Family Discovers Hatch in the Backyard of a Newly Purchased Home and Spots a Decades-Old Mystery

More Than Just a Shelter

The shelter was much more than a fallout shelter. Pansch actually took directions from a government pamphlet which was printed in 1959 called “The Family Fallout Shelter.”

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Time Magazine

The shelters that were portrayed in the pamphlets involved complicated infrastructure. The place included electricity, a telephone line, and a ventilation system.

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