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			Raymond A. Fowler, in 'THE ANDREASSON AFFAIR', pp. 202-203, gave his own interpretation of the 
	intentions of the non-human entities who abducted Betty Andreasson to their 
	underworld abode.    
			In reference to a supposed 
			"religious experience" she had 
	during which she thought she observed a huge phoenix-like bird consumed by 
	fire and then rise again from it's own ashes, a theme which is tied in with 
	ancient Egyptian lore, Mr. Fowler stated:  
				
				"...it seems to be the purpose of 
	her travel through the red and green spaces. In reality, the... phenomena 
	may be a combination of advanced technology and theology. A slightly more 
	sinister possibility suggests itself, of course.    
				When researching the 
	life-style of primitive peoples, modern-day anthropologists are careful to 
	respect the beliefs of local tribes, sometimes going so far as to let 
	themselves be 'initiated' into their secret societies. It did occur to the 
	investigator that Quazgaa (the alien-gray commander involved in 
	orchestrating the abduction of Mrs. Andreasson) may have paid lip service to 
	Betty's religious convictions SIMPLY IN ORDER TO ENSURE HER COMPLIANCE.
				   
				Again and again, Betty had been about to RESIST the entities' requests, but 
	invariably acquiesced when she was assured (however obliquely) that her 
	abductors were, indeed, on the side of the angels (there are, however, two 
	classifications of 'angels' - the fallen and the unfallen variety -
			Branton). 
	   
				AND YET MUCH OF WHAT THESE BEINGS MADE BETTY UNDERGO (particularly her 
	examination ordeal) HARDLY SEEMS IN THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTIAN CHARITY. Indeed, 
	the hypothesis makes a bit more sense of the baffling phoenix episode. Betty 
	assured us that Quazgaa and his associates' sense of time was far different 
	from ours; and the phoenix was apparently a meaningful symbol to members of 
	the early Christian Church.    
				Supposing that these entities went out of their 
	way to stage-manage a religious experience as a 'reward' for Betty, it's not 
				inconceivable that they might have picked a symbol that was 
				obsolete by some 1,500 years!"
			
			In his book 'THE GOLD OF THE
			GodS', 
		Erich von Danniken relates some 
	interesting thoughts concerning an ancient tunnel system that had been 
	discovered below the mountains and jungles of Ecuador which allegedly 
	consist of straight 'glazed' tunnels with intermittent 'air shafts' that 
	stretch for hundreds of miles.    
			Although he has come under criticism from 
	many researchers for his tendency to embellish certain accounts, and twist 
	archeological and historical facts in an attempt to support his own pet 
	theories, some of his research is nevertheless interesting and reliable 
	enough to include here.    
			On pp. 59-60 of this particular work, he stated: 
			 
				
					
					
					"...I can refute the objection that the tunnel-builders must have 
					'betrayed' 
	themselves by the enormous quantities of debris excavated while making the 
	tunnels. As I credit them with an advanced technology, they were presumably 
	equipped with a THERMAL DRILL of the kind described in DER SPIEGAL for 3 
	April, 1972, which reported it as the latest discovery.   
					
					The scientists of 
	the U.S. Laboratory for Atomic Research at Los Alamos spent a year and a 
	half developing the thermal drill. It has nothing in common with ordinary 
	drills. The tip of the drill is made of wolfram and heated by a graphite 
	heating element.    
					There is no longer any waste material from the hole being 
	drilled. The thermal drill melts the rock through which it bores and presses 
	it against the walls, where it cools down. As DER SPIEGAL related, the first 
	test-model bored almost soundlessly through blocks of stone 12 ft. thick. 
					   
					At 
	Los Alamos they are now planning the construction of a thermal drill that is 
	powered by a mini atomic reactor and eats into the earth like a mole, in the 
	form of an armored vehicle. This drill is intended to pierce the earth's 
					crust, which is about 25 miles thick (in some places - 
					Branton), and take samples of the molten magma that lies 
					underneath it..." 
			
			An analysis of UFO occupant reports prepared for the 
		Center for UFO Studies 
	(AN ANALYSIS OF THE FALL 1973 UFO/HUMANOID WAVE, by Dave Webb. Center for 
	UFO Studies., Evanston, ILL 1976. p. 52) states that twenty-seven "dwarf" 
	cases were reported to CUFOS in 1973.    
			One such case allegedly involved 
	another family's CE-III on October 16, 1973, at Lehi, Utah.    
			Using hypnosis, Dr. James Harder, consultant for the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization 
	(APRO), elicited from one of the witnesses the following description: 
			 
				
					
					
					The 
	beings were slightly over four feet tall, very thin, with large slanted 
	eyes. Their arms were long and their hands GLOVED and CLAWLIKE, with a 
	diminutive thumb. They were wearing what appeared to be glowing clothing 
	with Sam Brown-like belts! 
	Although this particular 'File' is reserved for reports of 
	subsurface 
	phenomena, we will not exclude these to planet earth alone.  
	  
	There is much 
	evidence that the underground regions of other planets, or possibly even the 
	moons of this and other planets, may play a part in the "Grand Scenario". 
	Frank Edwards, in his 'STRANGE WORLD' (Lyle Stuart Co., N.Y. 1964. pp. 
	329-330) gives the following revelations under the heading, "THE MYSTERIOUS 
	MOONS OF MARS": 
		
		"Now that man has tools which will enable him to obtain 
	detailed information by near approaches to Mars, we may expect, within the 
	next few years, to learn whether Mars is inhabited by intelligent beings, 
	and, if so, what they look like and how they live.  
		  
		Among the factors which 
	have focused so much of our time and talent on Mars are the two tiny 
	satellites which orbit the planet - where - prior to 1877 - no satellites had 
	ever been seen before (In other words, about the time the canals of Mars 
	were mysteriously starting to "disappear", new satellites began appearing on 
	the scene - Branton).    
		The famous astronomers Herschel and
		Lasselle had 
	excellent telescopes at their disposal - so good that they used them to 
	DISCOVER THE MOONS OF URANUS. Yet neither these men, nor hundreds of other 
	astronomers who observed the planets, were able to see any satellites around 
		Mars. Then in one week in 1877, Asaph Hall found that Mars had two 
	satellites where none had been seen before.  
		  
		Furthermore, he found that the 
	satellites were tiny but bright... brighter than the planet itself... as 
	though they were made of some material other than that of Mars. It is also 
	worth noting that not only do these two Martian satellites sweep around the 
	planet at a very high speed but they travel in different 
	directions...factors which had led to the suspicion that they are 
	artificial.  
		  
		This is the theory advanced by Soviet astronomer I. S. Schklovsky, who points out that the Martian satellite known as 
		Phobos 
	exhibits a strange acceleration in its orbit, an irregularity which would be 
	expected if the satellite were in reality a huge metal sphere that was 
	hollow. The same difference in speed, however, would be impossible for a 
	natural astronomical body.  
		  
