The claim: large enclosure identified in FEMA-designated city.
What it really is: Located right next to Chicago, Hammond has multiple manufacturing centers located within the city, any one of which could probably be confused as a FEMA camp to a person who thinks that FEMA camps are real.
Showing posts with label Indiana. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Indiana. Show all posts
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Newport, Indiana
The claim: Army Depot - VX nerve gas storage facility. Secret meetings were held here in 1998 regarding the addition of the Kankakee River watershed to the Heritage Rivers Initiative.
What it really is: The Newport Chemical Depot did store VX nerve gas there, at least until 2008 when it was all destroyed.
The depot itself was closed in June 2010, and is now in plans with the local community to be used for civilian use.
Jefferson Proving Grounds, Indiana
The claim: Southern Indiana - This facility was an active base with test firing occuring daily. Portions of the base have been opened to create an industrial park, but other areas are still highly restricted. A camp is believed to be located "downrange". Facility is equipped with an airfield and has a nearby rail line.
What it really is: The base was closed in 1995. The Army does maintain have a small, on-sight staff to oversee the cleaning up of the area.
Currently 50,000 acres of the firing line have been turned into the Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge, and a 1,000 acres north of the firing line is being used by the Indiana Air National Guard.
There is what was once an old air field to the south, but the buildings there that would support it are mostly gone, and the runways either degrading, or are gone.
What it really is: The base was closed in 1995. The Army does maintain have a small, on-sight staff to oversee the cleaning up of the area.
Currently 50,000 acres of the firing line have been turned into the Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge, and a 1,000 acres north of the firing line is being used by the Indiana Air National Guard.
There is what was once an old air field to the south, but the buildings there that would support it are mostly gone, and the runways either degrading, or are gone.
Grissom AFB, Indiana
The claim: This closed airbase still handles a lot of traffic, and has a "state-owned" prison compound on the southern part of the facility.
What it really is: It's actual name is the Grissom Air Reserve Base, and it is not closed.
The claim about the state prison there is true, and has a population of over 3,100 medium to high security prisoners there (which would mean that it's pretty full). This does not mean however that the prison is a FEMA camp.
The base also has a joint-use agreement allowing for the runway to be used by civilians as well.
What it really is: It's actual name is the Grissom Air Reserve Base, and it is not closed.
The claim about the state prison there is true, and has a population of over 3,100 medium to high security prisoners there (which would mean that it's pretty full). This does not mean however that the prison is a FEMA camp.
The base also has a joint-use agreement allowing for the runway to be used by civilians as well.
Jasper-Pulaski Wildlife Area, Indiana
The claim: Youth Corrections farm located here. Facility is "closed", but is still staffed and being "renovated". Total capacity unknown.
What it really is: A bogus claim. There is no youth corrections farm located there, nor or there any buildings located in the wildlife area.
The land is also open to the public as well for hunting and recreation.
What it really is: A bogus claim. There is no youth corrections farm located there, nor or there any buildings located in the wildlife area.
The land is also open to the public as well for hunting and recreation.
Kingsbury, Indiana
The claim: This "closed" military base is adjacent to a state fish & wildlife preserve. Part of the base is converted to an industrial park, but the southern portion of this property is still used. It is bordered on the south by railroad, and is staffed with some foreign-speaking UN troops. A local police officer who was hunting and camping close to the base in the game preserve was accosted, roughed up, and warned by the English-speaking unit commander to stay away from the area. It was suggested to the officer that the welfare of his family would depend on his "silence". Located just southeast of LaPorte.
What it really is: First, there wasn't a military base there, just an ordinance plant there, and it closed down after the Korean War.
There really isn't that much there, as the town has a population of less than 250 people. The only thing around there that might be mistaken for a FEMA camp is some large warehouses south east of the town.
As for the claim of the police officer encounter UN troops, this story appears to be made up. I can not find any information to confirm this actually happen, and apparently no one else has claimed to have been accosted.
What it really is: First, there wasn't a military base there, just an ordinance plant there, and it closed down after the Korean War.
There really isn't that much there, as the town has a population of less than 250 people. The only thing around there that might be mistaken for a FEMA camp is some large warehouses south east of the town.
As for the claim of the police officer encounter UN troops, this story appears to be made up. I can not find any information to confirm this actually happen, and apparently no one else has claimed to have been accosted.
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Fort Wayne, Indiana
The claim: This city located in Northeast Indiana has a FEMA designated detention facility, accessible by air, road and nearby rail.
What it really is: Where exactly is this FEMA designated detention facility? Fort Wayne is a fairly large city, and there are lots of large buildings there too, anyone of which can be mistaken for a FEMA camp.
