London's BT Tower
Until the mid-1990s, the building was officially a secret, and did not appear on official maps. Its existence was finally "confirmed" by Kate Hoey, MP, on 19 February 1993: "Hon. Members have given examples of seemingly trivial information that remains officially secret. An example that has not been mentioned, but which is so trivial that it is worth mentioning, is the absence of the British Telecom tower from Ordnance Survey maps. I hope that I am covered by parliamentary privilege when I reveal that the British Telecom tower does exist and that its address is 60 Cleveland Street, London."[1]
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 16:16, 14 replies)

Haaaaaaaahahahahahaha
I once heard that if you go to Area 51 and take pictures then they will physically stop you but they won't take your gear or anything because then you'd be entitled to make a claim, which would mean they'd have to admit to it's existence.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 16:19, closed)

its

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 16:20, closed)

Kiss me you fool, and make my heartbeat stutter.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 16:21, closed)

this is also interesting:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_citadels_under_London
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 16:23, closed)

Only us brits
...could declare that a 189m high tower in the middle of the city was a secret.
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 16:21, closed)

shhhhhh

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 16:22, closed)

And then open a restaurant at the top of it
They only closed it to the public because the IRA tried to blow it up
( le brian, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 16:58, closed)

That's not true as it goes.
The bombing was about 8 years before it actually closed.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 17:00, closed)

And how do you think they knew about it... thats right Kate Hoey, MP gave it away!
(Shifty weeeee, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 17:57, closed)

Either that
or they saw a fucking great big kitten knock it down in "The Goodies" in 1971. ("Kitten Kong")
(Rsoles, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 21:23, closed)

Yes.
Danny Baker was talking about this the other day. Or maybe the Answer Me This people. But yes.

Apparently the fact that it had a fucking revolving restaurant on top wasn't a problem in maintaining the secrecy.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 16:35, closed)

We're world leaders in denial

(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 17:38, closed)

No we're not.

(TheCastrator, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 17:52, closed)

Less a conspiracy,
and more an administrative oversight, I should think.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 22:49, closed)