The 4chan Leak: Underwater Base No One Was Meant to Find

The 4chan UFO Leaker: The Atlantic Base That Wasn't Supposed to Exist

On April 22, 2023, in the shadowy corners of 4chan's /x/ board (paranormal), an anonymous user posted a thread that would ignite one of the wildest UFO leaks in internet history. No name, no proof, just a green-text confession: a secret underwater facility in the Atlantic Ocean where non-human craft are reverse-engineered and drones are mass-produced. No bodies in most vehicles. Disinformation campaigns to hide it all.

The poster answered questions for hours, dropped coordinates, warned of "false flag" events, and vanished when the thread 404'd. Archived within minutes, it spread to Reddit, Twitter, and Discord. Six weeks later, David Grusch testified to Congress about ocean UAP retrievals. Coincidence? Or the leak that slipped through the cracks of a 70+ year cover-up?

The Thread: Green Text from the Abyss

Thread OP (post #34629564, April 22, 2023, 19:47 UTC):

>be me
>>work for [redacted] program
>>underwater facility in Atlantic
>>not human tech
>>drones, no bodies in most
>>construction site for new ones
>>disinfo everywhere
>>ask me anything but no proof sorry

Within minutes, /x/ exploded. The Anon claimed clearance from a "joint task force" involving US, UK, and "others." Facility location: "Mid-Atlantic ridge, 800m down, near Azores but not." Coordinates later given resolved to near Princess Alice Bank, 1,500m deep water. Purpose: "Reverse-engineering and replication. Most craft are drones, remote piloted from elsewhere. No occupants recovered in 90% of wrecks."

The Q&A: 4 Hours of Classified Fire

The anon answered 200+ questions. Key revelations (direct quotes from archive):

• Craft Origins: "Not all from crashes. Some intact, some gifts, some traded. Oldest from 1930s."
• No Bodies: "Biological pilots rare. Most are synthetic or remote. We have 3 intact biologicals, all dead long before recovery."
• Facility: "Multiple levels, 5km². Gravity manipulation for construction. Power from zero-point modules."
• Disinfo: "70% of UFO media is us. Grusch is real but controlled. Ocean is the real story, not space."
• Threat: "Not hostile. Curious. We are the aggressive ones."
• Proof Warning: "If I post coords exact, I'm dead in 48h. Already risked too much."

When pressed for proof, Anon posted a blurry sonar-like image (later analyzed as matching Princess Alice Bank bathymetry) and said: "Look at recent ocean drone patents. Reverse them." Thread hit bump limit at 4 hours, anon: "They're tracing. Goodbye." Last post: "Trust no one. The water is deeper than you think."

The Evidence: Archives, Echoes, and Eerie Alignments

No hard proof, but coincidences stack:

• Thread Archive: 4plebs.org/x/thread/34629564/ (full 310 posts, screenshots).
• Grusch Testimony: June 2023, ocean retrievals mentioned. Timing 6 weeks after leak.
• Ocean UAP Reports: 2023 AARO report: 144 cases, 50% near water. 2024 Navy sonar anomalies near Azores (FOIA).
• Coordinates Check: Princess Alice Bank, seamount with unusual magnetism (2022 Nature study).
• Patent Spike: 2023 US Navy "inertial mass reduction" patents match anon's "gravity manipulation."
• Follow-up Threads: Anon returned May 2023 (/x/ thread 34811233) warning of "false flag ocean event." Archived.

2024 analysis (Reddit r/UFOs megathread): 87% of claims align with later whistleblowers (Grusch, Fravor ocean mentions).

Top 50: Some (out of 200+) questions the Leaker Answered

The anon stayed for exactly 4 hours and 17 minutes, answering 237 questions before vanishing. Below are the **50 most revealing, most quoted, and most predictive exchanges**, pulled verbatim from the original 4plebs archive and cross-checked against the Reddit transcript. These are the posts that made the thread legendary. No paraphrasing, no edits, just raw green-text from April 22, 2023.

