Subterranean Worlds

Ancient Subterrain Excavations Reveal the Existence of Advanced

Races

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Caverns, Dungeons and Labyrinths

Crim-Ram Series FILE NO. 007

by Branton

In this 'File' we will examine reports of ancient subterrain

excavations, the very reality of which presupposes the existence of

scientifically-advanced races which reigned perhaps thousands of

years ago, excavations that had apparently been constructed before

the deluge and, in some cases, following it. The account which we

record below appeared in the Oct. 1947 issue of 'AMAZING STORIES'

science fiction/science fact magazine, pp. 171-172:

"Sirs:

"Norman Finley, a neighbor of a good friend of mine, told me about

an experience he had which was rather unusual. He and a couple of

other fellows were hunting down in the Big Bend country. I don't

know whether you are familiar with the Big Bend or not, but there is

no more wild or desolate area in the country. Rugged, mountainous,

cut by canyons, there are innumerable parts of it which have never

known the foot of man.

"It was in one of the most desirable areas that Finley and his

companions found themselves. They had driven about ninety miles

southwest of Marathon, Texas, a little town of about 700 people, at

the foot of the Del Norte Mountains, 4000 feet high, and had then

gone on afoot. The dirt road just petered out and they couldn't get

their car further. They were hunting deer but had no luck. Just as

they were about to call it a day, Finley spotted a mountain lion. He

snapped a shot at it and knocked it over. But the lion just rolled

over on his feet and started to leave those parts.

"Finley and the other fellows took after him, since it was obvious

that he was wounded and not making very good time. They managed to

keep him in sight for about a mile and were sure they had him when

he ran into a box canyon. The lion, however, started up a faint

trail up one side of the canyon to a small cave they could see about

a hundred feet from the floor of the canyon. They followed him up

this trail, but when they got to the cave--there was no lion!

"The cave was one of those dished-out affairs that are so common in

the southwest. Eroded out of the face of a cliff and cup-shaped. The

only access to it was by that trail. But this cave was a bit queer.

It had a sand floor and was just about big enough to park twenty

cars in it. On the cliff edge was a low STONE WALL. This in itself

was not too unusual, because such caves have sheltered Indians for

thousands of years.

"The thing that did make it unusual was that in the rear of it was a

perfectly round hole. It was obvious that the lion had ducked into

this.

"They approached it rather cautiously and tossed some stones in it

to see if they could stir him up. But there was no response. They

could hear the stones rolling and bouncing down an incline and the

sound just got fainter and fainter until it died away altogether.

"They then approached the hole and peered down into it. It was

perfectly round--also it was about four or five feet in diameter.

They couldn't see very far down it, but it appeared to descend

rather sharply and at a steady gradient. The fellows gathered some

dry grass from the canyon floor and made some torches. The incline

of the bore was too steep for them to climb down so they tossed the

torches down it. They just slid down further and further and

disappeared into the gloom. They never did see or hear of the lion

again.

"At first they thought they had stumbled onto some old Spanish mine

workings. But there was no sign anywhere of a dump that always goes

with a mine. By all rights there should have been some sign of the

earth and rock that had come out of that hole--but there wasn't.

"When they inspected the hole itself more closely, they were amazed

at it's symmetry and at the consistency of the section of the bore

as far as they could see down it. The fact that the bore was

perfectly round puzzled them, too. If it was a mine shaft, it most

certainly wouldn't have been round, but instead would have been flat

on the bottom. The fact that the shaft extended straight and

unwavering as a rigid pipe was cause for further amazement. Since

the fellows had no rope with them, which would have been needed to

descend the shaft, as well as lights, they scratched their heads

awhile and then left.

"Finley wanted to go back with equipment and see how far down the

shaft went and what was at the bottom of it. But ranchers are busy

people and he never went back. In the meantime he got pretty well

broken up when a horse threw him and he now lives in Fort Worth

while he has someone else to run the ranch. We talked rather idly

about having a look at his cave someday. He says he knows exactly

where it is and could find that box canyon with his eyes shut. So

far we haven't done anything about it. But we may either this summer

or next when we get time to go down to Big Bend.

