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[ShadowXIX]

Originally posted by Sharp@May 6 2006, 11:55 AM


Not very "secret" then are they*

They are still pretty secret in the case of Area 51 you cant hide the worlds largest runway in this day and age when anyone can rent time on civilian satellites. But daily operations of what goes on at the base are still highly secret. Most of the work is done at night and they know when every satellite is over head thanks to NORAD so you never going to catch a picture of a secret plane out of a hangar.

Yamantau Mountain on the other hand not much is really known about that site even in the CIA. All they really know is the Russian have moved a massive amount of material out of the mountain, By some estimation enough to build a 400 square mile structure underground :blink: Nobody even really knows its real name ("Yamantau" is just the mountain its under) or what goes on their. Some think its a nuclear super bunker which could take multiple direct hits and some think its a Nuclear weapon production site along with dozens of other theories.

This brings me too a interesting point concerning XCOM anyone eles notice the makers of the game knew a impressive amount of reak Ufology and conspiracy theories?

A few examples

Elerium - 115 Is clearly taken from Bob Lazars story of working at AREA-51 and S-4, where he claimed to work on UFO tech. He talked about Element-115 which was used in the power source for the alien crafts to create Anti-matter which powered the craft's reactor. Lazar also mentioned that it was not naturally found in our solar system but was created in a binary star system.

Interceptor Using Pulse detonation engines. Many believe a real craft is operated out of area51 which uses a advanced pulse detonation engines to achieve hyper sonic speeds. Some call it the Aurora, There is actually photo evidence to back up this claim

Sectoid Clearly based on the classic Grey Aliens, The tendancy of human abductions/ cattle mutilations, extarcting genetic material for cross breeding etc.. is all popular Ufology.

Theres many more examples and Im sure I will run into more as I get further into the game.

Man what a great game k: