Satellite Map Oddity

I got an email from Mike Scofield asking about this odd thing that can be seen via Google's satellite map out in the middle of the desert around Nevada. Mike writes:

Assuming I did the link right, you should see a giant triangle with concentric circles in it. I did some poking around and it looks like this symbol is ~near~ Area 51. This leads me to think it's one of two different hoaxes. One is that it's a very good photoshop someone slipped into the satalite map that Google is referencing or, two, that it is a symbol out there in the desert someone did that isn't related to Area 51.

Honestly, I don't know what this is. I'm guessing it's some kind of military base. If you zoom in you can see that it hasn't been photoshopped in (at least, it doesn't appear to me as if it's been photoshopped). The triangle and concentric circles appear to be roads.
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Posted on Tue May 10, 2005


Comments

Enough with the conspiracy theories! They don't call this region of Nevada a "bombing range" for nothing. Though I'm sure there are some secretive things going on, everything posted here so far is a legitimate part of the bombing range. These are targets, mock air strips, etc., and are intended to be blown up. The large craters are indeed caused by nuclear weapons tests. The small craters all over the rest of the range are traditional bombs.

Much of the bombing range is accessible to the public and/or the media, though you usually need a guide (for your safety).

The big triangle is an old gravel air strip, with runways in three directions to facilitate unpowered landings in just about any wind.

The green circles are irrigated agriculture and are OUTSIDE of the bombing range. In Google, the area reserved for the test site is marked in gray, just like all government land or national parks.

These are not pranks or secret government installations. They're things you should expect to see on a bombing range/nuclear test site.
Posted by David  on  Sun Sep 25, 2005  at  08:30 PM
Did anyone ever find target #1? You only see #2 and #3 posted all over, but not #1.
Posted by Thnikkamax  on  Mon Sep 26, 2005  at  03:57 PM
Theres a similar area in Indiana. I've drove by it many times, big fence, warning signs, etc. Used to be a bombing area. Some areas are being/have been checked for live bombs and are being opened as an area for hunters and fishermen. Heres a funny pattern and an airstrip in this area. Pan around theres lots of stuff.

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.666926,-116.027856&spn=0.015600,0.021286&t=k&hl=en
Posted by doug smiley  on  Sat Oct 01, 2005  at  09:58 PM
stupid link - try again:
<a >CLICK!</a>
Posted by doug smiley  on  Sat Oct 01, 2005  at  09:59 PM
why does it always go to the thing in the desert, hmm..

<a > this should work</a>
Posted by doug smiley  on  Sat Oct 01, 2005  at  10:01 PM
It's real, and was constructed at great expense by the church of scientology as some sort of a beacon to inter-stellar travellers to "guide them in".

Google it if you're interested.
Posted by Trevor  on  Sat Dec 31, 2005  at  02:11 AM
I see that same symbols in visions. The earth is not the only place where life grows. The triangle is a symbol of life, and the same symbol on th ships. They will come. 2012
Posted by The never telling  on  Wed Mar 08, 2006  at  11:53 PM
Check these strange things right out near the Triangle:
http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=groom+lake&ll=37.401409,-116.867967&sll=34.710938,-112.109525&spn=0.004849,0.007467&sspn=3.851563,7.259440&t=k&hl=en

and this

http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=groom+lake&ll=37.401409,-116.867967&sll=34.710938,-112.109525&spn=0.004849,0.007467&sspn=3.851563,7.259440&t=k&hl=en
Posted by Luke  on  Thu Apr 27, 2006  at  08:51 AM
pratap (up) map
Posted by abhishek somvanshi  on  Wed Jul 19, 2006  at  09:34 AM
THis one is weird too
Posted by FRANKARDETTE  on  Sun Oct 22, 2006  at  02:56 PM
I'm Erandika Sandaruwan.From Sri lanka.
Posted by Erandika  on  Sat Dec 09, 2006  at  11:49 PM
Made by the US military during the cold war to distract the russians; hoping they would do the same as the people that replied: spending time finding out what it is......
Posted by Weps  on  Fri May 18, 2007  at  08:12 PM
guys, it's clear as daylight, it a bombing area. It is used for army exercices. look at this: http://mapper.acme.com/?lat=37.666905&long;=-116.02786&scale=12&theme=Topo&width=4&height=3&dot=Yes . On the Topo option, it says TARGET. and if you look closely in the middle of it you can actualy see 4 tanks and a lot of bomb holes.in the target area. That triangle was a target area that now is not used anymore( inactive target). So, no aliens, sorry.
Posted by Cruise  on  Fri Mar 12, 2010  at  09:14 AM
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/34836680#comment


There's photos from the "neighbourhood".
Posted by Edi from Finland  on  Fri Oct 29, 2010  at  12:55 PM
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