Hangar 18

"Hangar 18" is a song by American thrash metal band Megadeth from their 1990 studio album Rust in Peace. Hangar 18 is located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio, and it is speculated that an alien aircraft was brought there from Roswell in 1947. The song reached number 25 on the Irish Singles Chart, also reached number 26 on the UK Singles Chart. Art The cover of Rust in Peace, the album on which the song appears, depicts the band's mascot, Vic Rattlehead, and a number of world leaders viewing an alien in a cryogenic chamber, a clear reference to the track. Both the album's cover and single art were designed by the same artist, Ed Repka. Music "Hangar 18" was one of a handful of Megadeth songs written for Dave Mustaine's first band, Panic. Other songs written for Panic include "Rust In Peace... Polaris", "Mechanix" and "Jump In The Fire". A unique feature about the song is that the bass uses a different tuning from the two lead guitars, the bass being in Drop D while the guitars are in standard tuning. The intro is a rapidly strummed version of the D minor arpeggio that Mustaine wrote for the Metallica instrumental track "The Call of Ktulu", which was the final Metallica song for which he was given writing credit.