Denver Airport Conspiracy

omnicentricity · 10-22-2008, 12:50 AM

I grew up in Colorado Springs during the construction of this airport. It was a front page fiasco about wasted taxpayer money for years. Here are some interesting facts. Draw your own conclusions:

"The airport was built in 1995 on 34,000 acres (53 square miles; 137.593 Sq.km) in spite of the fact that Denver already had what everyone said was a perfectly fine airport - Stapleton - which was ordered closed when DIA was built so there "wouldn't be any competition". In fact the new airport has less gates and less runways than Stapleton did (I hope you're saying, "That makes no sense"...). All it does have is a lot more acreage. More acreage than an airport that size could possibly need. Most which sits unused. They say it's in case they need to do any future expansion. DIA is the 7th busiest airport in the US according to a 2002 Crain's Chicago Business report.

The initial cost of this New Beast was to be 1.7 billion dollars (with a "B") but by the time they were done playing games, having problems, getting bailed out and got extra government money (and money from private corporations on top of that), it cost about $4.8 billion - obscenely over budget. I have yet to meet a local who wanted the thing built, or didn't have a frothing, rabid story about the whole mess. Words used to describe the DIA were "buried in technical problems", "poor project management", "overwhelming complexity" and "America's most inconvenient airport". It was built in a high wind area (Stapleton hadn't been) that causes it to be shut down or flights delayed often. The extensive automated baggage system so was messed up, such a circus of errors that it was worse than unusable - it was an industry joke. But it had to be built, and built there. Some say the reason that this was built and there was no stopping it, no cost spared to do so and why it was so SO overbudget and took so many years is because it's really an underground military base and a civilian detainment camp.

Some interesting facts:

- Even though the area is basically flat (with a stunning view of mountains all around, since it's in a valley), the expense and time was taken to extensively lower some areas and raise others. They moved 110 million cubic yards of earth around. This is about 1/3rd of the amount of earth they moved when they dug out the Panama Canal.

- The airport has a fiber optic communications core made of 5,300 miles of cable. That's longer than the Nile River. That's from New York City to Buenos Aires, Argentina. The airport also has 11,365 miles of copper cable communications network.

- The fueling system can pump 1,000 gallons of jet fuel per minute through a 28-mile network of pipes. There are six fuel hold tanks that each hold 2.73 million gallons of jet fuel. This is somewhere in the "no one will ever ever need this much" range.

- Granite was imported from all over the world - Asia, Africa, Europe, North and South America - and used in making the main terminal floor. This is a ridiculous expense, especially when you're already over budget. They say, "The floor pattern echoes the roof design and subtly reinforces passenger flows". Ah...subliminal messages to move your ass. It might look pretty but would any of us know Chilean granite from Chinese granite? Or care? You can dye rock if it's colors you're after. Cheaper rocks. (I wonder what the "stones have power" people say about this...)

- The huge, main terminal is Jeppesen Terminal, named after Elfrey Jeppesen, who was the first person to create maps specifically for aviation (the company is still in business today). This area is known as the "Great Hall"; it's said this is what the Masons name their meeting place.

- It is 900 feet by 210 feet big. This is over 1.5 million square feet of space. All told, there is over 6 million square feet of public space at DIA. The airport brags that they have room to build another terminal and two more concourses and could serve 100 million passengers a year. The airport flew 36 million in 2001.

- The only way to get to the other two concourses/terminals from the Great Hall, or vice versa, is via the airport's train system.

- There are more than 19 miles (30 km) of conveyor belt track, luggage transport cars and road in their own underground tunnels that move baggage and goods. They're so huge you can drive trucks through them, and some remain unused.

- The entire roof of DIA is made of 15 acres of Teflon-coated, woven fiber glass. The same material is on the inside as a layer, also. The place looks like a bizarre (but kind of cool) scene out of "Dune", comprised of huge, spiked tent-like structures. The material reflects 90% of the sunlight and doesn't conduct heat. So you can't see into the place with radar or see heat signatures."

And, just for fun, here is a schematic of the giant penis driveway...

Imagine the image upside down and note the name of the main road. LOL eh?

Also, if you check the picture of the terminal layout on wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver_...tional_Airport, you can see how it resembles a swastika. Crazy stuff!

Humble Janitor · 10-22-2008, 01:36 AM

Thanks for the good post describing the DIA. I can't watch youtube videos, especially since the majority are not captioned.

Interesting airport. I remember reading on here that the Queen of England bought a place in Denver recently?

MAP · 10-22-2008, 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by omnicentricity

giant penis driveway...

bwwwwwwwwhaaaaaaaaa LOL

*cough*
im sorry

Orion Morris · 10-22-2008, 09:16 PM

thanks for the post omni

RSF · 10-24-2008, 12:55 PM

Hey all,

Read somewhere lately while trying to find some info on the below and ajacent floors, the 'Artist' who did the 'graffiti' was instructed and shown place cards and depictions !! If true...?
Secondly, I was told the support poles ('tent poles') at 3/4 height w/ring are actually air intakes to places below. True?
RSF

spiritual_wanderer · 10-28-2008, 01:06 AM

There is definitely something not right with that place.

lennonmccartney · 10-29-2008, 03:49 PM

wow those pictures are crazy, i have heard how the denver and atlanta airports were going to be used as big bases when martial law is announced, and used to transfer people and use the underground compartments too.

