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One famous "open secret" is that of ], a ] ] containing an aircraft testing facility.<ref> By Peter W. Merlin</ref> The U.S. government did not explicitly affirm the existence of any military facility near ], ], ], until 2013, when the ] released documents revealing that the site was established to test spy planes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/science/area-51-its-purpose-declassified-no-ufos-lots-u-2-6C10931555 |title=Area 51 and its purpose declassified: No UFOs, but lots of U-2 spy planes |first=Alan |last=Boyle |publisher=] |date=16 August 2013 |access-date=16 August 2013}}</ref> While the general location of the base is now officially acknowledged, the base does not appear on government maps or in declassified satellite photography.<ref> for location UTM 11 605181E 4124095N (NAD27) ''(map via TopoQuest.com)''</ref> Yet despite this, the base was demonstrably and widely acknowledged to exist for many years before the CIA officially confirmed its existence.<ref>Pike, John. "Area 51 Facility Overview", ].</ref><ref> segment, ''60 Minutes'' broadcast 17 March 1996.</ref> The immense secrecy has made it the frequent subject of ] and a central component to ] ].<ref>Jacobsen, Annie (2012), ''Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base'', Back Bay Books, {{ISBN|0316202304}}</ref> |
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Likewise, ] can be considered an open secret, since its existence has been denied in the past by the United States government. |
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The ] was formally established by ] in a memorandum of 24 October 1952, that revised ].<ref name=Truman>{{cite web |title=Memorandum|author=Truman, Harry S. |url=https://www.nsa.gov/public_info/_files/truman/truman_memo.pdf|publisher=National Security Agency|date=24 October 1952 |access-date=2 July 2013|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821073605/http://www.nsa.gov/public_info/_files/truman/truman_memo.pdf|archive-date=21 August 2013}}</ref> Since President Truman's memo was a ] document,<ref name=Truman /> the existence of the NSA was not known to the public at that time. Due to its ultra-secrecy the U.S. intelligence community referred to the NSA as "No Such Agency".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/no-such-agency-spies-on-the-communications-of-the-world/2013/06/06/5bcd46a6-ceb9-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html|title='No Such Agency' spies on the communications of the world|last=Anne Gearan|date=7 June 2013|access-date=9 November 2013|newspaper=]}}</ref> |
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Following ] the United States government provided immunity for members of the covert Japanese human experimentation program, ], in exchange for the data that was researched during the ]. The Soviets likely provided leniency towards Unit 731 members in the ] due to the sentencing of members for seven years before they were repatriated to ]. |
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] is the codename for a former ] forward logistics facility located in ], ]. The facility was established in late December 2001 and, though not officially acknowledged by the Canadian Forces, was considered an open secret.<ref name=Shuttered>{{Cite news |title=Secret base to be shuttered over failed airline talks: source |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/secret-base-to-be-shuttered-over-failed-airline-talks-source-1.561798 |publisher=CTV News |date=2010-10-10 |access-date=2012-11-04 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101012170601/http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20101010/canada-dubai-base-101010/ |archive-date=12 October 2010 }}</ref> |
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The existence of the ] ] (MI6) was widely known for several decades before the government's official acknowledgement of the organisation in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|last=Whitehead |first=Jennifer |url=http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/521906/mi6-boost-recruitment-prospects-launch-first-website/ |title=MI6 to boost recruitment prospects with launch of first website — Brand Republic News |publisher=Brandrepublic.com |date=13 October 2005 |access-date=3 November 2012}}</ref> Its Australian counterpart, ], was the subject of a newspaper exposé years before its existence was officially acknowledged. |
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* Area 51: One famous "open secret" is that of ], a ] ] containing an aircraft testing facility.<ref> By Peter W. Merlin</ref> The U.S. government did not explicitly affirm the existence of any military facility near ], ], ], until 2013, when the ] released documents revealing that the site was established to test spy planes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/science/area-51-its-purpose-declassified-no-ufos-lots-u-2-6C10931555 |title=Area 51 and its purpose declassified: No UFOs, but lots of U-2 spy planes |first=Alan |last=Boyle |publisher=] |date=16 August 2013 |access-date=16 August 2013}}</ref> While the general location of the base is now officially acknowledged, the base does not appear on government maps or in declassified satellite photography.<ref> for location UTM 11 605181E 4124095N (NAD27) ''(map via TopoQuest.com)''</ref> Yet despite this, the base was demonstrably and widely acknowledged to exist for many years before the CIA officially confirmed its existence.<ref>Pike, John. "Area 51 Facility Overview", ].</ref><ref> segment, ''60 Minutes'' broadcast 17 March 1996.</ref> The immense secrecy has made it the frequent subject of ] and a central component to ] ].<ref>Jacobsen, Annie (2012), ''Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base'', Back Bay Books, {{ISBN|0316202304}}</ref> |
