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Venture with us into the shadows as we explore government facilities and locations hidden from public view! From underground bunkers to classified training grounds, these secretive sites conceal some of the world's most closely guarded operations. Which of these covert locations surprised you most? Share your thoughts in the comments below!
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00:00When he started to decode the signals, he thought that it had a connection to whatever these lights were.
00:06Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for both actual and alleged facilities and locations that are supposed to be top secret.
00:13For this list, we'll not be including privately owned locations, focusing exclusively on government bases.
00:18It's an uninhabited island of ruins in New York City, the last thing that you would expect to see.
00:24Number 10, Mount Weather, Virginia.
00:27Satellites can peer at facilities on the surface.
00:30But not at the secrets below.
00:32If the world goes up in flames, America's elite won't be in the chaos with the rest of us.
00:36They'll be at Mount Weather.
00:37Officially, this heavily fortified Virginia facility is the Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center.
00:42The government calls it a key site for FEMA's disaster response.
00:45Unofficially, it's rumored to be the government's top secret doomsday bunker.
00:49There are 20 multi-story buildings.
00:53Water reservoirs, 200 feet across.
00:57A sewage treatment plant for long-term survival.
01:02During national crises, high-ranking officials are reportedly evacuated here.
01:06Deep inside this mountain base, they'd be safe from nuclear fallout or whatever else the apocalypse has in store.
01:11Declassified documents confirm its use during 9-11, but much of what goes on underground remains classified.
01:16True or not, one thing's certain, if Mount Weather is activated, regular folks are not on the guest list.
01:22Number 9, Plum Island.
01:24This is the foundation of biosecurity.
01:26In fact, the history of Plum Island is the history of biosafety.
01:29The Plum Island Animal Disease Center off the coast of Long Island is officially the home of government research into animal diseases.
01:36Given its high-security status and history of biological research, however, speculation runs wild.
01:41Some theorists believe it has ties to Cold War bioweapon experiments.
01:44Started by the army and now run by Homeland Security.
01:49Local legends claim that bizarre mutated creatures like the so-called Montauk Monster have washed ashore nearby.
02:01Adding to the intrigue is Camp Hero, a short ferry ride away.
02:04Hero is a now-decommissioned military base that's a magnet for conspiracy theories.
02:08Some claim it was the site of secret psychological experiments, time travel tests, or even government-sanctioned mind control programs.
02:15Plum Island began the decommissioning process in 2023,
02:18but speculation about both Plum Island and Camp Hero will undoubtedly continue.
02:22How is the security there?
02:25Is it as secure as it should be for something as sensitive as this?
02:29Absolutely not.
02:29Plum Island is a sitting duck.
02:31Number 8, Camp Perry, a.k.a. the farm.
02:33You're going to shoot weapons of all types.
02:37You're going to learn self-defense.
02:38You're going to learn demolitions and improvised weaponry.
02:42Officially listed as a run-of-the-mill U.S. military reservation, Camp Perry is anything but ordinary.
02:47People at the CIA know it as the farm.
02:50Despite its name, there's no farming happening in this slice of pastoral Virginia.
02:54Allegedly, the agency's heavily restricted covert training facility, the CIA has never confirmed this open secret.
02:59Still, former intelligence officers and investigative reports have described the specialized training that goes on there.
03:05Finding your surveillance detection skills is something we're going to drill into you time and again over the next six months.
03:10When you're not eating, you'll be running SDRs.
03:13When you're not studying, you'll be running SDRs.
03:15When you're not sleeping, I think you get the picture.
03:18Agents learn espionage, surveillance, and even interrogation techniques.
03:22It's rumored to house advanced simulation environments preparing CIA operatives for real-world fieldwork.
03:27With its massive off-limits territory and an almost total lack of public information, Camp Perry remains one of America's most shadowy locations.
03:35We're going to hand you the tools for black arts.
03:39Not witchcraft, tradecraft.
03:42Number seven.
03:43Jiangsu National Security Education Museum.
03:45Have you ever wanted to step inside a real-life spy thriller?
03:48Well, unless you have a Chinese passport, you may be out of luck if you're visiting the Jiangsu National Security Education Museum.
03:54A highly restricted espionage exhibit, it's completely off-limits to foreigners.
03:58It's filled with classified gadgets, declassified missions, and Cold War-era spy tools straight out of a Bond movie.
04:04The secrecy surrounding this museum is intense.
04:07Chinese authorities claim it contains sensitive national security information, despite much of its collection being from decades past.
04:13What exactly are they hiding?
04:14That's a mystery only Chinese citizens are allowed to explore.
04:17Number six.
04:18Metro 2, Russia.
04:19The Metro was our home.
04:21And our fortress against the nightmarish mutants who roam the tunnels.
04:28Moscow's subway system is impressive, considered one of the most modern and beautiful in the world.
04:32The real intrigue, though, lies beneath it.
04:34Metro 2 is a supposed hidden underground railway built during the Cold War to shuttle Soviet elites to safety in the event of nuclear war.
04:41Stretching beneath Moscow, the classified metro network allegedly connects the Kremlin government bunkers and even a hidden underground city.
04:48The Russian government has never confirmed its existence, but leaked documents, urban explorers, and even former Soviet officials claim it's very real.
04:55Unlike the grand chandelier-lit public metro, Metro 2 is said to be a purely functional, no-frills survival network.
05:01Whether it's still in use or if it ever truly existed remains a well-guarded state secret.
05:06Now, 20 years have passed, and going up into the embrace of an endless winter was left to a few brave souls.
05:16Number five.
05:16The Harvey Point Defense Testing Activity.
05:19Tucked away in North Carolina's Outer Banks, Harvey Point Defense Testing Activity sounds like a boring government facility.
05:25In reality, it's rumored to be a top-secret training ground.
