Camping on Top of an Abandoned Cold War Radar Base!
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- In this episode we travel to the site of an abandoned radar base that would have monitored the skies listening for the first sign of a soviet nuclear attack launched against the United States. We set up camp on top of one of the massive radar towers and enjoy the incredible mountain views.
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You aren't kidding when you say you are the proper people. Everything about your channel is proper and professional.
It's unfortunate they aren't honest and professional about their videos. Pretending to be trespassing when they have permits to film at each and every location. :(
Andrew Shegda don’t really matter much, so long as they get good footage I’m happy
@@Alandric1911 and you know this how? Oh, okay you're omnipotent, sorry.
@@Alandric1911 Well they don't because they get caught by security in some of their videos and escorted out in one. Besides, if you are exploring the sites professionally, you really should be getting permission to do so.
except for the part where they break into buildings that dont belong to them and ruin everyone elses chances of doing the same thing by posting it on youtube and getting the places locked down.... thats not very "proper" at all.
The production quality and camera shots on these videos is something I only see on TV channels. These guys deserve much better than UA-cam who sadly demontizes their terrific content!
Surya Komal wait they can't make money?
K2 Mally Most of their videos are getting demontised. Patreon and sponsorships are helping them.
This could easily be on Netflix/Amazon...
Hey, NETFLIX and AMAZON!
What's the reason youtube are demonetising their content? I really do hate youtube in many many ways. It is about time a real contender came on the scene to give them serious competition and a run for their money (no pun intended).
+Dan Gruner because they are trespassing. UA-cam aren't going to be caught "promoting " illegal activities. That's just a dumb business decision.
Skip school in 97-98 to go here for day. Such a great memory and adventure
Where is it
@@MaxCydiaHelp Look up East Mountain in Northern Vermont. This is actually a really popular place to hike. I've gone twice this summer, and it's absolutely stunning!
Andrew Carden that’s quite a long hike! Can you still bring cars up there?
@@Taylor-mt9pc if you have a vehicle that can go for some off-road driving, yes! Right after the administration section, there if a massive oil tank and pile of rocks blocking the road (put in a few years ago). To get by, you just need to drive around it.
Otherwise, it's an hour and half hike up, hour back.
Just went there after school with some friends.
Wow, sure brings back the memories. In the early 60s, I was a USAF radar tech
(Heavy Ground Radar). Did my job in and around towers just like these. The high
light (or maybe LOW light) of my service was a year tour at Cape Newingham, AK.
Six guys up on the mountain with the Radar Set connected by a tram car to 100+
troops down in the valley. Incoming aircraft when the weather allowed - i.e. RARELY.
Way, way isolated from the real world!! Thank goodness we were never needed to
sound the WWIII alert...................
Expertly done, great video guys!
love your vids man you guys should collab!
Bright Sun Films indeed you guys should do a collab, you make amazing documentary type video's and the explore the abandoned building. Would be awesome seeing you guys together
Oh shit it’s actually him!
What's up jake
Bright Sun Films great video ✌️
The aerial perspective in that sunset shot at 18:56 was incredible
this was awesome love the views!
Josh
Exploring With Josh hi
Yes and at least their videos aren't clickbaiting pieces of shit.
Oh shit it’s him!
Not like yours, Josh lol
imagine living near there and looking out your window at night and just seeing a guy waving a super powerful flashlight around like a lightsaber
Yea I was thinking about the same thing. Closest buildings are about 6-8 miles away, so they could definitely see that.
I find it insane that you guys put this much effort into your videos with your edits and such, and you only have 482k... hope you guys continue to grow your channel
been watching for a long ass time! Love you guys
Devon Flynn that's a lot. 😐
Promoted on 6 different platforms to millions of viewers. I do what I can. :>
Devon Flynn only? That's a lot more followers than most of those other exploration channels....
I’ve been watching your stuff for awhile now. So much quality content! You leave things the way you found them, give history on the subjects and the visuals are spectacular.
For anyone going up there, warnings first: the road is blocked from the lower base to the upper base because of injuries and a death from falling. Second, last time I was there, huge pile of bear crap behind the motor pool, so keep mindful of bears. Lastly, nothing should happen, but some people do take guns up there for shooting, so also be mindful of that.
