i went 4 wheelin today at the casa grande mountains and i ran into this!

this is a cold war era (1966) Corona spy satellite calibration target! stuck out in the middle of no where. i checked on google earth, and there are a few in the area, but nobody has pics of this one up.













from far...



and some other random pics i took while out...









Interstate 10, at the I-8 interchange, from my toyota's point of view

 

Looks like fun! When did you cut the back wall out?

 

looks like some kinda nuclear sign! better make sure your not growing a tail! haha

looks dry there, its been raining all day here in P-town and a little yesterday

 

Wow bernie that is cool! How far were you out of the city before u ran into that?

 

i cut it out about a month and a half ago (i think.. lol)

for sure!! from what i've read they would place a large spotlight in the manhole and the satelite would pic up on it.

it started sprinkling right when i was leaving the target, and was off an on while i was wheelin around. once i got home it actually started raining.

i was probably 2.5 miles from my house. but at the time it was built, my neighborhood didn't exist. there are a couple right next to houses since the surrounding cities have grown a lot. (from what i've found on google earth..)

 

Lookin at Google Maps (Earth), I think I found it!

 

Is there like a private jet sitting up in the hills by your house?! wtf?

 

Sweet!

Sorry to thread jack, but your pictures are making me miss mine before last week. My truck crapped out on me, and I tried driving it tow work last night, so much oil everywhere, and smoke.

You're lucky yours is wheelin' worthy Bernie, i'm envying you here.