"Finley told me this story about a year before even you heard of

Shaver so you can be sure he wasn't influenced by the 'Shaver

Mystery.' In fact, I don't believe he has ever heard of the 'Shaver

Mystery,' even to this day.

"E. Stanton Brown., 4931 Bryce Ave., Fort Worth 7, Texas."

Another letter, dated Jan. 1948, appeared in 'AMAZING STORIES'

magazine also confirming that strange 'para-speleon' phenomena

exists in the western part of Texas. However the artifacts described

in the following letter seem to involve areas north of Big Bend, not

far from the Guadellupe Mts. and the New Mexico border. Perhaps this

account is a partial confirmation of a subterranean connection

between areas BELOW the Big Bend of Texas and the Guadellupe range

of southern New Mexico - northwestern Texas. Quoting from the

letter:

"Sirs:

"Since I have been an interested reader of AMAZING STORIES since my

high school days (1929) when A-S was a bigger magazine, I feel like

one of the family when I read the letters in the discussion pages.

The temptation has arisen many times to write a letter to you

concerning some hotly discussed matter, but something has always

prevented me from getting at it. However, the October Issue pushed

me too far, and here goes.

"The mysterious cave Mr. E. Stanton Brown spoke of in his letter is

not exactly news to me. In 1938 a party of six of my friends and

myself spent seven months in that area of Texas, and upper Mexico.

We were testing an electronic instrument that we had developed, and

needed lots of space and some mineral deposits for the various

tests. So, we got rather well acquainted with the Big Bend country,

and the Figure 2 Ranch north of there. We arrived there in January

and camped IN THE SIERRA BLANCAS, storing a lot of our equipment at

the town of Van Horn. By March we had gotten deep into the rugged

country and as I recall, it was about the middle of March we

stumbled onto this cave (or a twin) that Mr. Brown speaks of in his

letter. Everyone was so dumbfounded by it that we spent the better

part of the rest of the month in making a thorough investigation. We

penetrated the shaft to a distance of 870 feet and at about 650 feet

found some very finely executed writing on the right wall at eye

level, IN WHAT RESEMBLES CUNEIFORM. At 800 feet one of the party

fell over a cloth lying in the dust, and upon closer examination, it

was found to be part of a blue shirt, of fairly recent manufacture;

indicating that someone else had been this far in recent times.

This and an empty pint whisky bottle dated 1897 was all we located

to indicate recent occupation. Of course in a country where

desperadoes such as Black Jack, Billy the Kid, etc., hid out where

they could and the more solitary the better, such a find was not too

surprising.

"At about 780 feet the floor dips more sharply downward and at near

900 feet progress is very hazardous due to moisture and increased

slant downward. We carried rocks from the opening, and rolled them

from the point where we could no longer walk, but they simply faded

out with a rumble after a few seconds. We tried rolling flaming

yucca stumps to see if, perhaps, we might determine more about the

bore further on, but this proved to be futile, since the stumps

burned poorly at best, probably due to bad air. It was very stuffy

and hot after the first 300 feet from the opening. We held a powwow

to try and figure out how we could go further down, but the only

thing would have been lots of lariat ropes, or a long steel cable,

and neither was available nearer than some 50 miles.

"If Mr. Finley had taken the time to go hunting up in the Figure 2

Ranch territory he might have run across another, and to me more

interesting, cave than the Big Bend one. About 62 miles (north -

Branton) from the town of Van Horn you go through the salt-flat

country, where the Salt Wars of the old west occurred. Westward,

some 8 or 9 miles from the road is the Apache Canyon country, and as

rugged as anywhere on the face of the globe. In an offshoot of

Apache Canyon to the south, is an almost impassable gash called Hell

Canyon. The walls of this canyon rise precipitously for at least

1000 feet and top out on Apache Peak on one side and an old Indian

ceremonial ground on the other side. More desolate country would be

hard to imagine. Coyotes and mountain lions are plentiful, and

panthers no novelty. I have seen as many as 34 deer in a herd down

below on the grassy ledge sloping down toward the canyon floor. Of

course, further up toward the box end of the canyon it was much too

rugged for deer, but a few mountain sheep are seen, (it was) in the

wildest part of the canyon that the other cave was found, in fact we

almost fell into it. The high grass about the opening hid the dished

out entrance.

