Miscellaneous Mysteries: Alien Bases, Area 51 and UFOs
While I was at the Illinois MUFON Symposium at the end of May, I was asked, a couple of times about underground alien bases and what, exactly, is at Area 51. I gave the same answers there that I have given for more than a decade, or since I first heard about these things. I have seen no compelling evidence of alien bases and I believe that the next generation of military aircraft are being tested at Area 51. I don’t believe the stories told by Robert Lazar and the others.
First, I have heard about the underground alien bases since the early 1980s. I have attended the lectures of those who claim to know about them, I have seen the computer generated maps and seen the pictures of lights in the night sky. But I have seen nothing that proves there are any alien bases.
When I’m asked about Dulce, New Mexico, I always ask, “Which one.” There is a ghost town in the central part of the state labeled as Dulce on some maps. Clearly the people asking mean the one up north, nearly in Colorado close to the Archuleta Mesa.
Yes, I’ve been there and no, I saw no evidence of an underground base. Even a secret base would show some sign. History’s UFO Hunters went there in search of evidence and used infrared to detect a heat signature that would have revealed an underground installation, or, at the very least, an entrance to it.
The UFO Hunters used ground penetrating radar as well and found nothing.
They looked at other underground installations that had been built including what would have been the seat of government had the atomic war happened. This was a massive installation under the Greenbrier Hotel in West Virginia but the point is, there were clues if anyone bothered to look. No one did.
So, what we know is that there is no evidence of a massive alien base hidden somewhere on the Archuleta Mesa in northern New Mexico and near the town of Dulce. True, locals, including members of the Jicarilla Apache have reported strange lights in the area but strange lights do not translate into a hidden alien base.
It seems to me that if some as large as is claimed was hidden there, those looking for it would find something. And people have been looking for more than two decades. Here’s the kicker. Without some kind of evidence, all we have are the reports of the residents talking of strange lights and the speculations of those who believe that the base exists. There has been nothing to prove it to the rest of us.
Which is not the case with Area 51 an Groom Lake. These places do exist and they are part of a secret government installation.