According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, safety comes right after one attains completion of physiological needs required for survival. With the lack of safety, people begin to live under constant stress that affects both mental and physical health. However, there are some people who never feel protected, regardless of the precautionary measures they take.

we have the pre-conceived notion that only governments around the world have maximum security vaults, but there are also some deposits and places that are as protected as a nation’s nuclear codes. Keep reading for 12 amazingly secured places and vault. 12. Alcatraz Prison

This is the best-kept prison on the planet, serving as the home for the most dangerous criminals and terrorists. The cells of the place are made of pure concrete and cells have windows high up with a view of the sky.

Most prisoners were confined to solitary confinements and cannot make any gestures without triggering various complex motion detection systems. Not that there were many brave ones who would try to face the various armed towers and dogs trained to attack any sign of escape. In all the years that Alcatraz was operational, only three prisoners managed to escape and even they were widely believed to have drowned. 11. Mormon Chruch Secret Vault

The Mormon safe, also known as safe of the Granite Mountain Records, is owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter – day Saints. With 182 meters, this facility was built on the side of a gigantic rock located in Cottonwood Canyon, Utah.



In fact, this area is surrounded by rock and one shall not think that it is possible to use a dynamite for the purposes of forced entry since the complex was mounted to withstand a nuclear attack and has doors identical to those used in a bank, which are programmed to automatically close under impact.



Although there are some employees inside the vault, it is not open to the public or to church members. Now the question arises: what archival or super-secret treasure would be guarded by this religious group, under seven keys, and under a whole mountain? Supposedly only a few monotonous papers on genealogy and other parish documents, but that’s rather hard to believe.



Still, a vault capable of surviving an apocalypse seems to be a somewhat exaggerated solution to protect some mundane documents, prompting some to suspect that the vault hides many mysterious items.

For example, some Mormon detractors believe the site hides historically disparate documents about religion, which are being guarded to keep the church from being attacked or possibly prove that it is all a fraud.

Mormon leaders belittle conspiracy theories and say the reserve has only microfiche and microfilm being restored and converted to digital media. 10. Pionen Bunker

Pionen Bunker is a gigantic data center that hosts the servers of the world’s leading sites and services. One of its most famous clients is Wikileaks – the stateless organization responsible for major leaks and government scandals in the media.



First, the site was a civil defense center built at White Mountain in Stockholm, Sweden, and used to protect local government departments in the event of nuclear attacks.



Some time later, the Pionen Bunker was purchased by the Bahnhof provider and converted into a data center defended by a 40 cm thick door, which can only be accessed through a small tunnel and able to withstand a hydrogen bomb.

The rooms seem to have come out of a spy movie because they have panels with state-of-the-art computers, a floating conference room and walls of pure granite.

9. JPMorgan and Chase Safes

JPMorgan and Chase, one of the largest holding companies, has some of the world’s best-preserved coffers. One of them is located five stories below the level of the streets of Manhattan, New York. It is almost the same size as a soccer field and stores an immense load of gold.



While its size is impressive, some people are more concerned about its proximity to the Federal Reserve Bank, since the two depots are positioned on the same street. Some conspirators believe the two super banks are interconnected through an underground tunnel and that the US government and JPMorgan are pooled to manipulate the country’s economy.



The location of the other company’s vault was a mystery until, in March 2013, the financial website Zero Hedge found that it was situated below the business complex in London. Coincidentally or not, the underground bank is also close to a government reserve, the Bank of England. In addition, the underground tunnel that connects the two closed at the weekends. Like every first-rate safe, JPMorgan’s two reservoirs can survive a direct nuclear attack. 8. Vatican Secret Archives

Like the strongbox of the Mormons, the secrets of the Catholics are very well guarded. After all, if Dan Brown’s books are right, some of the papers stored there may destroy the Catholic church and expose some contradictions that have been preached for thousands of years.



Of course, Catholic officials argue that there is nothing illegal lying in the centennial labyrinths that serve as a depository. However, the file is watched 24 hours a day by the Pope’s Swiss Guards. They say it contains rooms with rows of shelves stuffed with documents dating back to the 8th century.



To honor 400 years of the reserve – and reduce suspicions about the place – in 2012 the Catholic church put hundreds of Vatican artifacts on display in the Capitoline Museums. Some of the most notable papers are the court documents on the trial of the Knights Templar, the charge of Galileo Galilei’s heresy and a request for the divorce by King Henry VIII.



Still, that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Many criticize the church because only clergymen and qualified students can enter the file, and even those who enter the site can not check some items without obtaining prior approval.

There is an urban legend that says the Catholic Church hides some books that validate the Mormon religion and contradict the bible. But there are also those who believe that the archive hides the first collections of pornography ever found. 7. Air Force One

The Air Force One aircraft design was thought to turn into a mobile White House for the President of the United States in cases of threats. What makes the airplane highly safe is that it does not need to land to fill the fuel tank.