		Therefore, says Dr. Schklovsky, at least 
		one of 
	the moons of Mars IS NOT A NATURAL OBJECT, but an artificial satellite 
	placed in orbit around the 'red' planet in 1877, or shortly before that 
		time. When we stop to think of the discovery of the Martian moons in 
		1877 - and of the mass of phenomena noted on our moon between 1879 and 
		1889 - the conviction develops that if we discover life on Mars...we may 
		also discover that we are merely returning a visit." 
	An article in the Dec. 1, 1968 issue of 
	THE PEOPLE (British), titled 
	"Something Quare Down The Tunnel!", reported on a strange, dark, 7 ft. tall 
	creature which was briefly seen by workers during the construction of 
	London's New Victoria tube line. 
	The MELBOURNE SUN (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), August 25, 1954 issue, 
	carried an article titled "THE NEW SATELLITES", which stated:
 
		
		"Two meteors 
	(asteroids?) had become satellites of the earth and WERE REVOLVING WITH IT 
	400 to 600 miles out in space, the latest issue of the American Magazine 'AVIATION WEEK' 
		said yesterday.  
		  
		The magazine said that the discovery of the 
		satellites threw the air force into confusion this summer. Alarm over 
		the sightings ended only after they had been identified as natural 
		rather than manmade."  
	Another possibility may be that they were both 'engineered' 
	natural objects such as hollowed-out asteroids taken from the asteroid belt. 
	 
	  
	The simultaneous arrival of two large asteroids, combined with the fact that 
	both took up a geo-synchronous (synchronized with the revolving of the earth 
	and positioned always over a particular geographical location) orbit, would 
	be an incredible coincidence indeed.  
	 
	In 'THE KATHA SARIT SAGARA (THE OCEAN OF STORY)', edited by Bhatta 
	Somadeva., New Delhi, India., 1968., this Ten Volume collection of ancient 
	East Indian lore gives a description of the 7-leveled underworld of 'Patala', which is the traditional abode of the Nagas, or 
	the Serpent Race.
 
	  
	Vol. 6, pp. 108-112, gives a legend concerning the journey of a King by the 
	name of Bhunandana to this underworld region. Although most of the story is 
	probably fiction, it is nevertheless a bizarre reflection of the ideas which 
	it's writer or writers, early Hindu's, had concerning this underworld. Take 
	note that some of the legend seems to parallel certain ideas concerning the 
	reptilian netherworld which have appeared in other accounts.  
	  
	Whether this 
	legend has any direct connection with actual alleged scenarios such as that 
	taking place deep below Dulce, New Mexico, remains to be seen. We will let 
	the reader make their own determination.  
	  
	The legend, as it appeared in 'THE 
	OCEAN OF STORY', states that:  
		
		"There are on this earth many openings leading 
	into the lower regions; but there is one great and famous one is Kasmira 
	made by Maya... even now the place is called by the two names Peak of Pradyumna and 
		Hill of Sarika... the king (Bhunandana) entered with... his 
	pupils, and marched along the road to Patala for five days and five nights. 
		And on the sixth day they all crossed the Ganges of the lower regions." 
		 
	The 
	king told his followers,  
		
		"This is the dwelling of the God Siva (as the 
	reader may recall, Siva or Shiva is an apparently supernatural being that 
	has been identified with the Serpent Race of the 'Nagas', as related in 
		Andrew Tomas' book 'ON THE SHORES OF ENDLESS WORLDS' and elsewhere - 
		Branton), who inhabits the lower regions in the form of Hatakesvara, and 
		whose praises are sung in the three worlds..."  
	Could the 'three' worlds be 
	the subterran, terran and exterran 'worlds'?  
	  
	In the legend the underworld of Patala gave off the impression of being some kind of underworld paradise, 
	yet the hero's of the story soon learn that such 'beauty' is only 
	superficial, and that inwardly things were just the opposite.  
	  
	One of the 
	kings servants, becoming hungry, eats a fruit from one of the subterranean 
	trees and, 
		
		"...as soon as he had eaten it, he became rigid and motionless."
		 
	At one point in the journey the king encounters a being that appeared to him 
	in the form of a woman, and this being takes him to an underground garden 
	and, according to the legend,  
		
		"...then she sat down with him on the brink of 
	a tank filled with wine, and with the blood and fat of corpses, that hung 
	from trees on its banks, and she offered the king a goblet, full of the fat 
	and wine, to drink, but he would not accept the loathsome compound.  
		  
		And she 
	kept saying earnestly to the king:  
			
			'You will not prosper if you reject my 
	beverage.' But he answered: 'I certainly will not drink that undrinkable 
	compound, whatever may happen.'"  
	In apparent response to his refusal, 
	instead of declaring that he had passed some test, 'she' then pours out the 
	grotesque compound over his head and departs, and shortly afterwards he was 
	expelled from Patala, the legendary home of 
	
	the Nagas or the Serpent Race 
	(this particular legend did not refer to the Naga's as the inhabitants of 
	Patala, as most Hindu legends do, that is of course unless the 'woman' was 
	actually a Naga in disguise.  
	  
	Or could 'she' have been a sorceress who lived 
	in that dark underworld realm?  
	  
	This is assuming of course that there is some 
	seed of truth behind this tale). Whether fantasy or reality, the 'king' 
	should be commended for resisting the bloody 'drink', and may have been 
	fortunate that he himself did not end up as 'food' for these false 'Gods' of 
	the underworld. This is, again, assuming that there is a fire of truth 
	behind the 'smoke' of such tales.
 
	Manly P. Hall, who has written numerous books on 
	Freemasonry and other 
	occult themes, in his volume 'MAN, THE GRAND SYMBOL OF THE MYSTERIES' (Manly 
	P. Hall Pub. Co., Los Angeles, CA, 1932, p. 160) states:  
		
		"The most secret 
	rituals of ancient initiation were performed in subterranean crypts, which 
	were called 'caverns of the Mysteries.' 
		  
		In the Gothic rites, the final 
	ceremony in which the new initiate was invested with the insignia of his 
	order took place in a high, vaulted, cavernous chamber in the presence of 
	the luminous statue of Balder (a Nordic 'deity')...  
		  
		Here also are the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus 
		and the cave-dwelling Rishis of India - the seven original beings who in 
		the mythology of Central America were the cave-born progenitors of the 
		(Central American) races."  
	(Note: The cave-dwelling
	Rishis are said to live largely in Ellora, India where there are alleged to 
	be tunnel entrances to an underground system which connects with Elephanta 
	and the Ajunta Caverns - Branton)
 
	One source stated some years ago that the 
	Texas Instruments plant near 
	Dallas, Texas, had discovered a system of ancient tunnels and caverns deep 
	below the T.I. Complex there (discovered via experimental electronic 
	earth-sounding probes? - merely a suggestion), and have secretly been 
	investigating these tunnels for some time.  
	  
	This source revealed the name and 
	address of one woman T.I. worker who allegedly told this source about the 
	underground system. A letter was sent to this woman asking if she would 
	confirm or deny the story, but no response has been forthcoming. These 
	sources alleged that 'small' hominoid beings were discovered in the tunnels, 
	some of which were being held in captivity in 'cage-like' enclosures for 
	research purposes (whether 'they' were humanoid or sauroid was not 
	mentioned, other than that they tended towards a greenish-like skin color). 
	 
	  
	Certain 'inner earth' researchers were allegedly contacted by the company 
	and allowed entrance into these tunnels for the purpose of getting their 
	opinion and views on who or what these beings were. Due to the lack of solid 
	confirming evidence as yet, the reader should take these reports with a 
	grain of salt for now.  
	Archaeologists have in recent years broken through into vast and ancient 
	labyrinthine underground cities in Turkey.
 