What it really is: Where exactly is this FEMA designated detention facility? Fort Wayne is a fairly large city, and there are lots of large buildings there too, anyone of which can be mistaken for a FEMA camp.
Terre Haute, Indiana
The claim: Federal Correctional Institution, Satellite prison camp and death facility. Equipped with crematoria reported to have a capacity of 3,000 people a day. FEMA designated facility located here.
What it really is: Yes, this facility is the home to Federal Death Row (in fact Timothy McVeigh was executed here) what is not true is that there being a crematoria here.
Everyone who is executed has to have an autopsy on them, and are taken off site to have it done. Funeral arrangements are also done by the family of the executed, not the state, and if a body was to be cremated, it would be done at a private facility, not on site, thus there would be no need for a crematoria.
Also, for a crematoria to handle that many bodies per day, it would have to be pretty darn big and very obvious, and from what I have seen from satellite photos using Google maps, nothing at the facility looks like a crematoria.
What it really is: Yes, this facility is the home to Federal Death Row (in fact Timothy McVeigh was executed here) what is not true is that there being a crematoria here.
Everyone who is executed has to have an autopsy on them, and are taken off site to have it done. Funeral arrangements are also done by the family of the executed, not the state, and if a body was to be cremated, it would be done at a private facility, not on site, thus there would be no need for a crematoria.
Also, for a crematoria to handle that many bodies per day, it would have to be pretty darn big and very obvious, and from what I have seen from satellite photos using Google maps, nothing at the facility looks like a crematoria.
Camp Atterbury, Indiana
The claim: Facility is converted to hold prisoners and boasts two active compounds presently configured for minumum security detainees. Located just west of Interstate 65 near Edinburgh, south of Indianapolis.
What it really is: It's a national guard training base, and despite the claims, there is actually very little there, and nothing that looks like two active compounds to hold prisoners in.
What it really is: It's a national guard training base, and despite the claims, there is actually very little there, and nothing that looks like two active compounds to hold prisoners in.
Crown Point, Indiana
The claim: Across street from county jail, former hospital. One wing presently being used for county work-release program, 80% of facility still unused. Possible FEMA detention center or holding facility.
What it really is: I'm not sure if the building that is being refereed to was a hospital or not, but I believe that the building that is being refereed to is the Lake County Alcohol & Drug, which is a rehab center.
Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Indiana
The claim: Located in the northeast part of Indianapolis, this base has been decomissioned from "active" use but portions are still ideally converted to hold detainees. Helicopter landing areas still exist for prisoners to be brought in by air, land & rail.
What it really is: The base was closed in 1995. The site of the itself base has been redeveloped into residential neighborhoods, a golf course, and is the site of Fort Harrison State Park.
Despite the fact that the base was officially closed, the Defense Finance and Accounting Service - Indianapolis, as well as several Army Reserve and Indiana National Guard units are located there, and the National Guard opened a new training facility there in 2011.
What it really is: The base was closed in 1995. The site of the itself base has been redeveloped into residential neighborhoods, a golf course, and is the site of Fort Harrison State Park.
Despite the fact that the base was officially closed, the Defense Finance and Accounting Service - Indianapolis, as well as several Army Reserve and Indiana National Guard units are located there, and the National Guard opened a new training facility there in 2011.
Indianapolis / Marion County, Indiana
The claim: Amtrak railcar repair facility (closed); controversial site of a major alleged detention / processing center. Although some sources state that this site is a "red herring", photographic and video evidence suggests otherwise. This large facility contains large 3-4 inch gas mains to large furnaces (crematoria??), helicopter landing pads, railheads for prisoners, Red/Blue/Green zones for classifying/processing incoming personnel, one-way turnstiles, barracks, towers, high fences with razor wire, etc. Personnel with government clearance who are friendly to the patriot movement took a guided tour of the facility to confirm this site. This site is located next to a closed refrigeration plant facility.
What it really is: The actually facility that is being talked about is in Beech Grove, and despite what is claimed, the facility is not closed.
The facility itself is quite large (which is necessary to for railcar repair) and contains several large buildings, so having three to four inch gas lines would not be that strange, because they would be needed to power furnaces to keep the buildings heated during the winter.
The other claims appear to be nothing than misinterpretations of necessarily security measures, or (as with the claims of helicopter landing pads and razor wire) bogus.
What it really is: The actually facility that is being talked about is in Beech Grove, and despite what is claimed, the facility is not closed.
The facility itself is quite large (which is necessary to for railcar repair) and contains several large buildings, so having three to four inch gas lines would not be that strange, because they would be needed to power furnaces to keep the buildings heated during the winter.
The other claims appear to be nothing than misinterpretations of necessarily security measures, or (as with the claims of helicopter landing pads and razor wire) bogus.
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