GROUND OBSERVER CORPS OBSERVATION POSTS: United States. 1949-1958.  Documented Ground Observer Corps Observation Posts include:

• Delta Lima Three Green - Cairo, Indiana (A 30 foot tall wooden watch tower, with a 12 foot square platform and a 7 foot square cabin.  Initial reporting was conducted from an open field, possibly starting as early as mid 1950.  The site was formally commissioned 16 August 1952 and decommissioned in 1954.)
• unknown - Crane Station, Indiana
• unknown - Romney, Indiana
• unknown - West Point, Indiana
• unknown - Lafayette, Indiana (roof of the Lafayette Bank and Trust building)
• Papa Hotel Zero Zero Black - Scotts Valley, California

Sources: Cromwell, Bob, "Cold War Watchtower Delta Lima 3 - Green," location http://www.cromwell-intl.com/dl3g/Index.html, 2003.  Taylor, Eric, "Scotts Valley's Past: Skywatch," location http://www.cyber-times.com/newspapers/archives/00000227.shtml, 2002.

Entry 03113 - posted 8 October 2003