Re: New Area 51 Show


Message posted by TD Barnes on February 20, 2012 at 9:11:53 PST:

NepaTitan, I did a Google Earth search for Jackass Flats and the NRDS facilities all show up. It is sad to see the locations with most of the facilities dismantled. Such a waste as they could have been used for other uses such as a spaceport. Homeland Security has used some of the old facilities as a training facility. The tunnel site is at 36 49 57 28N 116 16 37 95W. The buildings are gone, but the water and nitrogen storage dores are still there. The tunnel portal is a small item below the rest of the facility. You can see the paths to the portal. The entrance was never a big deal. When you look at the photos of the facility I have posted on the webpage, don't confuse the water channels with being a tunnel. We released about 3,000,000 gallons of water to prevent the engine test stand from melting down and the drainage tunnel through the test stand does look like a concrete portal to a tunnel. It is merely a water diversion tunnel to discharge it to the holding pond.


In Reply to: Re: New Area 51 Show posted by TD Barnes on February 19, 2012 at 22:31:36 PST:

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