Giant Rock, a landmark north of Landers, Calif., that attracts seekers, partiers, conservationists and, according to some, extraterrestrials.
Campers. Off-roaders. Ufologists. Seekers of all stripes have been coming to Giant Rock, in the Mojave Desert just north of Landers, for a very long time. “I just know there’s something majestic about that rock and that land, and it does draw people there,” says Michelle Anderson, an Orange County radio show host who recently hosted a tour of Giant Rock for attendees of Contact in the Desert, a UFO convention. “Think about all that rock has endured in terms of humanity’s history.
Subsequent reports, including those published in The Times, indicate that Critzer may have come under scrutiny because, amid the panic of World War II, authorities had suspected him as a spy — he had a German name, he’d built an isolated landing field, and he’d affixed a large antenna atop the rock that brought in radio stations from all over the world. George Van Tassel, aviation engineer and test pilot, moves to Giant Rock with his wife and children.
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