CIA Watch Officers Beamed Data to Space Device Near Secret Ammo Dump
By June Hargrove ·
Subterfuge and cover masked an automated facility beaming data to a space device, though the identity of SOURCE RV-101 and the site's coordinates remain blank.
The building at coordinates is large, wide and has several levels. According to OCR-extracted text from the CIA FOIA Electronic Reading Room, a "form of energy" flows through the north side of this facility along a linear path, terminating some distance away in a structure where the energy takes on a "fan-shaped pattern."
On the south side, a similar linear flow ends at a "housed, metal structure" where the energy dissipates in a manner the record notes is unlike the north side. The record marks this specific distinction as "NFI," or no further information. Within the building, these energy lines are monitored via equipment featuring glass panels, dials, and lights in bright yellow and white. The operator's environment includes levers on the walls and separate control booths.
A fan-shaped pattern
The document, titled "'OTHER B' SUMMARY" and attributed to "SOURCE RV-101," describes a system where the north and south energy lines are linked by a third, different kind of energy. The record again marks the nature of this linking energy as "NFI."
Beyond the lateral flows, the facility manages a vertical transmission. A powerful beam, described as having a "feeling like heat," moves up and back down through the top of the building. This beam is aimed at a "rectangular shaped device in space." The document specifies the data ratio of this transmission: two-thirds of the information moves up, and one-third moves down.
Two-thirds up, one-third down
The downlink from the space device passes into a round, box-like device. From there, the signal travels through electron tubes and circuitry into a large computer. The process then branches out, distributing data to smaller, specialized computers and printers. These printers produce graphs and charts utilizing lines, colors, squares, and cubes.
When the record describes the conceptual associations with this data, it lists: "global, hemisphere, sorting, analyzing, boundaries and limits."
Personnel presence is minimal. The operation is described as "entirely automated," with symbols and digits moving between machines. Humans, characterized primarily as "technician types and 'watch officers' on continuous shift work," do not enter the process until the late stages. The overall character of the mission is one of "centralized monitoring, receiving, processing and data transmission."
However, the record notes a conflicting emotional or conceptual layer to the site. Alongside the technical monitoring, the document states that ideas of "subterfuge, clandestine, disguising, misleading and cover" are "strongly present."
245 meters WSW
Attached to the primary report is a section on "Additional Tasking." This describes a second structure located 245 meters west-southwest of the main building. This facility is characterized as a "low, square, thick, reinforced building" situated in a "sensitive area." The source recognized this specific structure as an ammo storage area.
The nomenclature of the document—specifically the "OTHER B" designation—overlaps with the naming conventions of the United States Air Force strategic bomber fleet. Public records identify the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider as a nuclear-capable stealth bomber designed to complement the B-1 Lancer and B-2 Spirit. While the B-21 is part of the Long Range Strike Bomber program, the CIA record provides no explicit link between the "OTHER B" facility and the Air Force's bomber development.
Related files exist in other archives that may provide further context, though their contents remain separate from this summary. These include two filings from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois dated March and August 2025, and a fully redacted EPA meeting regarding "Energy Talking Points" from March 31, 2025, held in the NSArchive. The US National Archives also holds two sets of "Correspondence and Other Materials" (NAID 205756420 and 201696118) that may touch upon similar subject matter.
The record leaves the coordinates of the building and the identity of "SOURCE RV-101" blank, leaving the exact location and the method of observation unspecified.