18 Places Google Doesn't Want You To SeeWith contributions from deloungepagina.nlBaker Lake, NU, the Inuit nation in northern CanadaA man indentified as "Dr. Boylan" believes that the blacked outarea seen above and those found in several other locations are blockingthe locations of extraterrestrial beacons.Ramstein Air Force Base, GermanyThis NATO air force hub is a retreat for the Operation IraqiFreedom forces, and as such could definitely be considered a terroristtarget. That could explain why the facility is partially blanked out onGoogle Maps.Pacific Northwest, USAHere's one that gives us chills. What exactly are we not seeinghere? The site is close to the Washington-Oregon border and is rumoredto have something to do with FEMA, HAARP or, really, anything at all.Prison Planet readers inspected the site in person and could find noidentifying details other than an ominous fence and unmarked entrance.file not foundSzazhalombatta Oil Refinery, HungaryOne of the strangest acts of alleged "censorship" is thisHungarian oil facility, which is simply rendered green. That's right —the grounds are deleted, the buildings are missing, and what you haveleft is flat grass.Huis Ten Bosch Palace, NetherlandsYou wouldn't think the Dutch Royal Family would be a primetarget for madmen, but the Huis Ten Bosch Palace remains heavilypixilated on Google Maps no matter the angle. (The surrounding area andtrees therein, on the other hand, come in crystal clear at close range.)Unknown area, RussiaAnother one that is so mysterious, no one has a clue what itis. One commenter on the website Siberian Light speculates it's either"a radar station or missile interceptor," while another notes that theimage of the surrounding area appears to have been copy-pasted fromanother part of the country.Mobil Oil Corporation, Buffalo, NY, USASome have criticized Mobil of Buffalo, NY for blurring theirfacilities, saying the oil corporation doesn't have much of a case forbeing a terrorist target (terrorists hate snow, you know.) On the otherhand, we can't be sure what their reasoning is.North KoreaYou've no doubt heard about this country, one of the members ofthe supposed "Axis of Evil," but few have ever visited. You won't seeit on Google Maps, either, as the entire country exists in images butwithout highway markers, street names, or any other identifying details.Reims Airbase, FranceWhy is the Reims Airbase in France blocked out? Perhaps itemits a particularly foul body odor. (Just kidding, we love the French.)Indian Point Power Plant, New York, USAEveryone from Democratic Governor Mario Cuomo to formerRepublican Congresswoman Sue Kelly has called for the Indian Point PowerPlant to be shut down. On top of environmental concerns, the upstateNew York structure is, according to experts in the energy field, notstrong enough to withstand an earthquake like the one that recentlydevastated Japan.Volkel Airbase, NetherlandsIt's pretty ridiculous how blatantly blurred this one is, butthen again, WikiLeaks did publish a diplomatic cable that confirmed thepresence of nuclear warheads at this base.HAARP Site, Gakona, Alaska, USAHAARP (High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program) is oneof the most controversial operations currently active in the UnitedStates. The Gakona, AK site and its ionospheric testing is believed bysome conspiracy theorists to be the cause of everything from floods toearthquakes, although the evidence of this is very minimal.Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Salinas, CA, USAHere's the strangest bit of censorship on Google Maps: theMazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Salinas, California. It's heavily whitedout, in fact, as if an angry hand did the trick. The weirdest part isthe facility is just what it sounds like: a seemingly-harmless racetrackBabylon, IraqWhile the surrounding area (including its surprisingly richfarmland) is visible, the city of Babylon, Iraq itself is all blurry.You can bet it has something to do with the insurgents there...Tantauco National Park in ChileWhy is this refuge for Endangered Species completely washedover on Google? Mashable, which seems to have discovered the strangecensorship, doesn't have a clue."The Hill" aka Elmira Correctional FacilityThis maximum security prison in upstate New York isunderstandably blacked out... we guess. After the Attica Prison Riotsand several incidents worldwide of uprisings and mass escapes, officialscould be worried about a possible helicopter-led breakout.This Russian Guy's HouseWhat? Some rich guy's personal paradise is blurred on Google?According to Wikipedia, what you're seeing here is "a private palace ofthe Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller." Why is he given preference over the restof us? Perhaps we just aren't powerful enough to convince Google toblur our own homes.Colonel SandersHere's the strangest of them all: Col. Sanders, the face ofKentucky Fried Chicken, appears in exactly zero Google Street Viewimages. That's because, as a Google spokesperson notes, Sanders was areal person and everyone is supposed to be blurred on Google sites..With contributions from deloungepagina.nl