Sometimes some people get spooked when driving out in the middle of
nowhere (especially the desert southwest of the USA) for various
reasons. Obviously darkness, isolation, and a lack of signs of
civilization and humanity can play a role in getting one's mind to
wander in the wrong directions. These must all be greatly magnified
when flying alone at night in relatively unpopulated regions.

Have any of you ever been slightly spooked while flying alone? (And
are you prepared to admit to it?)

They say the area around Groom Lake in Nevada is particularly prone to
do this. I recall someone else mentioning being out in the desert and
the only noise was the eerie sound of power windmills that went on for
miles, and after a while that got to him. I recall being on a hill
once (on a cycle, not in the air) and accidentally thinking about
stories of alien abductions, and reflecting on the fact that I was in
exactly the situation that most abductees described when the little
green men came to call. That was a mistake, but I did make unusually
good time getting back into town.

A related question is whether or not you've ever seen anything in the
sky while flying alone at night that truly did not match any type of
airborne craft you could think of.

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