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Conspiracy theorists

convinced Earth is hollow
and filled with aliens

by Jenny Awford

If you thought the “flat Earth” theory was the
craziest conspiracy you’d hear about all year,
think again.
Because there’s a growing community of
people convinced the Earth is hollow, with a
race of superior “alien” humans, Vikings and
Nazis living in paradise at the center.
They even believe that flying saucers
and UFOs come from within the interior Earth
— sent from the highly evolved tribes to spy on
us and prevent nuclear war.
Spearheading the bizarre movement is
Rodney Cluff, author of “World Top Secret: Our
Earth IS Hollow.”
He was so confident in the theory that he
organized a 2007 voyage to the hollow Earth — on the loftiest mountain plateau of the Inner “attacked by flying saucers that burst out of the
with a plan to set off from Russia on an Continent,” Jansen said. ocean and wiped out half of his fleet.”
icebreaker ship to find an “opening” at the North He claimed the “superhumans” living The insane idea was once again thrust
Pole. there were at least 12 feet tall and never got ill. into the spotlight last year when conspiracy
The $20,000-per-head expedition was As the hollow Earth theory has grown in theorists claimed pictures proved NASA is
canceled, but this in no way dampened his popularity, so has speculation about the people hiding a huge hole leading directly to the center
enthusiasm for the theory that flies in the face of apparently living in the center. of the Earth.
modern scientific thinking. It’s now thought to be home to Nazis Video footage revealed never-before-
He told SunOnline that the movement who escaped from World War II, the lost Viking seen pictures of the alleged hole — which the
has exploded in popularity — with thousands colonies of Greenland and the lost tribes of US government apparently has covered up.
subscribing to the idea of an inner sun and Earth. Israel. YouTube conspiracy theorists
“More and more people are coming to Cluff, who lives in Utah, says the secureteam10 said: “Every single satellite image
terms with the fact that the Earth is hollow. I get “superior” human race living at the center of the that we have of the North Pole shows a massive
emails from people learning about it every day,” Earth consider themselves “guardians of the hole or a blackout hole put there to hide
Cluff said. planet.” whatever’s underneath.”
“It’s definitely growing in popularity — “They regularly spy on us using Psychologist Jonathan Young said: “If
certainly not in the millions but maybe in the spacecrafts and flying saucers,” he said. we were to discover the other Earth, the place
thousands.” “They want to keep an eye on us and we have sought, the missing world — it would
So what does Cluff think of the loony rival stop us from starting a nuclear war. The majority be profoundly humbling.”
theory that the Earth is flat? of UFOs actually come from inside our planet.” “So this would be quite a paradigm shift.
“I don’t know how the flat-Earthers can Dianne Robbins, another hollow Earth History would change in a very major way.” []
be so confused,” he told SunOnline. theorist, says those living at the center have
“They are obviously wrong. The world is evolved to be immortal.
not flat — it’s hollow. They reject all the “They are physical humans like we are,
evidence.” but they live in peace, isolation and seclusion
Contrary to flat-Earthers, the hollow and through this, they have gained their
Earth movement believes the planet is a sphere immortality,” she says.
— or more specifically, a “doughnut” shape. The telepathic communicator believes
And the theory does not just stop at our there are 100 subterranean cities, known as the
Earth — the group believes the moon, sun, stars Agartha network, at the center of the hollow
and other planets are all hollow bodies. Earth.
There are thought to be three The hollow Earth theory has its origins
“substantial” openings into the inner Earth — in the belief systems of the ancient Greeks,
two near the poles and one in the Himalayas. Tibetan Buddhists and Christians.
Cluff believes the shell of the Earth is In ancient times, the idea of underground
about 800 miles thick, from the outside to the realms often became associated with the
inner surface. afterlife.
“Suspended in the center of that hollow The idea gained traction after 18th-
is an interior sun that is divided by day and night century astronomer Edmond Halley argued that
sides,” he says. unusual compass readings could be explained by
Those who claim to have traveled to the the fact that the planet was composed of a
inner Earth have described the land as like the hollow shell.
Garden of Eden. He said they were two inner concentric
Norwegian sailor Olaf Jansen claimed he shells and an innermost core.
sailed with his dad through an entrance to the The idea has been rejected by scientific
Earth’s interior at the North Pole in 1811. research ever since.
He told author Willis George Emerson Interest in the theory reignited in the
how they lived in the beautiful paradise for two 1940s when polar explorer Adm. Richard E.
years. Byrd claimed he entered the inner Earth.
“The city of ‘Eden’ is located in what He also apparently found thriving
seems to be a beautiful valley, yet, in fact, it is civilizations on his 1920s trips and was once