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Nuclear Powered Military Tunnel Boring Machines Construct Underground Cities And Nuclear Proof Subterranean Installations--Pictures of $13 Million Boring machine

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The first section of this page was written by Phil Schneider:

 

Photo of United States Air Force tunnel boring machine at Little Skull Mountain, Nevada, USA, December 1982. There are many rumors of secret military tunnels in the United States. If the rumors are true, machines such as the one shown here are used to make the tunnels. (Source: U.S. Department of Energy.)


This is a $13 million tunnel boring machine (TBM) used for tunneling at the Nevada Test Site. (Remember that Area 51 is part of the test site.) Many other types of TBMs are used by many government agencies, including the ‘nuclear powered TBM’ [NTBM] that melts solid rock and leaves behind glass-like walls.

Most tunneling activity is under military installations and all information is highly restricted. Former employees of said facilities have surfaced over the years to talk of massive underground installations in places like Area 51, the Northrop facility in Antelope Valley, California (rumored to have 42 levels), and the Lockheed installation near Edwards, California.

The ‘Black Budget’ currently consumes $1.25 trillion per year. At least this amount is used in black programs, like those concerned with deep underground military bases. Presently, there are 129 deep underground military bases in the United States. They have been building these 129 bases day and night, unceasingly, since the early 1940′s. Some of them were built even earlier than that. These bases are basically large cities underground connected by high-speed magneto-leviton trains that have speeds up to Mach 2. Several books have been written about this activity.

The average depth of these bases is over a mile, and they again are basically whole cities underground. They all are between 2.66 and 4.25 cubic miles in size. They have laser-drilling machines that can drill a tunnel seven miles long in one day. I was involved in building an addition to the deep underground military base at Dulce, which is probably the deepest base. It goes down seven levels and over 2.5 miles deep. I helped hollow out more than 13 deep underground military bases in the United States.

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More thought-provoking images of tunnel boring equipment:

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From Dr Bill Deagle’s December 2006 Granada Forum Lecture:

I took care of John Fialla, who was best friends with Phil Schneider. How many people know about Phil Schneider? Well, they were using tunneling machines back in the mid-90s that could tunnel through a rock face at seven miles per day, that could cut through a rock face with high-energy impact lasers that could blow the nano-sized particles of rock so that there was no debris left, forming an obsidian-like core, and laying an inner core for unidirectional maglev trains that travel at Mach 2 to 2.8 underground between these very very powerful and organized cities.

There’s 132 under the United States, an average of 5.36 to 7.24 cubic miles in size at an average of 1.5 to 4.5 miles underground, built, by and large, most of them in areas away from geotectonic areas – but there’s going to be lots of new geotectonic faults established when you have force 11, 12, 13, 14 earthquakes hit the Earth.

Why are they rushing to do this? Because they know that catastrophe is coming. And where’s this money coming from? It’s not coming from our regular Black Op budget. It’s coming from the illegal sale of drugs. In the United States there’s at least, by conservative estimates, a quarter of a trillion to a half a trillion of illegal drugs just sold in the United States that goes directly into underground budgets, and 90-95% goes to the DUMBs [Deep Underground Military Bases].

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The following was written by Richard Sauder, PhD, adapted from his bookUnderground Bases and Tunnels:

The nuclear subterrene (rhymes with ‘submarine’) was designed at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, in New Mexico. A number of patents were filed by scientists at Los Alamos, a few federal technical documents were written – and then the whole thing just sort of faded away.

Or did it? 

Nuclear subterrenes work by melting their way through the rock and soil, actually vitrifying it as they go, and leaving a neat, solidly glass-lined tunnel behind them. 

