Arizona Man Purchases Home And Discovers An Underground Hatch In Backyard

A Wonderful Place To Hide

The shelter would have been used to provide a safe space for residents of the property to go to in the event of a nuclear blast. An air filtration system existed to pump safe air from the surface to the people hiding below.

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