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Kings Island, Kings island, Ohio

The view over behind The Racer looked a little different since I was last here in 2017.  Inquiring minds want to know what's up back there.

Kings Island, Kings island, Ohio

Area 72 is just beyond The Racer.

Kings Island, Kings island, Ohio

The Fort Mason Research Compound which is the official name for Area 72, is conspicuously inconspicuous being built right next to a massive theme park.  Typical bureaucratic incompetence if you ask me.

Kings Island, Kings island, Ohio

Who would expect weird, potentially alien experimentation happening within sight of of a major theme park?


Kings Island, Kings island, Ohio

There is a "Hangar 18" in Area 72 but it can't be the real hangar 18 of UFO myth?  I mean that one is supposed to be up the road an hour at Wight Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton.



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