"We were at an elevation of approximately 7000 feet and going was

tough, especially with a pack, and we had stopped to rest when one

of the party remarked that it 'sounded hollow' when any of us

talked. Of course, we all yapped away at the same time trying to

figure if this was so, and sure enough it was. Further investigation

located the hole some six feet to the left of where we had stopped.

It was roughly oval in shape, some 30 by 18 feet; and bridged in the

center the short way by a natural rock arch heavy enough to support

an elephant. In the center of the arch were 3 deep grooves caused we

hazarded, by rope passing over the arch. We spent several hours in

investigating the surrounding terrain to see if there might be any

other entrances to the cave, but found none. It sloped sharply from

the opening down about 200 feet, and then the bore disappeared,

curving upward. We succeeded in getting down to the first level, by

tying all our ropes together, and subsequently investigated a lot of

it.

"Threading through the soil were long stringers of quartz, but oddly

enough at the same time there were chunks of rock as big as a piano

that were solid masses of seashells. Quite a lot of pottery both

broken and whole, was found. The most interesting thing was,

however, that the farther we went the colder it got. Also there was

a sound of either rushing wind or water, which got louder the lower

we went. We came upon two human skeletons not over 500 feet from the

entrance, but they must have been very old, as the bones crumbled at

the touch. Everything was covered with a deep dust after passing the

bend and no indication of any living thing having passed there was

ever noted. It was very dark and depressing, and the chill was very

penetrating. When you consider that the outside temperature was near

100 degrees, you can imagine how we were dressed. We had three

flashlights, one a five cell, and after a while it was all that was

left that would give a decent light. Down at what we estimated as

1200 feet from the opening we came smack up against a smooth stone

wall. That was it. The end. None of us would admit it was natural,

it was too smooth and perfect, and look as we would we could not

find a single flaw or crack in it. It was of a marble-like texture

and some eight or nine feet high in the center and around eleven

wide. By placing our ears to the rock surface THE ROARING ON THE

OTHER SIDE BECAME MUCH LOUDER, AND THE ROCK WAS QUITE COLD TO THE

TOUCH. There was natural marble near there, in Marble Canyon, where

marble was once taken out in large quantities, and so the rock was

native rock, I'm sure. Since the remaining light was all we had

except matches, we voted to get back to the opening as soon as

possible, and after a hard struggle upgrade we got back to daylight

and held a conference. We decided to bed down and talk it over

further the next day, as it was getting late.

"However, the next day we were inclined to look foolishly at each

other and claim it was all our imagination thinking there was

anything strange on the other side of the barrier, and it was just

another one of those many caves in the country. Carlsbad is just 65

miles north of there, AND THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS NO DOUBT HONEYCOMBED

UNDERNEATH.

"We finished our experiments and left, late in July but I have never

been able to forget the caves, and THE ODD SOUNDS ON THE OTHER SIDE

OF THAT BARRIER. Or for that matter, the barrier itself, for it was

too perfect to be natural, I believe. Or, maybe I've just read too

many AMAZING STORIES,' and am inclined to wild ideas. As the

Mexicans say, Quien sabe?

"Some day I'm going to write you a ding-how Scientifiction on

something-or-other, and then place it and my rejection notice among

my souvenirs. Maybe then I can go on reading AMAZING STORIES in

peace, without wanting to dash off a dinger.

"K. A. Gookin., Carmel Radio & Sound Service., Box 1865., Carmel,

California."

(Note: It is unlikely that the writers of the two letters which we

have just quoted would be able to be reached at the addresses given.

We've merely given them as they appeared in AMAZING STORIES magazine

in the late 1940's. - Branton)

At this point we will mention several miscellaneous items connected

with paraspeleology, speleanthropology, subsurface phenomena and

related subjects:

A researcher by the name of Frank D. Adams has written on the result

of his personal scientific experiments which may prove that giant

cavities exist in granite at depths of more than 11 miles,

conclusions which have also been supported by Louis V. King, a

mathematician who calculated that, at normal temperatures, a cavity

would exist at a depth of between 17.2 and 20.9 miles. The authors'

findings are also supported by the recently discovered "16 Rouse

Belts" which give planes of fracture penetrating the globe.

