Leased from the University of Alaska by UCLA since 1986. HIPAS, which stands for High Power Auroral Stimulation, was shuttered by the Los Angeles-based university about 20 months ago.
By selling off inventory at HIPAS, the goal is to generate revenue for UCLA while returning the 130-acre site back to roughly its previous condition. That means getting rid of office supplies, heavy equipment, scrap metal, and even the six buildings that have been built at HIPAS.
There is at least 40,000 pounds of copper on site, and a pair of 1.2 megawatt diesel generators are still in prime condition.
You’ll find an old Hewlett-Packard reel-to-reel computer beneath a collapsing roof. Throughout the facility are things so old or obscure they defy categorization. The items will be sold at an online site,
www.proxibid.com, followed by an outcry auction of the remaining items.
An online auction is tentatively scheduled for April 15, and they hope to get the inventory ready for a public viewing on April 10.
HIPAS Observatory is said to be the predecessor to HAARP. They are auctioning off EVERYTHING except the land it's on. Reportedly, EIGHT 150 kw CW transmitters, as well as one the world's most powerful lasers, originally used at the Lawrence Livermore National Ignition Facility. Tons of EXTREMELY expensive optics....probably $100 million worth. Plasma chambers too.
http://www.newsminer.com/view/full_story/6804742/article-HIPAS-Observatory-auction-a-treasure-trove-of-technology-throwbacks--quirky-equipment-?
