Deep in UFO country, a prepper's dream home for sale: Roswell nuclear missile silo

Yahoo Homes ^ | 1/15/15 | Jennifer Karmon

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Deep in the heart of flying-saucer land, a real estate agent is peddling conspiracy theorists' dream home. This Atlas-F nuclear missile silo — decommissioned, of course — is one of a dozen around Roswell, New Mexico, a remote town best known as the site of a supposed flying-saucer crash in 1947. (Almost 50 years later, the Air Force revealed that the wreckage was actually an atomic-age spy contraption meant to detect minute atmospheric evidence of Soviet nuclear test blasts on the other side of the planet.)

Century 21 agent Jim Moore, who's marketing the 25-acre property, recently gave the New York Times a silo tour. He told the paper that the property is already under contract, for close to its $295,000 asking price.

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The property is 25 acres. A green door juts from the landscape, with stairs leading down into the silo.

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Preppers’ PING!!

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New Mexico PING!!

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Looks like it is sold!

Here is the listing here:

http://www.century21.com/property/8422-clovis-hwy-roswell-nm-88201-C2122348538

[dljordan]

A real fixer-upper.

[Truth29]

"A real fixer-upper."

Yes, $295K to buy and how many millions to fix it up, I wonder?

[Joe 6-pack]

Pic of the buyers...

[The Duke]

Yes, $295K to buy and how many millions to fix it up, I wonder?

You got that right! The missile alone would cost ...

[Savage Beast]

"Almost 50 years later, the Air Force revealed scrapped the official government claim that it was a 'weather balloon' and made a new claim: that the wreckage was actually an atomic-age spy contraption

[Mouton]

What this means to me is one less target for the ruskies to worry about.

[GreyFriar]

Roswell ping

[chrisser]

Wouldn’t getting water be somewhat of a problem in New Mexico?

[chrisser]

One of the pic captions at the site says the property comes with 280 acres of water rights...

[FourtySeven]

One of the pic captions at the site says the property comes with 280 acres of water rights...

That's a relief, because surely that would be of indespensible help in a post-apocalyptic world.

[TheThirdRuffian]

On the downside,it’s in Roswell. If rather die.

[AZ .44 MAG]

Mine

(Needs a little paint)

[Kartographer]

Some paint new carpet and a little decorating and it would be in move-in condition!

[zot]

“Almost 50 years later, the Air Force scrapped the official government claim that it was a ‘weather balloon’ and made a new claim: that the wreckage was actually an atomic-age spy contraption.”

Thanks for posting this.

[zot]

Thanks for the ping. I wouldn’t want it.

[bgill]

Unless the ruskies are using old maps and then blam!