Mysterious Black Rectangle in Alaska is on the World Grid
Author: Rod Maupin
If you fire up Google Earth and go to 62.193766, -141.262196, you will see a large black rectangle in Alaska, USA.
When I saw this rectangle, I immediately went into the Gridpoint Atlas software and plotted various resolution of grids for that area, then viewed the plots in Google Earth. I found that a 7.5′ grid line runs right through the large black rectangle.
We can speculate that this area is being censored because it’s some kind of U.S. military installation that they don’t want us to see. After all, it is in close proximity to Russia. If you look at the placemarks other people have placed on the area, you’ll see that some feel it is some kind of HAARP facility. I doubt it, since other HAARP facilities have not been censored in Google Earth. However at this point, your guess is as good as mine.
This is all speculation, but it is interesting that a major 7.5 nautical mile grid line goes right through the area.
Posted in Gridpoint Atlas
No doubt you are aware that the Bing maps has satellite imagery of this location?
http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=62.19382155120664~-141.262196&lvl=11&dir=0&sty=r&where1=62.193766%2C%20-141.262196&form=LMLTCC
The cynical interpretation is that Google bought some cheap-ass imagery that has gaps in the coverage, whereas Microsoft shelled out the good bucks.
No, I was not aware that Bing had imagery of that location. So far, I have only worked with Google Earth, because that seemed to be the best for the past few years.
However, I appreciate you telling me. I’ll check it out.
Rod