Dr. Ron Anjard, in an article in the Summer, 1978 issue of PURSUIT

Magazine, claimed personal knowledge of 44 underground cities

beneath the surface of North America, six of which are alleged to be

on the West Coast. His information allegedly comes from anonymous

American Indian sources. When we relate this to the large number of

migration legends (to and from cavern realms) which exist among the

native Amerindians, then we may conclude that certain tribes still

retain intimate knowledge of underground civilizations related to

them via distant ancestral links. Some of the elders of these

different tribes, others have suggested, may in fact maintain

present contact with several of these cavern civilizations. There

are some indications that some such 'tribes' literally moved

underground as a result of the encroaching Anglosaxon civilization

upon the America's. Similar allegations are made in relation to

South and Central America as well.

Interviews with survivors of a mine explosion in Dec. 26, 1945,

known as the "Belva Mine Disaster", appeared in the Dec. 1981 - Jan.

1982 issues of newspapers in Pineville, Kentucky and elsewhere. The

interviews revealed that some of the trapped men saw a "door" in one

of the walls open, and a man dressed like a "lumberjack" emerged

from a well-lighted room. After assuring the men that they would be

rescued, the strange visitor returned to the room and closed the

door. These "lumberjack-like" entities have been described by miners

on other parts of the country and in other nations as well. There

seems to be some confusion as to whether they are physical or

paraphysical entities. A somewhat similar incident allegedly took

place several years ago near Shipton, Pennsylvania. Of the three

victims of this particular mine disaster, only two were rescued.

However both described a similar para-physical encounter with

strange 'men' who entered the caverns and gave light to the two

trapped miners and told them that they would be rescued. They were

uncertain whether the entities were humans or supernatural beings

however, as much of their collective "hallucination" contained both

physical as well as supernatural elements. The bluish "light" which

illuminated the room, they said, was real, but other holographic-

like visuals that appeared on the walls, when touched by their

hands, either disappeared or revealed solid rock behind.

R. L. Blain-Sanders, in an article titled 'TUNNELS AND CAVERNS

BENEATH NEW YORK CITY,' which appeared in the Fall, 1981 issue of

SHAVERTRON, described the author's knowledge of a large triangular

system of tunnels utilized by a 'Masonic lodge', deep below the

surface of New York City. Could this have any connection to the

other 'rumors' to the effect that cavernous regions exist below

Manhattan? For instance, in 1962 Con Edison, while drilling a test

hole in the north of East River Park, New York City, broke through

to open space about 200 feet below. Also, there are the allegations

of Morris Doreal that the Church of St. John the Divine in New York

was built over ancient tunnels leading to a dome-shaped city

abandoned by antediluvian 'Atlanteans' and later, apparently, re-

established by post- deluvians. Then we have the accounts of

thousands of people who have literally and mysteriously disappeared

off the face of the earth in and around New York City.

Raymond Bond, in an article titled 'SUBTERRANEAN SAUCERS - GLOBAL

NETWORK OF UFO BASES', which appeared in SAGA'S UFO ANNUAL 1980

(Brooklyn, N.Y.), described caves within Mt. Sombrero in the Tampica

area of Mexico, from which sounds resembling those made by

'hydroelectric generating equipment' can be heard. Also, inhabitants

of the interior of Mt. Kilimanjaro were also described. Kilimanjaro

is one of the highest peaks in Africa.

Bob Borino, in his article, 'UFO BASES FOUND IN ANTARCTICA' (Globe,

Jan. 18, 1983) quotes from certain scientists who believe that a

subterranean UFO Base is located beneath the strange 'Polynya Sea'

in the Antarctica's Weddell Sea region.

Malcolm W. Browne, in his article 'UNDERGROUND TUNNELS THREATEN TOWN

IN HUNGARY'S WINE COUNTRY' (NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 8, 1967, p.2) tells

of over 60 miles of ancient tunnel systems of unknown origin and

purpose which have been discovered beneath the town of Eger,

Hungary, some of which have collapsed. The civilization which built

the tunnels must have been fairly advanced in engineering and

science in order to create such a subterranean system.

