Nick Redfern - Keep Out!: Top Secret Places Governments Don’t Want You to Know About

Friedman, Bob Lazar.

Element 115.

Haines, Die-Hard.

Good, Alien Liaison.

Redfern, UFOs on Radar.

Warren and Robbins, Left at East Gate.

Ibid.

Good, Alien Liaison.

Erickson, U.S. Army.

Committee on Veterans Affairs, Is Military Research Hazardous.

Bragalia, Is this where.

Bauman, Is Dugways expansion.

Slany and Eizenstat, U.S. and Allied.

Ibid.

Goldwater, Letter to Schlomo Arnon.

United States Air Force, Unidentified.

Stringfield, Situation Red.

Stringfield, UFO Crash/Retrievals.

Redfern, Interview with Frank Wiley.

Ibid.

Ibid.

Lowe, Tunnel Vision.

Kilgallen, Flying Saucer.

Department of Defense, Conduct.

Ryan and Kerry, A Letter.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife, White-Nose.

Ibid.

Federal Bureau, Animal.

Ibid.

Ibid.

Ibid.

Ibid.

Hamilton, Cosmic.

Steiger, Monsters.

Ibid.

Oaks, Paranormal.

Redfern, Interview with Mac Tonnies.

Ibid.

Guest, The Other.

Pope, Operation.

Ibid.

United States Army, Project Horizon Report: Volume I.

Dolan, Musings.

Roberts, UFO Down?

Dodd, Alien Investigator.

Redfern, Cosmic Crashes.

Ibid.

Redfern, Interview with Ministry of Defense source.

Meek, FBI was told.

Jordan, Senator.

Caribbean Primate Research Center.

Austin, Manned Undersea Structures.

Genzlinger, Jessup Dimension.

Berlitz and Moore, Philadelphia Experiment.

United States Navy, Information Sheet.

United States Navy, Philadelphia Experiment.

United States Navy, Information Sheet.

Smith, Charles, UFO Secrets.

Davis, Teleportation.

Ibid.

Vergano, Air Force.

Ibid.

About the Anderson Institute.

United States Air Force, Air Force 2025.

Ibid.

Ibid.

U.S. Department of Defense, DoD News.

High Frequency.

Ibid.

Ibid.

Hirsch, Peaking.

Experts Say.

Are We in a HAARP.

Tyler, Intensity Conflict.

Hickey, Underground Bunkers.

Nick Redfern

Keep Out!: Top Secret Places Governments Don't Want You to Know About

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Creatures of the Caves

Of the many multifaceted theories that have been advanced to try and explain what lies at the heart of the UFO puzzle, one of the most controversial suggests that, rather than representing intruders from faraway star systems, the assumed aliens are really the last vestiges of a very ancient but very terrestrial race of advanced entities that originated right here on Earth. They have either chosen or have been forced to live outside of human society, within huge, cavernous underworlds far beneath the surface of our planet.

As this theory goes, our presumed aliens are intimately related to Homo sapiens at a genetic level, to the extent that their close physical similarities allow them to stealthily move among us with the aid of a few carefully prepared props to obscure their real appearances, such as wrap-around shades, wigs, pulled-down hats, upturned collars, and makeup. Our leaders are said to secretly know all about these ancient people. They know these curious entities are the original masters of the world that we have claimed as our own, which we are increasingly infesting, plundering, and ravaging. And officialdom is also keenly aware that nothing can be done to prevent these beings from meddling in and carefully manipulating our lives to suit their own potentially sinister purposes and agendas.

Such a scenario is without doubt an ominous one. Imagine this: Youre walking home late one night. The air is eerily still and the moon is full. As you approach your front door you feel a distinct chill, and you see a curious little fellow eyeing you carefully from across the street. Stranger still, via the light coming from a nearby streetlamp, you can see hes wearing an old-fashioned fedora hat and a long black coat. And he looks deathly pale too. Menacingly zombie-like, even. Maybe hes not, as your mind had quickly assumed, just some weirdo out for a late-night stroll, or even, worse still a deranged mugger. Perhaps hes actually one of a veritable army of underworld intruders that have wormed their secret way into our cities, weaving plans under cover of darkness and shadow for the day when they reclaim the world that was once all theirs. Is such a scenario just too crazy for words? Youd better hope it is, or one day we could all be in deep, dire trouble.

The deep caverns of our world are said to be populated by strange, unearthly creatures (such as this model monster).

Close Encounters

Before we get to the matter of what our leaders may know about this hidden society and its secret underground abode, its first necessary to note that encounters with unusual entities from the world below us are surprisingly common. One of the most macabre accounts that falls into this particular category occurred in 1942 at a reportedly haunted mine in Arizona. Paranormal investigator Brad Steiger says of this tale, According to local legends, the mine had been abandoned when the miners [ran] into some sort of cave. From that moment on, ill fortune plagued those miners. Portions of the tunnel caved in, crushing several miners. A couple of the investors in the mine died as a result of strange accidents, and a number of the miners simply disappeared without a trace.

The idea of a haunted mine might very well keep superstitious miners at bay, but for two teenage boys who had heard the legends of the mine, the lure of adventure in that underground maze of tunnels was too appealing. So it was that in the summer of 1942 the intrepid lads elected to seek out the inner depths of the deep, dark mine for themselves. It was an action that proved costly, as Brad Steiger notes: [They] passed the deserted buildings of the mining camp and climbed over a large pile of debris located at one side of the mine entrance. It was there, standing as if on guard at the mine opening, that the boys saw the grotesque monster. About four and a half feet tall, but very thick in bulk, the being let out an unearthly scream and started around the edge of the mine toward the boys.

Both fled in absolute terror. Curiously, years later one of the boys (by then an adult) stated that after fleeing the mine, he hid out in a local movie theater, only to be horrified by dark and menacing figures that were walking up and down the dimly lit aisle, seemingly searching for him. But that was not all: On retiring to his bed that night, the boy felt certain that he caught a glimpse of a hideous dark form squatting on a high limb of a tree near his home, staring intently in his direction. Was the presence of the ominous entity a warning, perhaps, to the boy to keep away from the old mine and its underground secrets? We may never know.

The Shaver Mystery

As the 1940s progressed, so did the astounding tales. Or, more to the point, so did the amazing stories. Ray Palmer, the editor of the legendary Amazing Stories magazine from 1938 to 1949, had a hell of a hard time as a kid. At the age of 7, he was involved in a violent collision with a truck that shattered his spine, which significantly stunted his growth and provoked endless health issues throughout his life. None of us, unless we have personally undergone such a traumatic event, can begin to imagine how we might react to such a situation in our formative years. Maybe we would do precisely what the young Palmer did: He became somewhat reclusive as a result of cruel taunts from local kids and ignorant adults. From the solitude of his bedroom, Palmer buried his head deeply within the pages of the science-fiction magazines of the 1920s and 30s. If the real world was just too much for the damaged Palmer to deal with, then the realm of futuristic fantasy would have to take its place. In the final year of his teens Palmer started co-editing his very own fanzine, titled the