That said, it's a pretty cool place to visit, and the views from the top are amazing. There's also a great campsite at the base of the towers, protected from the wind. Just be careful, those buildings have had a zero maintenance and are crumbling. This also means that there's asbestos, so don't go poking around in rubble. If you need an ambulance, it's over an hour away, so you're on your own.
Finally, for anyone into UFO stuff, this place figures into the Betty and Barney Hill abduction in 1961.
Todd M where is this, because the bettey and Barney hill abduction was 15 min from my house
Good lookin out
Do you know if people can still visit this base? Last summer I drove to that gate in the road, but it said private property, so I didn't want to trespass.
This is in Vermont right? I should have went when I lived in Lebanon NH
@@caitlyn9451The gate is not locked. As there are several camps and a gravel pit up there that was being used when I went. I actually talked to the lady at the house next to the gate and she said it's to help keep people out. She said if I did go up, not to enter the buildings because it would be trespassing. She also told me her husband and a few others go up and weld, and close off the entrances every year. People keep breaking into them. So if you do go don't have hopes to get in, because there's a chance you won't be able to. It's also a heck of a steep hike if you park at the bottom. The day I went people were shooting at the bottom were I left my car. I didn't stay long at the top and hurried back down. I did find bullet casing next to my car that were not there before. I'm just glad whoever it was didn't shoot my car. If you do go, I suggest to go as a group.
This episode should have been sponsored by Toyota.
well pretty perfect choice for this kind of thing :).
_Toyota - the best car for illegally trespassing dangerous territory..._
Nah, I don't think they would... xD
Legality is mostly subjective anyways ;)
Definitely good publicity for Toyota
Or sponsored by Caterpillar
You could flag down a Jet with that light, I never saw one bounce off a cloud bank that wasn't a searchlight before.
it is a search light
That light is fucking insane
There also higher up to the clouds
After watching this at least 4 or 5 times, I have to say, this is my favorite video of yours so far. It's got a road trip, off- roading action and an insane spot. Makes me want to grab a friend and my jeep and go up north.
Thanks for all your vids. Inspiring and addictive.
Those drone shots keep getting better, great work!
Love this place, the cameras don't do it justice when you go in person and can see everything for 50+ miles in each direction. I'll never forget waking up on the third floor of the main tower with my friends and realizing we were completely engulfed in clouds. At night you can see a wind farm off in the distance and physically watch the electrical current go across it's entire grid via their red lights. This is seriously one of the most underrated spots in the northeast you can go to and I highly recommend it to anyone who appreciates a beautiful view. Great vid as always guys.
This site should be turned into a windfarm!!!!!
Been up there many times. Grew up in the 80's just down the road (8 miles or so) in the town of Victory
Once again, another ''Proper'' video to bless you tube. I'm not joking, there's not a lot of channels out there that get me excited when they post a video. The way that your videos are made just catches my attention. I appreciate the edits that go into this. Editing is not so fun sometimes. Thanks for another video!
You've put a lot of time and effort into this video and it shows. From your shots (I loved how you shot the 4Runner navigating around that roadblock) to the use of historical photos and footage, to the VO, this is a polished production. Probably one of your best so far. I know that you can't do this level of production on every video, but I hope you can pull of something like this maybe once a quarter? There are some places that are just cool to watch people explore, and then there are places that really demand an explanation of their history and context -- those are the places that interest me, and I appreciate your taking the time to make videos like this.
Once we finish with school we're going to put all our focus on the channel and hopefully every video will be at this production level. That's still another year out though so until then 1 vid like this a quarter seems like a reasonable goal.
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Fun fact : The hells angels used to party at this location back in the day,
....I know someone commented and asked if there’s hells angels in Europe...no idea bud, but this is located in Vermont, bout 20 mins away from me
I also think they owned this location at one point...not to sure, just stories I heard from friends
@@stef1154 hells angels are in fact in europe, I've even seen some near where I live in estonia.
I live in st j never been here but now I’m going to
Fake News!!!❤
The drone shots, the offroading, the sunset, the night shots, the flashlights, this video is definitely one of my favorites of yours! Awesome job!!
I always look forward to your videos. I am really impressed with the amazing places you choose.
