It's a very old WWII Airfield. Luke Airfield #4, basically an old training OLF.
Scroll down a bit and there's a good history with a collection of photos through the years. http://members.tripod.com/airfields_freeman/AZ/Airfields_AZ_Phoenix_NW.htm --- On Mon, 5/23/11, Adam Hupe <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Adam Hupe <[email protected]> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Strange Happenings > To: "Adam" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, May 23, 2011, 11:53 PM > Dear List Members, > > Just returned from a field trip in Hassayampa Basin, > Arizona while staying with > my uncle in Wickenburg. > > There was some discussion on the List a month or so ago > about finding strange > things in the middle of the desert. How about a > perfect triangle with all three > sides adding up to around 3 miles carved in the middle of > nowhere? It kind of > reminds me of landing strip but there are no buildings or > support services > anywhere near it. > > > My uncle did find a promising brown crusted stone about a > mile away from the > mysterious triangle. > > > > Google Earth image of huge triangle in the middle of the > desert: > http://themeteoritesite.com/GoogleEarth_Image.jpg > > Google link to same: > http://themeteoritesite.com/GoogleEarth_Placemark.kmz > > Link to image of promising looking find: > http://themeteoritesite.com/Stone-a.jpg > > It never fails to amaze me what odd things we always seem > to run into in the > desert. > > > Happy Hunting, > > Adam > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