05:27The military and federal agencies like the FBI and ATF are purported to train their elite special operators there.
05:33Officially, Harvey Point is a military testing site.
05:35Over the years, leaks and declassified documents have confirmed that Navy SEALs trained here for the Bin Laden raid.
05:41So they're using you guys as canaries, and the theory that if Bin Laden isn't there, you can sneak away and no one will be the wiser.
05:47Other reports claim that CIA operatives have used it to prepare for top-tier missions.
05:52The government doesn't talk about it much, so what happens at Harvey Point usually stays at Harvey Point.
05:57Number four.
05:57Dulce, New Mexico.
05:58We're here at the base of Archuleta Mesa to meet with archaeologist Garth Baldwin to discuss the geological makeup of the mesa and see if it's even possible that an underground base could be built here.
06:09If you believe the legends, Dulce Base isn't just another government facility but a hidden underground lab.
06:14It's staffed, they say, with both U.S. government personnel and extraterrestrials conducting joint experiments.
06:20Located beneath the Archuleta Mesa in New Mexico, the base was first brought into the spotlight in the late 1970s by businessman Paul Benowitz.
06:28Benowitz claimed to have uncovered secret communications between the military and aliens.
06:33Rumors about genetic experiments, alien technology, and even human-animal hybrids spread like wildfire ever since.
06:39Dulce is now a staple of UFO lore.
06:41Despite numerous investigations, no concrete evidence has ever surfaced to prove the base's existence.
06:46Officially, there's no such thing as Dulce Base, but if it were real, would the government actually admit it?
06:51August, September of 1979.
06:53Paul was standing up on his deck and looking out over the roofs towards the base, and these lights he saw would probably be about half a mile away.
07:02Number three.
07:02S-4.
07:03He says he was hired to work at an area called S-4, which is a few miles south of Groom Lake.
07:08Everyone knows Area 51, the world's most famous top-secret military base.
07:12Officially, it's a testing ground for experimental aircraft.
07:15Unofficially, it's the holy grail of UFO conspiracy theories.
07:19But if you really want to talk about deep, dark secrets, you need to shift your focus to S-4.
07:23This supposed secret facility may make the infamous Area 51 look downright ordinary.
07:28It's made to look like the side of the mountain that it's in, whether it's to disguise it from satellite photographs or what.
07:33Brought to public attention by Bob Lazar, S-4 is allegedly a hidden complex near Papoose Lake.
07:38There, Lazar claims the U.S. government is hard at work reverse-engineering alien spacecraft.
07:42Lazar claimed he worked on recovered extraterrestrial technology there, describing propulsion systems that defied modern physics.
07:50There, we reverse-engineered alien spacecraft.
07:55And it's changed my life a lot.
07:58Number two.
07:59Mezhgorye, Russia.
08:00Most towns don't require military permission just to visit, but Mezhgorye isn't your average town.
08:06This highly restricted, closed Russian city sits in the Ural Mountains, shrouded in secrecy.
08:10The citizens of Mezhgorye reportedly staff and support the classified Russian base at Mount Yamantau.
08:16Rumors talk about a massive underground complex.
08:18Is it a nuclear bunker, weapons facility, or doomsday command center?
08:22It all depends on who you ask.
08:23The U.S. has repeatedly questioned Russia about Mezhgorye's true purpose, especially since Yamantau translates to evil mountain.
08:30Russia claims that it's a harmless mining operation.
08:32Given its fortified security, air defense units, and off-limit status, that explanation falls a bit short.
08:38Before we unveil our top pick, here are a few honorable mentions.
08:41North Brother Island.
08:42Once a typhoid hospital, North Brother Island is now an abandoned, restricted ruin.
08:47North Brother Island has not been inhabited since 1963, for over 50 years.
08:52There are 25 or 26 structures in various states of decay.
08:56And for much of the year, the island is completely overgrown by vegetation.
09:02Mercury, Nevada.
09:03This home for nuclear testing staff is now a secret, closed town.
09:06See, I think most people think of this site, and they think of, well, that's where those bombs went off a long time ago.
09:12Don't really realize that there's still a lot going on here.
09:14Right, and with the residual radiation at safe levels that we can bring first responders into,
09:20we can take a historic site and turn it into something to help our national security today.
09:25Camp Century, Greenland.
09:26The secret Cold War U.S. base was abandoned due to shifting ice caps.
09:30Within the next few weeks, the final touches were put to Camp Century.
09:35Today, powered by its nuclear reactor, this unique installation is a completely modern community, deep under the ice.
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09:56You don't need to traverse a remote desert or trek through the mountains to find a top-secret government facility.
10:16Sometimes they're just hiding in plain sight.
10:18According to leaked documents, the NSA operates eight clandestine surveillance hubs across major U.S. cities.
10:24Quietly tucked inside AT&T buildings, these sites are collectively known as NSA Fairview.
10:29Who's emailing whom? Who's texting whom? Who's doing Skype calls with whom?
10:34They're collecting a lot of information, a lot of content of phone calls.
10:38They're actually recording the voices.
10:40With AT&T's help, the NSA reportedly intercepts and monitors vast amounts of Internet traffic.
10:45Cities including New York, Atlanta, Chicago, and Los Angeles house these Orwellian listening posts.
10:50Officially, the government denies illegal surveillance, but the evidence suggests otherwise.
10:55If you've ever wondered if someone's watching, the answer is likely yes, and they may just well be aided by your Internet provider.
11:00We have reason to believe that AT&T is assisting the NSA in collecting the communications and communications records of all or practically all of its customers.
11:10Are there other top-secret facilities and bases that have been renditioned from our list?
11:14Let us know in the comments below.
11:16Your emails and my emails and everybody else's emails were evidently going to a government room.
11:23Let us know in the comments below.
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