From: The Montauk Project: Rumors, Radar, and the Stranger Things of Long Island
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A multi-year environmental investigation of Camp Hero concluded that no further action was necessary at the site.

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Believers often claim that secret, subterranean laboratories still hide beneath the park. To address safety concerns, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducted a thorough site-wide investigation between 2016 and 2018. They collected approximately 1,300 soil, sediment, and groundwater samples across the former military base. Their final report found no hazardous or toxic wastes, leading to an official proposal of 'No Further Action' in late 2019.

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Camp Hero was a real coastal defense military base that was decommissioned in 1981.
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The Montauk Project conspiracy theory originated with a 1992 book by Preston Nichols and Peter Moon.
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