Question by BugsyStewart: Nuclear Testing?
About 6 years ago I flew to San Francisco International from the UK.
I’m almost sure that as we passed over Utah I could see what could only be described as underground Nuclear Test “sinkholes”.
The sort of depression in the earth that occurs when a nuclear explosion occurs underground, so that the earth appears to have been sucked down.
Is this possible, I always thought that the nuclear tests were conducted in Arizona in the desert.
Having done some further research myself, I suspect that it was the Nevada Test Site, near Beatty, Nevada.
Not that I know the exact flightplan, but, I remember where we were when I thought I saw what I saw.
As this site has conducted over 900 atmoshperic and underground tests, so I suspect that I might have seen some of the numerous sinkholes.
Using Google Earth, I also discovered where Area 51 was as well.
Best answer:
Answer by Dave_Stark
Not in the Arizona deserts, nor in Utah, but in Nevada. Kinda tough to tell precisely where you are out there from the air — no state borders painted on the ground! 8^)
However, there are several other instrumented test sites in Utah — at Dugway Proving Ground, to be exact — that might give the impression of being nuke test sites.
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