Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull [use spoiler tags, please]

[Alex]

Not that it really matters, but could that warehouse really have been the one with the ark? That area was definitely the site of super secret government programs by the early 1950s (the U-2 program was out of there) but did it exist in 1936-7 when it would have been stored by the government?

Edwards Air Force base was founded in 1933 but I"m not finding a founding date for the Nevada Test and Training Range (of which Area 51 is a part).


This is the type of historical inaccuracy (if it is) that I don't really care about. I'm just curious now that I thought about it.

[Ponine]

Originally Posted by Alex

Not that it really matters, but could that warehouse really have been the one with the ark? That area was definitely the site of super secret government programs by the early 1950s (the U-2 program was out of there) but did it exist in 1936-7 when it would have been stored by the government?

Edwards Air Force base was founded in 1933 but I"m not finding a founding date for the Nevada Test and Training Range (of which Area 51 is a part).


This is the type of historical inaccuracy (if it is) that I don't really care about. I'm just curious now that I thought about it.

at which point someone would respond with, they moved it.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Ponine

at which point someone would respond with, they moved it.

I would respond with: The warehouse was there first. Isolated location, low humidity, room to grow, a safe distance from anywhere. The perfect place for a super secret warehouse for super secret stuff. The air force showed up later....