Hello to both you guy's. I've lived here just a few miles from the radar base all my life. In fact this town was first named Hartwellville (after my relatives) then changed to E--- H----. As a kid I would climb up the mountain with my friend's. Of course back then it was beautiful. Way before the biker gang's H---'- A----- and other's destroyed most of it. I have read some of the comment's and most of them are very kind but some seem to be casting doubt's on your story. What you said was very true. Back in the late 1950's and Early 1960's The Development was built. My dad helped to build the town's houses that are at the bottom of the Mountain. Yes the base is all the way to the top much like any military base it was called ''THE RADAR BASE'' And YES it was at it's time our nation 1st line of defence. It look's like you took the outer way to get to the split in the road. But as you said after that their is only one way to go. As far as the distance for me from my back yard I'd just go into the wood's and walk up the mountain. Way back when I was a young kid e- s----- owned it and it was much easier to scout the area. There's much more than just the radar base to see. A big thank's for you video, it was great!
Wow.
Some of the best content I’ve seen on UA-cam. You all deserve a lot more recognition!
Thanks for temperature clarification for us Canadians 😂💯
and the rest of the world :)
And 🇬🇧 cheers
Yep, us Irish are also grateful!! 👍😂
@@AudreyMealiff lol here in Canada, we use Euro metric & American imperial equally
There's a reason why in science, we use the Metric system.
Awesome, and amazing video.
You guys should consider bringing MRE's for food.
P.s. i miss the old intro music. Its so awesome.
They use the 'new music' specifically for the forbidden explorers series, every other video still has the original intro.
RedPuma90 ahh, good to know. Thanks for the info!
Man, if you think you’re gonna burn those many calories go ahead. MREs are packed with them and designed to be eaten throughout the day. Also, enjoy the magical farting magic they produce. Sincerely, retired military sergeant.
porcupineracer2 🤣 i know they dont need eat it all (and in some cases im sure they wont), but mre vids are popular and it could add a slice of entertainment to it. It was just a thought as i saw them struggle to make cup o noodles...
Also MRE’s are low key expensive, at least where I live
I'm a Vermonter, I've been up to that site too many times to count. You have to go back during the Fall and the winter.
Vermont here too, but never knew of this place. Is it in NEK?
@@SMac-bq8sk Yeah, on East mountain.
Holy shit, I grew up 40 minutes from here, never knew of it growing up. I’ll be back there later this month and will check it out.
A shot from miles and miles away of you guys shining that bright ass flashlight would have been gnarly!!
Yeah should have put their drone up and filmed the flashlight from afar :)
Dang, who makes that flashlight?
Edit: found the answer in the comments
ThruNite
ThruNite TN40S LED Flashlight 4450 Lumens Max 1151 Meters Adopted 4 x CREE XP-L HI LEDs Combo of Thrower & Flood (Cool White)
I’ve got a flashlight like that, a NiteCore Tiny Monster, 4000 lumens and a gigantic throw. They are as awesome to use as you’d think. Long run time too, 2 hours at High brightness, although you rarely need that much power for a long time.
Fleshlight*
Andrew Lee Flashlight*
ThexDGuy FTW look up FLESHLIGHT, this is the exact model they are using
@@ohgeazy It's a sex toy I'm not 7
This video inspired some friends and I to camp here as well it’s was an amazing trip with some of the best views I’d ever seen. Sunrise was the best part. Thank you guys for a great video and a great trip idea.
I love that you guys incorporate as much historical findings into it as possible. As a history buff its always appreciated. Thanks!!
This was absolutely amazing. Love the views. Just gorgeous. This was a great video.
Very nice. Your voice when you narrate sounds so professional. Classy videos
11:38 - Perfect Walking Dead location.
"For the Canadians who are watching that's about 18 degrees" Thank you for that lol
Or most of the rest of the world.
@@Ganiscol no the majority of the world uses Fahrenheit. Get with the problem
What an episode ! I'm speechless !
American guys: "It's cold, and windy, and we're in the middle of nowhere"
Canadian guy: "I forgot, you're not from around here"
I mean... they are from Florida. All they know is humidity and heat
Southern and West coast Americans lmao
I'm usually not a fan of _Proper People_ videos where they bring someone else with them. But Chris Luckhardt was a great partner in this one. He didn't talk to much, didn't ramble on trying make you think he knows more than he does and stayed off camera for the most part so the video is about the location and not the explorers.
