The North Atlantic Exclusion Zone conspiracy

Space flight has always been beset by tremendous risks, with the use of highly volatile fuels, complex multi-stage vehicles, challenging atmospheric conditions and the like, and there are numerous cases of disaster and near disaster. As part of the contingency plans for manned space flight NASA developed a proposal that allowed for late flight aborts that would allow for the rapid recovery of astronauts in the event of a mission terminating problem. The key issue was that escape for the astronauts would typically be in the command module section of the vehicle, a section designed for water landings. Consequently this led to the selection of a flight plan that ensured that after take off from Cape Canaveral the path would as quickly as possible carry the crew over the North Atlantic. Officially there was an additional requirement added to flight plan requirements. It stated that in the event of a late stage in flight abort, the landing site must be within 150 nautical miles of either St Johns in Newfoundland or Shannon in Ireland. The area between these points was designated the North Atlantic Exclusion Zone (NAEZ), but was renamed the Down Range Abort Exclusion Zone (DAEZ).

Officially the reason for this requirement was two-fold. Firstly prevailing sea conditions inside the exclusion zone are extremely cold and prone to storm conditions, and secondly that rescue missions would most likely be provisioned from land bases and therefore ensuring a maximum rescue mission range of 150 miles gave the best chance of successful rescue. These are perfectly valid reasons, but there are a couple of additional pieces of information that may cast doubt on this being the full story. In 1968 the fishing vessel Atlantic Adventurer sailing out of Seattle and crabbing on the Grand Banks was caught in a large storm. When the storm abated the crew found that they had been blown significantly away from their normal grounds deep into the North Atlantic. Their attempts to locate their exact position were hampered by strange anomalies in their instruments. Their magnetic compasses were showing apparently random directions. Usually completely reliable radios became erratic and the boats electrical systems began to play up. Within two hours of the storm abating the crew were shocked to see bright lights in the water around the boat, moving at high speed and appearing to move up and down in the water column. These lights stayed around the boat for an hour, disappearing just minutes before a US Navy submarine surfaced 100 yards from the vessel. Navy personnel from the submarine crossed to the fishing boat in inflatable craft and gave the captain an electronic compass that appeared to be working and forced the crew to sign documents stating that they would not reveal anything that they had seen. The crew kept their secret for over 25 years before finally revealing what they had seen.

This is not an isolated case. For many years the North Atlantic has been a no go areas for shipping, ostensibly because of the dangers of icebergs, as highlighted far earlier by the sinking of the Titanic. It is interesting to note that meteorological studies of iceberg formation are classified before being released after approval by the US Navy. Between you and I, there are far fewer icebergs than are reported and they pose far less danger to shipping than suggested, but that is not to say that the NAEZ is safe for shipping. Far from it, but not for any natural reason. The real reason is far more interesting. The exclusion zone exists to protect a vast sub-sea base jointly created by US and Russian Naval forces and an alien civilisation that is aiding both superpowers, along with Chinese and European Union assets. The base is located on the ocean floor at a depth of 3000 fathoms plus and extends to an area in excess of 100 square miles. It is the source of many of the coastal UFO sightings along the Atlantic seaboard of North America and Europe and is by far the largest secret base on the planet. This is a story that is only just coming to light, and further details are expected over the next two months as preparations are made for significant announcements before the end of the year.