You can stay in a Cold War era ballistic missile silo in Roswell near where “a UFO once crashed” for around $ 500 a night.

YOU can stay in a Cold War era ballistic missile silo near where a “UFO once crashed” for around $ 500 a night.

The missile base / bunker property – nicknamed the “True Cold War Relic Atlas F Missile Silo / Bunker” – is located in Roswell, New Mexico.

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According to Airbnb announcement, which was rated 4.98 stars, the property has an “underground launch control center and utility tunnel that leads to the 186-foot-deep missile silo, with much of its soils of original still intact “.

Gary Baker, the owner of the missile silo, explains listening to the property that visitors can “enjoy the old upper level of the launch control center as a private apartment with many books and exhibits showing the early days of our missile heritage as well as a full lounge. “

The room offered is a private room with two beds and a private bathroom.

“The owners live on the lower level of the old launch control center,” the listing notes.

The unique space, which has underground cell service and free Wi-Fi, is surrounded by the high desert of southeastern New Mexico.

It is also “just 18 miles from downtown Roswell and the World FAMOUS UFO Museum,” the listing explains.

The silo costs approximately $ 550 for one night, not including taxes and additional cleaning, service and occupancy charges.

However, it appears that a discount is applied to the total cost if the room is booked for at least seven nights.

The historic Cold War-era missile silo once housed an intercontinental ballistic missile as part of Project Atlas F, which began in 1962, KRQE reports.

The Airbnb owner told the outlet that there were once 12 such types of missile silos around Roswell, where Walker’s Air Force Base is located, and each cost $ 22 million to build.

Baker said: “It contained an intercontinental ballistic missile with a 4 megaton warhead on it.

“It took barely two and a half years to build them and two years to operate them.

The 12 missile silos in the Roswell area were among 72 silos built in the United States for the same project.

Barker bought two of the silos for $ 55,000 each 25 years ago, one of which he has turned into his home and the other is in the process of being renovated.

Baker, who first performed in the silos in the 1970s as a student at the New Mexico Military Institute, first thought of turning one of the silos into a museum.

Instead, he turned it into a guest room / Airbnb during the Covid-19 pandemic.

And it looks like he did a successful job as an Airbnb host, as a visitor wrote a review this month saying, “Don’t think twice, just book.”

The December 2021 review adds, “Yes, Roswell is a small town; but she has some truly unique experiences.

“The jewel in the crown being Gary and his missile silo. What an incredible experience. The space is indescribable; it is unlike anything I have ever seen.”

Another review, submitted in November 2021, indicates that the Airbnb space “is like staying in a museum”.

It reads: “When you arrive at this remote site you will be greeted by the host and led into the depths of the refurbished silo. It is clean and well decorated.

“Gary will give you a glimpse into the history of the site and step back to let you explore and experience it for yourself.

“He will be at your disposal if you have any questions. The place has modern facilities, cell service and underground wifi! Running water, a small kitchen and a modern bathroom.”

Meanwhile, a top-secret nuclear missile silo in Arkansas has been converted into a luxury Airbnb designed to survive the apocalypse.

And a former government contractor turned doomsday prepper is selling houses for the end of the world after converting old missile silos into inverted skyscrapers where the rich and famous can weather the apocalypse.

Larry Hall, 64, who started developing his first “Survival Condo” in central Kansas in 2010, now has several others in development in the United States, Europe and Asia.

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