This episode reminded me a little of the moon landings. The awe felt when viewing those beautiful mountains, esp. at sunset is a little of what I think the Apollo astronauts felt when they walked and looked at the moon.
Unreal level of production guys, well done!
YES!!!! This was really cool! Well worth the wait!
This looks like Livonia in the DayZ game. Actually, the car, the small tents, and location... this seems like a small film for game....
Man, the 4K quality makes total difference!
Little tip from someone who spends a lot of time in the forest at work: Always carry 100ft of rope or paracord when you're doing stuff like this. Never know when it'll come in handy.
I live in Vermont, but never really looked into abandon places nearby. Really interesting. Been wanting you guys to do a VT episode for a while (if you did any others, I missed it). So glad you guys came to this little state.
I live out in California now, but my parents live literally about 6 miles away from that site.
I watch rock crawling videos and off roading videos and I watch abandoned building videos. So this one kind of combined both. Good job!
one of the best exploration of abandoned structures! Instead of throwing the site away on Mount Lemmon in southern Arizona and the University of Arizona took it over for their astronomy department. Majority of the structures on top are still in use today and one of the telescopes is even controlled via the Internet in Korea. This exact same period of time that these were made and used. That would be one of the best hunting spots ever on top of one of these towers and would camp out for an extended amount of time. Thank you so much for sharing and please keep them coming
This was amazing! Very well put together and makes me want to go out and explore now. Great job
Oh shit, hi Chris! I had a feeling that was you from the thumbnail. Glad to see you’re still active with Urbex! I wish we thought to film the one adventure we went on, I still get creeped out thinking back to the basement of the Shell service centre and seeing your floating head in the middle of the dark storage room. Cheers!
My grandfather was momentarily stationed here, he then went to Turkey and worked with the SR71 project. His last post was at Cheyenne Mountain until he retired in the mid 70’s.
"for the canadians watching, thats about 18°C" did you mean to say "for the rest for of the world, its 18°C" ?
sorry, youre all third worlders to us.
@@GodsChosen69 im not gonna complain america is like one big reality tv show to us, and atleast out measuring systems make sense
At first I thought he said, "for the comedians who are watching..."
Hey, that's not true!
It's not for Myanmar or Liberia either.
Celcius
Whoa, those drone shots!
Amazing!
3:30 - As a Canadian, thanks for the conversion. :) LOVE these shows, The Proper People!!
I grew up in Vermont. Didn't know about these, thanks for the adventure. Nice that you include drone footage to get a birds eye view of the place. :)
Is this an exploration or an ad for Toyota.... I can’t tell.
FishFind3000 'Yota for the win!!!
Because Toyotas are awesome. I also drive a 4Runner and love it.
Who cares!
It is a sponsorship, you'd take one too if your sorry ass could.
Take my Upvote for this comment ^^
Production quality over the top
This is my absolute favorite proper people video. I've gone back and watched it multiple times. Peak comfy, great environment, cool experience to watch.
You guys could definitely have a tv show. The quality of these videos is stellar!
Badass flashlight
colbenuk That thing was a fucking searchlight.
Where do you
Get one
Jaimie Wenzel www.amazon.com/ThruNite-Flashlight-Lumens-Adopted-Thrower/dp/B01MEHKWA9 This is kind of a late response but they responded with this link to their flashlight they have.
Funny how in this day and age remote is defined by your cell signal. Paper maps still serve a purpose.
Ok boomer
@@9.5.9.5 Don't forget Gen X and early Millennials.
Garmin has a satellite messenger and gps unit for under $700.
@@9.5.9.5
I wonder if you clowns realize how dumb that makes you sound... 🤔
@@Ganiscol you know anyone using the phrase "ok boomer" has the IQ of a water newt.
Thank you for taking us with you.! So cool.
Without a doubt the most professional and entertaining urbex channel on the site. Thank you guys and keep up the amazing work.
It'd be the perfect place to build a house, if you wanted to live someplace secluded.
thank you for the temp conversion. I was like "that's not cold" and then it was confirmed.
Every video before this one I kept thinking, " wow it would be so cool if they put a present day shot of what they're looking at vs back in the day" AND YOU GUYS DID IT!!!! Ugh such great content, probably am going to subscribe to Patreon as well!
