Secret sites so classified they are pixelated by Google Earth
January 24, 2016 in News by RBN Staff
This enormous blurred area in the Siberian Tundra region is rumoured to hide one of Russia’s ‘secret cities’
THERE are countless sites around the world deemed so classified that they are pixelated or blacked out by Google Earth.
Some are understandable, like some military sites, royal residences and say, the whole of North Korea. Others may surprise you. Pretty much all of them are the subject of conspiracy theories.
PACIFIC NORTHWEST, USA
This site is home to the highly controversial operation known as HAARP (High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program) and is located near the Washington-Oregon border.
Rumours HAARP works in conjunction with FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) have led to speculation about hidden agendas.
The conspiracy-minded believe HAARP is a secret weapon for weather modification and have blamed it triggering floods, droughts, major power outages and even earthquakes in Iran.
HAARP — the High FrequencyActive Auroral Research Program is hiding under the green rectangle
SZAZHALOMBATTA OIL REFINERY, HUNGARY
This Hungarian oil facility requested to be rendered green, with its buildings and grounds deleted, and nobody understands why.
Even more bizarre is the rumour that the only thing the green block is protecting is a field of grass. Which begs the question: what’s underneath the grass?
This is not a very well-maintained sportsground but the site of the Szazhalombatta Oil Refinery in Hungary
KEOWEE DAM, USA
This Christmas tree-shaped man-made reservoir in South Carolina has been heavily blurred by Google. While authorities have never confirmed it, it is believed the dam helps run the Oconee Nuclear Station. The paranoid often refer to the site as “America’s Fukushima”.
America’s Fukushima? Keowee Dam in South Carolina
UNKNOWN AREA IN SIBERIAN TUNDRA, RUSSIA
This one is pretty chilling. Not only is there something dodgy about the blur itself compared to say the Minecraft-esque pixelation of the Volkel Air Base in The Netherland (see further down), but there’s a sinister story behind it.
The site is in the Siberian Tundra and the closest Russian city is believed to Egvekinot, which neighbours Alaska across the Bering Strait. In 1986, authorities sealed off dozens of cities and towns, many of them with populations of more than a million.
Some had mysterious numbers attached to their names including Krasnoyarsk-26, Tomsk-7 and Arzamas-16 — the latter believed to have been home to a colony of nuclear engineers who put an end to America’s nuclear monopoly.
Some believe that this site could be one of the mysterious secret cities taken over by the government during the Cold War era. Others say it’s either a radar station or missile
interceptor.
Several netizens have commented that the area surrounding the blur appears to have been cut and pasted from another part of the country.
Is there a secret city lurking underneath that thick blurry smudge in the Siberian Tundra?
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