War & Paradise: The Territories Of The U.S.

Johnston Atoll

If aliens ever try to do more than just sight-see, this small coral island might just be one of our only hopes. This island is off-limits to the public and was controlled by the U.S. military for 70 years from 1934 to 2004. Its remote location automatically qualified it to become one of the earliest top-secret testing sites for military experiments. Among them included the 13 year long Program 437. The program was designed to modify a ballistic missile into an ASAT weapon – an operational anti-satellite system. Due to the fact that space warfare simply didn’t seem to be a feasible investment over the Apollo missions, the missiles were eventually mothballed. In due time, we may just need them again.