The heat is supplied by a compact nuclear reactor that circulates liquid lithium from the reactor core to the tunnel face, where it melts the rock. In the process of melting the rock the lithium loses some of its heat. It is then circulated back along the exterior of the tunneling machine to help cool the vitrified rock as the tunneling machine forces its way forward. The cooled lithium then circulates back to the reactor where the whole cycle starts over. In this way the nuclear subterrene slices through the rock like a nuclear powered, 2,000 degree Fahrenheit (1,100 Celsius) earthworm, boring its way deep underground. 

The United States Atomic Energy Commission and the United States Energy Research and Development Administration took out Patents in the 1970s for nuclear subterrenes. The first patent, in 1972 went to the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.

The nuclear subterrene has an advantage over mechanical TBMs in that it produces no muck that must be disposed of by conveyors, trains, trucks, etc. This greatly simplifies tunneling. If nuclear subterrenes actually exist (and I do not know if they do) their presence, and the tunnels they make, could be very hard to detect, for the simple reason that there would not be the tell-tale muck piles or tailings dumps that are associated with the conventional tunneling activities. 

The 1972 patent makes this clear. It states:

“… (D)ebris may be disposed of as melted rock both as a lining for the hole and as a dispersal in cracks produced in the surrounding rock. The rock-melting drill is of a shape and is propelled under sufficient pressure to produce and extend cracks in solid rock radially around the bore by means of hydrostatic pressure developed in the molten rock ahead of the advancing rock drill penetrator. All melt not used in glass-lining the bore is forced into the cracks where it freezes and remains … 

“… Such a (vitreous) lining eliminates, in most cases, the expensive and cumbersome problem of debris elimination and at the same time achieves the advantage of a casing type of bore hole liner.”

(U.S. Patent No. 3,693,731 dated Sept. 26, 1972)

There you have it: a tunneling machine that creates no muck, and leaves a smooth, vitreous (glassy) tunnel lining behind.

Another patent three years later was for:

A tunneling machine for producing large tunnels in soft rock or wet, clayey, unconsolidated or bouldery earth by simultaneously detaching the tunnel core by thermal melting a boundary kerf into the tunnel face and forming a supporting excavation wall liner by deflecting the molten materials against the excavation walls to provide, when solidified, a continuous wall supporting liner, and detaching the tunnel face circumscribed by the kerf with powered mechanical earth detachment means and in which the heat required for melting the kerf and liner material is provided by a compact nuclear reactor.

This 1975 patent further specifies that the machine is intended to excavate tunnels up to 12 meters in diameter or more. This means tunnels of 40 ft. or more in diameter. The kerf is the outside boundary of the tunnel wall that a boring machine gouges out as it bores through the ground or rock. So, in ordinary English, this machine will melt a circular boundary into the tunnel face. The melted rock will be forced to the outside of the tunnel by the tunnel machine, where it will form a hard, glassy tunnel lining (see the appropriate detail in the patent itself, as shown in Illustration 41). At the same time, mechanical tunnel boring equipment will grind up the rock and soil detached by the melted kerf and pass it to the rear of the machine for disposal by conveyor, slurry pipeline, etc. 

And yet a third patent was issued to the United States Energy Research and Development Administration just 21 days later, on 27 May 1975 for a machine remarkably similar to the machine patented on 6 May 1975. The abstract describes:

A tunneling machine for producing large tunnels in rock by progressive detachment of the tunnel core by thermal melting a boundary kerf into the tunnel face and simultaneously forming an initial tunnel wall support by deflecting the molten materials against the tunnel walls to provide, when solidified, a continuous liner; and fragmenting the tunnel core circumscribed by the kerf by thermal stress fracturing and in which the heat required for such operations is supplied by a compact nuclear reactor.

This machine would also be capable of making a glass-lined tunnel of 40 ft. in diameter or more. 

Perhaps some of my readers have heard the same rumors that I have heard swirling in the UFO literature and on the UFO grapevine: stories of deep, secret, glass-walled tunnels excavated by laser powered tunneling machines. I do not know if these stories are true. If they are, however, it may be that the glass-walled tunnels are made by the nuclear subterrenes described in these patents. The careful reader will note that all of these patents were obtained by agencies of the United States government. Further, all but one of the inventors are from Los Alamos, New Mexico. Of course, Los Alamos National Lab is itself the subject of considerable rumors about underground tunnels and chambers, Little Greys or “EBEs”, and various other covert goings-on. 

