Alien crash

[Dorty Sak]

I fast travelled to the slog and saw a UFO crashing, is this normal? I am pretty sure it is supposed to be at another place.

[Protoman]

The crash itself triggers once you hit level 20. It can happen anywhere, not just near Oberland Station. The only thing that stays the same is the direction in which the UFO crashes, which is always in the direction of Oberland Station.

[=EGC= kansasterry]

As stated above when we reach a certain level yes we see a UFO that crashes near oberland.

Originally posted by Protoman:

The crash itself triggers once you hit level 20. It can happen anywhere, not just near Oberland Station. The only thing that stays the same is the direction in which the UFO crashes, which is always in the direction of Oberland Station.

the grove it digs remains the same however I have had in at least one occasion the tail of the ufo wreck point the direction I was at (boston airport) when its flight was triggered. this of course means it must have slid sideways to make the grove in the ground the direction it runs.

[Projeckt~Brazy]

it happens anytime your outside and reach level 20 (hint go explor near the bean town brewery)

[Aᴘᴘʟᴇᴄᴏʀɴ]

the relay tower south of Oberland will help you find it. forest fire from the impact burns forever, easily seen at night.

[DouglasGrave]

The ship always crashes in exactly the same spot, regardless of where you see it flying or where it looks like its going at the time.

If you need an explanation, suddenly changing direction or attempting an emergency teleport wouldn't be out of the question for something based on alien technology.

[unamonu]

I was wondering if you can see the UFO actually hitting the ground if you stay long enough near the crash site till you reach level 20...

[VulcanTourist]

It was a stupid addition, since it contributes nothing at all to the story.

[DouglasGrave]

Originally posted by unamonu:

I was wondering if you can see the UFO actually hitting the ground if you stay long enough near the crash site till you reach level 20...

I don't think so, since that would require them to animate it. I suspect the setup for it is designed so that you either only see it when you're sufficiently far away, or that it only updates when you're not present.

Originally posted by VulcanTourist:

It was a stupid addition, since it contributes nothing at all to the story.

I'm okay with it; it's just a fun extra, and minor callback to earlier alien references in the Fallout franchise.

I think it's good to have some content that just exists to be its own thing and add some variety and quirkiness to the world as long as it doesn't actively clash with the story.

[Zekiran]

It does very much contribute to the lore of the Fallout world, since *aliens are literally real*.

It *proves* that aliens are actually real things. Giving validity to a vast majority of weird things in the world.

[DouglasGrave]

Originally posted by Zekiran:

It does very much contribute to the lore of the Fallout world, since *aliens are literally real*.

It *proves* that aliens are actually real things. Giving validity to a vast majority of weird things in the world.

Ditto. It's part of the world's lore, even if it doesn't happen to be part of the main story of Fallout 4.

[gregnewman2022]

There was a DLC in FO3 , ( the name of escapes me now ) where you got '' pulled '' into their space-ship after touching a beacon they'd placed on the ground .

In new Vegas , depending on the perks you had , you find 4 aliens outside their hovering spacecraft , if you caught them '' off guard '' , you could kill and loot them for their weapons .

I can't vouch for FO1 and FO2 'cause I din't play those two .

I also never played 76 ( yet ) but I wouldn't be surprised if Bethesda put a couple of aliens in there two.

I don't about the real world , but their diffidently part of the fallout lore .

[steventirey]

I can't vouch for FO1 and FO2 'cause I din't play those two .

I also never played 76 ( yet ) but I wouldn't be surprised if Bethesda put a couple of aliens in there two.

Fallout 76 has an event dedicated to the aliens invading. Aliens aren't something you would find normally, but when the event is happening they can be found anywhere on the map as a random encounter, with a big event happening every hour.

As for Fallout 1 and 2, I don't remember there being any aliens like what we have now. But Fallout 1 and 2 also had a lot more special random encounters, like a crashed Star Trek shuttle, the Bridge of Death from Monty Python, an encounter with the 4 Horseman of the Apocalypse, and quite a few other strange encounters. They may have been an alien one in there somewhere.

Edit: There was a random encounter in Fallout 1 with a crashed alien ship, and the skeletal remains of 2 aliens. The living aliens we see (the Zetans) first appeared in Fallout 3.