Pine Gap, Australia
Pine Gap is the commonly used name for an Australian Earth station approximately 18 km south-west of the town of Alice Springs, Northern Territory in the centre of Australia which is operated by both Australia and the United States. Since 1988, it has been officially called the Joint Defence Facility Pine Gap (JDFPG); previously, it was known as Joint Defence Space Research Facility[1] (See Exopolitics, Space force).
Global Surveillance[]
- See also: Big Brother
Pine Gap, prohibited access
Pine Gap is a global surveillance facility that is partly run by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) and U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). The station is a key contributor to the NSA's global interception effort, which included the ECHELON program.[2][3][4][5] The unclassified cover term for the NSA facility at Pine Gap is RAINFALL.[6]
Underground base[]
Michael Relfe alleges to an underground base at Pine Gap that utilizes alien technology for mind control.[7] (See also UFO alien database, Underground bases).
References[]
- ↑ Hamlin, Karen (2007). "Pine Gap celebrates 40 years". Defence Magazine 2007/8 (3): 28–31. ISSN 1446-229X. http://www.defence.gov.au/defencemagazine/editions/200708_03/.
- ↑ Dorling, Philip (26 July 2013). "Australian outback station at forefront of US spying arsenal". The Sydney Morning Herald. http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/security-it/australian-outback-station-at-forefront-of-us-spying-arsenal-20130726-hv10h.html. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
- ↑ Loxley, Adam. The Teleios Ring. Leicester: Matador. p. 296. ISBN 1848769202.
- ↑ Robert Dover, ed (2013). Routledge Companion to Intelligence Studies. Routledge. p. 164. ISBN 9781134480296.
- ↑ "Mission Ground Station Declassification (NRO)". 15 October 2008. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/NRO_FOIA_request.pdf. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- ↑ Ryan Gallagher, The U.S. Spy Hub in the Heart of Australia, The Intercept, August 20, 2017.
- ↑ The Mars Records (2000), by Stephanie Relfe, p.89, 90
Resources[]
- Wikipedia, Pine Gap