Since we cover a lot of conspiracy theories on this show, we eventually mention just about

every secret base of some kind said to exist.

Everything from moon bases populated by Nazis to Area 51.

Well how many of these are actually real and not just bits of made up internet lore?

Today we've got a quiz for you, eight famous secret bases, and you have to guess whether

each one is real.

That's right now, UnSkeptoid.

You're listening to Skeptoid.

I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.

Eight secret bases, real or fictional.

Governments and militaries have secret bases.

That's just a simple fact.

But usually the part that secret only concerns what's done there.

The actual existence of the facility itself is usually not in question.

It's kind of hard to hide a big complex of buildings.

Even Norath's Cheyenne Mountain Command Center, which exists entirely inside a mountain

in Colorado, is marked with plenty of obvious external infrastructure.

Since governments own the land and control access, there's not really any reason to try

and hide the facilities within.

Satellite eyes in the sky observe everything being constructed anyway, so other governments

will always know there's something there whether the final product is hidden or not.

And yet, stories remain about secret establishments.

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