Message posted by Uncle Aina on November 17, 2011 at 13:38:36 PST:
I love the triangular tower...it's so freaking mysterious and weird. Even though I have no REAL clue what it's for, I can still throw out some facts to consider that might narrow down it's function...much of this has been discussed before. Sitting where it does, it pretty much *has* to be involved with remote sensing or RADAR. I originally thought it might be some type of LIDAR system or just a new type of radar for determining RCS - but really neither of those is such a "black ops" type Area 51 project. It might be a type of non-lethal or even lethal microwave beam weapon as discussed here... http://www.comsol.com/stories/sara_microwave_weapon/full/ Then 2 nights ago over a coffee I had a spark of intuition... Is there a technology that allows one to "project" false radar echoes? Not jamming, but rather creating a radar "mirage" of things that aren't there? Because as far as I can tell, no such technology is known to exist (please let me know if you know otherwise). Being able to trick an enemy that false targets are inbound would be a huge advantage during engagement. And although I have nothing more than a hunch, I could see how that triangular tower might be such a thing. It's tall; it faces the radar range, it could emit signals around the full 360ยบ (though it's claimed to rotate). Large microwave horns are shaped in such a way that 3 would cover the azimuth and by stacking them you could create the altitude. I am aware to the phased array radars in the UK and Russia that look like big triangles, but really they are quite different in design - they aim up to detect long range threats... http://www.subbrit.org.uk/rsg/sites/f/fylingdales/ The way the Groom Lake tower is built it wouldn't seem to be set up for detecting things from far away. It's shape would seem much better as a "projector" rather than a receiver, unless the target was close. It does look very "microwavy" and one can see a certain resemblance to this electromagnetic "lens" http://iopscience.iop.org/1367-2630/8/10/221/fulltext or these microwave horns.. http://www.q-par.com/products/horn-antennas/100-MHz-1-ghz-wide-band-horn-antennas/images/100-1ghzbighorn_with_pivot.jpg?isImage=1 To my mind, its shape would be more conducive to shooting energy out rather than taking energy in. I'd be interested to hear what you guys think.
Anyway, I've tried hard to find other towers that look like this, but thus far it seems completely unique.
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