Karl Brugger, in his book 'THE CHRONICLE OF AKAKOR' (Boohi Tree

Books., Delacorte Press., N.Y., 230 pp), gives the history--as given

to the author by one of their chiefs--of the Ugha Mongulala

tribesman, whose ancestors were allegedly part of a vast empire

which covered South America in ancient times. Some of these ancient

people, the chief claimed, left the planet in aerial vessels to

explore other parts of the solar system and beyond, leaving behind

vast subterranean cities beneath the Andes mountains and western

Brazil. In 1971, due to the constant encroachment of white settlers

or invaders into their territory, 30,000 survivors of the Ugha

Mongulala allegedly escaped to this ancient system of underground

cities, consisting of 13 separate subterranean complexes all

connected by tunnels, one of which is said to extend to Lima, and

others of which are located throughout the Andes Mountain range of

Peru.

Michael Burke, in his article 'GREEN THING SPARKS RUMORS' (THE

VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH, New Kensington, Tarentum and Vandergrift, PA.,

Mar. 5, 1981 issue) described a small creature, allegedly 'half

humanoid - half dinosaur' which was seen emerging from a sewer

tunnel in New Kensington. A group of children chased the infant or

young dinosauroid creature, one of them momentarily grabbing it at

which point it let out a squealing or screeching sound, and then

slipped from his hands and escaped back into the sewer tunnel. This

incident took place some miles west of Dixonville, PA., where in

1944 several miners were killed or turned up missing as a result of

encounters with 'alien' creatures in one particular mineshaft there.

Any connection?

SAGA Magazine's 'UFO ANNUAL - 1980', P.4, under the heading 'CAVE

MARTIANS', described a bizarre encounter with subterranean creatures

which seemed to have consisted of some type of automaton-like forms,

perhaps on a reconnaissance mission from an underground

civilization. The story involved a tunnel near Xucurus,

Argentina(?), some 90 miles from Buenos Aires. The tunnel was

discovered by agriculturist Gerardo Cordeire, and found to contain

nine connecting passages and strange inscriptions on the walls. From

it's entrance "men nine feet tall, green, with antennas on their

heads, and square legs" were seen to emerge, and which, according to

HUNDREDS of witnesses from the town and nearby locals, resembled

enormous "portable radios."

Dr. Earlyne Chaney, in an article titled 'ODYSSEY INTO EGYPT', in

her occult-oriented magazine VOICE OF ASTARA (May, 1982) tells of a

discovery she and researcher Bill Cox was shown in Egypt. These were

two tunnels, neither of which had been fully explored. One was in

the temple of Edfu between Luxor and Cairo in the ruins of El Tuna

Gabel; and the other near Zozer's Step Pyramid at Cairo near

Memphis-Saqqarah, within the tomb of the Bull, called "Serapium".

The Egyptian government sealed both tunnels because of fears of

certain archaeologists who alleged that they "lead too deeply down

into the depths of the earth," and because they found the earth to

be "honeycombed with passages leading off into other depths," and

the possibility of explorers becoming lost. If such labyrinths do

exist, then it may explain one story which alleged that men dressed

like "ancient Egyptians" have been seen deep in unexplored tunnels

near Cairo, as well as possible confirmation of the story which

appeared in Nevada Aerial Research's 'LEADING EDGE' Publication to

the effect that the U.S.(?) Government secretly maintains a huge

base within a cavern of tremendous size (several miles in diameter)

beneath the desert sands of Egypt. Could this tie in with the vague

references to a subterranean society(s) referred to by certain

people 'in the know' which is/are known as the 'Phoenix Empire'

and/or the 'Gizeh People'?

Articles in the WASHINGTON STAR-NEWS, July 25, 1973 and Aug. 15,

1973, tell of the discovery of an unexplored network of ancient,

artificial tunnels during construction of a parking lot in Crofton,

Maryland. Subsequent construction covered the tunnel entrances

before the system could be completely investigated.

