5 Strange Places That Are Blacked Out By Google Maps
It's probably safe to say that Google Maps is one of the
greatest technological innovations of the last 10 years. With just a few
clicks, you can view any place on the face of the Earth.
Well, almost any place.
There are some areas of Google Maps that, for one reason
or another, are concealed or obscured in some very obvious ways. Here are the
five most suspicious-looking ones...
1. Junction Ranch,
CA
Junction Ranch is in the middle of California's Mohave
Desert. There lies a mysterious airstrip...some believe it's part of the China
Lake proving grounds, which is an air force testing location for drones. While
that's suspicious in and of itself, even weirder is that only parts of the base
are obscured from Google Maps. When you zoom in on the base's location, there
are parts of buildings intentionally scratched out. What's going on down there?
2. Sandy Island
Sandy Island was discovered by Captain Cook during his
explorations of and around Australia in the late 1700s. However, despite the
island being seen on maps for the last 200 years, the area where Sandy Island
is supposedly located is mysteriously blurred out on Google Maps. Something
fishy is going on there.
3. Thule Air Base,
Greenland
During the Cold War, the U.S. had B-52
bombers carrying nuclear weapons on a regular basis. This strategy was supposed
to serve as a deterrent to the Soviets. However, accidents happen and in 1968 a
plane carrying a nuclear payload crashed while taking off from Thule Air Base
in Greenland. During the crash, the nuclear weapon was said to have released a
significant amount of radiation into the surrounding environment. The area of
the crash is still blurred out on Google.
4. Kangtega, Nepal
This mysterious area in the Himalayan Mountains is
completely blacked out on Google Maps. While the potential reasons why it's
blocked range from a military base to Nazi UFOs, it's unlikely that we'll ever
know the full story. That is, unless you want to hike up all 22,000 feet to
find out.
5. Siberia, Russia
Russia's vast northern forests are seemingly a hotbed of
paranormal and generally unexplained activity. While most of us wouldn't bother
looking at a forest on Google Maps, the Russian government isn't taking any
chances. Deep in the Siberian wilderness is an area of land that from far away
looks normal...however, when you look closer, it's very obviously copied and
pasted from another place. The geography just doesn't synch up. So that begs
the question, what's going on here?
Check out a video
discussing all five of these places.
Well, those are pretty darned mysterious.
I wonder if Google is working in league with some evil forces in the world to
cover these sites up, or if something else entirely is at play.
[Credits: Viral Nova]