In addition, all equipment on board is shielded with an electromagnetic shield and the aircraft can fly over zones with high radiation content – in cases of nuclear attack. From Air Force One, it is also possible to catch radars and even launch heat-seeking missiles. 6. KFC Safe

While most vaults hold gold or religious relics, but an American fast food empire, nothing is more important than their secret recipe. The Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) stores with top priority its formula consisting of 11 herbs and secret peppers used in its original Colonel Sanders fried chicken.



In 2009, the list received an updated chest at KFC headquarters in Kentucky. During the five months it was being built, the recipe was hidden in a mysterious facility and transported in the most secretive agent style, with a suitcase attached to the wrist, sunglasses, and everything.



Now the KFC’s largest treasure trove is stored in state-of-the-art security, which includes motion detectors, surveillance cameras, and 24-hour guards. A large concrete wall protects the safe and the security system is connected directly to a backup server.



Apparently, not even the network president knows what the formula behind the famous fried chicken is, only two KFC executives are currently allowed to use the vault, but no one knows who they are. In addition, they prevent suppliers from trying to guess the ingredients as they place orders using several different companies.

Of course, all this protection system is to increase the hype of the brand and increase your advertising. However, in 2001, the company sued a couple who claimed to have found the formula in one of their old homes. 5. Church Scientology Box

Scientology is yet another one of the religions mentioned on this list that store their secrets in an impenetrable vault. It is located in an underground complex in the New Mexico desert, only a few hours’ drive from Roswell – a place famous for the appearance of UFOs.



Inside the cave, excavated to support a hydrogen bomb, are titanium cascades containing iron plates and gold discs inscribed with the fundamental teachings of Scientology. All of this is protected by three stainless steel doors weighing more than 2,267 kg. In the soil above the depository, special symbols are marked that can only be viewed from the sky.



Many people are suspicious that geometric shapes serve as an extraterrestrial medium of communication. Some former churchgoers have confirmed the suspicions, explaining that the marks are made so that future Scientologists who visit Earth from other planets can find the place.



But others say the symbols do not serve as flags for aliens, but as a “turning point” for L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of religion. According to them, the man needs to find a way back to the base after reincarnation. 4. International Seed Silo of Esvalbarda

Although technically Norway owns Esvalbarda’s International Seed Silo, its founders were the Global Crop Diversity Trust, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and other organizations and governments. In addition, Norwegians guarantee entry to any person who is using one of their depositories on the premises.



As the name suggests, the reservoir is used to store an immense variety of seeds in an attempt to preserve the diversity of the crop and to ensure that mankind has a source of food independent of any disaster that strikes Earth.



The reserve is located in Esvalbarda – one of the most remote places in the world. The territory is a huge stone in the Arctic Circle, and the vault is located in an old copper mine.



As if the isolated landscape was not enough, the seed store is defended by impact proof doors, motion sensors, pressurized booths and a steel meter reinforced with concrete. Its unique climate and geological position should keep samples safe from any disaster – caused by man or not – for hundreds of years.

There are suspicions that renowned philanthropists like Gates are building mass sterilization vaccines under the guise of humanitarian aid, while the real plan would be to create a superior type of race. According to some controversy theorists, everything indicates that the seed fits in some way for global control and depopulation of the Earth. 3. Iron Mountain Safe

The Iron Mountain vault is located in Germantown, New York which stores records underground and serves global customers. Formerly, the place was an abandoned mine, used as a mushroom farm.



Taking advantage of the Cold War generated paranoia, the security company, opened in the 1950s, offers a way to house corporate documents, even avoiding nuclear attacks. 2. Swiss Bank Safes

When you think of security, the Swiss coffers are the best, as they provide complete anonymity for customers and do not ask too many questions. Even though the deposit boxes are well guarded, the true protection of the items comes from the bankers who are beholden to an Act that was introduced in 1934 which made it illegal for a Swiss banker to talk about their account holders. Something essential, since most of its clients, are not Swiss citizens, but corrupt officials, dictators, Mafioso, and dishonest politicians.



Gaps in Swiss law affecting such clients are very rare since local government is specifically strict with any breach of banking or commercial confidentiality. 1. Antwerp Diamond Center

The Antwerp Diamond Center in Belgium is well known for two reasons: because it is the most impenetrable diamond deposit in the world and, ironically, for having been the victim of an incomprehensible robbery in 2003.



Originally, the vault kept collections of 1,500 diamond merchants, storing about 70% of diamond ore on the planet. Of course, the owners of the vault took serious steps to protect items with safety equipment, which included heat detectors, seismic sensors, magnetic fields, Doopler radars and a lock with more than 100 million possible combinations.



The entrance door to the vault weighed three tons, being built from solid steel. To leak it, at least 12 hours of uninterrupted drilling were required. However, all these measures were not enough to prevent an Italian gang known as “The School of Turin” from invading the place and stealing US $ 100 million (just over US $ 300 million) in diamonds and treasures.



In an action worthy of the movie “11 Men and One Secret”, they managed to turn off the alarms and invade the safe. Antwerp officials only noticed the robbery the next day, when they found the place open and looted. The estate was never recovered, but police were able to arrest a man, Leonardo Notarbartolo, relying on the DNA samples found at the crime scene.