10-22-2008, 12:50 AM	#1
omnicentricity Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: oahu, hawaii (kalihi) Posts: 30	Re: Denver Airport Conspiracy I grew up in Colorado Springs during the construction of this airport. It was a front page fiasco about wasted taxpayer money for years. Here are some interesting facts. Draw your own conclusions: "The airport was built in 1995 on 34,000 acres (53 square miles; 137.593 Sq.km) in spite of the fact that Denver already had what everyone said was a perfectly fine airport - Stapleton - which was ordered closed when DIA was built so there "wouldn't be any competition". In fact the new airport has less gates and less runways than Stapleton did (I hope you're saying, "That makes no sense"...). All it does have is a lot more acreage. More acreage than an airport that size could possibly need. Most which sits unused. They say it's in case they need to do any future expansion. DIA is the 7th busiest airport in the US according to a 2002 Crain's Chicago Business report. The initial cost of this New Beast was to be 1.7 billion dollars (with a "B") but by the time they were done playing games, having problems, getting bailed out and got extra government money (and money from private corporations on top of that), it cost about $4.8 billion - obscenely over budget. I have yet to meet a local who wanted the thing built, or didn't have a frothing, rabid story about the whole mess. Words used to describe the DIA were "buried in technical problems", "poor project management", "overwhelming complexity" and "America's most inconvenient airport". It was built in a high wind area (Stapleton hadn't been) that causes it to be shut down or flights delayed often. The extensive automated baggage system so was messed up, such a circus of errors that it was worse than unusable - it was an industry joke. But it had to be built, and built there. Some say the reason that this was built and there was no stopping it, no cost spared to do so and why it was so SO overbudget and took so many years is because it's really an underground military base and a civilian detainment camp. Some interesting facts: - Even though the area is basically flat (with a stunning view of mountains all around, since it's in a valley), the expense and time was taken to extensively lower some areas and raise others. They moved 110 million cubic yards of earth around. This is about 1/3rd of the amount of earth they moved when they dug out the Panama Canal. - The airport has a fiber optic communications core made of 5,300 miles of cable. That's longer than the Nile River. That's from New York City to Buenos Aires, Argentina. The airport also has 11,365 miles of copper cable communications network. - The fueling system can pump 1,000 gallons of jet fuel per minute through a 28-mile network of pipes. There are six fuel hold tanks that each hold 2.73 million gallons of jet fuel. This is somewhere in the "no one will ever ever need this much" range. - Granite was imported from all over the world - Asia, Africa, Europe, North and South America - and used in making the main terminal floor. This is a ridiculous expense, especially when you're already over budget. They say, "The floor pattern echoes the roof design and subtly reinforces passenger flows". Ah...subliminal messages to move your ass. It might look pretty but would any of us know Chilean granite from Chinese granite? Or care? You can dye rock if it's colors you're after. Cheaper rocks. (I wonder what the "stones have power" people say about this...) - The huge, main terminal is Jeppesen Terminal, named after Elfrey Jeppesen, who was the first person to create maps specifically for aviation (the company is still in business today). This area is known as the "Great Hall"; it's said this is what the Masons name their meeting place. - It is 900 feet by 210 feet big. This is over 1.5 million square feet of space. All told, there is over 6 million square feet of public space at DIA. The airport brags that they have room to build another terminal and two more concourses and could serve 100 million passengers a year. The airport flew 36 million in 2001. - The only way to get to the other two concourses/terminals from the Great Hall, or vice versa, is via the airport's train system. - There are more than 19 miles (30 km) of conveyor belt track, luggage transport cars and road in their own underground tunnels that move baggage and goods. They're so huge you can drive trucks through them, and some remain unused. - The entire roof of DIA is made of 15 acres of Teflon-coated, woven fiber glass. The same material is on the inside as a layer, also. The place looks like a bizarre (but kind of cool) scene out of "Dune", comprised of huge, spiked tent-like structures. The material reflects 90% of the sunlight and doesn't conduct heat. So you can't see into the place with radar or see heat signatures." And, just for fun, here is a schematic of the giant penis driveway... Imagine the image upside down and note the name of the main road. LOL eh? Also, if you check the picture of the terminal layout on wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver_...tional_Airport, you can see how it resembles a swastika. Crazy stuff! Last edited by omnicentricity; 10-22-2008 at 12:53 AM.

10-22-2008, 01:36 AM	#2
Humble Janitor Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 3,201	Re: Denver Airport Conspiracy Thanks for the good post describing the DIA. I can't watch youtube videos, especially since the majority are not captioned. Interesting airport. I remember reading on here that the Queen of England bought a place in Denver recently?

10-22-2008, 09:16 PM	#4
Orion Morris Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 416	Re: Denver Airport Conspiracy thanks for the post omni

10-24-2008, 12:55 PM	#5
RSF Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 226	Re: Denver Airport Conspiracy Hey all, Read somewhere lately while trying to find some info on the below and ajacent floors, the 'Artist' who did the 'graffiti' was instructed and shown place cards and depictions !! If true...? Secondly, I was told the support poles ('tent poles') at 3/4 height w/ring are actually air intakes to places below. True? RSF

10-28-2008, 01:06 AM	#6
spiritual_wanderer Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 23	Re: Denver Airport Conspiracy There is definitely something not right with that place.

10-29-2008, 03:49 PM	#7
lennonmccartney Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 37	Re: Denver Airport Conspiracy wow those pictures are crazy, i have heard how the denver and atlanta airports were going to be used as big bases when martial law is announced, and used to transfer people and use the underground compartments too.