The United States Bullion Depository at Fort Knox has stored precious metal bullion reserves for the United States since 1937.

Elon Musk urged U.S. officials to audit how much gold is at the Fort Knox military base in Kentucky, addressing decades-old conspiracies that the U.S. gold reserves are no longer there.

Part of this is also let's have some fun and it's the public's gold so we have a right to see it," Elon Musk said. Elon Musk's reaction to the Fort Knox question at CPAC has gone viral.