A 1973 Los Alamos study entitled Systems and Cost Analysis for a Nuclear Subterrene Tunneling Machine: A Preliminary Study, concluded that nuclear subterrene tunneling machines (NSTMs) would be very cost effective, compared to conventional TBMs.

It stated:

Tunneling costs for NSTMs are very close to those for TBMs, if operating conditions for TBMs are favorable. However, for variable formations and unfavorable conditions such as soft, wet, bouldery ground or very hard rock, the NSTMs are far more effective. Estimates of cost and percentage use of NSTMs to satisfy U.S. transportation tunnel demands indicate a potential cost savings of 850 million dollars (1969 dollars) throughout 1990. An estimated NSTM prototype demonstration cost of $100 million over an eight-year period results in a favorable benefit-to-cost ratio of 8.5.

…Was the 1973 feasibility study only idle speculation, and is the astonishingly similar patent two years later only a wild coincidence? As many a frustrated inventor will tell you, the U.S. Patent Office only issues the paperwork when it’s satisfied that the thing in question actually works! 

In 1975 the National Science Foundation commissioned another cost analysis of the nuclear subterrene. The A.A. Mathews Construction and Engineering Companyof Rockville, Maryland produced a comprehensive report with two, separate, lengthy appendices, one 235 and the other 328 pages.  MOREHERE



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    • muckracker1

      Who needs science fiction when the truth is much more frightening?

    • fuzzy696

      I would rather die in the sun than being buried alive……

      • The Watcher

        Me too!

    • McElchap

      I must call attention to what must be B.S. according to physical sciences. This, and the many other older articles on these tunnel boring machines, claim that the excavated and pulverized rock is heated to a molten state to line the tunnel walls as the machine passes through the newly opened tunnel. A good idea. However, the full volume of excavated rock could not be utilized for this purpose as molten rock has approximately the same volume as solid rock and cannot be very much compressed, if at all. Photographic examples of this can be seen in videos of molten lava running down a volcanic slope and cooling into solid rock. It doesn’t shrink… even when running into the sea like it does at Hawaii, as underwater videos have shown. I think that a great deal of the displaced bedrock would have to transported and dumped elsewhere, perhaps filling natural faults and caverns along the underground route. :idea:

      • muckracker1

        these machines have been used to dig tunnels all over the world. they are real

      • wizard

        Matter has no mass.
        Take a cup of silica (sand) and melt it.
        You now have a solid lump that is smaller than the cup you started with.
        Mass is motion.
        Change the motion change the mass.
        It is an illusion of frequency.

        • William

          “Matter has no mass.”

          SERIOUSLY? The Earth, being composed of matter, HAS NO MASS? Your statement is not only unsustainable, it’s flat-out the single nuttiest thing I’ve ever heard anyone say.

      • Confederate

        I don’t think he is denying that these machines exist; he is simply stating that they do not “melt” rock & they don’t. They used 2 of these things to make the Chunnel under the English Channel & they are still down there. If you look at the images of these machines you can see the boring bits on the front of them. A great example is the 2nd the last photo, the red & yellow things on the right of this machine are the cutting bits.

      • Terrabacterium

        I have not yet reviewed the patents but one could not one simply design the device so that the outer diameter was sized to allow the molten matter to fill the void between the OD and the cut wall? After all the wall must have some thickness to it in order to be structurally sound.

        Centering of the boring machine in this instance would be accomplished by the stern of the machine resting against the solidified surface. Perhaps the motivation mechanism incorporates a suspension of sorts.

        The ability to adjust the center of the business end of the boring machine would all for steerage.

