Off Megadeth’s Rust in Peace album, “Hangar 18” is about the story of an Air Force base in Dayton, Ohio where some people believe the alien bodies were taken when a UFO supposedly crashed in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947. The remains were apparently later taken to Area 51 in Nevada, and many people believe they are still there.

The song features 11 guitar solos, with a running time of only 5:15 minutes.

It was an idea that Nick [Menza] came up with… The idea’s based on a place in the four corner state region of the United States… it’s a place where the military intelligence is housing alien aircraft and alien life-forms. Not that I subscribe to this point of view or any of that kind of BS, but Nick is way into it. I mean, the guy thinks that Jesus was a Martian! But, I guess those of you who know Nick probably know that the possibility, the way he explains it, it could be real. So we tried to bring it to you guys in a song form, and it’s up to your imaginations to see whether or not you believe it.

—Dave Mustaine

A sequel was made on their 2001 album, The World Needs a Hero.