	  
	Although several 'cities' have 
	been found, the largest seems to lie beneath Derenkuyu. These underground 
	villages are quite extensive, with many levels, and in some places contain 
	tunnels only 3 or 4 ft. in diameter (apparently constructed this way for 
	defense purpose) that lead to other chambers or other levels.  
	  
	According to 
	tradition, many of these cities were utilized by early Christians escaping 
	persecution. It is not known however whether the Christians built the cities 
	or whether the underground villages are of more ancient origin.  
	  
	According to 
	Kurt Braun, in his article 'Underground Civilization Attacks German 
	Archaeologists', in 'BEYOND REALITY' (Dec. 1968); some men who were 
	exploring the lower depths of the Derenkuyu labyrinth were at one point 'attacked' by tall, albino-like humans. Since most of the underground 
	'cities' have not been fully explored it is uncertain just how extensive 
	they are or if they connect lower down. 
	John A. Keel, in his book, 'THE EIGHTH TOWER' (Saturday Review Press., N.Y., 
	1975), pp. 53-54,129, stated:
 
		
		"...A woman in Gaffney, South Carolina, was 
	plagued by eerie hums and strange mechanical sounds in the mid-1960s. She 
	complained to the local police that someone was digging tunnels under her 
	house, but a thorough investigation yielded nothing...  
		  
		During my own 
	investigations into the mountains of northern New Jersey, I wandered 
	uncomfortably through old caves half-filled with water after local residents 
	had told me of hearing sounds of pulsing machines...  
		  
		To the UFO cultists 
	these sounds are supposed to be coming from the marvelous space ships of 
	mysterious extraterrestrial travelers.  
		  
		Another group (and it is a large 
	group) sees these as evidence of the existence of 'Deros' -  
		detrimental robots - who live in the bowels of the earth and are up to 
		no good... In May 1969 Jose Antonio, a Brazilian soldier, underwent (an) 
		experience when he was kidnapped by a group of tiny humanoids, and 
		transported to a cavernlike room of stone.  
		  
		There his captors offered him a drink from a 
		stone cube with a pyramidal cavity in the center. It was a dark green 
		liquid, with a bitter taste. But he said he felt better after drinking 
		it." 
	In his book 'ON THE SHORES OF ENDLESS WORLDS' (Souvenir Press), 
	Andrew 
	Tomas, in his chapter "Labyrinths and Serpents", states:  
		
		"...According to legend, King Minos of Crete 
		ordered his architect Daedalus to construct the labyrinth, a maze of 
		passages so ingeniously devised that even the builder himself could not 
		find his way without a plan. In the center lived the Minotaur, half 
		bull, half human, to whom the Greeks sent seven youths and seven maidens 
		as a tribute every nine years.  
		  
		The Minotaur was slain by Theseus who was 
		able to find his way out of the labyrinth thanks to a ball of thread 
		given to him by Ariadne. This myth has been interpreted as an historical 
		record of the construction of the palace of Minos in Knossos which 
		contains innumerable galleries and rooms.  
		  
		On the other hand, this myth may have an 
		entirely different interpretation, similar to a cryptogram, which 
		conceals the existence of a secret repository of underground chambers 
		and passages..."  
	Although this might seem to be just a "legend", there are 
	alleged accounts of actual encounters with paraphysical (part supernatural, 
	part physical) "demonic" creatures such as the satyres, centuars, and 
	Minotaurs, etc. which have been described in Greek mythology.  
	  
	Such 
	encounters often involve paraphysical "poltergeist-like" phenomena and 
	manipulation of mind and matter. According to some sources, a race of beings 
	possessing a combination of humanoid, angelic and animal-like 
	characteristics pre-dated Adamic civilization and were involved in the 
	original rebellion and conspiracy against the Creator.  
	  
	The creatures 
	mentioned in the 9th chapter of the book of Revelation "may" be this type of 
	demonic or fallen entity. These were apparently distinct from the 
	purely 
	spiritual angelic and fallen angelic beings. Whether the following account 
	describes an encounter with such a fallen race(s) remains to be seen.  
	  
	The 
	letter we quote here appeared in the Winter, 1962 issue of THE HIDDEN WORLD, 
	one of several publications which grew out of the "Shaver Mystery" 
	controversy of the late 1940's: 
		
		"Mr. Richard Shaver: Hoping this letter finds you in the best of health. My 
	name is Frank J. Mezta. I live in the County of Imperial Valley, City of 
	Calexico, California. 
		"Through accident I happened to stumble into your book HIDDEN WORLD issue 
	No. A-1 and just recently A-2. I sometimes wonder if it was luck or 
	deliberate action on the part of a tero. All my life, I have been looking 
	and asking for certain, unsolved and unanswered questions regarding 
	civilization, our ancestors and the beginning of time. I believe your book 
	gave me the best answers. Let me tell you a few of my expeditions.
 
		"Two years ago, we went treasure hunting in the interior of Mexico, which 
	turned out to be a flop. But in that excursion some strange things happened 
	to us, which at the time we wrote off as superstition. We went to this place 
	where we were supposed to enter; but suddenly a fright with chills came over 
	me, something I had never felt before.
 
		  
		Something like a sixth sense, like if 
	I knew something was going to happen to me. I didn't go in and neither did 
	anybody else. Next day we approached the cave again, only this time I wasn't 
	afraid and I let the group inside. This cave was tremendous in size, and 
	leading passages everywhere.  
		  
		Some of these passages or chambers, sometimes 
	being 30 ft. high and 100 ft. long (contained) connecting tunnels. We 
	finally gave up, but in retrieving we found two leading passages instead of 
	the one we had entered. This startled us, and we set to investigate the 
	second tunnel. It just kept winding and going down so we finally gave up and 
	got out of there. 
		"When we got back to the village we struck a conversation with two Mexican 
	Indians, and they told us that whatever we did, not to go into the enchanted 
	caves. We got curious and asked them where these so called enchanted caves 
	were.
 
		  
		They gave us directions and that was exactly where we had entered a 
	few days ago. We asked them what happened in these caves. They told us that 
	people that went in there, never came out, that while in there, the 
	entrances and tunnels would change, which happened to us, and we didn't know 
	about this till after we had been in there.  
		  
		Then they told us the strangest 
	thing, which at the time we said these people are superstitious, they said 
	that they went with an expedition with 20 or 30 men hired by an American man 
	to look into this cave.  
		  
		This happened about 10 or 15 years ago they said. 
		 
		  
		Four or five of the men had revolvers, they were well equipped with lights 
	and tools. While they were working there all of a sudden in the far end 
	there appeared a half man and bull head like a bull upright. This 
	description fits the one you have on your front cover on issue A-1. And next 
	to him was a naked midget or little boy. They pulled out their revolvers but 
	they wouldn't fire, and their lights went out.  
		  
		There was confusion, and several men were 
		killed in the scramble and nobody returned after that - Frank J. Mezta, 
		939 Genge, Calexico, Calif."  
	In recent years, much has been written about the so-called 
	"National 
	Defense" underground facilities, some of which have become public knowledge 
	due to the apparent "fall" of Communism in the former Soviet Union. 
	  
	It is 
	alleged that these facilities do serve or have served as National Defense 
	shelters, yet according to some they "flow in" via tube-shuttles to other 
	subterranean systems which are involved in the secret government "Alternative 002" scenario, underground bio-genetic laboratories, and even 
	subterranean systems involving "alien" scenarios as well.    
	Mt. Weather, near Bluemont, VA., is the site of an actual 
	"underground city" constructed and 
	maintained by the U.S. Government for the purpose of being utilized "by the 
	President" and top governmental officials as a command center in the event 
	of a nuclear war or a similar emergency. 
	  
