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Went to the old missile silo museum in Kansas and the guide's story didn't add up

I was at the Titan Missile Museum near Abilene last month, and the guide kept saying the decommissioning was 'totally complete' in 1987. But one of the old blast doors in a sealed wing had a fresh-looking hinge with zero rust, like it had been oiled last week. It made me wonder what they're really keeping locked up down there. Has anyone else visited a place like that and seen something that just felt OFF?
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coraperry
coraperry1mo ago
Oh man, my buddy had a weird thing happen at an old lighthouse tour. The keeper swore the light was deactivated in the 70s, but my friend swears he saw a new power cable running up the tower, like super clean. Makes you wonder.
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wyatt771
wyatt7711mo ago
Ever notice how many "closed" places stay weirdly clean?
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butler.brian
Yeah, that fresh hinge is a dead giveaway. I used to do security for a data center built in an old bunker, and we'd do that exact thing. You keep one access point in working order for the guys who still need to check the old fiber lines or environmental sensors. @coraperry, that new cable at the lighthouse is the same deal. They never fully abandon the useful infrastructure, they just tell the public it's closed. Look for clean footprints in the dust or a single updated lock on a rusty gate.
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