UAE: What Are These Large Structures in the Sand?
May 12th, 2011These structures are 125 meters across, according to the ruler tool in Google Earth.
What are they?
The guesses on this ATS thread range from plausible to ridiculous.
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Did you ever seen that movie, “Temple Grandin”? It’s about this autistic woman who figured out how to manage cattle without traumatizing them. She built runways into the slaughter house that were big spirals. No sharp corners or any extra distractions. Those “lots” around the edges could be holding pens. Just a guess. But, it looks like they are built to manage large numbers of some sort of animals. Probably work for people as well.
@freeacre
Great movie. Yeah it dows look a little like that. It is a lot more sophisticated, though. If it is that type of structure, I would expect associated processing and transport structures around it. That thing looks like it is in the middle of no where. It’s cool looking. I guess it’s bad when you make it all the way to the center. Sort of like the Carousel in “Logan’s Run”?
Could that be advanced version of a solar still? Sort of a commercial sized hydro farm?
Ammo/Weapons bunker
Settle down – these are water storage tanks:
http://www.gifford.uk.com/services/energy-and-utilities/project/ajban-water-tanks-abu-dhabi/
Looks to me like an image of the Pentagon in D.C. with more defenses built aroung it than the original. Gawd. But what is that tapeworm looking form? Disgusting.
I would have guessed a phased array radar with 360 degrees of snoop.
I love easy ones…
First, I’ll say that my first impression was bunkers. But I went looking for facts, which I will accept wherever they lead me.
I noted that these were laid out in a gridwork, and these “things” were seen in various grid squares. There were no military assets to be seen anywhere in the area. There weren’t even marks indicating frequent vehicle traffic.
You will also notice it is rather close to populated areas, and there’s a highway that runs right through the middle of it. That’s not exactly ideal for any secret anything.
Take the coordinates from the link on Google Earth, and go to Bing Maps (apologies, I hate Microsoft, but any intelligence source is a source).
You’ll get a “birdseye” view, where you’ll see they are not as vertical as they appear in the Google Maps view.
Bing also shows the name of the “al maha forest” a bit to the East, in the same area of grids where more “things” are seen.
If you then go back to google, and search for “al maha forest” (with the quotes), you’ll find lots of hits for “Geoelectrical exploration for groundwater in Al Maha Forest, Ain Jouhra, Morocco”, and something about “Pink Caravan”. Disregard the pink caravan, it doesn’t seem to be related.
The area is a conservation area. I guess they have a slightly different view of “forest” than I do, but hey, that’s translations for you.
View this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lolwx_dFtX0
I believe at 3:01, you can see two of the units. They’re water storage/recovery facilities. So, I agree with Frosty. I didn’t quite see it in the link, but once I saw more, it’s clear. Damned facts ruining a perfectly good conspiracy. 🙂
I’m dropping it at this point. If I spoke (or could type) Arabic, I could probably find more. Volunteers? 🙂
The spiral thing that goes off to the south looks like it could be an access road for motor vehicles. You drive up and around to the top plateau, where the octagonal structure is.
No closer to figuring out the overall purpose, though.
Yep. It seems to have the dimensions for it and it connects out to the dirt road.
Now, is it meant for people who work in the building or for transport of something?