	It is uncertain whether this 
	installation was entirely excavated by the U.S. government or whether they 
	utilized and added-on to already-existing natural subterranean cavities, but 
	most reports state that the "installation" is enormous. It was virtually 
	unknown to the media until a plane crashed near Mt. Weather in northern 
	Virginia, forcing the government to acknowledge the existence of the 
	underground complex.    
	It allegedly consists of miles upon miles of 
	underground tunnels which connect scores of chambers, offices, recreation 
	centers, cafeterias, etc., all reportedly accessible via a system of 
	'electric cars'.  
	  
	It is apparently one of the major 'bolt holes' (a code-name 
	for a series of about a hundred, possibly more, such government 
	installations located in America and overseas) which is being utilized by 
	the U.S. government. Witnesses have stated that helicopters have at times 
	been seen landing in a secret port in the side of Mt. Weather. These craft 
	then enter the mountain via enormous metal 'doors' in the side of the 
	mountain. 
	  
	In reference to Mt. Weather, the editor of 'THE MISSING LINK', 
	published by UFOCC (UFO Contact Center International) of Federal Way, 
	Washington, stated: 
		
		"A... paper on caves, tunnels, etc. states 
		that there is a tube shuttle from the White House to a super-secret 
		underground complex in case of nuclear attack, under Mt. Weather, 
		Virginia!" 
	Incidentally, a man in Florida (who will remain anonymous for obvious 
	reasons) who claimed to have been "abducted" by alien entities, also alleged 
	that he had a friend who was a high-level officer in the government, with a 
	very high security clearance.  
	  
	He stated that his friend was involved in 
	interviewing military personnel who had "UFO-type" encounters, and other 
	forms of debriefing and, we can assume, other methods utilized to maintain 
	the cover-up. This government officer had allegedly been to Wright-Patterson 
	Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio and had personally seen some of the "alien 
	cadavers" which were recovered from disks which had crashed.  
	  
	He was also, he 
	claimed, allowed entrance into a top-secret system of underground tunnels 
	beneath Washington D.C., and had visited a highly classified underground 
	installation which apparently was the 'real' or 'inner' Central Intelligence 
	Agency, and that the one at Langley was merely the 'outer' level of the CIA. 
	 
	  
	This 'installation', he said, was connected to the White House via a TUBE 
	SHUTTLE!   
	Could this Florida man's friend have been referring to 
	Mt. Weather, 
	or a similar installation? Or was he referring to the alleged CIA-NSA-MIB 
	installation deep below Washington D.C. itself, the so-called 'NOD' 
	installation? 
	In addition to this, there are other sources who claim that the 
	CIA 
	installation at Langley descends at least seven levels, and that some of the 
	(recovered?) disks are housed in these lower levels.
 
	A researcher by the name of 
	Jon Singer, stated the following in an article 
	of his which appeared in 'THE MISSING LINK' (mentioned earlier):
 
		
		"Our 
	nation's capital has it's share of Fortean mysteries. There is supposed to 
	be a tunnel complex under the Octagon House at 1741 New York Avenue, NW.  
		  
		Dr. 
	John Thornton, the architect who designed the Capitol Building, built some 
	(but not all) of the tunnels. The course of at least two of the tunnels is 
	known. One is supposed to go to the White House and the other supposedly 
	leads to the Potomac.  
		  
		The tunnels are supposedly blocked up. Jim Brandon, on 
	p. 58 of (his book) 'WEIRD AMERICA' (1978. E.P. Dutton & Co., N.Y.), added 
		that the tunnels built by Dr. Thornton were only part of a much older 
		and larger tunnel network constructed by colonists from Atlantis.  
		  
		Unfortunately his sources were two 
		unidentified psychics, so this must be a fascinating rumor."  
	This would depend upon whether these "revelations" were received by 
	these psychics via "occult" means, in which case they should be viewed with 
	great suspicion, or whether they based their claims on actual physical 
	accounts. 
	 
	  
	However, Richard Toronto, editor of SHAVERTRON, claimed that some 
	years ago as a result of a printed request for information on subterranean 
	anomalies, a scientist contacted him offering a 10-page report on a system 
	of tunnels he had personally investigated beneath Washington D.C. 
	 
	  
	He stated 
	that the tunnels were built by a very ancient race, and that the walls 
	consisted of a diamond-hard, glassy or glaze-like substance. As far as we 
	know, Mr. Toronto never did actually get his hands on the report.
	 
	Another incident (or rather a few incidents which should be of interest to 
	us) was related in Eric Norman's book 'THE UNDERPEOPLE' (1969., Award 
	Books., N.Y.).
 
	  
	First of all, Norman asks the question:  
		
		"Who lives in the inner earth?" 
		"'...The Masters live there, a friendly 
		group who watch over the outer world.'
 
		"...Still others tremble at the question. 
		'The 
		DERO dwells within!' they 
	say. A squat, wiry tribe of lustful demons, the DERO plagues mankind and 
	delights in tormenting those who live on the surface.
 
		"'They (the Under-People) are vegetarians,' claims some researchers.
 
		"'They are cannibals!' swear others. 
		'Humans are kidnapped and dragged into their dark caverns for pagan 
		feasts.'
 
		"'They are good!'
 
		"'They are evil...'
 
		"'...They are both good and evil. 
		Different races live inside the earth!'
 
		"'...They are more advanced. They are 
		sexless. They reproduce by test tube.'
 
		"'...Nubile young girls are dragged into 
		their nether world and assaulted by an evil tribe of animal-men.'
 
		"The theories are many and, admittedly, the facts are often few. Frequently, 
	we must depend on folklore and ancient scrolls for our research. Many of our 
	ancestors were believers in the diverse tribes of inner earth and there are 
	accurate statements, detailed information and considerable documentation to 
	support their theories...
 
		"Depending on your viewpoint and your bias toward the occult, the pages that 
	follow can be interpreted in many different ways. A psychologically trained 
	individual might feel that these are excellent case studies of individuals 
	with severe psychopathologies. Freudians would find rich symbolism in the 
	hollow earth theory; they might claim it is a manifestation of a desire to 
	recapture the lost security of the womb. Still others may feel the theory is 
	constructed on misinterpretation of natural phenomena...
 
		"It was a cold, blustery, winter evening of December 27, 1666, when 
		Dr. Jophn Frederick Schweitzer entertained his remarkable visitor. Throughout 
	Europe, noblemen and peasants were celebrating Christmas and the good doctor 
	utilized his vacation to conduct a vast number of experiments in his 
	laboratory. Soon, the results of those experiments would be carefully 
	scribbled into a large journal and sent to alchemists throughout Europe. It 
	was Dr. Schweitzer's secret that he was also known as 'Helvetius the 
		Alchemist.'
 
		"'Helvetius' was puttering in his laboratory, cleaning instruments after a 
	long series of experiments, when a loud knock sounded on the door. 'I opened 
	the door and this strange man walked into my workshop,' Helvetius recorded 
	later. 'He was a sturdy, gray-haired man, but there was a slimness to his 
		body and a vigor in his movement. His face was oddly warm and friendly.'
 
