You want the scary things.
I'm a rational, clear headed guy. I know a bullshitter when I meet one.

The man I met on the bus from Reno to Vegas was ex USAF - he was a civil pilot when I was talking to him and was on his way to Vegas to pick up a light plane and take it back to Reno.

I have no reason to doubt his word.

The US Military conducted nuclear testing in the Nevada desert between 1945 - 1950. That is known.

This guy told me that there were a lot of ex-service personnel wandering around the Bay area after WW2, and the Pacific campaign, homeless, jobless, and a bit stunned by what they'd seen.

A lot of them disappeared during 1947/8, tempted by "jobs" in military service.

Essentially he told me that a lot of homeless people were rounded up, shipped to Nevada and used in front line blast testing.

Want any more? That's as much as he told me.

I'll let that sit with you like it still sits with me.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Sat 16 Jul 2011, 21:36, 2 replies)

Yep, wouldnt surprise me, although it should. Nasty thought.
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Sun 17 Jul 2011, 3:44, closed)

^this

( dazbrilliantwhites has been meaning to change this..., Sun 17 Jul 2011, 11:13, closed)

Phew.
I thought it was gonna be about bloody aliens and that.
(judgetheobscure used to sweep in butchers' shops., Sun 17 Jul 2011, 9:04, closed)