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Originally posted by Whiteone
They are bombing ranges, here's a link to info about them and others:
home.comcast.net...
Originally posted by wonderworld
reply to post by notreallyalive
Also my google image is not looking down on the oil wells. It's a ground shot camera view, near the location that shows an oil drilling rig or maybe 2. They are oil wells. This is off highway 457, very close to the symbols. Bombing wouldnt be allowed.
Originally posted by Outcast2
reply to post by wonderworld
The following links might aid:
home.comcast.net...
bbs.keyhole.com...
Hope it helps.
Originally posted by Whiteone
They are bombing ranges, here's a link to info about them and others:
home.comcast.net...
Originally posted by Blaine91555
This thread would be a great example of how people ignore facts, don't click on provided links and don't read the posts.
Arguably the most elaborate targets were associated with the Roswell Army Air Field. Over half of the 34 RAAF targets are either swastikas or reverse swastikas superimposed over a bull's-eye target. Large berms, 6 feet high, 15 feet wide and 1,000 feet long form the cross-hairs in the center of the target. Small appendages placed half-way down and perpendicular to each leg complete the appearance of the swastika. In some cases other crudely made targets representing ships, ship docks, and oil storage tanks are visible around the perimeter of the swastikas or bull's-eye targets. Measurements taken from aerial photos show the ships to be approximately 800 feet long by 200 feet wide and the storage tanks and ship docks approximately 350 feet square.
Originally posted by Proxy911
I'm betting it's either a LHC (Stanford has one too), or one of the jokes google puts in. They've found other funny things, like building that spell out "attack here", or funny cornfields like the one in scary movie 4.
I'd chock it up to the latter.
The big question in mind is why they are still erected NOW? Some members here have some interesting theories and I guess that is where the discussion should be headed next. Agree?
The bombing ranges were used just a few short years, from 1942 to 1945. A typical training mission consisted of dropping 100 pound concrete or sand-filled bombs. A small spotting charge, that fired out a flash of flame and smoke, was attached to each bomb allowing air crews to observe the accuracy of their practice mission. Sometimes other weaponry such as high explosive, water-filled chemical bombs and incendiary bombs were also used. For more than 60 years natural erosional processes, human activities and encroaching vegetation have attacked the targets, completely erasing some and leaving others scarcely visible. Targets graded into the soil have fared the onslaught poorly while the swastikas, made from piles of rock and soil, are persisting slightly better.