Secret Swimming Pools
Monday, 12th November 2007 by James Turnbull
As it's home to the 509th Bomb Wing, operators of the very distinctive wing-shaped B2 stealth bombers, it should be easy to spot a B2 at Whiteman Air Force Base. Unfortunately, we're not in luck today, as browsing around the base it appears that none of the bombers are on show.
But wait! We can now exclusively reveal that to maintain their magic-stealthy-ness the bombers are actually stored in... er, swimming pools?
OK, maybe it's just a picture of a bomber painted on the bottom of the pool.
However, Alan Turnbull (no relation) reports on his Secret Bases website that earlier this year the image of the pool in Google Earth was obscured.
There's no word on why it's now been reverted, but I'm sure you crack-pot theorists1 can come up with all sorts of ideas as to why this swimming pool is a matter of national security.
What's definitely not a matter of national security, is this swimming pool in Germany. Left to right this swimming pool features the children's TV characters Gary the Snail, SpongeBob SquarePants, Squidward Tentacles, Sandy Cheeks & Patrick Star.
Thanks to Simon Brennan, Gearthhacks and kjfitz
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Of course, I say this in the most endearing way possible, I love crack-pot internet theorists and their wacky ideas. ↩︎
Nowhere? What’s the matter with this stamp?
Well it wouldn’t be very secret if we told you where it was 😉 (Thanks, stamp now fixed.)
More military secrets, according to Google Earth anyway.
Ever driven eastwards along the M4 through Berkshire?
And seen a sign claiming to be ‘Works Access Only’ for a sliproad between Junctions 13 and 14?
https://www.googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=51.450838,-1.394652&z=17
In fact this slip road leads to RAF Welford, an old WW2 airfield that is now leased to the USAF. It has been turned into Europe’s largest munitions storage facility, mainly supplying the USAF airbase at Fairford, Gloucestershire.
https://www.googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=51.46759,-1.398997&z=15
Posted on Google earth by: Liverpoolmiss
Look at that with the Hybrid placenaming swithced on and you’ll see one of the sideroads on the north of the site is named Ammo Alley…
Look at that with the Hybrid placenaming switched on and you’ll see one of the sideroads on the north of the site is named Ammo Alley…
Ahaa! The B2-swimming pool must be the cover for a UFO research facility!
That pool will slide back and a ThunderBird will launch!
RAF Wellford has been in the hands of the USAF for many years. It was used during both Gulf wars to store munitions and to supply US bombers leaving from RAF Fairford.
Convoys of 6 munitions lorries with a 20 police vehicle escort used to leave the base first thing in the morning, and travel east long the M4 before turning round and travellnig back to Jnc 15 and travel to Fairford.
There is a famous/ infamous incident during which some campaigners parked a vehicle across the main access route on the convoy’s journey. The protesters then secured themselves to the underside of the vehicle causing the convoyt o turn round and head right back from whence they came!!
i visited whiteman last fall, and got some photos of the stealth bomber however i didn’t see this pool….. here is a link to my photos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shane613/sets/72157600402077004/