John, I got some info on Calipatria, CA:  (pronounced Cali_PAT_ria, and
they don't like it when you mispronounce the name <grin>.)  The town has
been around since about the early 1900's, it is about 40 miles north of
Mexico and 80 miles south of Palm Springs.  This is the Imperial Valley
area of deep southern California.  Population about 3,200.  Most notable
items include a State Prison and what the locals call "The Slabs" which
is a long deserted military site and gets the name because the cement
slabs upon which quonset huts were built are about all that remains.
The two nearest towns are about 10 miles away; one to the north with a
population of about 2,000 and one to the south with a population of
about 20,000.

I started out calling directory assistance for the names and numbers
under the category of Government Offices, (thinking that maybe they had
a Chamber of Commerce or an Office of Tourism, or even the Mayor's
Office), but the only listing was for the Library: 619-348-2630.  I
called last Friday, early evening, and spoke with a very nice, very
helpful woman - the librarian.  (Despite it being about 110 degrees, 90
percent humidity, with sandstorms!)  Anyways, I didn't mention anything
about UFOs, spaceships or aliens, but I told her I was doing basic
source checking on an accidental nuke drop that happenned in 1945 -
she knew nothing about that - but she promised to gather some info and
mail it to me.