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What is it? - Never seen such a unique hangar...

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RS

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Hi Folks

I´ve found this hangar on google maps (see above - google maps coordinates: 36.926493, -116.007262)
This place is around 38 kilometers in the Southwest of area51...huhuh...

In my opinion this hangar is looking strange - and very unique and special! Is there anybody who has an imagination (for) what it is?
Its for

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Greetings RS
 

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The clamshell doors imply some sort of airship type of hangar, such as the Goodyear or Metlife blimps. I could be wrong. I am quite often. Sometimes I make s*** up!
 
Nope, that is a pressurized hangar to accomodate spaceships. They've had a few mishaps with classic hangars at Area 51 since 1957, because alien spaceships don't like our standard athmosphere pressure. To manage different pressure values, you need rounded shapes. "Classic" large flat hangar doors, even hardened, are not safe enough.
 
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paiken said:
The clamshell doors imply some sort of airship type of hangar, such as the Goodyear or Metlife blimps. I could be wrong. I am quite often. Sometimes I make s*** up!
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...Maybe a air force air ship.. It looks alike the hangar has a relativ small entry...

It is placed in a military area... and it seems - whatever it - it needs a runway ... a short one because of only 1500 meter length
And what´s s function of thoose four shelters/buildings around it?


RS
 
Alien spaceship hangar ?

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Nope, that is a pressurized hangar to accomodate spaceships. They've had a few mishaps with classic hangars at Area 51 since 1957, because alien spaceships don't like our standard athmosphere pressure. To manage different pressure values, you need rounded shapes. "Classic" large flat hangar doors, even hardened, are not safe enough.
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That makes sense...

:) RS
 
Looks like a drone facility to me. And if you look on Google Earth and select the 6/3/2013 imagery, you'll even see what appears to be a UAV of some sort on the ramp in front of the hangar.

The structures look a little like the Umm Al Melh Border Guards Airport in Saudi Arabia, a supposed secret US drone facility.


EDIT: Here's a link to an old article from Flight Global. Unfortunately the photos linked in the article don't appear to work.
 
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Looks like a drone facility to me. And if you look on Google Earth and select the 6/3/2013 imagery, you'll even see what appears to be a UAV of some sort on the ramp in front of the hangar.

The structures look a little like the Umm Al Melh Border Guards Airport in Saudi Arabia, a supposed secret US drone facility.

EDIT: Here's a link to an old article from Flight Global. Unfortunately the photos linked in the article don't appear to work.
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Hi nagpaw

nice to go backwards in time on google maps - a feature I didn´t know to this day.

Yes on 6/3/2013 you see a RQ-4 parked in front of the hangar...

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I ´ve found two more "special" hangars on google

34,928550, -117,882756 - Edwards AFB

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and 37,245042, -115,810880 - Area 51

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They seem to be twins.

Greetings RS
 

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RS said:
I ´ve found two more "special" hangars on google

34,928550, -117,882756 - Edwards AFB

and 37,245042, -115,810880 - Area 51

They seem to be twins.
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No secret with these ones. The "pipes" at the back of the hangars indicate engine test facilities.
 
"nice to go backwards in time on google maps - a feature I didn´t know to this day."


If you like Google Earth's historic imagery, check out www.historicaerials.com. One of my favorite sites of all time! You have to work around some pretty intense watermarks, but it's worth it.

It's interesting to see that in 1998, at the location of the airfield you found, there was a single structure within the (I assume...) fenced circle. I wonder what that was? An atomic outhouse? The Love Shack, Baby?
 
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