The East side of Andros island is where the "toungue of the ocean" is. The snorkeling is unbelievable in the reefs or 80 feet over the ocen floor
it is so clear you can see sharks swimming in the reefs on the bottom. It goes to 6,000 feet deep or more. Wiki it.
A picture is worth a thousand words.
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I'm considering taking a job at Autec. Would you recommend it or should I stay away? For those who have been there, how are the living conditions?
Other than killer mosquitos and sun burn, what should I be concerned about? Other than snorkel, what do you do for fun?
Thanks for your opinions and suggestions!
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Lots of people who have visited there or worked there, may ask for those who work there, would you consider yourself to have access to all operations
going on there? and what year was AUTEC established on Andros?
I ask as, I really don't believe that if something was going on there, that all 'surface' staff would be privy to this information. As someone
pointed out, TOTO is where alot of the underwater 'tests' take place, this area is incredibly big, just over a mile deep (If i remember?). I always
thought that it was used as a 'base camp' for exploring something insitue, something you couldn't just move to a secure facility.
Andros was abuzz a few years ago of discoveries of underwater harbour (this was round 1969, although there were newer discoveries around 1992), aswell
as roads and walls, this wasn't too deep, about 20ft max I think, but it always made me wonder what else was around there, around 12,000 years ago,
TOTO may very well have been a fertile valley, before the rise in sea levels.
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AUTEC was built in 1966. I worked there from 75-76. I worked in HVAC and did the work on the main base and down the test range which consists
of 5 test sites. The last four sites are only accessible by boat or chopper. I got to fly down range to do repairs when needed. Kinda nice for a
single guy. Lots of water, fish and lobster to enjoy. Sometimes the systems would go down in the middle of the night during a test and we'd have to
show up at the main test building and get things cooling again. Navies from all over the free world would come to test their ships and play wargames
with dummy torperdoes, etc. Nothing mysterious about it. All civilian contractor run with a small USN group on base. Now, that was 33 years ago. I
did have a security clearance as everyone did. It is a NAVY base! I had the same when I worked for another Defense contractor. Never underestimate
the need people seem to have for believing that weird things are kept from them by the government. It's all about the conspiracy, isn't it.........
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I've been stationed at AUTEC as base communications and base security officer and later worked there in the weapons dept as a civilian. Folks, there
are no u/w sub bases or alien bodies. It's just what the name says it is: an undersea test and evaluation center. Of course it's classified!!
They do R & D on Navy systems. Do you really think they would advertise it if they figured out how to spot subs with radar? Don't think so!!
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I've heard of this place before. I saw something about it on tv. I can't remember what they were saying they were testing there, but I think it was
something about new torpedos is a large part of their 'official' testing regimen. Very quick torpedos, in fact.
Btw, super70: That is a kick-a avatar!
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Just heard about this base today on the History Channel. It was mentioned on a show about the Bermuda Triangle. Any more info than what's already
in the thread?
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