posted on Jan, 8 2008 @ 08:15 PM
I grew up in Forsyth Co., which is next to Dawson Co. In 1979, I had a math teacher in High School who had worked at the Lockheed Nuclear Facility.
Her husband did too. She would say very little about it only "developing a nuclear aircraft". My father went to work at Lockheed Aircraft in Cobb
Co. in 1964.
We all knew of this area and many a teen went four-wheeling or partying out on this property. The sealed buildings are there and there were railroad
tracks also. No railroad runs near Dawson Forest. My teacher said they put objects on flatbed train cars and rolled them into the reactor. I have
seen trees in this area that were malformed and twisted. I used to hunt on adjoining property in the 80's and we always joked about the glowing
deer. I saw many pieces of old fence that had radioactive warning signs on them.
The nuclear plane idea failed due to the weight required in lead shielding for the crew. I came to work for Lockheed in 1984 and still work there.
Almost nobody here knew anything about the Dawsonville property. Most still don't. It's known mostly for murders, the most recent a kidnapped
hikers body was found there. My brother claims they used to go in some of the abandoned buildings drinking and messing around. He said you followed
train tracks down in the ground but came to water before you got anywhere. This property is public and all can go see. Although I would say it's
probably grown over. As for the mysterious ranger camp in nearby Dahlonega, it is a military training base. I have camped and trout fished nearby
many times. I've been followed by many military vehicles. I've seen soldiers hiding behind trees, running through woods and walking the many dirt
roads. I've been awakened by "hueys" and loud explosions many mornings. Both sites were picked because they were nowhere in their days. The
boonies.
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