In case you haven’t heard, Google has docked mysterious barges in San Francisco and Portland, Maine that even the government isn’t talking about.
Something big and mysterious is rising from a floating barge at the end of Treasure Island, a former Navy base in the middle of San Francisco Bay. And Google’s fingerprints are all over it.
It’s unclear what’s inside the structure, which stands about four stories high and was made with a series of modern cargo containers. The same goes for when it will be unveiled, but the big tease has already begun. Locals refer to it as the secret project.
Google did not respond to multiple requests for comment. But after going through lease agreements, tracking a contact tied to the project on LinkedIn, talking to locals on Treasure Island, and consulting with experts, it’s all but certain that Google is the entity that is building the massive structure that’s in plain sight, but behind tight security.
Last night the Daily Show devoted a segment to the project, and it’s worth watching, if only for this Jon Stewart line: “That’s weird it’s a Google project that nobody in the outside world knows what it is. I guess what they’re saying is is it’s Google Plus.”
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