Nuclear Arsenal Established in the 1950s, the Manzano Weapons Storage Area housed atomic bombs in heavily guarded bunkers carved into the mountains.12 Persistent Stories UFO researchers claim secret underground labs exist here, though official sources describe only munitions depots.345 References kirtland.af.mil ↩ energy.gov ↩ dreamlandresort.com ↩ abqjournal.com ↩ en.wikipedia.org ↩