		"The stranger walked confidently into the laboratory. He shook the folds of 
	his white robe and snowflakes fell to the floor. He looked directly at 
	Helvetius and asked, 'Do you believe in the Philosopher's Stone?'
 
		"Helvetius suppressed an impulse to ridicule the bizarre costume worn by the 
	stranger. 'The philosopher's stone is a mere figment of alchemical 
	over-imagination,' he said, arrogantly. 'I believe in the oneness of nature. 
		There is a natural pattern to the universe. It is sheer fancy to believe 
		base metals can be transmuted into precious gold. Some alchemists have 
		excluded mysticism from their laboratory. In this room, the reality of 
		the soul and spirit exists with facts.'
 
		"The stranger smiled and took a small package from under his robe. 
		'Others 
	of your kind are not so skeptical,' he explained. 'They have seen this 
		substance turn lead into gold. Perhaps you would like to try.'
 
		"Helvetius accepted the package from the stranger. Later, he described its 
	contents as 'some form of glass, or a pale sulfurous substance.' The 
	stranger carefully instructed the skeptical alchemist in the relatively 
	simple experiment. Plain, ordinary lead was placed in a crucible and melted 
	to a bubbling mass.
 
		"'Encase the substance in fine yellow wax and toss it into the crucible,' 
	directed the stranger.
 
		"Helvetius followed the instructions and, as steam and vapor disappeared 
	from the container, he watched, incredulous, as the lead seemingly was 
	transformed into the purest of gold.
 
		"'A skeptic becomes a believer,' the stranger remarked, smiling.
 
		"Helvetius looked as if he were about to argue, then turned suddenly and 
	slumped into a chair. 'Is it really gold?' he whispered hoarsely.
 
		"'The purest form of the metal.'
 
		"'Who are you?'
 
		"'A man who directs those who lead their 
		people.'
 
		"'Where are you from?'
 
		"'I am one who dwells within the earth,' the stranger
	replied. 'When events make it necessary, we must come to the surface.'
 
		"Helvetius stuttered with confusion, his tongue stumbling over the questions 
	racing through his mind as his white robed visitor prepared to leave the 
	laboratory. 'Stay...Wait!...I want to know...' he mumbled.
 
		"'There are others to see,' the stranger said. 
		'Here is one more package of 
	the substance. It is the real Philosopher's Stone.' Then he opened the door 
	and disappeared into the darkness.
 
		"Helvetius dashed to the open doorway and watched the cloak-shrouded figure 
	disappear into the snow-storm. He shook his head in disbelief and looked 
	again. There was the lane leading down to the town. There were the lights in 
	the church, the houses, the town - and the stranger's tracks in the snow.
 
		"Helvetius conducted his second experiment that night. Again, the lead 
	bubbled with golden fury when the substance was added to the crucible. 
	Forgetting his lack of sleep, Helvetius was waiting at the shop of the 
	goldsmith to the Duke of Orange when the craftsman opened his door. The 
	goldsmith listened to the babbling alchemist and frowned when he heard the 
	phrase 'lead into gold.' But, when the goldsmith examined the precious 
	metal, he said solemnly, 'It is the finest gold I have ever seen.'
 
		"News of the sensational transformation spread throughout Europe and scores 
	of famous men journeyed to Helvetius' laboratory. Baruch Spinoza, the Dutch 
	philosopher, was one of the first visitors. He discussed the transmutation 
	with Helvetius and the goldsmith. 'I checked the laboratory, and, 
	additionally, made a careful examination of the crucible,' Spinoza later 
	recorded. 'Clinging to the sides of the container were flecks of remaining 
	gold!'"
 
		"...Is the transmutation of lead into gold an idle dream of demented and 
	reclusive chemists? Not according to King Henry IV of England. In 1404, His 
	Royal Highness decreed: 'From now on, no man shall, under the penalty of 
	felony, or death, multiply gold or silver.'"
 
	Eric Norman described yet another visitor from "within the earth".  
	  
	This 
	fellow however seemed to be more interested in the process involved in 
	transforming grapes into wine, rather than lead into gold. If this doesn't 
	seem to make sense, read on: 
		
		"Pepin the Short, the pint-sized father of Emperor Charlemagne, was the 
	founder of the Brunia Monastery in the fabled Trier region of ancient 
	Prussia. In A.D. 1138, a strange series of events culminated in an unusual 
	visitation by a bizarre little man. 
		"There had been several nocturnal visitations to the monastery's wine cellar 
	and its steward voiced his suspicions to the abbot: 'The monks are slipping 
		into the wine cellar and sampling the casks.'
 
		"The abbot frowned at the thought of a possible scandal and asked, 
		'When did this begin?'
 
		"'It's been going on for several months. I didn't mind it when they only 
	took a cup or two,' explained the embarrassed monk. 'Last night, the culprit 
		tapped a huge cask and forgot to stop the bunghole. A whole keg of wine 
		drained out onto the cellar floor.'
 
		"The abbot hurried to the cellar, inspected the damage, then carefully 
	tapped the bunghole in each of the huge casks. He anointed the cellar with 
	holy water, securely locked the door and placed a saint's relic above the 
	entrance, declaring, 'None of our monks would dare transgress against the 
		power of the Cross.'
 
		"The following morning, a sleepy-eyed abbot unlocked the cellar door and 
	squinted into the dim room. Followed by a group of curious monks, the abbot 
	discovered that another keg of wine had been tapped; the floor was covered 
	with the rich, red liquid. Suddenly, the abbot spotted movement in the dark 
	shadows in the far corner of the cellar. 'There's the thief,' he shouted. 
		'Grab the transgressor and prepare him for punishment!'
 
		"Two burly monks rushed forward and grabbed the shadowy figure. They carried 
	the struggling thief into the light and the abbot stared in wonder at a 
	dark-skinned dwarf, who glared back in impassive silence.
 "'Are you a Nubian? How did you get in our wine cellar?' inquired the abbot.
 
		"The strange little man would not speak.
 
		"'Do you have parents?' the abbot asked.
 
		"'Here! Here! This fellow got in through the wall,' called
	a monk, pointing to a displaced stone that covered a small tunnel leading 
	down into the earth. The bewildered monks crowded around the secret tunnel 
	as one quaking novice suggested the tunnel must lead to the Devil's lair. An 
	older monk spoke knowingly of subterranean demons who delighted in 
	tormenting those who had taken the vows.
 
		"Despite his crime, the captured dwarf was accepted into the society of holy 
	men. 'He looks human and the least we can do is provide the poor child with 
	a Christian education,' the abbot said. But, in spite of the kindness showed 
	him by the monks, the dwarf refused to utter a single word. He sat quietly 
	on the bed in a cross-legged position, staring directly ahead and refusing 
	all food and drink. After several weeks of fasting, the monastery dwellers 
	were concerned for the life of their visitor and a visiting bishop was asked 
	for his advice as the dwarf was brought into the great hall and introduced 
	to him.
 
		"'Good Lord! You must expel this Devil's child at once!' the alarmed bishop 
	shouted. 'He is a demon and the tool of the devil!'
 
		"Gervase, a monk at Christ Church, Canterbury, England, later inscribed this 
	strange ending to the dwarf's appearance in his manuscript: '...The demon 
		ran in alarm from the holy words. He went to the cellar and returned to 
		his underworld tribe!'
 