        I have seen diagrams of alleged facilities that show helical approach to the facility – indicating the the machines can be steered.

        Just conjecture -

      • Anonymous

        I cannot agree that these machines are BS because of your lava excuse. Lava is full of different gases, making lava rock resemble a sponge. Melting sand into glass is a more apropriate analogy. However, I do have some questions on the possible problems that may arise. What do you do about flooding? Air supply and exhuast or filtration? Minor problems I know, but why or how are these Cities earthquake proof? Many quakes strike deep and in unexpected places.

        • McElchap

          I did NOT deny the nuclear subterrenes exist, nor did I deny they create glassy-lined walls with molten rock from the boring process. I merely assert unbelief that ALL of the pulverized rock from the tunnel boring could be utilized as molten and paved to create the glassy wall coatings. I did NOT say rock volume never decreases at all in melting, merely it remains “approximately” the same as when solid. I believe that no matter how fantastic these machine may be, there is still a need to transport and dump pulverized rock somewhere away from the tunnel being drilled. :idea:

      • Kwisatz Haderach

        They said the boring process forces fractures in the natural material, and the melted material is forced into these cracks, in addition to lining the walls of the tunnel. I dont see where they imply that the mass just disappears.

      • Kwisatz Haderach

        And even then, they state “in most cases”

        I dont know if these machines are real or not. But if you are gonna call BS on something, maybe finish reading the article first…

    • midwestgrandma

      McElchap, The rock is not excavated with some of these machines, it is actually melted and some of the D.U.M.P.S. are like smooth lava rock.

      Now, if you drive by Denver Airport you will see tons and tons and tons of excavated dirt so someone is digging something big time.

      You might find a book, “Hidden In Plain Sight” by Richard Sauder, Ph.D. of interest.

      This isn’t BS, it’s reality.

      and I agree with muckracker1, who needs science fictin when the truth is much more frightening.

    • Anonymous

      They are preparing for the wrath of the Lamb.

    • Anonymous

      GLASS CAN SHATTER.

    • McElchap

      I do not deny that these deep bedrock boring machines exist, nor do I deny the glassy walled tunnels they have created. My brother visited one. I merely questioned the veracity of the statement about these nuclear subterrenes using ALL of the excavated, molten rock to line the tunnel walls and thereby eliminate the need to transport and dump elsewhere the bored-out rock. I have no doubt the tunnel walls are lined with glassy molten rock the machine deposits there. I did not say the melting process did not ever reduce rock volume at all. I said the rock volume remained approximately the same, so as to say the reduction was not enough to make dumping pulverized rock completely. Of course, different types of rock can yield different results in melting and molding processes. So, I hope I have clarified my statements. There is evidence widely available supporting my contention about molten rock volumes remaining approximately the same as when such rock is in the solid state. CHECK IT OUT! :idea:

    • HereAmI

      Don’t believe any of this. The heat needed to melt the rock for hours at a stretch would turn the hydraulics of the machine into gas. And burn through anyone down there. And can you imagine molten rock everywhere, dripping onto the machinery? It’s not going to happen. The molten glass walls seen by someone’s brother was just the impervious skin they spray on after the worm has passed by. It looks glassy as it has to keep the water from above out. Intense heat is going to produce an enormous steam explosion whenever water is encountered, and scald anyone in the tunnel.
      Sorry, it’s BS. But I don’t dispute that conventional TBMs are being used, as per the comment about Denver Airport and its piles of debris.

      • Joerg Klaemt

        I agree with you on these facts.Further if it was nuclear ..we would have to address the problem of cooling our reactors.If are producing steam to run the Turbines where do you get the heat for melting Rock? An open radioactive Furnace? Come on! They have exactly created that at Fukushima when the meltdown is liquefying the Rock below,an uncontrolled Nuclear occurrence creating the worst form of Radiation. Therefore If there was as much heat as to melt the rock,I think the Housing of the reactor would melt down.
        Very stupid idea!