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] is ].<ref>{{cite book | title=Israel and the Bomb | publisher=Columbia University Press | author=Cohen, Avner | year=1998 | page= | isbn=0-231-10482-0 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/israelbomb00cohe/page/349 }}</ref> This can be considered an open secret, because the Israeli government has never explicitly stated whether or not it possesses a nuclear stockpile, officially maintaining a ].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/98/11/01/reviews/981101.01korblt.html |title=The Quiet Bomb |last=Korb |first=Lawrence |newspaper=The New York Times |date=1 November 1998 |access-date=4 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/15/truth-israels-secret-nuclear-arsenal |title=The truth about Israel's secret nuclear arsenal |last=Borger |first=Julian |newspaper=The Guardian |date=15 January 2014 |access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2013/11/19/israel-nuclear-monopoly-middle-east/5kzBwiHxGG9KYxKrJFfrNJ/story.html |title=Israel's nuclear precedent |last=Stockman |first=Farah |newspaper=The Boston Blobe |date=19 November 2013 |access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/submarines-are-key-israels-secret-nuclear-weapons-arsenal-112071 |title=Submarines Are the Key To Israel's Secret Nuclear Weapons Arsenal |last=Mizokami |first=Kyle |website=TheNationalInterest.org |date=9 January 2020 |access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref> |
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* Delta Force: Likewise, ] can be considered an open secret, since its existence has been denied in the past by the United States government. |
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* The NSA: The ] was formally established by ] in a memorandum of 24 October 1952, that revised ].<ref name="Truman">{{cite web |title=Memorandum|author=Truman, Harry S. |url=https://www.nsa.gov/public_info/_files/truman/truman_memo.pdf|publisher=National Security Agency|date=24 October 1952 |access-date=2 July 2013|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821073605/http://www.nsa.gov/public_info/_files/truman/truman_memo.pdf|archive-date=21 August 2013}}</ref> Since President Truman's memo was a ] document,<ref name="Truman" /> the existence of the NSA was not known to the public at that time. Due to its ultra-secrecy the U.S. intelligence community referred to the NSA as "No Such Agency".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/no-such-agency-spies-on-the-communications-of-the-world/2013/06/06/5bcd46a6-ceb9-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html|title='No Such Agency' spies on the communications of the world|last=Anne Gearan|date=7 June 2013|access-date=9 November 2013|newspaper=]}}</ref> |
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* Unit 731: Following ] the United States government provided immunity for members of the covert Japanese human experimentation program, ], in exchange for the data that was researched during the ]. The Soviets likely provided leniency towards Unit 731 members in the ] due to the sentencing of members for seven years before they were repatriated to ]. |
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* Israel nuclear weapons: ] is ].<ref>{{cite book |author=Cohen, Avner |url=https://archive.org/details/israelbomb00cohe/page/349 |title=Israel and the Bomb |publisher=Columbia University Press |year=1998 |isbn=0-231-10482-0 |page= |url-access=registration}}</ref> This can be considered an open secret, because the Israeli government has never explicitly stated whether or not it possesses a nuclear stockpile, officially maintaining a ].<ref>{{cite news |last=Korb |first=Lawrence |date=1 November 1998 |title=The Quiet Bomb |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/98/11/01/reviews/981101.01korblt.html |access-date=4 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Borger |first=Julian |date=15 January 2014 |title=The truth about Israel's secret nuclear arsenal |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/15/truth-israels-secret-nuclear-arsenal |access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Stockman |first=Farah |date=19 November 2013 |title=Israel's nuclear precedent |newspaper=The Boston Blobe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2013/11/19/israel-nuclear-monopoly-middle-east/5kzBwiHxGG9KYxKrJFfrNJ/story.html |access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Mizokami |first=Kyle |date=9 January 2020 |title=Submarines Are the Key To Israel's Secret Nuclear Weapons Arsenal |url=https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/submarines-are-key-israels-secret-nuclear-weapons-arsenal-112071 |access-date=5 April 2020 |website=TheNationalInterest.org}}</ref> |
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] was completed in 1964 and information about it was designated an official secret, due to its importance to the national communications network. In 1978, the journalist ] was ] for collecting information about secret locations, and during the trial the judge ordered that the sites could not be identified by name; the Post Office Tower could only be referred to as 'Location 23'.<ref>{{cite book |title=Jeremy Hutchinson's Case Histories |last=Grant |first=Thomas |publisher=John Murray |year=2015 |page=315}}</ref> It was officially revealed by ] under ] in 1993, despite being a {{convert|177|m|adj=on}} tall structure in the middle of central London.<ref>{{cite hansard |title=No title| url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199293/cmhansrd/1993-02-19/Debate-5.html |house=House of Commons |date=1993-02-19 |column=634}}</ref><ref name="urban75">{{cite web|title=London Telecom Tower, formerly BT Tower and Post Office Tower, Fitzrovia, West End, London|url=http://www.urban75.org/london/telecom.html|publisher=urban75|access-date=19 November 2014}}</ref> |
