PROJECT REDBOOK: B

PROJECT REDBOOK: B BOLIVIA, SORATA – A French Jesuit priest tells of his exploration of the San Pedro cave on Mt. Illampu, near Lake Titicaca. Entered via a crawlspace and opening out into a vast underground lake, the priest claimed to have rowed a small boat for hours until the cavern narrowed and gave way to a trail barred by an enormous gate of wrought iron with all of the characteristics of 17th-century Spanish ironwork. He could not penetrate […] Read More

A Guide to the Inner Earth: Z

**** Z ****   Zechariah (Sitchin) – THE STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN., St. Martin’s Press., NY., 1980., pp. 21-23 – Describes Alexander the Great’s journey into the “caverns of the gods“; pp. 52-57 – Refers to ancient Egyptian writings about the subterranean paradise of ‘Seker’, often visited by ancient kings and initiates.   Zirkle, Conway – THE THEORY OF CONCENTRIC SPHERES., Article in ISIS magazine., Vol. 37, Nos. 109-110., 1947: A discussion of the ‘Symmes Theory‘ of concentric spheres, and […] Read More

A Guide to the Inner Earth: W

**** W ****   Wagner, George H.    — ABOUT CAVES AND OTHER SECRET HIDING PLACES IN THE WORLD., Article in SEARCH magazine., Jan. 1967: Describes an underground city 75 miles NW of Portland, OR., nearly 10 miles beneath the earth.    — LOST CAVES: SECRET SAUCER BASES? – Article in SAGA’S UFO REPORT., Oct. 1976: Several unusual accounts of lost caves and underground cities, and their connections with the UFO mystery.   Wallace, Irving – SQUARE PEGS., Alfred A. Knopf […] Read More

A Guide to the Inner Earth: U

**** U ****   UFO-NACHRICHTEN (Swedish UFO Publication) – July 1970 issue: Article, HOLE AT THE POLES.   UFO REVIEW (See: Beckley, Timothy Green)   UFO’S ARE SAID TO ENTER THE EARTH THROUGH A TUNNEL – WHICH EXTENDS FROM THE SOUTH POLE (UNDERGROUND) TO CHILI., Article in THE NEW ATLANTEAN JOURNAL., Winter, 1997., p. 30.   Uhey, Lee – JOURNEY TO THE UNKNOWN., Article in THE HOLLOW HASSLE newsletter., May 1982: The story of one man’s frightening encounter with […] Read More

A Guide to the Inner Earth: R

**** R ****   Rampa, T. Lobsang (pseud. for Hoskins, Cyril T.)    — THE CAVE OF THE ANCIENTS., Corgi Books., London, England., American editions by Bantam & Ballantine Books: Describes huge ancient chambers beneath the Himalayan mountain range of Tibet, filled with marvelous fantastic ancient machines, records, and wonders from a prehistoric civilization.    — THE HERMIT., Corgi Books., London, England., 1971: A race pf extraterrestrials who have an underground base in caverns and tunnels deep within the Himalayan mountains […] Read More

A Guide to the Inner Earth: O

**** O ****   Obruchev, V.A. – PLUTONIA., Moscow, 1224: The romantic account of a voyage into the hollow interior of the earth. Although obviously fiction, the untranslated (at the time) work borrows heavily from ‘Hollow Earth‘ pioneers, along with the writings of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells.   O’Connell, Joan (Editor) & Patrick O’Connell (President) – THE NEW ATLANTEAN JOURNAL., quarterly: A few copies of back issues include articles on the Shaver Mystery, the Hollow Earth, and subterranean […] Read More

A Guide to the Inner Earth: K

**** K ****   Kafton-Minkel, Walter    — SUBTERRANEAN WORLDS., unpublished manuscript., Portland, OR: A historical review of several ‘Hollow Earth‘ theories, including information on the early proponents of the theory.    — THE LEGENDS OF MT. SHASTA.,  Article in ‘HOLLOW EARTH NEWS’, Vol. 1, No. 1., Oct. 1981., Hollow Earth Society of Kentucky (Also see: HOLLOW EARTH NEWS); adapted from a chapter in SUBTERRANEAN WORLDS (see above).   Kapierlian, Maude – LOCH NESS SERPENTS., Letter in FATE magazine, Sept. 1958, pp. […] Read More

A Guide to the Inner Earth: I

**** I ****   Illion, Theodore (Ted) – THE SECRET CITY IN THE VALLEY OF MYSTERY., Excerpt from DARKNESS OVER TIBET., Rider & Co., London, n.d. Circa 1947; Reprinted by B.S.R.F.: The author describes his frightening adventure in a secret underground city of devil-worshipers, built around a “bottomless shaft” leading to even more hellish domains, in a remote region of Tibet.   Inca, The (pseud.) – I FOUND SHAVER’S CAVES! Article in SEARCH magazine, March 1960., pp. 26-29: The […] Read More

A Guide to the Inner Earth: Early Hollow Earth Pioneers or In-Earthologists

——- Bernard, Raymond – THE HOLLOW EARTH.  1969. Culmer, Frederick – THE INNER WORLD, A NEW THEORY, 1886. Emerson, Willis George – THE SMOKY GOD, 1908 Euler, Leonard (1707-1783) – Writings on the Hollow Earth.  Gardner, Marshall B. Gardner – A JOURNEY TO THE EARTH’S INTERIOR, OR HAVE THE POLES REALLY BEEN DISCOVERED?  1813. Halley, Edmund – Articles on the Hollow Earth in the PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY, 1692. Ives, Franklin Titus, – THE HOLLOW EARTH, 1904 Leslie, John (1766-1812) – THE […] Read More