This eerie video shows the inside of a long-forgotten nuclear bunker lookingmuch like it would have done on the day it was abandoned.
The underground monitoring station, just a few miles from Dundee, still has pots and pans, mugs, and washing up liquid next to parts of Cold War communications technology.
Blankets are filmed rotting on the bunk beds exactly where they would have been left over a quarter of a century ago.
The YouTuber climbs down the ladder to uncover a bunker that has been left untouched since the Soviet Union fell in 1992
Urbex Pajerico says he’s keeping the bunker’s exact location secret after the ‘urban explorer’ who took him insisted in order to protect it from vandals
There is even a candle holder with the remains of a burned-out candle stuck in the base.
The video of the bunker was shared by Youtuber Urbex Pajerico, who was taken to the secret location by a fellow explorer last week.
Urbex Pajerico is keeping the location secret but other bunkers have been trashed and even burned out by vandals.
Other bunkers have been transformed into homes and even a recording studio – but the one in Dundee could have been left yesterday.
Despite other shelters being transformed into homes, this one just outside Dundee remains intact
This kettle was found alongside pots, pans and even washing up liquid as the bunker appears to have been left totally untouched
Such stations were manned by members of the Royal Observer Corps (ROC) and one of their main purposes was to give the dreaded four-minute warning in the case of a nuclear attack.
The bunker, 6ft underground, has been neglected and almost untouched for at least 26 years, since the Soviet Union fell in 1991.
Escaping the fate of other shelters that have been burned out by vandals, this one preserves Cold War history in Scotland
The bunker – which would have housed two people – still had its original desk and cabinets despite being abandoned 26 years ago
The monitoring posts were sealed shut or demolished after the ROC stood down.
The go-pro footage begins with Urbex Pajerico climbing down a rusty ladder into the underground bunker, and he is instantly met with a flooded entrance filled with dirty water and litter.
He walks into the bunker – which housed two people when it was operational.
It still has the original desk, cabinets and bunk beds that would have been used by volunteers.
Monitoring posts were demolished or sealed after the Cold War, but this one provides an insight into the world of nuclear terror and four-minute warnings
There are fuses still attached to the wall, and a rusted metal table with a water stained picture in a wooden frame lying on top.
Martin can barely contain his surprise as he says: ‘Wow, I’m shocked there’s stuff still in here.’
He heads further into the tiny room and comes across a WB1400 Carrier Receiver, which was used to receive alerts.
Blankets were shown rotting in bunk beds as the film revealed the remains of a burned-out candle in the base
Beside the receiver a speaker can be seen with the ‘Dundee 35’ written across the front.
It would have produced a constant ‘blip blip blip’ noise when in operation, but when a warning attack was to be sounded the noise would change to a blistering wail followed by a voice stating: ‘Attack Warning Red.’
Martin continues around the room, spotting some washing up liquid and motor oil stored on a shelf.
The YouTuber was immediately greeted by flooding when he descended into the bunker, but remarkably found a number of items intact
Even the orange and green framed bunk beds still have plastic sheets covering the single mattresses, and bags of mouldy bedding sitting atop them.
The explorer also discovers an old fashioned candle holder, with wax burned into the the top and RAF leaflets and documents strewn across the desk underneath.
Sounding astonished, he said: ‘That looks wartime, that looks authentic wartime that.’
A map on the wall clearly shows the Dundee area and the east coast outlined.
He then discovers a pick axe, and after delving into a cupboard – almost pristine pots, pans, pink toilet roll and a white coffee mug.
The shelter still had pots, pans and a desk, which appeared to be completely untouched since it was abandoned
Urbex Pajerico, speaking today, said: ‘I was invited to the site by a fellow Urban Explorer under the strict condition that it must remain secret.
‘Mostly all Royal Observer Corps small posts in the UK are now destroyed by vandals who trash them and burn them out so it’s very important to keep this one as it is.
‘Dundee is where the main Headquarters was for this post and all the small ones within its grid would report to there, but the main HQ in Dundee is currently being restored by a charity and will be open to the public some day in the future.’
One social media user said: ‘Holy crap. That’s one of the best preserved ROC posts that’s open to the elements that I have seen in years. Fantastic find mate.
Blankets were still on the bunk beds in the bunker, with the monitoring post offering a snapshot into life during the Cold War
‘This is definitely one to keep secret, I’m sharing this with a few enthusiasts, they would love to see this. Almost all the ROC posts around my neck of the woods have been burnt out or trashed.’
Holger Nehring, Chair of European Contemporary History at the University of
Stirling, said: ‘These monitoring posts bring home the dramatic message that the Cold War was not a “long peace” as some historians have seen it, but that there was a constant threat of nuclear confrontation and, possibly, destruction.
The explorers even found washing up liquid in the bunker as well as various pieces of communication technology used to issue warnings
‘The observer stations, together with the airfields and radar listening stations, also highlight Scotland’s key strategic function for the defence in the UK, and the large defence infrastructure from the Cold War that historians are currently rediscovering.’
Cheryl Stewart, of the Royal Observer Corps Association Heritage Team, said: ‘The observers would have stayed underground for two to three weeks – it was thought it would then be safe to go above ground.
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‘We had standard compo rations and water for 21 days complete with ration sheets to fill in to make sure we didn’t eat/drink it all at once, 30 gallons of washing water and 40 gallons of drinking water was stored in jerry cans under the bunk beds.’
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