{"type":"locations","slug":"dulce-base","title":"Dulce Base","url":"https://disclosdex.com/locations/dulce-base","description":"Alleged underground alien-human facility rumored beneath the small town of Dulce, New Mexico","date":"1979-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["Base"],"updated":"2025-06-13T13:26:43.000Z","status":"speculative","lat":36.9422,"lng":-106.9925,"connectionCount":0,"content":{"markdown":"## Origins of the Legend\n\nClaims of firefights with extraterrestrials and vast subterranean labs emerged from Paul Bennewitz’s 1979 assertions.[^1][^2]\n\n## Continuing Mythos\n\nDespite no evidence, Dulce remains a staple of UFO lore and conspiracy conferences.[^3][^4][^5]\n\n\n[^1]: [Daily Grail: UFO disinformation and Paul Bennewitz](https://www.dailygrail.com/2021/06/ufo-disinfo-four-times-the-us-military-hoaxed-alien-contact-through-the-decades/)\n[^2]: [Wikipedia: Dulce Base](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dulce_Base)\n[^3]: [Skeptoid: 8 Secret Bases: Real or Fictional?](https://skeptoid.com/episodes/391)\n[^4]: [KRWG Public Media: Residents of Dulce claim UFOs spotted in area](https://www.krwg.org/regional/2016-05-09/residents-of-dulce-claim-ufos-bigfoot-spotted-in-area)\n[^5]: [Wikipedia: Dulce Base](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dulce_Base)","readingTime":"1 min read"},"relatedRecords":[],"citation":{"canonicalUrl":"https://disclosdex.com/locations/dulce-base","title":"Dulce Base","publisher":"Disclosdex","retrievedFrom":"https://disclosdex.com/api/v1/locations/dulce-base","license":"CC-BY-4.0"},"continent":"North America"}