RAF Menwith Hill - World's Largest Monitoring Station

[507bhp]

Does anyone know much about this place? I drove past it today and was intrigued to find out more about it.

There's a little info on this site http://www.daelnet.co.uk/features/menwithhill/ but nothing really telling.

I find this kind of thing fascinating!

[esselte]

Do a google for "Echelon"

[skip_1]

The Burger king charges dollars and the 'gas' is cheap

[crossle]

You might find that it's all on a "need to know" basis...

[507bhp]

skip_1 said:

The Burger king charges dollars and the 'gas' is cheap

I know what you're saying!

[Si 330]

I've played rugby against them a few times. It's like a little american town in North Yorkshire. There crap at rugby, but they seem to have an endless supply of Budweiser (sp). Probably not quiet what you wanted to know.

[skip_1]

No st either, but they have a BBQ inside their main bar!

[DAVEVO9]

507bhp said:

Does anyone know much about this place? I drove past it today and was intrigued to find out more about it.

There's a little info on this site http://www.daelnet.co.uk/features/menwithhill/ but nothing really telling.

I find this kind of thing fascinating!

Same here, I'm always on Google Earth.

Have a look through this site, have GE on too so you can cross reference. It gets addictive

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/alan-turnbull/

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/alan-turnbull/SECRET-...

Edited by DAVEVO9 on Sunday 5th October 22:26

[BLUETHUNDER]

The Americans,also have another staion at Feltwell.

[BLUETHUNDER]

Well it seems the security services monitor Photobucket.As i was going to post a pic,and its been deleted from my files.I will say no more.

[eliot]

The comedian Mark Thomas discovered that it was legal to overfly it in a ballon, so he did:

http://www.outandoutnutter.co.uk/mtcp/menwith.htm
http://www.outandoutnutter.co.uk/menwithhilltours/...

Edited by eliot on Sunday 5th October 22:12

[Rach*]

Are the lentilists still protesting outside or have they got bored yet?

[DAVEVO9]

BLUETHUNDER said:

Well it seems the security services monitor Photobucket.As i was going to post a pic,and its been deleted from my files.I will say no more.

Rename the pic/file try again.

[Anti Macassar]

Used to know an American skydiver with a TVR who was based there with his wife and kids. Just sounded like a computer boffin.
Might be wrong, but think they get protests from time to time, and police do overtime, public order duties.

[BLUETHUNDER]

DAVEVO9 said:

BLUETHUNDER said:

Well it seems the security services monitor Photobucket.As i was going to post a pic,and its been deleted from my files.I will say no more.

Rename the pic/file try again.

All seems a bit sinister to me.It was one amongst an album of photos.Someone has gone in there and deleted it from the album.Awaits the arrival of the M.I.B

[skip_1]

Possibly the least exciting photos ever but:





Click the crosses

Edited by skip_1 on Sunday 5th October 22:20

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Edited by skip_1 on Sunday 5th October 22:24

[DAVEVO9]

Scroll down a bit on this page.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/alan-turnbull/secret2...

And here, map.

http://www.multimap.com/maps/#map=52.48041,0.52364...

Edited by DAVEVO9 on Sunday 5th October 22:24

[skip_1]

Awesome. Would love to do some of that 29dayslater exploring old bases stuff

[DAVEVO9]

skip_1 said:

Awesome. Would love to do some of that 28dayslater exploring old bases stuff

EFA

[WestYorkie]

I ride up that way regularly and always have a ride-by as curiosity takes hold.
Those pill boxes placed at the entrances are very daunting BTW.

I never stop though as I've been told that birds never fly over as the microwaves transmitted fry them, and that all the guards are remedial Yokels from the deep south(Devon). Who'll shoot you on sight with their microwave ray guns.

P.S from the Mark Thomas site. THE SPY IN...
"Small groups (so that the police couldn't move us on) of highly suspicious people loitering outside the US Embassy brought fairly rapid response from the police who were highly amused. I remember killing myself laughing at the sight of one gentlemen in trenchcoat and hat leaning on a lampost on the corner of the street (cue for a song?), reading a newspaper with two carefully cut out holes in it for him to peer through."

I bet that was funny as funny can be to see that