This is another picture that could send chills down one’s spine. The United States government recently declassified this picture thereby allowing everyone to see how it tested nuclear bombs before it sent them off to explode in other countries.
To be able to know the effects of atomic bombs on people, the government used mannequins as models. Placing these mannequins in deserted places and detonating an atomic bomb near them helped the government know the extent of injury a human being could experience.
Safeguard Complex
This is actually a bunker currently used in North Dakota to measure the weather or seismic waves. Though the details are unclear, it was definitively used as a national missile defense system titled Safeguard.
No one knows why the structure is shaped like a pyramid. North Dakota is home to one of the United States’ largest military facilities. What currently goes on in the complex is a mystery.
Traumatized Reindeer
Reindeer are fatalities during the Second World War as much as humans are. This image of a hapless reindeer looking at the forest he once called home is more than enough to break anyone’s heart. This picture proves the terrifying results of war.
The photographer reportedly captured this moment at a time when Germans were invading Russia, back in 1941 – unbeknownst to this evidently innocent reindeer.
Titanic Survivors
The tragedy of the Titanic was the worst in history. To this day, the event serves as an example of man’s hubris and carelessness. From the sheer number of lives lost, no one expected there would ever be survivors.
However, there were a lucky few who managed to escape the sinking ship and live to tell the tale of how life was before, during, and after the ship’s sinking. Sadly, there were far more fatalities than there were those who survived the tragedy.
Escape From Saigon
This recently declassified picture shows a panic-stricken populace struggling to get out and escape from South Vietnam during the war. Literally, all hell broke loose as men and women were doing their best to get a spot on a plane that was leaving Vietnam.
This image of an American man punching a local was reportedly due to the latter refusing to surrender his spot. It is unclear if the punched man was able to escape Vietnam at all.