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classified." said. REVELATIONS underneath New Mexico. They will need water. They will generate solid waste. There would be massive changes in the environment. Where is the evidence for it?" "There are ways to hide large underground installations," I was told somberly. "Just look at NORAD, Cheyenne Mountain." "What about the infrared signature? Everybody can see NORAD on the satellite pictures. There are roads heading to the mountain. And the base would be a major source of heat. It would stick out like a sore thumb on infrared satellite imagery." The group looked at me suspiciously. "Nobody has access to those satellites," said Bill. "They are highly "Nonsense. The French SPOT satellite, which is commercially avail- able to industrial and news organizations, has a ten-meter definition. By smart computer processing, the definition can be improved at least by a factor of two. There is no such thing as a hidden underground base of that magnitude anymore." "The government can keep the lid on that information," someone "Even if you could keep this knowledge from American citizens, you would be unable to keep it from the British, the Russians, the French, and the Israelis. In fact, without invoking the features of the SPOT satellite, even such an ancient instrument as LANDSAT, lumbering in orbit above us every day with its thirty-meter resolution, would be entirely sufficient to detect an alien base. And LANDSAT imagery, obsolete as it is, is still used by hundreds of civilian geographers, plan- ners, students, and geologists throughout the U.S. and the world." "Well, the information John Lear has obtained says there is such a base," said Linda. "How do you know any of this is real?" I asked. "I've spoken to a military officer who knew about the aliens," she replied. "He said being close to them was the most extraordinary experi- ence in one's life." "How do you know he was telling the truth?"