The Raven Rock Mountain Complex was carved into the ground during a period of panic.Īs the threat of a Soviet nuclear attack loomed, "ordinary families were being encouraged to dig fallout shelters in their backyards," investigative journalist Eric Schlosser wrote in his 2013 book " Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety."Īt the same time, the military and government were digging holes of their own. "Raven Rock is the place where nuclear war in the United States would begin," Graff said. Raven Rock is fully operational, and should the United States break out into nuclear war, it's where defense operations would likely be centered. Located just north of the Maryland border, three hours west of Philadelphia and a short distance from Washington, D.C., it's clearly labeled on Google Maps and been documented in books and articles. The lid on Raven Rock has slowly been peeled.
But it stayed close to one for a while, mainly because no one said anything, said Garrett Graff, a journalist and author of the new book " Raven Rock: The Story of the U.S.
Residents would hold picnics while watching the excavations and blastings. When Raven Rock Mountain Complex was being built in southern Pennsylvania during the late 1940s, locals jokingly called it "Harry's Hole" for President Harry Truman.
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