    • Call It Like It Is...

      This is OLD NEWS… These pictures have been around for many years and the associated stories are nothing new… Great idea, but the total amount of rock even after melted down would be much more than is necessary to line the walls of any such tunnel… There would be HUGE amounts of excessive rock that would need to be removed…

    • soulpowertothenthdegree

      Sink holes and BOOM heard all over the USA, curious if this has anything in common.

    • Anonymous

      These machines have been running for 50 years.

    • JMO1970

      One of these arrived in Seattle WA this last week and the rest of it should be here by the end of the month from China i believe or japan .it was on the news the other night . It is to make the underground tunnel project for the underground road for the cars in the city .

    • JMO1970

      One of these arrived in Seattle WA this last week and the rest of it should be here by the end of the month from China i believe or japan .it was on the news the other night . It is to make the underground tunnel project for the underground road for the cars in the city . http://www.king5.com/news/cities/seattle/Tunnel-boring-machine-in-pieces-for-voyage-to-Seattle-196212541.html

      • Joerg Klaemt

        Nothing Nuclear about that one,just a standard boring bit only very large.

    • Don't be hating!

      Nothing we already know..Old stuff.

      Shout out to midwetsgrandma

    • Mastertater

      The reality is the government has unlimited wealth to do whatever it wants whenever it wants and if something is feasible it will be accomplished. Look at the Manhattan project. Not only did they learn how to build the A-bomb, they learned how to keep big projects secret.

      The only question is feasibility. Environmental issues they don’t care about. Radioactive fallout, only an issue if it effects them. With enough time, enough money, and smart people working on this project it could be possible. The vitrified molten rock may be forced into cracks near the lining of the tunnel, but would not penetrate far, especially in dense rock as the voids would be minimal and the molten rock would cool and solidify quickly. There would be debris and probably quite a bit. Getting rid of the that would just be typical construction / demolition logistics and could hidden or disguised easily. This project would be way too enticing for our super secret shadow government to resist. If it was possible it already has been completed.

    • 2QIK4U

      This was a secret 30 yrs ago. Some needs to break in to AREA s4 , I think we need NEW FRESH CONSPIRACY’s

    • Eggzactly

      They said there is a submarine base in Nevada from a tunnel dug to the Pacific. I dont doubt that a bit. :shock:

    • Godzilla

      I used to believe all this but today not so much. What are the aliens and government doing everyday locked up in dark rooms miles underground? Sure there are some projects but decades at a time? Must be a bore. Same thing with alien visitation, you get a few visits where the craft are visible but all the other times they are cloaked? I really don’t know too many questions and too many unanswered questions. Sure government officials and the elite would have huge bunkers to hide to in case of nuclear war, asteroid impacts, hostile alien attacks, whatever it may be. But it would be a temporary project on and off. I think all this is exaggerations but we are not given the truths regardless. I am an AA theorist as I believe neither creation nor evolution fully account for human history. Again grains of truth here and there but to take everything literaly with so little evidence is almost insanity, or maybe it is insanity. Still a fascinating topic no less.

      As for the people that think molten rock has the same volume as solid rock they are mistaken. Same mass maybe, but not volume. I can easily picture solid rock debri melting into a glass liner for the tunnels being excavated. It is not something hard to imagine. As for mach 2 mag lev trains, sure why not? Shanghai airport uses mag lev although the trains go much slower, probably intentionally so as to not raise suspicions of what is possible. Most of this adds up to a certain degree. It is the scale of what people like phil schneider discuss like 130 DUMBs and the constant projects taking place without anyone blowing the whistle that is hard to imagine. It almost defies logic unless you realise what classified projects are and the need to know.

      I hope we find out the truth someday. We deserve it, if not to destroy both evolution and creation that seem lies, at least to unite humanity to a good cause, stop the unnecessary wars, plan space exploration trips and eventually colonies on other planets.

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