The program wasn’t shut down because it didn’t work – it was shut down because it worked TOO well.
The site was deliberately buried around 8000 BCE. Who buries a massive ceremonial complex?
Military testing. The Soviet Union was testing everything in that era.
I go where the evidence leads, even when it leads to uncomfortable places.
Damage control 100%. They’ve had 80+ years of crash retrieval programs.
The government was doing experiments in the TNT area during WWII.