Launch of the Greenbrier Facility Record and Current Expansion Standards
DATABASE UPDATES
April 2026 · Last Reviewed: April 2026
SOURCE NOTES
D.U.M.B. Database editorial standards; Washington Post, May 31 1992; National Archives NARA record group finding aids; NORAD official fact sheet (norad.mil); FEMA Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center fact sheet; DoD FOIA release on Raven Rock Mountain Complex (1999); NTSB Report NTSB-AAR-75-16 (TWA Flight 514).
The D.U.M.B. Database has officially launched with its first published facility record: the Greenbrier Bunker (Project Greek Island) in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, assigned a CONFIRMED confidence grade. The Greenbrier record serves as the editorial and methodological anchor for all subsequent entries.
CONFIRMED
The facility's existence and purpose have been officially acknowledged by the United States government. Supporting documentation includes declassified records, Congressional records, or official agency publications. The facility may be directly observable or publicly accessible.
CORROBORATED
Multiple independent and credible sources document the facility's existence. Supporting documentation may include FOIA releases, verified aerial or satellite imagery, government contract solicitations, or Congressional testimony. Official government acknowledgment may be partial or indirect.
UNVERIFIED
The facility has been reported in one or more sources but has not been independently corroborating through primary documentation. The record is published for transparency but flagged as requiring further research before elevation.
DISPUTED
Conflicting evidence exists regarding the facility's existence, purpose, or characteristics. The record documents both supporting and contradicting sources and identifies the specific points of dispute.
DEBUNKED
Available evidence demonstrates that claims about the facility are inaccurate, fabricated, or based on misidentified locations. The record is retained in the database for reference with a full explanation of the debunking evidence.
Confidence grades are not permanent. Records are subject to regrading as new documentation is obtained.
CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN COMPLEX — Colorado
Expected: CONFIRMED
The NORAD and USNORTHCOM alternate command center, constructed between 1961 and 1966 inside Cheyenne Mountain near Colorado Springs. Documented through official NORAD fact sheets published at norad.mil and a 1966 Bureau of Mines construction report.
MOUNT WEATHER EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER — Virginia
Expected: CONFIRMED
FEMA's primary emergency operations center near Bluemont, Virginia, constructed in the late 1950s under the code name Operation High Point. Documented in official FEMA fact sheets and DHS Privacy Impact Assessment DHS/FEMA/PIA-042.
RAVEN ROCK MOUNTAIN COMPLEX — Pennsylvania
Expected: CONFIRMED
The Department of Defense alternate command center near Blue Ridge Summit, constructed between 1951 and 1953. Documented through a 1999 DoD FOIA release, a 2000 Pentagon layout schematic, and the 2007 Federal Register publication of conduct regulations (32 CFR Part 234).
OLNEY FEDERAL SUPPORT CENTER — Maryland
Expected: CONFIRMED or CORROBORATED pending review
A former FEMA communications facility in Montgomery County, Maryland, transferred to the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division in March 2019. Under review pending completion of primary source verification.
No facility record is published without satisfying the following requirements. Every factual claim must be sourced to a primary or credible secondary document — including FOIA releases, Congressional records, DoD reports, declassified National Archives records, official agency fact sheets, verified aerial imagery, or reporting from established news organizations citing named sources. The database does not publish claims sourced exclusively to anonymous tips, social media posts, or unverified personal testimony. All records are written in third-person institutional voice using neutral language. No record contains editorial opinion, speculative interpretation, or unverified assertions presented as fact. Source notes accompany every published record, cited with sufficient specificity to permit independent verification by any researcher.
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