Radio caller's underground base claim (1991)
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Radio caller's underground base claim (1991)
| Date | 1991 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Beings & bodies (topic), Bases & Area 51 (topic) |
| People | Paul Bennewitz |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 108 |
| Year | 1991 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 1991 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 4 |
The radio caller's underground base claim is an anonymous call to the "Billy Goodman Happening" on KVEG radio (840 AM) in Las Vegas.[2] The caller said he was a construction worker and electrician, hired to run lights and power 3,000 feet underground at "a certain test site". There, he said, he had seen U.S. Marines escort "little characters" with "big heads and little bodies" on gurneys, followed by doctors in white coats.[2] The call is known from a transcript published by the pseudonymous writer "Branton", who dates it to 19 November 1989.[2] Michael Shellenberger's 2024 UAP timeline lists it under 1991.[3] The caller was never identified, and nothing he described has been confirmed.[2]
The call
- Going down. The caller opened: "We are going 3,000 feet underground!" At that depth, he said, they came out into "a stainless steel atmosphere", met construction workers, and were pushed into a room by "6 minute marines" who warned them they would be hurt if they came out before being told.[2]
- The job. Asked what he was doing underground, he said, "We are running lights and power". He said the job came "through Reynold's Electronics", adding: "I have to say that because I get my pay check from someone else!"[2]
- The incident. A few weeks earlier, he said, his crew had been hanging lights in stainless-steel halls past rooms "like operating rooms".[2]
- Marines with fixed bayonets came off an elevator, knocked the workers off their scaffold and pushed them into a room.[2]
- Then "these little characters on gurneys" were brought past: "They had big heads and little bodies", followed by "doctors in white coats".[2]
- He said he had fought in Vietnam and had thought the Marines were his buddies.[2]
- Mercury, Nevada. He said: "I work at Mercury, Nevada and I'm the best electrician there."[2]
- He then appeared shocked to learn that he was on the air across the West Coast. "I thought I was just talking to you!"[2]
- Threats. He said that before workers went "down in the pit" they were told that if they revealed anything they saw, "you are dead!!!"[2]
- He ended: "We've got six little bodies under ground, man!!!"[2]
- Lazar. He also referred to a scientist he had glimpsed on television, whom Branton takes to be Bob Lazar.[2] See Bob Lazar.
The source and its context
- Branton's transcript. Branton says the conversation took place on 19 November 1989 and was transcribed by a Las Vegas resident.[2]
- He presents it in a long compilation of claims about a "Nevada Military Complex" and underground bases. The compilation includes an account of the "Dulce Wars" and a list of claims about "Delta" security circulated by William Cooper on 10 January 1989.[2]
- Reynolds and EG&G. Branton notes that the caller's "Reynold's Electronics" is tied to EG&G.[2]
- He quotes a January 1990 Associated Press report. It said three Nevada-based EG&G companies employed most of the Nevada Test Site's 8,000 workers, including 5,500 at Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Co.[2]
- Billy Goodman. According to Branton, Goodman organised trips to watch "disks" said to be tested at Groom Lake, and his show also aired claims by callers such as "Yellow Fruit".[2]
- Timeline wording. The timeline summarises the call as a claim that the caller "was hired to run electricity and power 3,000 feet underground" at a test site, involving military personnel and creatures with "big heads and little bodies". It says he was assigned the job by "Reynold's Electronics, a subsidiary of EG&G".[3]
- Correction notes:
- The earlier version of this article, following the timeline, dated the call to 1991. Branton's transcript dates it to 19 November 1989.[2][3]
- The earlier version placed such claims especially on Art Bell's Coast to Coast AM. This call was to KVEG's "Billy Goodman Happening".[2]
- The earlier version cited a page address that no longer resolves. The compilation is available at a corrected address.[1][2]
Assessment
- Unverifiable. The caller gave no name, and the call's content survives only in an unofficial transcript reproduced by a pseudonymous compiler.[2]
- No worker came forward to back up his story. Goodman had invited any co-workers to call in.[2]
- The genre. Underground-base stories of this period overlap with the Dulce legend. That legend has been traced to disinformation fed to Paul Bennewitz by Air Force Office of Special Investigations agents in the early 1980s.[4] See Bennewitz affair.
- Correction note: the earlier version of this article named Phil Schneider, who claimed to have survived a 1979 firefight with aliens at Dulce, as "the best-known example" of such claims. Schneider is not covered in the sources read here.
People and topics
- Non-human intelligence — A term for intelligent beings of non-human origin, used in UAP legislation.
- Coast to Coast AM — The late-night radio show known for paranormal topics.
- Dulce — A New Mexico town linked to legends of an underground alien base.
- Disinformation — False information spread deliberately to mislead.
- Paul Bennewitz — Albuquerque physicist targeted by Air Force disinformation in the Bennewitz affair.
On the Timeline
- C. Richard D'Amato's warning to Vallée (1991) (1991) — Senate counsel Dick D'Amato tells Vallée that a secretive group spreading false information is breaking the law.
- Kevin Thomas and the Nimitz black triangle (1991) — A Nimitz petty officer says he saw a huge black triangle rise out of the ocean.
See every 1991 event on the UAP Timeline →
References
- bibliotecapleyades.net · bibliotecapleyades.net · archived copy
- "Branton", underground-base compilation (Nevada Military Complex chapter), Biblioteca Pleyades · bibliotecapleyades.net
- Michael Shellenberger, written testimony to the House Oversight Committee (13 November 2024), p. 108 · oversight.house.gov
- "Mirage Men and the architecture of UAP disinformation", New Space Economy (December 2025) · newspaceeconomy.ca
Categories: 1991 | Bases area 51 | Beings bodies | Coast to coast am | Disinformation | Dulce | Non-human intelligence | Paul bennewitz | Timeline event | Incomplete articles
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