Leon Davidson, in an early issue of 'FLYING SAUCERS' Magazine, spoke

of a large network of "underground tunnels in the California desert,

at Camp Irwin, near Barstow." This may tie-in with an item related

by a Los Angeles municipal water director, as related in an early

issue of Richard Toronto's SHAVERTRON letter-zine, stating that this

water director knew of 5 large underground rivers which ran beneath

the Mojave desert, and that die-traces showed that at least one of

these emptied into the Pacific ocean through openings in the

continental slopes (One source stated that such a river exited in

the Gulf of California. Other sources speak of a "Kokoweef" river-

system which is alleged to lie below Kokoweef peak just east of FORT

Irwin, which looked--according to it's alleged discoverer, a Mr.

Earl Dorr, and a few "Indians" who also claimed to have been in it--

like a "Grand Canyon" underground. It allegedly consists of a river

chasm generally 500 ft. wide and over a thousand feet high-deep,

sided by steep tiered-shelved underground cliffs, huge stalactites

and cataracts. Also, the alluvial sands on the 'beaches' along the

river, which allegedly hold a large percentage of gold dust, are

said to be several feet deep. The entrance to this cavern was

allegedly dynamited shut by Mr. Dorr to protect anyone else from

getting to "his" gold. There is in fact evidence that Dorr did

dynamite shut the lower level of 'Kin Sabe' cave in Kokoweef Peak,

and there are present-day attempts to break through into this

underground system. The water of the river allegedly rose and fell

with the tides, suggesting that a very large body of water might

exist upstream, that is if Dorr's account as well as the accounts of

the Indians were not fabricated). The municipal water director,

according to the SHAVERTRON article, spoke with a man who claimed

that he was hired several years ago by the government to look for

water sources for Ft. Irwin. He alleged to have explored an old mine

in the area and found that deep down, the shaft intersected with an

ancient earth fault or chasm-like cave which continued horizontally

for a considerable distance. This government employee followed the

chasm and allegedly emerged onto the bank of a huge underground

river-cave over a quarter of a mile wide! The tremendous water flow-

-possibly originating from the waters that apparently disappear

beneath the Great Basin, the Nevada and Mojave deserts?--could have

'fed' the water needs of all of Southern California.

Paul Doerr (not to be confused with Mr. DORR referred to above), in

issue number 6 of his Newsletter 'UNKNOWN', related the tradition

concerning a race of human giants which, according to stories in the

Carolinas islands and especially Papua, allegedly went underground

in ancient times. Once inhabitants of a lost island-continent called

"Chamat," they will, according to legend, one day emerge. This

legend is wide-spread throughout Malaysia, which incidentally

contains the largest "officially recognized" cavern chamber, the

"Sarowak Chamber" on the island of Borneo in the Malaysian islands.

It is said to be 230 ft. wide by 980 ft. long and nowhere less than

270 ft. high, large enough to easily hold within itself the two

previous contenders for the world's largest OFFICIAL chamber -

Carlsbad's "Big Room" in New Mexico and the "Salle de la Verna" in

the Pierre Saint-Martin caverns in France. Yankee stadium could fit

in one end of the Sarowak chamber with room to spare! The same issue

of 'UNKNOWN' also reports on the discovery of massive caverns in

Toulumne Co., California, by three Oakland miners. The caverns were

so extensive that a man would have to "take grub for a week, and

plan to explore for a month."

The 'BOOK OF DYZAN', which has been translated from ancient

manuscripts, tells of intellectually sophisticated humans from an

ancient earth-born society who abandoned the surface of the earth,

"depriving the impure human race of their knowledge," and leaving in

flying craft to rejoin their land "of iron and metal."

The 'BOOK OF DYZAN', which has been translated from ancient

manuscripts, tells of intellectually sophisticated humans from an

ancient earth-born society who abandoned the surface of the earth,

"depriving the impure human race of their knowledge," and leaving in

flying craft to rejoin their land "of iron and metal."

'FAR OUT' Magazine's April, 1982 issue carried an article titled,

'BOTTOMLESS PIT FOUND ON THE OCEANS FLOOR'. The article tells of a

huge man-made opening in the ocean floor between Panama and the

Galapagos Islands, which scientists say receives a constant flow of

ocean water which is being sucked through the hole and into the

crust beneath the ocean floor.

