If you wanted to build a secret base, then a frozen mountain peak, 22,000 feet high, would be a great hiding place.
Kangtega, also known as The Snow Saddle, hides deep within the icy peaks of the Himalayas and was first climbed in 1964...
...but it is alleged that secret Nazi expeditions actually reached it in WWII, discovering a UFO base and testing site.
The whole of the mountain top is blacked out on Google maps, possibly to stop the public from spotting a secret entrance...
...and to prevent people investigating an area that is already famous for its large saucer sightings and orb shaped UFOs.
At the height of the Cold War, the US Air Force ran a highly classified operation called Chrome Dome...
...requiring a B52 aircraft to be airborne at all times while carrying a devastating arsenal of nuclear weapons.
The operation was cancelled, however, in 1968 when a bomber crashed while departing from Thule Air Base, in Greenland...
...and some are suspicious that the “broken arrow” site’s resolution remains pixelated compared to its surroundings.
The explosion cracked the sea ice and ruptured the nuclear weapons, contaminating the entire area with radioactive plutonium.
The 2nd stage of one nuclear weapon was never recovered, and clean-up crews allegedly suffered radiation poisoning...
In the Siberian wilderness of Russia’s Chukotka Autonomous Okrug there exists a mysterious masked area...
...that is allegedly a cut and paste job of terrain lifted from satellite imagery of the surrounding region.
The cover-up can be seen clearly in these Bing Maps images, where the mountains turn into flat forest when zoomed-in.
Russian maps, on the other hand, don’t even bother and just use a black box...
Adding to the mystery, it is rumored that the nearby Zaliv Kresta dirt airfield is actually operated by the CIA...
...and theories as to what could be in the area include a Russian HAARP site or a hidden ICBM testing facility.
Some also claim the site is home to a massive gold deposit and wonder if miners may have uncovered a dark buried secret...
Apparently discovered by Captain Cook, Sandy Island has long been a feature of the Coral Sea, off the Australian coast.
Although it has been marked on maps since the late 1800s, people began to realize that it didn’t appear on all of them...
...and many wonder why Google Maps censored the location with a black box before eventually smudging it out.
Did something happen to the island while it was hidden?
The phantom island was officially “undiscovered” in 2012 when a research ship could find nothing at the coordinates.
It’s not known what could have been at the location previously or what it was that Captain Cook really found...
In the middle of California’s Mohave Desert at “Junction Ranch” a large airstrip and military testing area can be seen...
...part of the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake that is rumored to be a proving ground for “black” drone projects.
Throughout the large base, there are a number strange calibration targets laid out in geometric patterns...
...and at the end of runway in question is a curious array of mobile testing equipment and military vehicles for patrol.
Most interestingly, a staging area next to the runway appears to have been scratched out and does not appear on other maps...