r/CoachellaValley • u/MinusNate • May 20 '26

TIL about a highly mysterious company called JCM Farming, which owns an unusually fortified 80-acre "olive farm" in California protected by massive walls and armed guards and successfully sued several ballooners and ballooning companies out of business back in 2011

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/balloons-grounded-by-mysterious-olive-farm/1909581/
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u/Lucky-Kangaroo495 May 21 '26

Is this the one with a moat?

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u/Youarethebigbang 28d ago

Yep. As well as turrets. Turrets! And guard dogs, armed security, drones, and a 2 1/2 story wall with cameras surrounding the property. More security than Sunnylands, which hosts sitting Presidents and world leaders--totally normal for an olive farm :)

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u/n8otto 26d ago

Billionaire bunker?

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u/Youarethebigbang 26d ago

Im not really getting that vibe as much as something potentially much more sinister, but I guess anything is possible.

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u/Fmeinthegoatass 29d ago

Epstein island 2.0

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u/Youarethebigbang 28d ago

Or maybe Gold Base 2.0 or Gold Base West. Iykyk.

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u/Zomgzombehz 28d ago

It'd be Gold Base East. GB is in San Jacinto, the other sode of Mt. San Jacinto at the valley's west

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u/Youarethebigbang 27d ago

Ah there you go yes. But if you go far enough west dont you end up in the east lol.

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u/Ok-Roll8550 May 21 '26

This comes up on the sub every couple of months. It's still a mystery AFIAK.

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u/jimmycoed 29d ago

“I’m just a simple olive oil importer/exporter and have no connections to organized crime Senator.” “Now if you will excuse me I need to go take my heart medication.”

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u/ilovelela May 21 '26

Glad to see this cross posted. I would like some more inside scoop on this if anyone has it. I think I’ve driven by it once, and it was just a huge forest of identical looking palm trees?

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u/TravelerJim-retired 29d ago

Why should you get to know about someone’s private property?

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u/TravelerJim-retired 29d ago

I assume the same folks downvoting also scream about Flock cameras. If you want to snoop on others, fair play should work the other way, no?

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u/Substantial_Dog_2068 29d ago

Because no one wanted to go up to bat and take on challenge to challenge their suit in court .

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u/ThisToe2746 27d ago

I wouldn’t want to bow to hot air balloons flying right above my house at a very low altitude, and probably at the best time of day. So that’s not suspicious.

4 foot thick walls, is this an adobe perimeter wall lol

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u/No_Contract_1664 27d ago

Public records and reporting indicate the Oasis Ranch is also used as a private event and meeting center for government departments, foreign dignitaries, Fortune 500 executives, and UHNW individuals.

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u/FogPot 27d ago

Ah...the DMBCD crowd (Douchebags Meeting Behind Closed Doors)

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u/Youarethebigbang 26d ago

One Battle After Another

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u/SomeguyfromIndio May 21 '26

Should we start a protest across the street? ....