Ed Cesnalis Posted November 14, 2015 Report Share Posted November 14, 2015 This one is south of Tonopah, just a short flight from Mammoth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Cesnalis Posted November 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2015 Again south of Tonopah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishAl Posted November 14, 2015 Report Share Posted November 14, 2015 Have you a theory as to what these are? The first one is about a square km in size. Are they recent, or old? Is there any relevance in your use of the word 'restricted'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbigs Posted November 14, 2015 Report Share Posted November 14, 2015 This one is south of Tonopah, just a short flight from Mammoth There are three triangles each marked with the number 1, 2 or 3 at the top. Area 51, Nellis and Tonopah test ranges are nearby and have odd ground markings also...no one knows what these are.. many of them off limits to civilians. They are likely some kind of military test facility, or they are pranks created by the Area 51 conspiracy freaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Cesnalis Posted November 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2015 Al, I guess these are targets, on 2nd look they might be in R807A which is closed Mon-Fri and otherwise by NOTAM. Maybe I'll check them out on a weekend. There are lots of targets in the area. When you look in that direction and they are dropping ordinance it looks like a war zone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Cesnalis Posted November 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2015 Nevada is a weird place. I feel like a flight to Area 51 Travel Center just so I can tell ATC that "I'm landing Jackass" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbigs Posted November 14, 2015 Report Share Posted November 14, 2015 Nevada is a weird place. I feel like a flight to Area 51 Travel Center just so I can tell ATC that "I'm landing Jackass" CT, just fly out to Creech AFB (KINS)...it's East of 95 about 20mi north of Vegas...it's where the drones fly. It's just inside R-4806W Area 51 is inside it. But when you land, be ready to be surrounded by military cops in Humvees and German Sheperds. And be ready to have your plane dismantled and quarantined...MAYBE you will get to come back and put it on a truck and take it home sometime later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingMonkey Posted November 14, 2015 Report Share Posted November 14, 2015 They look like calibration targets for satellites. With a known offset and size, they could be used to calibrate the scale of sat images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug G. Posted November 14, 2015 Report Share Posted November 14, 2015 Would you have to go through all that trouble for a satellite? Aren't there a lot of large things that are at least as visible whose dimensions are known? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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