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* Camp Mirage: ] is the codename for a former ] forward logistics facility located in ], ]. The facility was established in late December 2001 and, though not officially acknowledged by the Canadian Forces, was considered an open secret.<ref name="Shuttered">{{Cite news |title=Secret base to be shuttered over failed airline talks: source |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/secret-base-to-be-shuttered-over-failed-airline-talks-source-1.561798 |publisher=CTV News |date=2010-10-10 |access-date=2012-11-04 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101012170601/http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20101010/canada-dubai-base-101010/ |archive-date=12 October 2010 }}</ref> |
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It is often said that the tower did not appear on ] maps, despite being a {{convert|177|m|adj=on}} tall structure in the middle of central London that was open to the public for about 15 years.<ref name="urban75"/> However, this is incorrect; the 1:25,000 (published 1971) and 1:10,000 (published 1981) Ordnance Survey maps show the tower.<ref>{{cite journal|first=Paul|last=Kennett|title=Not so secret tower|journal=Sheetlines|issue=106|publisher=THE CHARLES CLOSE SOCIETY for the Study of Ordnance Survey Maps|date=August 2016|page= 27}} ()</ref> It is also shown in the ] from 1984.<ref>{{cite book |title=A–Z London de luxe Atlas |publisher=Geographers' A–Z Map Company Ltd |year=1984 |page=59}}</ref> |
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* MI6: The existence of the ] ] (MI6) was widely known for several decades before the government's official acknowledgement of the organisation in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|last=Whitehead |first=Jennifer |url=http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/521906/mi6-boost-recruitment-prospects-launch-first-website/ |title=MI6 to boost recruitment prospects with launch of first website — Brand Republic News |publisher=Brandrepublic.com |date=13 October 2005 |access-date=3 November 2012}}</ref> Its Australian counterpart, ], was the subject of a newspaper exposé years before its existence was officially acknowledged. |
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* Post Office Tower: ] was completed in 1964 and information about it was designated an official secret, due to its importance to the national communications network. In 1978, the journalist ] was ] for collecting information about secret locations, and during the trial the judge ordered that the sites could not be identified by name; the Post Office Tower could only be referred to as 'Location 23'.<ref>{{cite book |title=Jeremy Hutchinson's Case Histories |last=Grant |first=Thomas |publisher=John Murray |year=2015 |page=315}}</ref> It was officially revealed by ] under ] in 1993, despite being a {{convert|177|m|adj=on}} tall structure in the middle of central London.<ref>{{cite hansard |title=No title| url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199293/cmhansrd/1993-02-19/Debate-5.html |house=House of Commons |date=1993-02-19 |column=634}}</ref><ref name="urban75">{{cite web|title=London Telecom Tower, formerly BT Tower and Post Office Tower, Fitzrovia, West End, London|url=http://www.urban75.org/london/telecom.html|publisher=urban75|access-date=19 November 2014}}</ref> It is often said that the tower did not appear on ] maps, despite being a {{convert|177|m|adj=on}} tall structure in the middle of central London that was open to the public for about 15 years.<ref name="urban75" /> However, this is incorrect; the 1:25,000 (published 1971) and 1:10,000 (published 1981) Ordnance Survey maps show the tower.<ref>{{cite journal|first=Paul|last=Kennett|title=Not so secret tower|journal=Sheetlines|issue=106|publisher=THE CHARLES CLOSE SOCIETY for the Study of Ordnance Survey Maps|date=August 2016|page= 27}} ()</ref> It is also shown in the ] from 1984.<ref>{{cite book |title=A–Z London de luxe Atlas |publisher=Geographers' A–Z Map Company Ltd |year=1984 |page=59}}</ref> |
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], or the presentation of ] as "real" or unscripted, is an open secret, kept displayed as legitimate within the confines of wrestling programs but openly acknowledged as predetermined by wrestlers and promoters in the context of interviews for decades. |
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* ], or the presentation of ] as "real" or unscripted, is an open secret, kept displayed as legitimate within the confines of wrestling programs but openly acknowledged as predetermined by wrestlers and promoters in the context of interviews for decades. |
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In television, the primary real-world identity of ], a costumed and masked television test-driver used by ] for '']'', was an open secret until the unofficial ] was broken by a newspaper in 2009.<ref name="times-open-secret">{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/article5548705.ece|title=Identity of Top Gear's The Stig revealed as Ben Collins|first=Patrick|last=Foster|date=2009-01-19|access-date=2009-01-19|newspaper=]|quote=The identity of the white-suited Stig ... has been an open secret within the motoring world for some years, with newspapers refraining from publishing his name, to uphold the spirit of the programme.}}</ref> |
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* In television, the primary real-world identity of ], a costumed and masked television test-driver used by ] for '']'', was an open secret until the unofficial ] was broken by a newspaper in 2009.<ref name="times-open-secret">{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/article5548705.ece|title=Identity of Top Gear's The Stig revealed as Ben Collins|first=Patrick|last=Foster|date=2009-01-19|access-date=2009-01-19|newspaper=]|quote=The identity of the white-suited Stig ... has been an open secret within the motoring world for some years, with newspapers refraining from publishing his name, to uphold the spirit of the programme.}}</ref> |
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== See also == |
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== See also == |