Area 51 secrets unveiled by Google

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91TTZ

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Originally posted by: Malladine
ah yes, secrets. There are buildings and :shocked: runways!

Yeah, but they're *secret* buildings and runways, made with secret asphalt and secret concrete. It makes it much more interesting.
 

EyeMWing

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Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Originally posted by: EyeMWing
The green things are irrigated farms to sustain the base in a doomsday scenario, IIRC. Read about them once.

Lol, where do you come up with this stuff? Don't you think in a doomsday scenario a big green field would get "doomed" also? What kind of doomsday scenario favors exposed green fields over canned food and bottle water?

Hah, well, look at them. They're flat, they're green, they're textured. They're either golf courses or fields of some sort. Maybe that's not their "true" purpose, for all I care, they're marijuana fields that they test herbicides on for spraying over Columbia.

Oh, and when doomsday rolls around, cans and water ain't gonna last too long, so you'd better have some fertile land to plant SOMETHIN'.
 

MmmSkyscraper

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Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Originally posted by: EyeMWing
The green things are irrigated farms to sustain the base in a doomsday scenario, IIRC. Read about them once.

Don't you think in a doomsday scenario a big green field would get "doomed" also? What kind of doomsday scenario favors exposed green fields over canned food and bottled water?

One where the tin opener broke and a big nuke/meteor hadn't wiped out the surface? :D
 

91TTZ

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Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Oh, and when doomsday rolls around, cans and water ain't gonna last too long, so you'd better have some fertile land to plant SOMETHIN'.

But if the outside conditions were nice enough to grow crops safe for eating, how would be it doomsday outside?
 

JeffCos

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*FLASHES NEURALIZER*

You didn't see anything on those pictures. The government doesn't have any secret bases, or conspiricies. What you saw was radioactive swamp gas refracting off a fallen weather balloon.

 

NikPreviousAcct

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Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1
Originally posted by: Nik
That's neat. Those "hills" or "bumps" or whatever in the last few pics aren't natural. They're in perfect formations. They're lined up perfectly in a grid. Neat. :)

when you zoom in on them they look as if they are spots where planes have tested bomb's and droped them there.

MIKE

Nope, they're compounds. They're buildings that have been covered up.

Check these out:

http://www.predigio.net/area51-1.jpg
http://www.predigio.net/area51-2.jpg

They clearly show vehicles parked seemingly in the middle of nowhere, roadways, and even a building mostly covered up (check second pic).

The mounds are in perfect alignment. You don't get that kind of precision unless you're using laser guided. Even then, you whouldn't be dropping them straight down in successive rows.
 

Armitage

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Originally posted by: Nik
Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1
Originally posted by: Nik
That's neat. Those "hills" or "bumps" or whatever in the last few pics aren't natural. They're in perfect formations. They're lined up perfectly in a grid. Neat. :)

when you zoom in on them they look as if they are spots where planes have tested bomb's and droped them there.

MIKE

Nope, they're compounds. They're buildings that have been covered up.

Check these out:

http://www.predigio.net/area51-1.jpg
http://www.predigio.net/area51-2.jpg

They clearly show vehicles parked seemingly in the middle of nowhere, roadways, and even a building mostly covered up (check second pic).

The mounds are in perfect alignment. You don't get that kind of precision unless you're using laser guided. Even then, you whouldn't be dropping them straight down in successive rows.


Actually, I think they are craters from underground nuke tests.
 

NikPreviousAcct

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Originally posted by: Armitage
Originally posted by: Nik
Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1
Originally posted by: Nik
That's neat. Those "hills" or "bumps" or whatever in the last few pics aren't natural. They're in perfect formations. They're lined up perfectly in a grid. Neat. :)

when you zoom in on them they look as if they are spots where planes have tested bomb's and droped them there.

MIKE

Nope, they're compounds. They're buildings that have been covered up.

Check these out:

http://www.predigio.net/area51-1.jpg
http://www.predigio.net/area51-2.jpg

They clearly show vehicles parked seemingly in the middle of nowhere, roadways, and even a building mostly covered up (check second pic).

