Ever since Journey to the Centre of the Earth was published, people have wondered whether there could exist secret underground cities/bases/tunnels/civilisations (and Hollow Earth theories may have even preceded). Having read about most every conspiracy theory going, I’m not new to the idea of there being secret underground places, but it’s one area that I’ve never actually read much about to make an informed opinion. The idea of a splinter civilisation with underground cities certainly sounds like a work by Jules Verne, but could there be some truth to this?

The authors of Underground Bases do a great job of presenting the key facts and theories surrounding the notions. Firstly, you have underground bases that are absolute fact, such as: Mount Weather, Cheyenne Mountain and Pine Gap. Then you have very likely things like there being secret underground levels beneath The Pentagon. So when it comes to contemplating outlandish ideas like there being whole underground cities, with high speed transport in vast tunnels, the idea doesn’t sound quite as preposterous as it may have done out of the blue. ‘They’ have the money (trillions of dollars that went missing from government funds, for instance), ‘they’ have the machinery, and ‘they’ have the workers, so isn’t it logical to suppose that elite controllers of the world would create vast underground bases/cities if they could?

This isn’t always just speculation either. The authors of this book give some great examples of whistle blowers, leaks and reports. There are quotes from top military personnel as well as people who have apparently worked in these underground cities.

This book also touches upon the many rumours that aliens are secretly ruling our planet from below the surface. I particularly found the story of Philip Schneider to be compelling. He “claimed to have been involved in a firefight that broke out with extra-terrestrials while he was building additions to the underground military base at Dulce, New Mexico, in 1979”. Schneider also claimed that the alien technology being developed underground was 1200 years in advance of our own technology. That makes you think. Schneider even had alien fossils and classified photos that he showed at lectures. But they’ve since disappeared, and Schneider himself (after stating there had been numerous attempts to kill him by government agents) died mysteriously.

So, from natural cave formations, to factual military bases, to rumours of underground networked cities, to aliens living beneath our feet, this book does a good job of showing how after a) is proved, it’s no longer so fanciful to believe that b) may be true.

I loved this quote in the book: “According to our best estimates, more than half of all U.S. government records are classified. For an archivist seeking to preserve and understand our history, that means most of our history is kept secret from us, think about that for a moment.” –Richard Dolan.

The book also asks you to consider this statement made by Daniel K. Inouye, US Senator from Hawaii, in his testimony at the 1987 Iran-Contra Hearings: “There exists a shadowy government, with its own Air Force, its own Navy, its own fundraising mechanism, and the ability to pursue its own ideas of national interest, free from all checks and balances, and free from the law itself.” Where better to hide it, than under your feet? ( )

UNDERGROUND BASES: Subterranean Military Facilities and the Cities Beneath Our Feet by James Morcan & Lance Morcan

In the seventh Underground series the possibility of rumored and confirmed underground facilitates in the United States and around the world. Well researched with some quotes from Government officials, rare photos, and information discovered.

The Authors find that underground facilities and possible cities may be more probable than most people think. From information obtained by former military and "Whistle-blowers" this possibility does not seem so far fetched.

A very compelling story which really left me wondering. In an ever changing society, there are many possibilities that years ago seemed unlikely. The thought about these underground facilities now seem ever more probable and leaves me wondering how much more is being hidden that I (we) just don't know about. I highly recommend UNDERGROUND BASES: Subterranean Military Facilities and the Cities Beneath Our Feet.
( )