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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Justin Rohrlich

YouTuber facing federal charges after taking drone footage of top-secret ‘underground Pentagon’, FBI claims

The Raven Rock Mountain Complex is one of the nation's most secure military facilities, and a handful of locations designated to house top government officials in the event of nuclear war - (Google Maps; Public Domain)

A YouTuber is facing federal charges after he flew a drone over a highly sensitive military installation known as the “underground Pentagon,” capturing footage of the ultra-secure compound that he later posted online, according to an FBI probable cause affidavit reviewed by The Independent.

Stuart Dale Bennett, who runs the “Area 82 Surveillance911” YouTube channel, is accused of gathering aerial recordings of the Raven Rock Mountain Complex, which has been described as one of the nation’s “most closely guarded secret military facilities, roughly comparable to ‘Area 51’ in southern Nevada.”

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