The mounds are in perfect alignment. You don't get that kind of precision unless you're using laser guided. Even then, you whouldn't be dropping them straight down in successive rows.


Actually, I think they are craters from underground nuke tests.

Shadows dictate that these are mounds that extend up, above ground as opposed to crators that are indented into the ground. If a nuke *did* go off in each of those locations, there wouldn't be people and vehicles all around there. The place would be uninhabitable for much, much longer than 70 years.
 

91TTZ

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Originally posted by: Nik
If a nuke *did* go off in each of those locations, there wouldn't be people and vehicles all around there. The place would be uninhabitable for much, much longer than 70 years.

That's not true at all. The people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki moved right back in.
 

NikPreviousAcct

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Aug 15, 2000
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Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Originally posted by: Nik
If a nuke *did* go off in each of those locations, there wouldn't be people and vehicles all around there. The place would be uninhabitable for much, much longer than 70 years.

That's not true at all. The people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki moved right back in.

That's 1 freaking bomb. One. The screenies I posted are zoomed all the way in. There's dozens upon dozens of those mounds. Like I said... if even a single nuke were detonated at each of those mounds (if the mounds were caused by a nuke), the area would not be inhabitable.

Besides, compared to the size of semi trucks in other areas, those mounds would be much, much bigger if they were the result of a nuke. What happens when you set the second one off, though? Wouldn't the first mound be shaken apart/scorched/cracked/moved or otherwise disseminated from all the wind and energy wave?
 
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Originally posted by: Nik
Originally posted by: Armitage
Originally posted by: Nik
Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1
Originally posted by: Nik
That's neat. Those "hills" or "bumps" or whatever in the last few pics aren't natural. They're in perfect formations. They're lined up perfectly in a grid. Neat. :)

when you zoom in on them they look as if they are spots where planes have tested bomb's and droped them there.

MIKE

Nope, they're compounds. They're buildings that have been covered up.

Check these out:

http://www.predigio.net/area51-1.jpg
http://www.predigio.net/area51-2.jpg

They clearly show vehicles parked seemingly in the middle of nowhere, roadways, and even a building mostly covered up (check second pic).

The mounds are in perfect alignment. You don't get that kind of precision unless you're using laser guided. Even then, you whouldn't be dropping them straight down in successive rows.


Actually, I think they are craters from underground nuke tests.

Shadows dictate that these are mounds that extend up, above ground as opposed to crators that are indented into the ground. If a nuke *did* go off in each of those locations, there wouldn't be people and vehicles all around there. The place would be uninhabitable for much, much longer than 70 years.

to me it looks like the shadows show craters.
 

dmcowen674

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Originally posted by: LordSnailz
So what's the deal with area51 that feds are not coming forward about?

A lot of people work there and it is heavily guarded.

Had a friend that worked there and he would not say what he did there even as he was taking his last breaths.


 

NikPreviousAcct

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Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
Originally posted by: Nik
Originally posted by: Armitage
Originally posted by: Nik
Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1
Originally posted by: Nik
That's neat. Those "hills" or "bumps" or whatever in the last few pics aren't natural. They're in perfect formations. They're lined up perfectly in a grid. Neat. :)

when you zoom in on them they look as if they are spots where planes have tested bomb's and droped them there.

MIKE

Nope, they're compounds. They're buildings that have been covered up.

Check these out:

http://www.predigio.net/area51-1.jpg
http://www.predigio.net/area51-2.jpg

They clearly show vehicles parked seemingly in the middle of nowhere, roadways, and even a building mostly covered up (check second pic).

The mounds are in perfect alignment. You don't get that kind of precision unless you're using laser guided. Even then, you whouldn't be dropping them straight down in successive rows.


Actually, I think they are craters from underground nuke tests.

Shadows dictate that these are mounds that extend up, above ground as opposed to crators that are indented into the ground. If a nuke *did* go off in each of those locations, there wouldn't be people and vehicles all around there. The place would be uninhabitable for much, much longer than 70 years.

to me it looks like the shadows show craters.

