A terrible, terrible natural disaster struck China near Sichuan on May 12, 2008. The earthquake, weighing in at a magnitude of  7.9 according to USGS records, and was so massive that it was felt as far away as Beijing and Shanghai, resulting in 69,197 confirmed dead and 374,176 injured, with 18,222 listed as missing. 4.8 million people were left homeless, though according to Wikipedia the number could be as high as 11 million, making it the deadliest and strongest earthquake to hit China since the Tangshan earthquake which killed close to 240,000 individuals n 1976.

However, on June 1st 2008 Boxun News out of China reported the following strange aspects observed by witnesses near Sichuan:

Lu Shishen, who reported the cover up of the earthquake forecast, said that there was a strong nuclear explosion in Sichuan during the earthquake.

Xinhua reported yesterday that an explosion of volcano was observed in the earthquake (epicenter). People said that concrete debris was burst out of the crack during the quake.

Experts tested the debris and found it is radioactive, according to Lu Shishen’s report.

Furthermore, The Epoch Times elaborated on the original Chinese story that Boxun News had reported, describing in greater detail (and in better English) what witnesses had described during the quake:

Mr. He, a local resident, stated that when the earthquake occurred on May 12, people saw something erupt from the top of a mountain next to the valley, “It looked like toothpaste being squeezed out,” said He. “No, it wasn’t [magma]. It was these concrete pieces. The eruption lasted about three minutes.”

According to a China News Services(CNS) report on May 31, 2008, paramedics from People’s Liberation Army (PLA) hospitals and psychologists from Beijing on-site May 23 found concrete debris at the bottom of a valley near the epicenter. The half-mile-wide valley was covered with debris 10 – 20 inches thick, covering the valley floor for almost 1.5 miles. 

Chinese news sources were alluding that the “nuclear explosion,” first described in the Boxun News story, had actually stemmed from an underground military facility below the area, alluding to the idea that the earthquake itself could have been the result of such a blast. ”The thickness of the concrete pieces seemed to match that used in China’s underground military bases, according to Boxun’s expert,” The Epoch Times reported. “He explained that while there are documented cases that earthquakes cause volcanic eruptions, there are no accounts of eruptions ejecting concrete.” The “expert” that had informed Boxun remains anonymous to-date, which may present difficulty in judging the credentials of this individual outside of the corroboration from witnesses at the time of the blast.  

As if the notion that an underground military facility erupting weren’t disturbing enough, in a startling turn of events, The Epoch Times also commented on the fact that Chinese officials in Bio-suits were seen approaching the area in the aftermath. As my Gralien Report correspondent and collaborator Mobius commented, “Why would earthquake natural relief wear bio suits?” Below is an excerpt from the Times report:

Based on the CNS report and timing of the eruption at the scene, there seemed to be no evidence of natural volcanic activity. The expert stated he was certain a nuclear explosion shattered the underground concrete structures, hurling debris into the air.

At least one of China’s nuclear military bases is located in Mianyang City, Sichuan, near the epicenter.

Chinese Internet surfers commented that right after the quake military Special Forces blocked traffic heading toward the epicenter on the mountain, and men in white chemical protective clothing in military vehicles were also spotted driving toward the mountain. Rescue personnel near the epicenter were all military, according to witnesses.

Mobius also explained to me that “earth lights” were reportedly seen in China and in other places around the world the day of the earthquake, including locations as far-removed as Canada. Though earth lights and plasmas similar to ball lightning, in theory, could be associated with tectonic activity, is there technology that exists which might cause similar phenomenon, and at the same time be capable of such destruction from a distance? Mobius shared an article with me by Guy Cramer, President/CEO of HyperStealth Biotechnology Corp and a frequent guest on the late night radio program Coast to Coast AM, titled HAARP array may use Moon as a reflector to reach distant targets on Earth to create Nuclear-Sized Explosions Without Radiation. Below is an excerpt which, at very least, alludes to technology capable of the sort of thing Chinese news sources were reporting:

This military array in Alaska and others like it around the world have the potential to deliver an equivalent nuclear detonation to a long-range target without warning, without the missile and without the radiation. One of 12 U.S. HAARP patents is titled: U.S. Patent 4873928: Nuclear-Sized Explosions Without Radiation.

Could it have actually been an underground base that detonated beneath Sichuan, China, resulting in the deaths of thousands of people? Or are conspiracy theorists blowing a terrible natural disaster out of proportion? What might the witnesses, who claimed to have seen concrete debris erupting from the nearby landscape with volcanic force, have to say about this argument?