		"The monastic scribes produced hundreds of manuscripts with stories of 
	visits from demons, evil apparitions and other 'devils' from the vast 
	subterranean world. They were adamant in their belief that a nether world, 
	an underworld, existed beneath the surface. Many of these manuscripts told 
	of long tunnels and deep caves that led down to the inner world
 
	  
	(Note: 
	Although the various accounts of demonology suggest that 'demons' or 
	non-physical malevolent entities are seemingly capable of appearing in para-physical or semi-solid forms temporarily, there is no real proof that 
	the entity just described was such a creature.  
	  
	Since the various accounts 
	suggest that both good and evil beings reside in the 'underworld', he may 
	well have been part of an ancient branch of the human race who disappeared 
	into the cavernous regions below the surface of the earth.  
	  
	Since black 
	pygmies live in abundance in Africa we should not consider this individual 
	to be entirely "alien" from any race now living on the surface - Branton). 
		
		  
		"A thirteenth-century historian, 
		Saxo-Gammaticus, wrote down the folklore 
	and myths of Scandinavia. He recorded the ancient VIKING belief in 'Hadding 
	Land,' a subterranean world where GIANTS, superhumans, TRIBES OF BLACK 
	DWARFS and 'SNAKE PEOPLE' lived.  
		  
		These strange beings, and even stranger 
	animals, were said to occasionally surface in the outer world and create 
	chaos. The (Roman) church was violently opposed to these beliefs and 
	condemned such theories as 'ignorant superstitions.' Gradually, such tales 
	lost their element of fact and truth and became a part of the folklore of 
	northern Europe. 
		"In Vol. 1, No. 6 of the 
		NEWSLETTER FOR THE COMMITTEE FOR THE SCIENTIFIC 
	EVALUATION OF PSI, there is a fascinating account of a laborer in 
	Staffordshire, England, who may have glimpsed, for a moment, the mechanical 
	development of the aliens within the inner earth.
 
		  
		Researcher Ronald Calais 
	told of a tunnel laborer, digging underground in 1770, who heard a roaring 
	sound behind a large, flat stone. Curious, he pried away the stone with pick 
	and crowbar and was amazed to see a smooth stone stairway leading down into 
	the earth. The laborer's first thought was that he had discovered some type 
		of ancient tomb.  
		  
		Envisioning vast chests of ancient 
		treasures, he cautiously walked down the stairs. Suddenly, the stairway 
		ended and the man was standing in a large stone cavern, filled with 
		gigantic machines. The astonished laborer glanced about the well-lit 
		room, then saw hastening toward him a strangely-clad, hooded figure.  
		  
		The being held a baton-like object in his 
		upraised hand and the terrified laborer scrambled back up the stairway 
		to safety."  
	  
	(Note: Other accounts have referred to this chamber as 
	the 'Rosicrucian Sepulchre', although the Rosicrucians may not have had a 
	direct connection with it.  
	  
	It is uncertain just what connections the Rosicrucians may have had with the inner world, if any, other than this 
	incident, the Rosicrucian Grandmaster Bulwer Lytton's publication of the 
	subterranean-oriented book 'THE COMING RACE', the preoccupation of the Rosicrucians with the strange stories surrounding 
	Mt. Shasta, and the 
	connection of this secret society with the 'House of the Temple' 
	in 
	Washington D.C. - Branton)     
	In his book, 'DEPTHS OF THE EARTH - Caves and Caverns of the United States' 
	- (Harper & Row., N. Y.), William R. Halliday gives some interesting 
	observations on caverns of northern Arizona's Coconino Plateau region: 
		
		"...Those who dream of Butler Cave as potentially the world's largest, 
	however, must hasten. The explorers of Mammoth Cave and Flint Ridge - and of 
	Jewel Cave - are not the only teams on the verge of a breakthrough. 
	Missouri-Tennessee-few of our greatest cave areas today can be denied a 
	flickering chance at the title.  
		  
		And for those who dream of long shots 
	indeed, our most magnificent cave area beckons irresistibly: the Grand 
	Canyon. 
		"Perhaps in the purple shadows of the incomparable canyon there really is no 
	chance for a truly great cave system. So believe some experts. Perhaps our 
	hopes here are gossamer dreams, strung together with wishful thinking.
 
		  
		Here 
	I claim no impartial judgment. My mind is hopelessly influenced by the long 
	intimacy with the timeless beauty of that tranquil canyon. I have seen its 
	magic pastels at moonrise over the mile-high rim, suddenly dramatized by the 
	weirdly luminous flutter of bat wings. No caver brushed by such a spell is 
	ever the same again. 
		"In this strange, magnificent country, much remains to be learned. Sinking 
	streams, an occasional natural shaft, and plateau-top sink-holes tell of 
	much more water vanishing underground than reappears in canyon-bottom 
	springs. Miles to the south, enormous sinks and remnants of a throughway 
	type of cave are evidence of sometime profuse subterranean water flow.
 
		  
		Fanning out from both rims of the mile-deep canyon are vast plateaus capped 
	with limestone 500 feet thick. Yet caves seem few and tiny in these vast 
	expanses of plateau-top limestone. 
		"The other massive limestones of the incomparable canyon lie 2,000 (feet) 
	below. Above them are 1,500 feet of sandstone and shales which ought to 
	block the downward flow of the water essential for cave development. Yet at 
	this great depth occur the caves of the Grand Canyon. In the blazing, 
	rock-tiered canyon, foot travel is difficult and progress slow.
 
		  
		Still, cave 
	after cave is coming to carbide light in the purple-shadowed depths. Some 
	are merely shallow alcoves, important only for archeological content. Others 
	are colossal natural sewers, dwarfed only by their stupendous environs. 
		"Yet it is this often-scorned limestone of the plateaus which speeds the 
	pulses of American caverns. Just south of the Grand Canyon, fluorescent 
	chemicals introduced into a sucking 'earth crack' of the Coconino Plateau 
	have been traced to a 'breathing well' 24 miles away. Initial calculations 
	somewhat like those of Jewel cave suggest a minimum air volume here of more 
	than 7 BILLION CUBIC FEET.
 
		  
		Scientists of the famed RAND CORPORATION suspect 
	the presence of hundreds of miles of narrow, interconnected caverns 
	fissuring the vast plateau. 
		"Many a veteran caver may consider such a cavern system impossible. Perhaps 
	it is, but Arizona caverns have already performed the impossible. In Sipapu 
	Cavern, an earth crack near the Rand Corporation study site, they have 
	descended 500 feet toward the massive cavernous limestone deep below. In 
	this locale the surface limestone is only 248 feet thick. Half of their 
	descent was through supposedly non-cavernous sandstone.
 
		"If one of the rare dome-pits of 
		the Kaibab Plateau intersects a washed-out 
	section of a fault zone draining to a North Rim stream cave, a depth record 
	will be within reach. Geologically such a circumstance is hardly more than a 
	pipe dream of an irrepressible caver overcome by the magnificence of the 
	Grand Canyon. But it may happen.
 
		"Perhaps eager caverns plumbing the earth cracks of the Coconino Plateau 
	have little more chance than beneath the Kaibab. But if those caverns can 
	penetrate twice again as deeply as Sipapu Cavern, they will begin to enter 
	the limestone where great sewer caves may lie. If such do exist, they may 
	enlarge away from the great canyon rather than toward it.
 
		  
		They may not exist 
	at all.  
		  
