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The hidden Cold War military base found by NASA in Greenland

The forgotten 'secret city'

The hidden Cold War military base found by NASA in Greenland
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16/03/2026 14:30 ‧ 1 hour ago | StarsInsider

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A team of NASA engineers aboard the Gulfstream III detected something buried under the ice sheet in Northwestern Greenland. NASA scientists didn't know what it was at first, until discovering it was Camp Century, a Cold War relic built by the United States in the 1950s and abandoned less than a decade later. The 'secret city' became visible via radar. So what is it, and what are the implications?

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