Beyond the Beyond: Who Was Phil Schneider?

Beyond the Beyond: Who Was Phil Schneider?

We’ve discussed a lot of people in this column over the years. Some credible, some questionable, and some who are downright lying, dog-faced pony soldiers. I’ll leave it up to you to decide which is which and who is who. Now, you didn’t ask me, but if you did, I would have to say that most of the whistleblowers, leakers, insiders, anonymous sources, experiencers, contactees, abductees, or whatever particular label you want to put on them… most of them are of the mutt-mouthed myth-maker sorts.

But I’m not saying all of them are. There are a few who have stories that at least seem a little credible, but not many. And I’m not saying Phil Schneider is of those. I’ll leave it up to you to decide.

So who was Phil Schneider, and why does his name continue to surface in conversations about underground bases, alien encounters, and government secrecy decades after his death? He was a so-called “whistleblower” who emerged in the mid-90s and was a speaker on the UFO lecture circuit. Schneider claimed to be a geologist who worked in a very secretive network of DUMBS (deep underground military bases).

Somewhere underneath Dulce, New Mexico, he said there was a confrontation between our military and a group of non-human entities while drilling shafts to assess geological stability. During one of these operations, which had all previously run smoothly, they broke into what appeared to be a previously unexplored, gigantic cavern. It was here that they were met by a group of tall, gray-skinned humanoid beings.

One of the beings, according to Schneider, attacked several of the soldiers with some sort of energy beam, killing them instantly. He attempted to fire back, but his pistol suddenly would not work. One of the beings fired a beam at him, striking him in the hand and causing lifelong damage to it. For years, he spoke openly at lectures about nerve pain and cancer caused by that one interaction.

This “battle,” as he described it, caused years of underground battles between humans and these non-human entities. But eventually, secret treaties were made. Behind-the-scenes deals were struck, and technology and advanced weapons were given to our military. Billions, maybe more, have been siphoned off and used for black-budget programs related to these projects.

Schneider lived in fear and spoke openly about possible attempts on his life. He stressed that he was not suicidal, but because of the information he had come forward with, he now had a target on his back. In January of 1996, he was found dead in his home, strangled with a catheter tube. His death was ruled a suicide, but many speculate that there is more to the story.

During his life and in the years since Schneider’s death, no evidence has ever been presented confirming he ever worked for any governmental organization or was ever helping the military in any capacity. No employment records and documentation tying him to the projects he described have ever surfaced. Of course, maybe that information was scrubbed, or maybe his tale is too good (or bad) to be true. A gifted storyteller, no doubt, but Schneider is seen as less than credible by many, and a grifter by many more. He no doubt made a great deal of money shilling his stories across the UFO convention circuit over the course of many years, which only detracts from his credibility. I know I said I’d leave it up to you to decide on this one. I changed my mind.

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