Before i begin this thread im gonna let you all know right away that I've tried to find info online about this and cannot, but maybe you can.

So lets begin...

A fellow conspiracy theorist of mine recently told me something that could make sense or be completely stupid.

If you are in the United States (maybe other countries as well), you have surely noticed the extreme decline in drive in movie theaters. Its sad because its one of our past times, but now you gotta travel 50+ miles to find one. He told me that drive in theaters were just a cover for nuclear missile silos.

He said he couldn't tell me his sources just that i should research it. I've tried but to no avail.

The timing seems plausible though, the cold war began (slowly) in 1946. On Nov 18, 1956, Khrushchev (the new leader of the USSR who replaced Stalin) was addressing Western ambassadors and pretty much threatened them which lead to the arms race we all know of. Right at the same time in the late 50's and early 60's the drive in theaters boomed, with more then 4,000 nation wide.

Then around 1985 the nuclear armament of the US began to drop. In 1985 the US had roughly 25,000 nuclear weapons and in 1990 had about 15,000 and 10,000 in 1995 where it remained until 2006.

This is where some input from our wiser (old) members would be appreciated. I wasn't alive in 1985 but do any of you remember a severe decline in drive ins or when that started????

Thats all i got, could be nothing....
or we could all live next to an abandon missile silo.



(Cold war and drive in stats were from wikipedia)

You've watched some movies right? You've seen driveins used as silo's right? Did you know that wizrads are in the movies too so they must exist.

Sorry, but we condition ourselves with what we watch and you are conditioned.

I'm sure there are ATS'ers that think Transformers are real too.

Originally posted by daggyz
You've watched some movies right? You've seen driveins used as silo's right? Did you know that wizrads are in the movies too so they must exist.

Sorry, but we condition ourselves with what we watch and you are conditioned.

I'm sure there are ATS'ers that think Transformers are real too.

Your post deserves no rebuttal...

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I think the answer to the decline is simple economics, they make more money at the modern theater than they can at a drive in.

Weather:
Drive in- The movie or movies in a double feature are highly dependent on the weather, if the weather is bad people dont go.

Modern theater- Not as weather dependent, movie goers can go see a movie without regard to weather as long as the roads are passable

Seasonal:
Drive in- Some drive in are only open durring the summer months in many states due to local climate issues

Modern theater- Modern theater- Not as weather dependent, movie goers can go see a movie without regard to weather as long as the roads are passable


Concessions earnings:
Drive in- Many people bring their own drinks/snacks

Modern Theater- difficult but not impossible to bring your own drinks/snacks, most of a modern theaters earning are from the concessions stand as opposed to a drive in which relies on its movie tickets sale in general.

Entry price:
Drive in- Ticket prices are genarally lower the a modern theater, most drive ins chagre by the car load not by person.

Modern theater- Charge an insane amount per person and then triple their money by selling you a bucket of popcorn for 10.00$ that cost .50 cents to make.



So no I don't buy into the idea that they had hidden missile bases under drive in theaters, and besides there is just too much unused land perfect for hiding that type of thing. Why would they risk putting it under a drive in theater, for the hot buttery popcorn?

Growing up, we had one drive in in town and two nike bases.

Both as obvious as a fart in church.

Drive In Movie's ended when people had no money to spare.

They only existed back when society had Careers....homes.

Originally posted by Pervius
Drive In Movie's ended when people had no money to spare.

They only existed back when society had Careers....homes.

Then how do you explain the booming business of the modern movie theaters?

This theory seems pretty far fetched to me.
Drive in movie theaters just succumbed to business changes including malls with dozens of theaters and choices.

Plus the location of missile silos is well known - especially to Russia and China. That's one of the reasons that the U.S. is considering getting rid of land based missiles and relying on SLBM's only for the missile part of the current Strategic Nuclear Triad.

And a missile silo has to have a large cover which moves aside to launch the missile. And a nearby launch control center. Both with a high security fence to keep intruders out and patrolled by Air Force Security police. With an access road big enough to actually deliver or remove a missile for a silo.

If you find any of these near a vacant or abandoned drive in movie theater, you may have some evidence. It's worth noting that you should be able to see ANY of this using Google Maps.

You also might think about that missile silos tend to be very far inland - like at Missouri or North Dakota so they could not be easily attacked by Russian bombers or ICBM's. So why would a drive in movie theater say in Pennsylvania be used as a missile silo????

I would be interested to know how a drive-in was set up in such a way. I do miss the drive-in's, grew up with them in the 70s & remember seeing Barbarella. We had several where I grew up near my home & I never saw any military movement which you would expect to see.

I also used to do a lot of camping in southern Missouri in the early 80s & a silo was near a favorite
camping & fishing area of ours, & they didn't hide the fact that was a silo at all. Razor wire, "deadly
force will be used' signs, etc. so I find it hard to believe the military would go to such lengths to hide them.

Someone has watched Spies Like Us, one too many times I think.

We use to have four drive ins where I live. One is now a Menards, one is an apartment building complex, one is a interstate on/off ramp and one is an RV dealer.

Not to mention the trucks that they deliver the missiles in are frigging obvious as all get out.

all of the missle silos i've seen, are located along US hwy 70 and 54 between Alamogordo, NM and El Paso, Tx and Las Cruces, NM.....all within the White Sands Missle Range complex...tho i've spotted a few in random locations, along two-lane roads, in the middle of nowhere.