This has led to charges that military officers have stolen, are stealing, or are preparing to steal the treasure for themselves.ĭangerous unexploded 20‐mm shells from Phantom jet target practice dot the range, the Army insists. It has banned treasure hunters from the range since 1963. The Army, which controls the missile range, insists there is no treasure and has never been any. Four major groups of claimants accuse the oothers of trying to cheat them out of it.
Dean 3d to Geronimo and the vocabulary is marked by “double” as a prefix-as in double‐cross, double‐talk and double‐dealing.ĭozens of people claim a piece of the action-that is, gold bars and treasure said to be hidden on the missile range, and worth from a few million dollars to $1.5‐billion. The cast of characters ranges from John W. Lee Bailey and dozens of other lawyers get into a single treasure saga, only confusion and rumors remain cheap.Īfter 35 years of localized dispute, the Great White Sands Missile Range Lost Gold Treasure Affair has blossomed into a national mystery. But when the Army Air Force the White House Congressmen New Mexico's Governor and F. Lost treasure stories are a dime a dozen in the Southwest.
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