How could I not be intrigued by a book entitled "Underground Alien Bases" by a man calling himself "Commander X"? Well I was, and I bought it.
The intrigue stopped there.
As far as so called conspiracy theorists go, I am willing to pass a critical eye over most things, no matter how apparently outlandish, with an open and reasonable mind. This book sorely lacked in terms of depth of content, and for someone who claims to be privy to highly sensetive gov't and military intelligence I wonder why our boy X draws so heavily on other people's books and writings?
A good question is: why does it take a top secret, super-duper, risking-it-all-to-bring-us-the-truth, Fox Mulder type intelligence officer to present us with a book that is essentially little more than a compendium of other people's writings on the subject; mixed with a liberal sprinkling of "I have been told, but cannot verify..." and "According to one man, who shall remain nameless..." - even admitting in a later section of the book that the content thereafter is questionable at best???
He never delves into the "juicy" heart of a matter, merely whetting your appetite with a tale of some sort of underground alien base in one part of the world before closing and jetting off to another part of the world to tell you briefly and in the same style about an underground alien base there. Needless to say, due to a number of reasons, not least the name of the author and the high-school-magazine paperback quality of the book itself, most of what is being relayed is simply too incredible to swallow, even for a person who has an open mind regarding so called underground alien bases.
As I said I have no problem with the idea of "underground alien bases", it certainly isn't an idea original to "our boy X to the Z" and too much has been made of it over the years to merely scoff at the entire concept. I do however have a problem with this book.
After reading through this book I get the distinct impression that Commander X is a sweaty, basement-bound recluse resembling Comic Book Guy from the Simpsons and not a high-level intelligence officer as we are led to believe.
As the title implies, there must be better material elsewhere and I for one advise you to keep looking for it.