From: The New Atlantean Journal
MYSTERIOUS SUBTERRANEAN SHAFTS OF MEXICO AND PERU: SECRET UFO BASES --OR-- ANCIENT ATLANTEAN UNDERGROUND CITIES? - by Patrick O'Connell
At night, no one in Tampico, Mexico travels on what local residents refer to as "SOMBRERO MOUNTAIN". It has been reported that on occasion, strange and mysterious noises like... generators can be heard coming out of the top of the mountain. The rumors still persist that there are secret tunnel entrances on the top which connect to the underground cave network that supposedly runs from South America to North America! Many UFOS have been seen in the area and, on at least one occasion, one local resident claimed, to have seen a small luminous sphere attack a bulldozer operator and melt the treads of the machine! Other mysteries abound in Mexico in connection with caves, as the following accounts reveal. Bruce Walton in his "INNER-EARTH ENTRANCES, VOL 11" recounted the following stories, which originally appeared in "Notes on Subterranean Shafts", by Vincent Gaddis (Amazing Stories, June 1947).
The first story concerns a cave in the face of a sheer rocky cliff, protected from the sea by treacherous boulders that make a landing possible only by native canoes. The cave, located high above the Pacific coast - near Acapulco, has been dubbed "Cave of the Pirates". It is regarded with utmost superstition by the locals. Gaddis asserts that the cave has never been fully explored and reportedly goes back into the earth an incredible distance. The walls are ''...remarkably smooth and decorated with untranslated inscriptions and figures. Long delayed echoes reveal its astonishing depth."
The Indians nearby have known of the cave for years and tell of strange lights (UFOS?) that they have seen near the tunnel entrance. Gaddis states "...although access to it is difficult, this... vast and unexplored ancient tunnel deserves investigation."
The second report of a cave is even stranger and raises even more questions. On the road from Mexico City to Laredo, down the Montezuma River valley, is the Indian town of Tamazunchale. Twenty-five miles from this town, on an almost inaccessible side road, is Xilitla, where the ruins of an old Spanish monastery lie - surrounded by a wall of masonry. On one side of the road is a cliff. After an earthquake, many years ago, destroyed part of the wall, the local Indians discovered a mysterious man-made tunnel - which descended into the earth! Gaddis relates that the tunnel bore "mysterious inscriptions and figures of birds, snakes and curious anima ls." Tradition has it that although the Indians avoided the tunnel entrance, two visiting Americans allegedly decided to investigate where the tunnel led. After many hours, they reportedly emerged from the tunnel in a very great state of excitement. To this day, no one knows who they were, what the y found, or why they never returned. Shortly after this mysterious episode, the Padres, for reasons best known to themselves, sealed up the tunnel entrance with masonry. Even to this day, the Padres, absolutely refuse to let anyone explore behind this wall. Most strange(ly), they reportedly state(ed) that they have no knowledge of what lies with(in) that tunnel. Is it possible that this is one of the 'lost' tunnel entrances that connects into the "Highway of the Incas" or the tunnel network? In July - 1969, I visited the oldest Spanish monastery in South America. Built in the 16th century, the Franciscan monastery is perhaps the most unique in BOTH North and South America! Located in Lima, Peru, it has an extensive underground network of tunnels and rooms...
