![]() ![]() What is the most interesting ghost town in Oklahoma? Some of the coolest include the beautiful: There are more than 2,000 known ghost towns all over the Sooner State, and with a number that high there’s bound to be all sorts of interesting, abandoned places in Oklahoma. What are some creepy abandoned places in Oklahoma? How many have you been to? Tell us your stories in the comments! Need more abandoned Oklahoma in your life? No worries – check out this list of Oklahoma ghost towns. What are your thoughts about this creepy old Oklahoma missile silo location? Would you ever explore it, if you could? Here at Only In Your State, we don’t recommend exploring these places on your own trespassing isn’t being very excellent to each other, so it’s best to leave these abandoned military bases in Oklahoma to those whose work we’ll admire when they’re editing it, like the above video. On March 25th, 1965, the squadron was closed down for good, which spelled the end of the entire operation. In November of 1964, it was announced that the type of missiles that were housed and cared for here were being phased out of commission. Take a look at footage captured at one of these sites in Altus: The Missile Silos were decommissioned and are now abandoned. The Altus rocket was also used by NASA and was the booster that put John Glenn into earth's orbit. So these silos are much more massive than the Minuteman and Peacekeeper silos of the 70s and 80s.The SM-65 weapons system, more commonly known as the Atlas - a missile with a range of about 6,000 miles that carried a W-38 type warhead with a nuclear yield of approximately 4 megatons of TNT. And only one could be fired and guided at a time. ![]() They had to be fueled, then raised, then fired. The missiles couldn’t be stored with fuel either. The missiles could not be fired from the silos – rather, the silos housed enormous elevators that raised the missile to the surface. We spent so much time and money on these silos and they were only operational for 3 to 5 years in the early 60s. “The Titan 1 missile system was kind of…. These doors weigh about 115 tons each! Below is a drawing of the Titan 1 Missile Silo. uhhhnick Looking straight across the silo. Falling in this in the pitch black would give anyone haunting nightmares. It is roughly 100 feet down with another 50-70 feet of stagnant water, probably fuel, other liquids, and who knows what else. uhhhnick Here is a clear shot of one of the abandoned missile silos. uhhhnick If the floor of the abandoned missile silo wasn’t covered in wreckage or standing water, it was covered in this…. uhhhnick A balancing act over some very deep stagnant water. The tunnels are starting to lose their round shape because they are collapsing. uhhhnick Many of the tunnels look like this, full of mud and standing water. Not sure if this was original with the structure or someone was staying down here. Out There Colorado For some reason, there was a burnt couch. Titan uhhhnick Here are some clear pictures of the tunnels that lead to the control rooms and the underground missile silos. uhhhnick A very clear shot of the elevator shaft. They had slightly better lighting in some of their pictures so I thought I’d share these as well to give you a better understanding of the layout. uhhhnick These images below were taken by another group of explorers I found while researching this silo. Just an open hole in the middle of a field in the middle of nowhere. Out There Colorado Out There Colorado Out There Colorado Out There Colorado There was no cover or anything. Up they went, stopping for a little break. The hatch was about 50 feet to the surface. Asbestos was a very common building material and is prominent throughout the silo. uhhhnick Because of the time that this silo was built, they decided to wear some masks. The last of the main equipment was removed about 15 years ago. uhhhnick The abandoned missile silo has been sitting and rotting for almost 50 years. This has long since been abandoned because these missile silos were incredibly inefficient and expensive to run and maintain. uhhhnick What these friends had come across is the first Titan 1 Missile Silo in the United States. It was gated shut but has been vandalized over the years making it accessible. There’s a small entrance hidden in the hills from plain sight. There is a small, creepy entrance that leads to a vast underground facility and these friends had the guts to go inside to explore. This place was abandoned in the 60’s and sealed off from existence. It is located in Deer Trail, Colorado and it is the first and only one of its kind left. They came across something that not many people have ever seen or even knew existed. They drove about 60 miles east and started to follow a small trail. A couple of friends from Denver, Colorado took a drive one day and decided to go on an adventure. ![]()
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