Raymond A. Fowler, in his book 'THE ANDREASSON AFFAIR' (Prentice-

Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. 1979) gives an extensive

description of an abduction experience of one woman who was taken by

the "Gray-type" aliens and later returned to her house. These

creatures, according to Fowler and Andreasson, had the ability to

travel between stars but her account seems to suggest that their

ORIGINAL point of origin is within a cavernous subterranean realm.

For instance, here are some quotes given by Betty Andreasson

concerning her abduction: "(The aliens had) Large, wraparound...

eyes (which) stood in stark contrast to less prominent facial

features: holes for noses and ears, and fixed, scarlike mouths. They

wore shiny dark blue, form-fitting uniforms... Their three-digit

(reptilian?) hands were GLOVED." The creatures seemed claylike,

"...They're scary," Betty said, "I don't see any hair... (their

heads were like) an upside-down pear... I didn't even see a nose."

She described an "eye slit" and said that the creatures took her

from her house and into some type of craft. After a while the craft

apparently connected to some type of dock somewhere on or below the

earth, beyond which was a tunnel. She was put into an enclosed

chair-like transparent container which filled with some kind of

fluid, and was then taken through a "...subway tunnel... it's like a

track we're going on... walking, gliding--or something." She said

that her willpower seemed mesmerized by powerful influences beyond

her ken. "We would pass other tunnel openings. I could tell that

there were other tunnels there... passed out of the tunnel into a

place where the atmosphere was a vibrating red color... like

infrared light... there are buildings--square buildings with

openings... In the red part... there wasn't any vegetable life... we

are coming to where there are some beings! And they've skinny arms

and legs and kind of a full body. And their eyes can move every

which way, and they can climb just like monkeys. They climb up

quickly and swiftly and down and around and in and out of windows.

They are all over the place!" Betty and the two alien creatures that

abducted her approached a circular membrane and passed through it

without resistance into a place with a greenish atmosphere. She

looked down upon strange plants, a mist-enshrouded sea, and a

distant complex of buildings. The sheer vastness of the alien realm

overwhelmed her senses. The place reminded her of "some legendary

underground kingdom." She continued, "There's a lot of different

stuff I'm seeing... plants are different. It's like, uh--long stems

that come out in loops and the different colors. But they are green!

Other similar elevated tracks (like the one she was on) criss-

crossed the area." They stopped to let something go by. Betty just

watched, dumbfounded. Later she found nothing in her vocabulary to

describe it... "I don't know what it is! It is something like--I

can't ever explain it... I'm seeing a pyramid--it has one big flat

side and the others indent, sort of. We are going over it, high in

the 'sky'... There were (high buildings) like, you know, a lot of

science fiction. Big cities with all these different bridges all

around... I don't remember seeing any activity. It was too far away.

That was way over to the side there, way over to the side. The

pyramid was closer than that... When we reached the destination, we

went through the black tunnel (following which she was taken through

some type of occult ritual in which she had a vision of a 'Phoenix'

bird which was consumed in fire and then emerged from the ashes in

the form of a worm which began to grow slowly into the 'bird' shape.

Mr. Fowler suggested that this may have been a feigned 'religious

experience' orchestrated by the aliens in order to play on her

emotions and gain Betty's assistance)... "They seemed long,"

speaking of the tunnel which she was taken through. After the occult

"initiation" or ritual she was taken back the way she came, "It felt

like pressure or something on my head," speaking of the strange

force which glued her to the escalator-walk contrivance, "My head

was hurting and heavy from it, whatever it was... I COULD HAVE BEEN

INSIDE THE EARTH... SOMEHOW I BELIEVE WE WERE IN THE CENTER OF THE

EARTH." She retraced with the two alien kidnappers the way back

through the greenish cavern where the mist-covered sea was located,

"the sea was off to the side, and there was mist, and then it had

that narrow land and it did finally go onto some kind of surface and

was going up... It (the underground sea) seemed very dark, but it

was green--very, very dark. It was choppy. After it had cleared, it