The Mysterious Case of the Vanishing Airport


	The Mysterious Case of the Vanishing Airport

benben1

3-10-2009 5:33 AM

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google earth, google, maps, army, internet, technology

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3-10-2009 9:28 AM

tanyamm

IT is still there. Quite a while back someone made a clip of how west coast military installations were hidden from the enemy. It is probably the same thing being done here. Maybe you could find the same information again.

3-13-2009 5:08 PM

Anomaly100

I'm thinking they have cloaking technology...(sci-fi fan)

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