Mysterious structure in the Gobi desert of China

[MillCreek]

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2018/08/13/has-chinas-area-51-been-found-in-gobi-desert.html

I don't think it is so mysterious.  I think it is a calibration target for satellite photography.

[RoadKingLarry]

I'm pretty sure that's what it was the last time this made the rounds on the interwebs.

[230RN]

$ource$ clo$e to the mu$ic indu$try $ay it'$ a car audio $ubwoofer te$ting area.

Terry

https://www.rockvilleaudio.com/rws12ca/
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Edited to replace "S" with dollar signs.  See link in Reply #4 below.

[griz]

Kind of puzzled how they got the planes there without a runway.  But looking around, I wonder more what's going on here:

40°27'25.3"N 93°23'37.1"E

[TechMan]

Kind of puzzled how they got the planes there without a runway.  But looking around, I wonder more what's going on here:

40°27'25.3"N 93°23'37.1"E

Here is an explanation.  http://arrrgh-deep-clouds.weebly.com/blog/40272856n-93233442e

[griz]

That's an explanation?  I'll consider the mystery intact.

[230RN]

I'm tellin' ya, it'$ a car $ubwoofer te$t area.  Testing for maximum annoyance in terms of distances and azimuths.

Ah, nobody listens to me anyhow.

Terry, 230RN

[TechMan]

That's an explanation?  I'll consider the mystery intact.

I didn't say it was a good one or a sane one...I did use the 

[griz]

I didn't say it was a good one or a sane one...I did use the 

I caught that, i just meant that an explanation that includes aliens, zip codes, and the line "binary is the language of truth" is worthy of tin foil.

[TechMan]

I caught that, i just meant that an explanation that includes aliens, zip codes, and the line "binary is the language of truth" is worthy of tin foil.

That is what pushed me to post it.