Cathedral Cave Has a Seismic Detector Funded by DARPA...

[fsp]

About a year ago I received a call about a weird
seismic detector from a friend. Most of the detectors
in Missouri are owned and operated by universities
or the USGS. This detector was owned by the US Air Force, and they wanted to know why the USAF needed
a seismic detector. Here's what I was sent:

Information for CCM as of February 1994
Station: Cathedral Cave, Missouri
Director: Dr. Brian J. Mitchell
Network Affiliation: BILLIKEN IRIS/USGS - GSN
Address:
Geophysical Observatory
St. Louis University
3507 Laclede Avenue
St. Louis MO 63130
Network Contact:
Albuquerque Seismic Laboratory
Building 10002 Kirtland AFB East
Albuquerque, NM 87115
Telephone: 314 977-3123 Open Station: Yes
Phone No. 314 245-6555
Fax: 314 977-3117 Parent Organization:
St. Louis University
Email: mitchell@eas.slu.edu
Coordinates:
Latitude: 38.0557N
Longitude: 91.2446W
Elevation to Sensor: 222.5
Depth to Sensor: 51
Geology: Limestone
Vault Conditions: The seismograph station is located in Cathedral Cave in the Onondaga Cave State Park in Missouri. This is a large cave open to tourists. Temperature and humidity are stable. Seismometers are on concrete pads attached to bedrock.
Site Description: N/A

The info about the USAF made this an interesting
subject so I made a note, which got shuffled around
until yesterday. Here is what I found on the web:

Apparently the sensor was installed in 1961 for something called "Project Vela Uniform".

In the late 1950s scientists, diplomats, and policy-makers recognized that
improved seismological knowledge was crucial for the detection and identification of
Soviet underground nuclear-weapon tests. Consequently, the Eisenhower
administration initiated a comprehensive research and development program in
seismology, known as Project Vela Uniform. Vela Uniform, managed by the
Department of Defense’s Advanced Research Projects Agency, increased annual
federal support for US seismology by more than a factor of 30.

The system was designed for detection of underground
nuclear tests and had sensors worldwide. Apparently,
the seismic data was recorded on PHOTOGRAPHIC PAPER
and it took months to receive all the data for a particular day.
http://www14.georgetown.edu/explore/dat ... -12984.pdf

The sensor is located in Cathedral Cave in
Onandaga State Park. I never would have guessed that
the Air Force needs seismic detectors, who knew? [/b]

[junkman306]

Good find. That is some pretty interesting stuff. I wonder if it still works?

[gimpface]

Whatever. We all know that Cathedral Cave was built in 1978 when the Air Farce aimed DARPA's "ULTRA TOP SECRET PARTICLE RAY WE'LL RIP YOUR EYES OUT IF YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT TALKING ABOUT" directly into a plot of ground that resembled the Queen of England's eye (if veiwed from a sattelite with IR capabilities, and if you squint hard enough). The so-called "seismic detector" is a mind control device placed by the REPTILIANS to control the population. It downloads information from your brain when you visit the cave and it uploads a NEURAL NET VIRUS to make you self destruct and kill your entire family if you see a GREY.

Fuckers.

[fsp]

The seismic detector is still operating,
but for a short period of about three weeks it
wasnt able to send the data back to the
seismologists after a tree began filling
out leaves on a branch, which obstructed
the telemetry dishes line of sight.
Basically, after they realized what happened
it took two weeks for the state to cut the branch
down.