Shadows are pointing south east, right? Take a look at the roadways. The little roads carved into the sand/clay from the vehicles. Those would be indentations into the ground. You can see from the really big roadway that goes SW and NE (upper center of the pic first pic that goes NE away from the obviously uncovered building and banks dead east over one mound and continues between two mounds on either side of it) that the shadow is being cast by the northern edge of the road. That says to me the area immediately northwest of the roadway is raised. With that as a standard, the shadows cast by the circled thingies also point south east which indicate that they're raised, not indented.
 

Armitage

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Originally posted by: Nik
Originally posted by: Armitage
Originally posted by: Nik
Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1
Originally posted by: Nik
That's neat. Those "hills" or "bumps" or whatever in the last few pics aren't natural. They're in perfect formations. They're lined up perfectly in a grid. Neat. :)

when you zoom in on them they look as if they are spots where planes have tested bomb's and droped them there.

MIKE

Nope, they're compounds. They're buildings that have been covered up.

Check these out:

http://www.predigio.net/area51-1.jpg
http://www.predigio.net/area51-2.jpg

They clearly show vehicles parked seemingly in the middle of nowhere, roadways, and even a building mostly covered up (check second pic).

The mounds are in perfect alignment. You don't get that kind of precision unless you're using laser guided. Even then, you whouldn't be dropping them straight down in successive rows.


Actually, I think they are craters from underground nuke tests.

Shadows dictate that these are mounds that extend up, above ground as opposed to crators that are indented into the ground. If a nuke *did* go off in each of those locations, there wouldn't be people and vehicles all around there. The place would be uninhabitable for much, much longer than 70 years.


There's going to be a shadow whether it is a mound or a crater. Judging from some of the other shadows in the first link above, I'd say the sun was to the lower right. The shadow in the crater/mound artifacts is to the lower right also indicating that these are craters and not mounds. If the shadow was to the upper left of the artifact, it would be a mound.

Regarding it being inhabitable - you can take tours of the nevada test site. These are (with the exception of the sedan crater) subsidence craters - the explosion (and resulting fission products) were all contained underground.
 

K1052

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Originally posted by: Nik
Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
Originally posted by: Nik
Originally posted by: Armitage
Originally posted by: Nik
Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1
Originally posted by: Nik
That's neat. Those "hills" or "bumps" or whatever in the last few pics aren't natural. They're in perfect formations. They're lined up perfectly in a grid. Neat. :)

when you zoom in on them they look as if they are spots where planes have tested bomb's and droped them there.

MIKE

Nope, they're compounds. They're buildings that have been covered up.

Check these out:

http://www.predigio.net/area51-1.jpg
http://www.predigio.net/area51-2.jpg

They clearly show vehicles parked seemingly in the middle of nowhere, roadways, and even a building mostly covered up (check second pic).

The mounds are in perfect alignment. You don't get that kind of precision unless you're using laser guided. Even then, you whouldn't be dropping them straight down in successive rows.


Actually, I think they are craters from underground nuke tests.

Shadows dictate that these are mounds that extend up, above ground as opposed to crators that are indented into the ground. If a nuke *did* go off in each of those locations, there wouldn't be people and vehicles all around there. The place would be uninhabitable for much, much longer than 70 years.

to me it looks like the shadows show craters.

Shadows are pointing south east, right? Take a look at the roadways. The little roads carved into the sand/clay from the vehicles. Those would be indentations into the ground. You can see from the really big roadway that goes SW and NE (upper center of the pic first pic that goes NE away from the obviously uncovered building and banks dead east over one mound and continues between two mounds on either side of it) that the shadow is being cast by the northern edge of the road. That says to me the area immediately northwest of the roadway is raised. With that as a standard, the shadows cast by the circled thingies also point south east which indicate that they're raised, not indented.


That looks like one of the radioactive waste storage sites. They cover the waste with dirt after it is deposited thereby making those mounds.
 

Armitage

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Originally posted by: Nik
Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
Originally posted by: Nik
Originally posted by: Armitage
Originally posted by: Nik
Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1
Originally posted by: Nik
That's neat. Those "hills" or "bumps" or whatever in the last few pics aren't natural. They're in perfect formations. They're lined up perfectly in a grid. Neat. :)

when you zoom in on them they look as if they are spots where planes have tested bomb's and droped them there.