		Yet a cavernous network dwarfing that of Mammoth and Flint ridges 
	may be penetrable here. Some day obsessed caverns may break through the 
	Coconino sandstone barrier and the shales which underlie it. If that 
	happens, those who follow in their footsteps may emerge triumphant from 
	obscure orifices deep in the heart of the Grand Canyon. 
		"Even without such a triumph, even without knowledge of the hundreds of 
	undiscovered caves which must exist hidden in limestone recesses of the 
	mighty terraced depths, the Grand Canyon must be recognized as one of 
	America's great cave areas. To some, that recognition alone would be 
	achievement.
 
		  
		Yet sunbaked canyon caverns have much in common with their 
	Appalachian fellows. Until every crack is penetrated, every hole plumbed, 
	spelunkers and speleologists alike will remain unsatisfied.  
		  
		Fragile indeed 
	are the spelean threads which weave together Sipapu Cavern and 
		Butler Cave, 
	yet such are caverns' secret dreams." 
	Brad Steiger, in his book 'STRANGE DISAPPEARANCES' (Lancer Books., N.Y. 
	1972) related the following (MIB-related?) incident: 
		
		"...at sundown on February 12, 1953, witnesses told police that they had 
	watched an automobile enter the throat of a storm drain near Willowbrook and 
	Greenleaf Avenues in Los Angeles.  
		  
		Officers arrived on the scene within ten 
	minutes, and according to the Los Angeles HERALD AND EXPRESS, they followed 
	the fresh tire-tread marks into the tunnel for seven miles. Other policemen 
	and flood control district workers continued the search for the automobile 
	by dropping through manhole covers. 
		"The trackdown continued until midnight when, seven miles up the storm 
	drain, THE TRACKS VANISHED. 'HERALD AND EXPRESS' newsmen who had accompanied 
	the police on the incredible search up the tube were witnesses to the fact 
	that:
 
			
			'In the muddy silt covering the floor of the drain, the tire-tread 
	marks were sharp and fresh. Then no more tracks.'" 
	From here we will now examine another incident, this one involving a 
	subterranean excavation in southern Idaho.  
	  
	The letter which we quote here 
	was submitted by a George Haycock of Burley, Idaho, and appeared in the Oct. 
	1947 issue of 'AMAZING STORIES' science fiction/science fact magazine, pp. 
	174-175: 
		
		"Sirs... Perhaps I have delayed over-long to send you my slight contribution 
	to the master code. Why? I was still afraid there might be some slip that 
	would put me in a bad spot. I am a druggist in this town and any trace of 
	nut's talk would ruin my job. I have been waiting for the issue which just 
	hit the newsstand and agree with you completely. 
		"There is in this area an artifact which seems to prove all
	you have printed about the cavern dwellers. First I want to ask
	a question. How are the caverns ventilated? There is no
	vegetation to purify the air in caves (i.e. small caverns, that is
	- Branton).
 
		  
		Therefore there must be some connection with the surface. I know 
	where one of the air shafts reach the surface. 
		"My grandfather was raised with the Indians in this section of the country 
	and has told me of the stories he heard when he was a child. The Indians 
	describe the wind cave as it is called around here as the home of the devils 
	who come forth in the dead of the night to steal their women and food. No 
	Indian will venture within the area inside of five miles of the cave.
 
		"Perhaps a description of the inside will make my meaning more clear. The 
	entrance is just a hole in the rocks, but after getting inside you come into 
	a four-square tunnel about three and one half feet square with a six-inch 
	gutter along the west side, about 10 inches deep.
 
		  
		The tunnel is intact for 
	about 100 yards and then opens into what looks like it might have been at 
	one time a completely ROUND or half-round passageway which now looks like 
	the solid lava which it goes through has been chipped and crumbled by 
	extreme heat. It is possible to travel for about half a mile inside before 
	the tunnel becomes obstructed too much for a man to get through. 
		"I have been trying to get some one who would help me clear this obstruction 
	enough to get through and several have agreed but when we get there and 
	start to work they soon give up and want to get out. Another funny thing is 
	that every time I go back the work done before does not show, yet there is 
	not evidence of fresh falls of rock from the ceiling.
 
		  
		At this point the 
	feeling that you're in mortal danger becomes almost overpowering, after 
	battling this feeling for an hour I feel as weak as if I had been sick for 
	weeks and I have made this attempt many times. 
		"The opening has been dynamited at least four times that I know of. 
	Supposedly to kill rattlesnakes, yet I have never seen one either in the 
	mouth of the cave or inside.
 
		"In fact my experience with snakes leads me to believe they would never 
	brave the cold blast that comes out.
 
		"Still the feeling of distrust and fear clings and none of the natives will 
	consider exploring this artifact which could be made the biggest tourist 
	attraction in this part of the state - if people were just not afraid to go 
	down in there.
 
		"This covers the known facts about this cave: yet since I can remember I 
	have dreamed, thought and considered many of the things Shaver talks about 
	in his stories, mostly those pertaining to mind control...
 
		"Please ignore the mistakes and misspelled words in this letter. Ordinarily 
	I am a good typist and a good speller, but when I try to put these things on 
	paper I cannot hit the key I want to.
 
		"Please notice that the mistakes and misspelled words are mostly where I try 
	to describe the caves and conditions inside them. These happen even when I 
	try to watch every stroke I make. I have recopied this letter three times 
	trying to eliminate the errors and still they crop up in the same sections 
	if not in the same words.
 
		"I am willing to discuss what I know with any one who won't believe I am 
	crazy, and would like to find some one who has the intestinal fortitude to 
	help me clear the obstruction to the major cavern with which it connects 
	which I know extends to the depth of 30,000 feet because it has been drilled 
	into and that much cable let out without hitting anything to drill in and I 
	will show anyone who is interested the entire set up.
 
		"My grandfather is now dead unfortunately so he cannot verify the Indian 
	stories mentioned, but if Mr. Hansen is as familiar with Indian legends as 
	he claims and really desires the truth have him work with the Shoshones and 
	the Blackfeet. Consider their tales of the demons who work this 
	countryside...
 
		"Write me if you're interested in these legends and any knowledge I have is 
	yours.
 
		"George Haycock., c/o Thriftway Drug., 
		Main and Overland., Burley, Idaho."
 
	Raymond Palmer's editorial reply to this letter was as follows: 
	 
		
		"We're sure 
	that members of the CHMBS (Cave Hunters Mutual Benefit Society) will contact 
	you, and they won't consider you crazy.  
		  
		We hope you can tell them more about this 
		cave, and show it to them. As for the depth of 30,000 feet, letting a 
		cable, or string, down that depth tells nothing, because it might be 
		going down only a few hundred feet, then simply coiling up on the floor, 
		as the weight of the string would make it impossible for you to tell 
		when it had hit the floor... - Ed." 
	This account as given by Mr. Haycock is strange to say the least, however it 
	may contain an significant piece of the puzzle whereas the overall 
	subterranean scenario is concerned. 
	Two more postscripts to the George Haycock - Burley, Idaho account have 
	surfaced. The first came from a man by the name of Frank W. Haigler, and a 
	Sgt. Brentlinger who was at the time stationed at Hill Air Force Base near 
	Salt Lake City, Utah. Mr. Haigler had told of his own investigations in 
	connection with Mr. Haycock's letter in 'AMAZING STORIES'.
 
