10 Forbidden Military Zones You Are Never Allowed to Enter

Some places are so secret that soldiers will stop you before you even see the fence. From radioactive exclusion zones to silent desert bases, we count down 10 restricted areas governments never want you to explore. ⏱ CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 00:22 #10 RAF Menwith Hill — North Yorkshire, United Kingdom 01:33 #9 Pelindaba Nuclear Research Centre — Gauteng, South Africa 02:53 #8 North Sentinel Island — Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India 04:12 #7 Alcântara Space Center — Maranhão, Brazil 05:31 #6 Chernobyl Exclusion Zone — Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine 06:50 #5 Korean Demilitarized Zone — Gyeonggi-do, South Korea 08:08 #4 Pine Gap — Northern Territory, Australia 09:32 #3 Baikonur Cosmodrome — Kyzylorda Region, Kazakhstan 10:48 #2 Cheyenne Mountain Complex — Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States 12:11 #1 Area 51 — Nevada, United States #travel #militaryzones #restrictedareas #forbiddenplaces #geography #documentary Photo/video credits: Pelindaba Nuclear Research Centre, Gate 3 (+1 more) — Olga Ernst, CC BY-SA 4.0 RAF Menwith Hill 2 excerpt — Jonathan Riddell, uploaded by…, CC BY-SA 2.5 RAF Menwith Hill, from a helicopter - geograph… — Mark Morton, CC BY-SA 2.0 RAF Menwith Hill from Coldstones Cut — Jooniur, CC BY-SA 4.0 Outside the fence, Menwith Hill Spy Base - geo… — Phil Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0 Kettlesing MMB 01 RAF Menwith Hill — mattbuck ( category ), CC BY-SA 3.0 B-Section courtyard, Maximum Security Prison… — Moheen Reeyad, CC BY-SA 4.0 South Africa-Pelindaba01 — NJR ZA, CC BY-SA 3.0 Pelindaba-geboue — JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0 Lançamento do foguete brasileiro de médio port… — Agência Brasil, CC BY 3.0 North Sentinel Island from flight (+7 more) — PJeganathan, CC BY-SA 4.0 2003 Alcântara VLS accident — Agência Brasil (Rose Brasil/AB…, Attribution The dangerous view - Pripyat - Chernobyl — Ben Fairless, CC BY 2.0 Sign at Entrance to Chernobyl Exclusion Zone… — Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, C…, CC BY-SA 2.0 Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) from the South… — Daniel Oberhaus, CC BY-SA 4.0 Korean War Armistice Signing, 27 July 1953 (19… — USMC Archives from Quantico, U…, CC BY 2.0 US And NK Soldiers At Joint Security Area 1956 — D. E. Grenier, CC BY-SA 4.0 Demilitarized Zone of Korea 10 (+1 more) — Nicor, CC BY-SA 3.0 Joint Security Area, Demilitarized Zone, Korea… — yeowatzup, CC BY 2.0 Dora Observatory, Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), So… (+1 more) — Lance Vanlewen, CC BY-SA 4.0 Canberra (AU), Commonwealth Avenue Bridge -- 2… — Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0 Protest crowd at the gates of Pine Gap (+1 more) — Sam Wilson (taken with Canon I…, CC BY-SA 2.0 Quaker peace march banner at Pine Gap — Sam Wilson (taken with Canon I…, CC BY-SA 4.0 Pine Gap Satellite Tracking Station (336427504… — Andy Mitchell from Glasgow, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0 PineGap-sign — Schutz, CC BY-SA 3.0 Космодром Байконур, ангары Энергии и Бурана с… (+3 more) — Nikolai Bulykin, CC BY-SA 4.0 No Photography photo at the Main Gate of Area… (+4 more) — David James Henry, CC BY-SA 4.0 Groom Lake and Papoose Lake — Doc Searls from Santa Barbara,…, CC BY 2.0 Groom Lake, Area 51, North of Las Vegas, Nevad… — Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, US…, CC BY-SA 2.0 Groom Lake Road — Andre30c, CC BY-SA 4.0 Music: Clenched Teeth (ISRC USUAN1100705) — Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), CC BY 3.0 Firesong (ISRC USUAN1100598) — Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), CC BY 3.0 Kevin MacLeod - Rites — Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), CC BY 3.0 Legend of One (ISRC USUAN1100177) — Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), CC BY 3.0 Kevin MacLeod - Windswept — Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), CC BY 3.0 Some Amount of Evil (ISRC USUAN1100419) — Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), CC BY 3.0