Base X

After the Order of the Black Sun was established in Wellsburg, the SS’s next task was to find a place for a testing ground for their more secretive saucer craft. Since this technology was so secretive, they needed a place that was remote, and underdeveloped. They found this place in the northwestern part of Germany known as Hauneburg. This place would act as a testing grounds and research facility for the Nazi’s flying saucer program. It would also lend way to the name of the Hanebue Flying Saucer series. The research unit station here was SS E-IV. SS E-VI was the SS unit in charge of designing and later operating flying saucers. This base was so secretive it wasn’t even “Base X” but rather just went by “X”.

The men of Base X where the same German researchers were the most envied in the world.

The base itself was originally an ancient hunting lodge, up on top of a hill, known as the Jadgschloss. There were only two windy roads to get there, surrounded by farms and woods. It was guarded, an to gain access to this base a special pass was needed to enter, which would only be authorized by Hydric Himmler’s office. All of these issued passes were consecutively numbered and featured a photograph of carrier of the pass as well, much like a passport.

It’s rumored that most of the SS pulling security there didn’t even know about the type of work going on, that they didn’t even know what to call the flying saucers at first. Since the security services didn’t know what they were called or what to called them, the first nickname for these UFOs were “Himmelskind”, since it’s a play on Himmler’s name, and it means “Sky Child” in German. There was also the nickname that the Americans would give them later on as well, “Krautmeteors.”

As the war went on, and so did the SS testing, the need to turn Base X into a proving ground was needed. Many of the citizens of the nearby farms saw craft flying and knew something was happening. As more and more flights were done, the SS took control of the entire area. Soon the whole site, including the farms and villages, became a restricted area. This made all the villagers’ part of the program as well since they knew about the test. They were all documented and given special passes as well and were sworn to secrecy. For the villagers, they were not allowed to leave the area, and no visitors were allowed to enter as well. However, there were many high-ranking officers and other personnel, who were constantly bused or drove in and out of the area. Many of the German Officers would rive expensive cars like Mercedes and Opels.

The farmers would make their money by supplying food for the base. It was noted by the farmers and villagers who served them that, all of these men, who carrier any sort of suitcase, would always, have them handcuffed to them. While the Nazi scientist and officer never disclosed what they did, many of the towns’ people overheard their conversation and knew that they were working on some sort of some odd flying craft but never knew about the extent of their work. The SS always paid the civilians well around Base X. Life in the town was peaceful and sparling, with all the support from the SS.

But this calmness was only going to last for a few weeks.

One day as the SS called all of the civilians together, to a town meeting. The Germans were at first taking the time to thank the towns people and farmers for their generosity. Then came the bad news, the SS stated how they were going to upscale their project, and that this calm rural area would be turn into a technical facility with a concentration camp. At the time, many of the inhabitants were unaware of how extensively their calm area would change. Many of them were even happy to be part of an even bigger project, though they were still unsure as to what was even being built.

For the next few days there were convoys of trucks after truck, shipping construction equipment, tools, and materials. Base X was constructed from a hunting cabin to a large and hidden technical facility. Base X was now heavily guarded and maintained, by the SS, with the help of electrified barbwire, patrols, and mind fields. Soon more buses, with their windows painted came and brought outsiders to the base.

After the construction the noise level quieted down again, for a few weeks. Then testing began. Loud and frightening blasts, and other weird sounds were heard throughout the valley. Soon fat bed trucks were seen carrying odd looking loads, covered by tarps and chains. For many weeks this went on. Rumors began to circulate around the towns people, putting many of them into a state of fear.

The villagers only found out what was happening when one of these loud sounds awoke the whole village, with them seeing a blinding white light hovering in the sky, over where the Germans were working. Soon later the glowing light lowered itself back to the ground. After this incident many of the villagers became more relaxed about the SS’s work. With some people even being excited to hear these strange noises, kids and even adults would always look into the sky, to see if they could see something odd flying.

While some fears died down, new fears emerged, as livestock started dyeing around these test sites. This contributed to either fear causing cardiac arrest, or it could have been induced by the shock given off by the craft, with how fast these craft traveled. This caused the farmers to petition the mayor into talking to the SS about safer ways of testing these vehicles. Later as the war went on Hitler’s propaganda machine, would push out articles of the invention of wonder weapons. With these wonder weapons being viewed as possible saviors for the German people, the people near based X felt even more blessed than before.

After a few years went on, activity around the area changed, as the war did as well. Test flights, and the weird sounds slowly started to vanish, as more and more logistics trucks would pull in and out of town, causing gridlock. Until one day the Jagdschloss exploded. Nothing was left of it but ruins, the Soviets attacked it. Weeks later the Soviet forces rolled in rapping and pillaging the town, as they stood unopposed to the retreating German army. It was only after interrogating the towns people, that the Soviets learned about what they had destroyed, and how it could have bolstered their own technological developments. They searched for the bombed site for and debris, which could be of value, but everything was burnt and destroyed.