Case file · Secret facility (alleged)

Mount Weather

A hollowed-out Blue Ridge mountain near Bluemont, Virginia, that became FEMA's emergency operations centre and a relocation site for government in a nuclear war.

1959 CE · 39.06, -77.89 · status: official

The account

Its role was little known until a TWA airliner crashed into the mountain in 1974, which drew press attention. It is a fixture of continuity-of-government and conspiracy lore.

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Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center
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