Although active during the cold war era, it was shut down in the 1970's.
Located in Stillwater is a vast piece of property that was once home to an Air Force radar station. The Saratoga Springs Air Force Station was one of 13 surveillance sites in the northeast. It's purpose was to monitor and alert any incoming air threat to the United States.
The base opened in February 1951 and was operational up until 1977. Since then, nature and vandals have taken their toll, but many of the buildings - including 3 tower structures - still remain.
Left behind is a number of decaying buildings, old equipment and even an underground bunker.
Urban explorer Andrew Persons takes us on a tour of the abandoned base.
WARNING: Under no circumstances should you enter this property. By doing so you risk bodily injury and/or arrest.
- A view of the tower from the bottom up
- Still in tact metal staircase
- A look down from the tower
- Tower ramp
- The roof
- The roof
- A view of two other towers
- A view from the roof
- Another view from the roof, lots of debris
- One of the buildings had standing water, tadpoles are seen swimming
- Warning: Radiation
- Safety measures
- Old metal staircase still in tact
- An old piece of GE equipment
- The official logo for the radar site
- One of many decaying, empty rooms
- A view across the property
- The floors are almost non-existent
- The floors are almost non-existent
- Another tower
- Getting into the underground bunker
- Stairs leading to the underground bunker
- Secret closet
- Inside the underground bunker. Emergency exit?
- Sleeping quarters in the underground bunker
- Bunker bathroom
- Another old piece of equipment
- Industrial washing machine?
- Industrial washing machine?
- What's in there?
- Remnants of the welcome sign at the base
- One of the many decaying buildings
- Vintage TV set
- Neatly stacked
- Decaying floor
- Shower facility
- Debris and a kids toy left behind
- One of the many abandoned buildings
- One of the many abandoned buildings
- Abandoned tower
- Some type of gauge or meter
- One of the many abandoned buildings
- Abandoned tower
- Base of the tower
- Historical Marker
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