Cheyenne Mountain, CO

According to this article, Cheyenne Mountain is no longer used for NORAD. When it was used for NORAD, there were a number of conspiracy theories revolving around the facility, but now that NORAD is gone (supposedly), the question begs: why keep such a place open?

Google Maps Image

What I find interesting is that if you zoom out enough, you can see a trail leading from the road's termination point near 38.744846,-104.861326 to just north of the entrance of NORAD (as shown in the Google image provided).

[edit on 15-3-2010 by Beinion]

Is it possible that NORAD is now under the Denver National Airport if it is no longer at that location? What a better way to hide all the cars in a parking lot.

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I doubt that such a place exists under DIA. I've been in Denver International Airport more than once, and lived within ten miles from it. If Denver International is hosting a covert military operation, they are running the risk of exposing it to a huge civilian population that has very easy access to any section of the airport, really.



[edit on 15-3-2010 by Beinion]

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The reasons given for keeping it open are given in the article, the most obvious reason being: They Aren't. They are putting it into maintenance mode and moving NORAD to a new location.

Why not just shutter it completely? Probably because it is one of the most hardened bunkers in North America, and they've spend nearly a billion dollars in the past decade to modernize it. It would be silly to throw away all that money for nothing, and it's always better to be safe than sorry.

But seriously, everything I just said was in the article itself

Originally posted by ExPostFacto
Is it possible that NORAD is now under the Denver National Airport if it is no longer at that location? What a better way to hide all the cars in a parking lot.

Actually, the article in the OP link tells you where NORAAD went.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command operations center will be moved to nearby Peterson Air Force Base, which is home to the U.S. Northern Command created after the Sept. 11 attacks. Both are commanded by Adm. Tim Keating.

There were a lot of reasons to move out of the mountain...a lack of space, the difficulty of upgrading equipment, and operating expense all played into the decision.

Norad is absolutely still in use....every day. Daughter's father works for USAF Space Command and part of his job, he has to report to people at Norad. But many functions that were taking place there have moved to other units at the bases in CO.

What is left there and what do they still do? I actually do not know as most of it is classified, so im told.

[edit on March 15th 2010 by greeneyedleo]

It`s one of the most secure bases on earth,highly unlikely they will leave it unused.

I've been inside the entire complex, from front to back, side to side, and can tell you that the purpose of the complex as was stated by the briefers was to serve as a back-up NORAD command station in case Peterson was destroyed. This is unclassified information. It was explained to me that the main reasons it was closed were that, most importantly, modern thermonuclear weapons when deployed directly on the mountain, can and will completely REMOVE/vaporize the mountain (this is not an exaggeration) in which NORAD resides, and it was very cramped and difficult to work in... so why not move it to a better location that's more open if neither one of them has a chance of surviving a direct nuclear blast anyway... Makes perfect sense to me, and I have very little reason to disbelieve their briefed explanation. Also, the facility has massive power generation capability (many very very large diesel engines), which is useful to the surrounding urban areas when power goes out or brown-outs occur.