Easily my favourite episode of all
I would’ve blurred out my license plate lol
Lol, idk why people are always weird about that. There’s no internet database where you can look it up and get their info and stuff. You have to go to the police and have a reason to get the information.
I like to show my SSN on video tho.
@@TheInfiltrators1 that's weird because here in Australia, we just search up the plate number and it comes up with the car, Engine VIN number, if it's registered/stolen and more.
@@TheInfiltrators1 its not their license plate. hence why they showed it. There's a reason they were driving an SUV. It was all planned out. This is why it showed a FL plate and that wasn't in FL. Rental.
@@TheInfiltrators1 You can have so much info in my country with just only a plat number.
That board at around 4:20 was used as an LED control board for the air systems associated with it. Think of it like energy management before digital controls were introduced.
Doing stuff like this is what made me fall in love with my Subaru wagon
I liked the inclusion of historical information and pictures. Helps get the feel of the place.
I would go nuts if it was 18 degrees! Hasn't been over 5 for months. ❄️🇨🇦
lol ikr, 18 degrees is fairly warm
18 °C is shorts and tshirt weather....in Kanata
literally me when he said that i was like damn i wish it was 18 ahaha
CAN Control if it gets below 75° F it's cold in Tennessee
Robin Sharkey I’m in the uk. It’s been around 0 to 8 c a lot lately so 18c would actually be warm for us as well.
Tree scratches are called
Backwoods Pinstriping.
This is actually insane. This place is so beautiful, wish I could camp there ...
Down in Colorado Springs, there is still and air force/military base that it still there. Built into Cheyenne mountain there’s still a nuclear base that was used during the Cold War as well. My dad said he was in it once and it was designed so that if a soviet bomb was directed at the mountain the damage would be a bit more minimal because there were two “entrances” so it wouldn’t just blow up in the mountain, so I guess it would go out the other side... I don’t know a whole lot about the base though, but there are still the many signal towers on the mountain that we’re used by the government.
@8:26 at this point, I'm just thinking how they're gonna get back with the car 😆
only woods as far as eye sees not a single civilization signs... completely alone there:)
I am blown away by the talent you two have. Your videos are AMAZING!! The views are breathtaking!
I remember the day the video came out I was troubled so much in life. This is my official ASMR now. Now that I can walk again that beautiful campsite on top of the radar was beautiful and gave me hope. Weird how such a fun video made my life better and filled it with hope
The thumbnail had as pretty good apocalyptic vibe going on. 😍👌
Idk if the intro is new or not, but it’s really good
Just for our Forbidden Explorers series. Normal vids still have the normal intro.
The Proper People oh ok that’s cool
What a great video! Your camera work is, as always, phenomenal, and your enthusiasm is so infectious. I was 100% transfixed start to finish. Thank you!
I've been up there a dozen times, I live 2 minutes away from it, it's such a beautiful view at night
19:26 -- omg... these guys have never camped before!
I just got to this part as I read your comment LOL
It's one of my dreams to do something like this!
Oh man that’s what I call life, wish I could go camping with you guys in a place like that
This was easily one of the most beautifully shot videos you guys have done. Guess it doesn't hurt you had beautiful scenery to work with. :p
OMG ive been there! im a photographer and went there and got amazing shots if the stars
Hey! Where can i see them?
Reminds me of the flak towers from Medal of Honor: Airborne, as well as the countless abandoned bases in the Fallout games.
OMG I LOVE THESE VIDEOS...REMINDS ME OF A VIDEO GAME, EXPLORING STRANGE MILITARY LOCATIONS....
Its amazing that it didn't even operate for a decade before abandonment.
20:50 Then you see Batman appear out of nowhere
You guys are awesome ❤️👍
OMGURBUTIFUL!
23:09
I was waiting for it.
I just love how the show guest is just sitting there waiting for the host to finish the intro
SQUARE KNOT GUYS.
I’ve been there at -20° on snowmobile
Always a fun time. I've done the same
I've been here and can definitely say this place is just as awesome as it looks in this video. Truly an amazing place. Hope you guys enjoyed your stay. I hammocked overnight in the tallest tower
Drove up there today in an f150 pick up. The little cut out where the swamp is got deep. Lots of trees growing in. I don’t recommend using anything bigger then a jeep or be prepared to get scratches