Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope — Attraction in Four Corners States

Sacred mountain, eh? What mountain ISN'T sacred to some native culture? There's always some objection from some group about whatever project is planned on a mountain no matter how big or small. If not a native culture then its the enviromentalists who tend to be far more invasive & destructive than the actual project they're trying to stop. The Mt. Graham Red squirrels' population was decimated by the hordes of enviro-karens who overran the range in their misguided mission to "save" them from the telescopes. Once the scopes were completed and the Greenies moved on the squirrels have returned, happily storing their nuts and rutting away. OK, sorry for the noise but "Mt. Graham" automatically triggers "ranting" in these parts - its become a...

Mt. Graham is considered one of the 4 holiest mountains in the world, due to the fact this location is a "Star Gate" where those above us have descended since the dawn of time. Weird how both the Vatican and NASA chose this mountain out of alllll the other mountains out there to prop up LUCIFER aka Large Binocular Telescope (LBT). They went through a lengthy legal battle to do so too, why? Do your...

Really cool place! I'm glad the Vatican charged the name from LUCIFER, that was a bit much. Weird they chose the mountain the Apache believed had evil entities come from the sky to communicate though. Any way, it's a fun visit if...