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Originally posted by intrptr
Could be an environmental blight they want to keep down low...
Since there are other mining operations in the area
Originally posted by Son of Will
reply to post by HawkeyeNation
Are you implying that ... what exactly is it you're implying? That Darknet has some classified satellite imagery? I'm honestly intrigued. I never really had a use to go exploring 'down there', but if information like that is available... Please, tell me more =)
Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
reply to post by WanderingThe3rd
As someone else noted there though.... Seek deep and go into the other side of the net and the truth shall be revealed. Just don't look too hard for answers one may not actually want in the end. This may be one of those examples. Just sayin'.
Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
As someone else noted there though.... Seek deep and go into the other side of the net and the truth shall be revealed. Just don't look too hard for answers one may not actually want in the end. This may be one of those examples. Just sayin'.
Originally posted by LatvianGuy
Looks like there has been a mess up. Russia is too dense with all these bases, you know. :d
It seems that the photos shown are from an anonymous military site in the Moscow Oblast, not the far far away land of NE Russia.
One of these links should be the original one, because they contain the most pictures. Also it seems that there are atleast two bases depicted.
zhigane.livejournal.com...
vadimb.livejournal.com...
And Zaliv Kresta translated means Border Bay or something similar atleast. May be a referrence to the gigantic bay near by.
Originally posted by HawkeyeNation
Hit the underground web and you'll find your answer. Beware because what you see down there is disturbing and that's saying it nicely.
It would appear to be some sort of Unknown ICBM Facility which is currently not in use.
Originally posted by flexy123
Well the first thing which is apparent is that this site is not "somewhere in Russia", but on the utmost edge to the East close to Alaska. I bet 99% it's some sort of IBCM missile site, there is no reason to speculate anything else BUT that it's some military site.
HOWEVER - the real mystery is how comes that OUR (Western) images sources are blurred? I didn't even know that Russia has this authority to tell us what to show and what not?
SOMEONE has cut/blurred this area by request of Russia (which, IMO, is already noteworthy to mention)...and if someone cut/blurred the area out this means logically also that someone (in the West) KNOWS what that area is. (Respective, where this request to blur came from)
edit on 14-2-2013 by flexy123 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by ArchaicDesigns
Awesome thread OP! I remember coming across this mysterious "Blacked Out" spot a few years ago when it was making a little buzz on the net and ATS, so I decided to do a little research at the time...
Appearantly it is called,
The source of this information was the Russian Airfileds Website ...The site was shut down Nov 2007 (suspicious?) and this information came from the Internet Archive last active page Oct 13, 2007. (I think this was also mentioned in the older ATS thread, I could be wrong)
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It would appear to be some sort of Unknown ICBM Facility which is currently not in use.
There are no actual sat images anywhere on the net of the site that aren't blocked out to my knowledge...
Also wanted to add that Lake El'gygytgyn is an important site for scientific research on climate change and is located in Chukotka, as is the village of Uelen, the closest substantial Russian settlement to the United States.
Hope this sheds some light, I think I have some more info floating around...
EDIT: After 1945, Chukotka remained a military zone, packed with troops readied for any potential invasion of nearby Alaska. The move away from the harsh excesses of Stalinism brought voluntary workers to the region, attracted by high wages and privileges. When communism finally collapsed it only brought more troubles and hardships to Chukotka. Most of the imported Russian labour fled, and the indigenous people were left in poverty, unemployed and unable to go back to their pre-Soviet way of life.