By Charles Lear
As the internet was becoming more and more a part of everyone’s daily life, the mood of UFOlogy was becoming more and more paranoid. Growing numbers of people were reporting abductions and animal mutilations and the idea that our Earth based governments were collaborating with alien races was gaining acceptance beyond just a small fringe element of society. Little green men became little grey men (and large reptilians) and they were, reportedly, not very friendly. All of these elements converged in dark tales told about an area located in New Mexico. That area is near the town of Dulce and its history of strange activity goes back well before the internet.
Even before the alleged alien activity, Dulce was the location of some unusual human activity. In 1967, someone had the bright idea to recover natural gas trapped underneath Dulce by setting off a nuclear device 4000 feet below the surface. The operation was named, “Project Gasbuggy” and was an early attempt at fracking. Unfortunately, when one sets off a nuclear device near natural gas, the gas becomes too radioactive to be usable.
In the 1970’s, the Dulce area was hit with a wave of reported cattle mutilations with accompanying black helicopters and strange lights. New Mexico State Police officer, Gabe Valdez, investigated many of the reports and became obsessed with the mystery for over 30 years. By 2005, Valdez had become convinced that the mutilations were the result of human researchers but, by that time, many had come to believe quite the opposite. From its beginning in early 1980’s, a story had grown that there was a secret underground base near Dulce under a formation called Archuleta Mesa. This base was reportedly populated by aliens conducting nightmarish experiments on humans as well as cattle. This story is still believed by many people today.