	  
	This letter of 
	confirmation, which appeared in the Jan. 1948 (Vol. 22, No. 1) issue, 
	stated: 
		
		"Sirs... If you file your correspondence, you will find a letter there from 
	this writer which was written in the early part of this year, advising you 
	of reading my first AMAZING STORIES magazine and of my interest in the 
	mystery of the caves, especially the articles by Mr. Shaver. 
		  
		I haven't 
	missed a copy of A. S. since then and interest in the mystery of the caves 
	has grown until you may class me as an unofficial member of the CHMBS. In 
	fact, the purpose of this letter is to inform you of a recent expedition to 
	one of the caves for an investigation. 
		"For you and those interested in the 'air shaft' near Burley, Idaho, 
	reported by Mr. George Haycock, whose letter was published in the October 
	issue of AMAZING STORIES, this is to verify the truth of this cave.
 
		"M/Sgt. Brentlinger (a Shaver fan), stationed at Hill Field, Utah, and 
	myself made a trip to Burley over the weekend of the 17th of August to 
	ascertain the authenticity of both Mr. Haycock and the cave. We had no 
	trouble locating this gentleman and after explaining the purpose of our 
	mission he quite readily agreed to show us to the cave and to guide us 
	through, providing it was still possible to enter. The entrance had been 
	blasted since he was last in the cave, he explained.
 
		"We drove about six miles west of town, then turned off the highway onto a 
	little road leading through the desert sagebrush. Oddly enough, this road 
	was well worn and seemed to be much used although there is no apparent 
	reason for so much traffic. We failed to see any other cars either on the 
	way in or out.
 
		"Even though he had been in the cave many times and to the entrance as 
	recently as three days prior to this trip, Mr. Haycock, strangely, had 
	difficulty in locating the spot and we stopped twice to look before we 
	finally found it about a mile from the highway.
 
		"The entrance was located in the center of a shallow circular depression. 
	The surrounding terrain was nothing but sand and sagebrush but jammed in 
	around the opening were several large boulders. We found there was still a 
	small hole running down through the boulders and Mr. Haycock thought it 
	still possible for us to make entrance.
 
		  
		With some violent maneuvering we did 
	manage to squeeze through and we followed Mr. Haycock to the floor of the 
	cavern. Then, crawling, kneeling and sometimes walking, we were led back 
	through the cave for approximately one-quarter of a mile. 
		"The cavern was cut through what appeared to be lava rock. Walls and ceiling 
	are badly fallen-in in many places but there is enough intact yet to give 
	the general appearance that the cave was at one time square. In certain 
	spots the walls and ceiling are perfectly flat. Then, too, we noticed one 
	small chamber to one side of the main passage that is square-cut except for 
	one end which is cupped out.
 
		"There are numerous small passages leading off to the side of the main path, 
	which Mr. Haycock said lead to dead ends, IN the ones he has explored.
 
		"After seeing enough to convince us of the truth of 
		Mr. Haycock's story, it 
	was decided to turn back and not to continue inward to the impassable 
	obstruction Mr. Haycock mentioned in his letter. To have gone that far more 
	equipment would have been required. We had nothing but two flashlights, both 
	being used continuously. Where we turned back is approximately half-way to 
	the obstruction.
 
		"We failed to feel or hear the icy wind that is said to blow from the shaft 
	most of the time. However, Mr. Haycock explained that it did become quiet 
	occasionally, as we found it that day.
 
		"At present another trip is planned to the cave. This time there will be 
	seven or eight of us and we plan to take the proper equipment and enough 
	provisions to do some serious work at clearing away the obstruction. It is 
	desired by all to learn what, if anything, might lie further on beyond this 
	obstruction. But, if there is nothing but more cave it will at least be an 
	interesting adventure that will be enjoyed and remembered by all!
 
		"Now for the information on two other caves this writer knows of which might 
	merit investigation. The first is in the Smoky mountains of North Carolina 
	in the Nantahalie(?) Gorge. It is called 'The Blowing Springs' and is easily 
	reached from the highway. The cave has an icy blast of air and a cold stream 
	flowing from it continuously, from which it got its name. It is not known by 
	the writer whether anyone has ever entered the cave or if this is possible, 
	but there are many that have been to the entrance to look in.
 
		"The second is called 'The Devil's Well' and is located in the 
		'Hole-In-Ground' near Pine City, Washington. The cave is very round and 
	approximately five feet in diameter.
 
		  
		People are known to be afraid to enter 
	the cave due to the rumor that it is a rattlesnake den. It would be 
	interesting to learn if there is any truth to the rattlesnakes and why it is 
	named 'The Devil's Well,' and by whom!." 
		"Frank W. Haigler., Box 18, Apt. F-12., 
		Sahara Valley, Utah."
 
	Another postscript to this account appeared in the form of an article which 
	was written by one 'Galahadian' for the ESOTERIC WORLD NEWS in the 
	mid-1980's. 'Galahadian' allegedly knew Mr. Haycock years ago, and revealed 
	that his story had a sad and tragic ending. 
	 
	  
	Haycock, it seemed, had received 
	an unmarked letter or package in his mailbox one day with a message warning 
	him to cease and desist in his investigations of the tunnel. Mr. Haycock had 
	apparently ignored the warning and continued in his investigations, and 
	according to Galahadian a few days afterwards he was found strangled to 
	death in his house. 
	 
	  
	What kind of secret would be so important that it was 
	worth killing a human life in order to hide it? Certainly, this is not the 
	only one who has died mysteriously after investigating underground 
	phenomena. In fact dozens, perhaps hundreds (or more?) have met with the 
	same tragic fate, after getting to close to the "Horrible Truth". 
	   
	We would 
	ask the readers however not to get the impression that EVERY subterranean 
	area is irreparably under the control of the evil one and the powers of 
	darkness.  
	  
	As we will reveal in our next file there are many regions 
	inhabited by human beings who, although they may not have established an 
	absolutely "perfect" society, nevertheless are far safer than the 
	underground lairs of the serpent races.  
	  
	The simple fact that these writings 
	TARGET the reptilian conspiracy as it concerns or as it is taking place in 
	and around this small planet lost among billions of stars in a galaxy which 
	is just one of billions within a seemingly immeasurable universe, might lead 
	one to accept a mistaken and paranoid if not hopeless view of reality. 
	Believe us, this is not the case.  
	  
	The perfect and incorruptible realm of the 
	Almighty is infinitely more vast than the material universe which it 
	surrounds. Good WILL overcome evil in the end, that is not the question. The 
	question is: how many souls will or will not be saved from the conspiracies 
	of darkness before the ultimate victory comes?  
	 With this in mind, let's return to the disturbing although very real 
	possibility that many have lost their lives because they knew too much about 
	the draconian activities taking place beneath the surface of this planet 
	(and beyond).
 
	  
	 One contact of ours has informed us that a good friend of hers 
	in Las Vegas, Nevada, had uncovered some very disturbing facts and 
	testimonies concerning construction workers and others who had been involved 
	in the installation of certain equipment within the tunnels beneath the 
	Nevada Military Complex, etc., many of whom later died under bizarre 
	circumstances.  
	  
	 This informant, Stacy Borland, was later found dead - along 
	with a brother of hers - in Las Vegas. Someone had apparently entered her 
	place and murdered them in cold blood.  
	  
	 We smell a rat in this case (or, 
	should we say A SNAKE?), and in fact our contact is convinced that it was 
	the work of an assassin, and that she was killed because she knew too much.
 
	  
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