MIKE

Nope, they're compounds. They're buildings that have been covered up.

Check these out:

http://www.predigio.net/area51-1.jpg
http://www.predigio.net/area51-2.jpg

They clearly show vehicles parked seemingly in the middle of nowhere, roadways, and even a building mostly covered up (check second pic).

The mounds are in perfect alignment. You don't get that kind of precision unless you're using laser guided. Even then, you whouldn't be dropping them straight down in successive rows.


Actually, I think they are craters from underground nuke tests.

Shadows dictate that these are mounds that extend up, above ground as opposed to crators that are indented into the ground. If a nuke *did* go off in each of those locations, there wouldn't be people and vehicles all around there. The place would be uninhabitable for much, much longer than 70 years.

to me it looks like the shadows show craters.

Shadows are pointing south east, right? Take a look at the roadways. The little roads carved into the sand/clay from the vehicles. Those would be indentations into the ground. You can see from the really big roadway that goes SW and NE (upper center of the pic first pic that goes NE away from the obviously uncovered building and banks dead east over one mound and continues between two mounds on either side of it) that the shadow is being cast by the northern edge of the road.

Judging from the large ridge just above the road you describe, it seems clear to me that the shadow is to the upper left, indicating the sun is in the lower right (are images in google maps for-sure oriented North up?).

The building on the flat plain above that ridge also indicate a shadow to the upper left. I don't see any discernable shadows from the roads, and the roads could as well be raised above the terrain as below it.

That says to me the area immediately northwest of the roadway is raised. With that as a standard, the shadows cast by the circled thingies also point south east which indicate that they're raised, not indented.

 

FeuerFrei

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Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
Originally posted by: Nik
Originally posted by: Armitage
Originally posted by: Nik
Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1
Originally posted by: Nik
That's neat. Those "hills" or "bumps" or whatever in the last few pics aren't natural. They're in perfect formations. They're lined up perfectly in a grid. Neat. :)

when you zoom in on them they look as if they are spots where planes have tested bomb's and droped them there.

MIKE

Nope, they're compounds. They're buildings that have been covered up.

Check these out:

http://www.predigio.net/area51-1.jpg
http://www.predigio.net/area51-2.jpg

They clearly show vehicles parked seemingly in the middle of nowhere, roadways, and even a building mostly covered up (check second pic).

The mounds are in perfect alignment. You don't get that kind of precision unless you're using laser guided. Even then, you whouldn't be dropping them straight down in successive rows.


Actually, I think they are craters from underground nuke tests.

Shadows dictate that these are mounds that extend up, above ground as opposed to crators that are indented into the ground. If a nuke *did* go off in each of those locations, there wouldn't be people and vehicles all around there. The place would be uninhabitable for much, much longer than 70 years.

to me it looks like the shadows show craters.

Yeah the shadows indicate craters. Compare with the building shadows. Also notice snow remaining in some of them
 

NikPreviousAcct

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Originally posted by: K1052
That looks like one of the radioactive waste storage sites. They cover the waste with dirt after it is deposited thereby making those mounds.

That makes sense.

Originally posted by: Armitage
Judging from the large ridge just above the road you describe, it seems clear to me that the shadow is to the upper left, indicating the sun is in the lower right (are images in google maps for-sure oriented North up?).

Oh for the love of pete. Direction is relative. Do I really need a "IN RELATION TO THE DIRECTION THE IMAGES WERE TAKEN, ASSUME THE TOP OF THE PICTURE IS NORTH" disclaimer?

The building on the flat plain above that ridge also indicate a shadow to the upper left. I don't see any discernable shadows from the roads, and the roads could as well be raised above the terrain as below it.

Have you ever seen a 70-year old roadway in the sand that became raised the more you drove on it? Now, not saying that the roadway IS 70 years old, but come on. Sand roads go *down* over time and it doesn't make any sense for anyone to constantly keep having to go dig up more sand and lay it out for roadways in the DESERT.