Remediating the ruins of a cold war site in virtual reality raises many questions about representation, technology and the military heritage of VR. This paper will explore the collision of UFO and folk sub cultures within the cold war ruins of an abandoned air base in rural Suffolk. The author will discuss the deployment of VR as an environment for writing about and re-evaluating the past and its post war power relations, citing Rose, Suchman, Fisher, Dillon, Auge and Virilio.