Desert Spirit Chronicleshost Dan Stafford interviews author John Hindle regarding a trip he took across the Navajo and Hopi reservations on the way to the Grand Canyon with his late wife in the mid 1990's.
Filled with interesting details about the reservations and the Grand Canyon, this interview is a spiritual tour of some fascinating places that are a part of the beating heart of the Southwestern USA.
They believe the Desert Megaphone is related to atomic testing (military) in the mid-20th century, and they have some very sound reasoning.
Here's a look at the Megaphone:
"Mojave Desert Megaphone" - a mysterious artifact out in the desert between Baker, CA & Ludlow, CA
There have been many theories and speculations about what this is and how it got up on this hill in the middle of the Mojave Desert.
I think Digital Desert's theory is highly plausible, especially when you see this plaque from Ludlow Cafe. (I took the Ludlow Cafe pic in 2023. The Megaphone pic is sourced from Wikipedia)
While Project Carryall is NOT related to the military testing Digital Desert is referring to, it does say a lot about the attitude towards "the power and utility of the atom" that prevailed in the 1950's, 1960's, and early 1970's.
About Project Carryall:
Photo by Dan Stafford, 2023, donated to Public Domain Click to enlarge (Plaque at Ludlow Cafe, Ludlow, CA)
During the first half of the twentieth century, U.S. engineers thought really big. There was an attitude that anything could be accomplished if the right technology could be developed.
