This is the desert of western nevada, already wellknown for its Nuclear Tests by the Atomic Energy commission here at yucca flats. Adjoining this test site is an active aerial gunnery range. Ordered in 1955 by president ial order, 60 square miles of this prohibited area were set aside for a special purpose, as a narrow air corridor to reach the spot on the map. Air charts ordered closed, except from the chief of staff from the u. S. Air force. The name of the isolated spot in nevada is watertown and its very isolation is the greatest importance. The specialists that come off this transport are handpicked. They are checked every time they arrive at watertown. Overall security in the area is the highest yet to be maintained in this country, even higher than that of the manhattan project. Selection of watertown was dictated by several unique considerations. The area is isolated from prying eyes by the aec range with lethal reminders of past atomic explosions. Aec guards maintain regular p
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Welcome. My name is Francis Gary Powers jr. I go by gary. Im the founder of the Cold War Museum at vent hill, virginia, about 45 miles west of washington, d. C. I founded the Cold War Museum in 1996 to honor cold war veterans, preserve cold war history and educate future generations about the time period. What i realized when i was giving lectures to High School Students in this area, nine times out of 10, the students would not know anything about the cold war. They would think that the utwo incident had something to do with the utwo rock band. I noticed that they needed to be taught about the cold war time period. In 1996, we founded the museum which opened in 2011 here at vent hill farms station. A former Army Communication base near the washington, d. C. Area. It used to be used by nsa, c. I. A. , asa, Army Security agency, and other groups to monday horthe Electronic Communications around the washington, d. C. Embassy and international signals. The cold war was a geopolitical stan
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To december 26th, 1991 with the collapse of the soviet union. It was a geopolitical standoff. Each one could have destroyed the world through a nuclear war but the cold war do d that. There will be no winners, so this cold war was a state of heightened tension that did not have direct conflict between the soviets and the americans. Vietnam, korea, gulf war, afghan war. Vint hill farms station was functional between World War Two and the 90s. After the cold war, the American Government realized there was no need for this facility because there was no more soviet union. The cold war ended. That as well as, there was an act called base realignment and closure act. In the mid 90s, a lot of military bases were shut down for cost savings, financial reasons, and we didnt need as much facilities to monitor the sol soviet union. It vacant for about ten years. We found it was available. They said yes we would love to talk to you about locating here. Of negotiations we opened up in 2011 at this f