CACOTIN MOUNTAIN PARK, MARYLAND (WBFF) — A man was federally charged in Maryland last week after posting drone footage on YouTube of a flight over part of the Raven Rock Mountain Complex, a military installation buried in the Catoctin Mountains sometimes described as a “second Pentagon.”
The drone pilot, Stuart Dale Bennett, was identified by FBI agents after a U.S. military official reported in September that a YouTube channel had posted drone footage of an “identified sensitive national defense facility,” according to an affidavit filed in U.S. District Court for Maryland.
Bennett could not be reached for comment. The Raven Rock videos were no longer visible on his YouTube channel, titled “Area 82 Surveillance911.” The channel includes a description stating that he has “varied interests that range [from] secret to military.”
The video in question was a drone flight over the Raven Rock installation, a vast military complex built into the mountains along the Maryland-Pennsylvania border. Opened in 1954, the complex was constructed to function as a replacement Pentagon in the event of a nuclear attack. It remains an active base and is officially called the Alternate Joint Communications Center.
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