The claim: Dayton, 8,145
What it really is: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is a large and historic Air Force base located in Ohio.
The base itself has areas open to the public, including the National Museum of the United States Air Force, and has several thousand civilian personnel working on the base.
The base is also a National Historical landmark.
Showing posts with label Ohio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ohio. Show all posts
Sunday, September 29, 2013
RMI Titanium Company Extrusion Plant, Ohio
The claim: Ashtabula, 8.2
What it really is: RMI Titanium Company is a private company that manufacture titanium alloys and specialty metals.
What it really is: RMI Titanium Company is a private company that manufacture titanium alloys and specialty metals.
Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Ohio
The claim: Piketon, 3,708
What it really is: The Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant had previously produce enriched uranium, but is now shutdown and is preparing to be decontaminated and decommissioned.
What it really is: The Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant had previously produce enriched uranium, but is now shutdown and is preparing to be decontaminated and decommissioned.
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Newark AFB, Ohio
The claim: Newark, 70
What it really is: The actual name of the facility is the Air Force Metrology and Calibration Program Office, and it is the primary manager of metrology services for the Air Force.
What it really is: The actual name of the facility is the Air Force Metrology and Calibration Program Office, and it is the primary manager of metrology services for the Air Force.
Mound Laboratory, Ohio
The claim: Miamisburg, 306
What it really is: Mound Laboratories was a Cold War nuclear weapons research facility. The facility was declared a Superfund site in 1989, and was eventually cleaned up.
The facility has since closed and is now open for commercial development.
What it really is: Mound Laboratories was a Cold War nuclear weapons research facility. The facility was declared a Superfund site in 1989, and was eventually cleaned up.
The facility has since closed and is now open for commercial development.
Fernald Environmental Management Project, Ohio
The claim: Fernald, 1,050
What it really is: The Fernald Feed Materials Production Center was a uranium processing plant that made uranium fuel cores for nuclear weapons. The facility closed in 1989 and the surrounding area has since been turned into a nature preserve.
The facility gained notoriety in 1984 when it was learned that the plant had been releasing millions of pounds worth of radioactive dust into the atmosphere, contaminating the surrounding area and costing $4.4 billion to clean up the site.
What it really is: The Fernald Feed Materials Production Center was a uranium processing plant that made uranium fuel cores for nuclear weapons. The facility closed in 1989 and the surrounding area has since been turned into a nature preserve.
The facility gained notoriety in 1984 when it was learned that the plant had been releasing millions of pounds worth of radioactive dust into the atmosphere, contaminating the surrounding area and costing $4.4 billion to clean up the site.
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Lima, Ohio
The claim: FEMA detention facility. Another facility located in/near old stone quarry near Interstate 75. Railroad access to property, fences etc.
What it really is: Using Google Maps I took a look at the two stone quarries that were located in the general area, and what I found was that they were nothing more than stone quarries. Nothing located at these sites are anything you wouldn't find at a stone quarry.
What it really is: Using Google Maps I took a look at the two stone quarries that were located in the general area, and what I found was that they were nothing more than stone quarries. Nothing located at these sites are anything you wouldn't find at a stone quarry.
Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Ohio
The claim: FEMA detention facilities. Data needed.
What it really is: These are three very large cities that have multiple construction projects going on, with any one of them being easily mistaken for a FEMA camp by anyone who thinks that anything with fencing around it is a FEMA camp.
What it really is: These are three very large cities that have multiple construction projects going on, with any one of them being easily mistaken for a FEMA camp by anyone who thinks that anything with fencing around it is a FEMA camp.
Friday, January 11, 2013
Camp Perry, Ohio
The claim: Site renovated; once used as a POW camp to house German
and Italian prisoners of WWII. Some tar paper covered huts built for housing
these prisoners are still standing. Recently, the construction of multiple
200-man barracks have replaced most of the huts.
What it really is: Built in 1909, Camp Perry is a National Guard training base, and it was once used to house German and Italian POWs during World War 2. After the war prisoner quarters were converted back to be used by transient personnel who were at Camp Perry for training.
Many of Camp Perry's original structures are still there, so renovating these buildings are necessary. Also, while some structures would need to be renovated, others (such as barracks) sometimes need to be replaced, so considering the age of this place, construction of new barracks are not unusual, especially if any of them were damaged in the June 24, 1998 tornado that did damage several buildings there.
It should also be noted that Camp Perry is the host of the Civilian Marksmanship Program and the NRA-sponsored National Rifle Matches, and has so since 1907.
Seems pretty odd that a place that is suppose to be a FEMA camp hosts an NRA event every year...
What it really is: Built in 1909, Camp Perry is a National Guard training base, and it was once used to house German and Italian POWs during World War 2. After the war prisoner quarters were converted back to be used by transient personnel who were at Camp Perry for training.
Many of Camp Perry's original structures are still there, so renovating these buildings are necessary. Also, while some structures would need to be renovated, others (such as barracks) sometimes need to be replaced, so considering the age of this place, construction of new barracks are not unusual, especially if any of them were damaged in the June 24, 1998 tornado that did damage several buildings there.
It should also be noted that Camp Perry is the host of the Civilian Marksmanship Program and the NRA-sponsored National Rifle Matches, and has so since 1907.
Seems pretty odd that a place that is suppose to be a FEMA camp hosts an NRA event every year...
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