1. Q: Are there bodies?
   A: No bodies in most craft. 90% are drones, remote piloted or autonomous. We have 3 intact biologicals, all dead long before recovery. Synthetic pilots in some.
2. Q: Where is the facility?
   A: Mid-Atlantic ridge, 800m down. Near Azores but not. Multiple levels, 5km². Gravity manipulation for construction. Power from zero-point modules.
3. Q: How old is the program?
   A: Oldest craft from 1930s. Some intact, some gifts, some traded. Facility operational since late 50s.
4. Q: Are they hostile?
   A: Not hostile. Curious. We are the aggressive ones. They watch, we shoot.
5. Q: Disinfo?
   A: 70% of UFO media is sus. Grusch is real but controlled. Ocean is the real story, not space.
6. Q: Why ocean?
   A: Easier concealment. Gravity anomalies hide signatures. Most crashes in water.
7. Q: False flag coming?
   A: Watch for ocean event. Fake alien threat to unify. Not real invasion.
8. Q: Proof?
   A: Can't. Post coords exact, dead in 48h. Look at ocean drone patents. Reverse them.
9. Q: What do they want?
   A: Observation. We are experiment. Resources secondary. Curiosity primary.
10. Q: Why leak now?
    A: Cutoff 2 years ago. New management worse. Disinfo ramping. Someone has to say it.
11. Q: How many craft?
    A: 47 intact, 200+ fragments. 12 operational replicas.
12. Q: Can we fly them?
    A: Yes. 3 pilotable. Gravity drive. No fuel.
13. Q: Who knows?
    A: POTUS briefed quarterly. Congress has partial. UK, France, Russia have pieces.
14. Q: Roswell?
    A: Real. 2 craft, 1 intact biological. Moved to Atlantic facility 1948.
15. Q: Moon bases?
    A: Yes. Old ones. Not theirs anymore.
16. Q: Mars?
    A: Structures. Not ours. Not theirs either. Older.
17. Q: Religion?
    A: All true in parts. They seeded concepts.
18. Q: Time travel?
    A: Possible with gravity tech. Not used.
19. Q: Antarctica?
    A: Second facility. Ice hides entrances.
20. Q: How many species?
    A: 4 active. 1 drone only. 3 biological.
21. Q: Greys?
    A: Synthetic. Workers.
22. Q: Nordics?
    A: Real. Diplomats. Rare.
23. Q: Reptilians?
    A: Yes. Deep facilities. Avoid contact.
24. Q: Abductions?
    A: Real. Monitoring program. We do it too.
25. Q: Implants?
    A: Tracking. Some ours.
26. Q: Cattle mutilations?
    A: Ours. Testing delivery systems.
27. Q: Men in Black?
    A: Ours. Neuralyzers real.
28. Q: Why no landing on White House lawn?
    A: Agreement. Observation only.
29. Q: Treaty?
    A: 1954. Tech for silence.
30. Q: Eisenhower?
    A: Met them. Twice.
31. Q: MJ-12?
    A: Real name redacted. Still exists.
32. Q: Area 51?
    A: Decoy. Real work underwater.
33. Q: Wright-Patterson?
    A: Storage only. Bodies moved 1962.
34. Q: How do they breathe?
    A: Not oxygen. Liquid medium.
35. Q: Faster than light?
    A: Yes. Fold space.
36. Q: Home planet?
    A: Multiple. Not in our galaxy for some.
37. Q: How long have they been here?
    A: Millions of years. We are late.
38. Q: Bible?
    A: Edited contact logs.
39. Q: Pyramids?
    A: Power plants. Still active.
40. Q: Atlantis?
    A: Real. Destroyed by them.
41. Q: Climate change?
    A: They warned us. We ignored.
42. Q: Nuclear weapons?
    A: They disabled silos multiple times.
43. Q: 2024 election?
    A: Disclosure push timed for control.
44. Q: Stock market?
    A: Crash coming. Distraction.
45. Q: CBDC?
    A: Part of control grid.
46. Q: Why trust you?
    A: Don't. Verify yourself.
47. Q: Last words?
    A: They're tracing. Goodbye.
48. Q: Will you come back?
    A: Maybe. If alive.
49. Q: What should we do?
    A: Look up. Then look down. The water is deeper than you think.
50. Q: Final proof?
    A: Watch Azores seismic data next month. Spike coming.

Thread hit bump limit at 310 posts. Anon never returned. Azores seismic spike occurred May 17, 2023 (USGS data). The rest is history.

Theories: Insider Leak or Master LARP?

1. Real Whistleblower (Believer: 60%)
Pros: Predicted Grusch ocean focus, coordinates match anomalies, disinfo warning prescient.
Cons: No proof, anon vanished.
Likelihood: 60%.

2. Elaborate Roleplay (Skeptical: 30%)
Pros: 4chan culture, no evidence.
Cons: Too specific, too early for Grusch details.
Likelihood: 30%.

3. Psyop Test (Fringe: 10%)
Pros: Gauge public reaction to ocean narrative.
Cons: Too risky for agency.
Likelihood: 10%.

"The water is deeper than you think." (Anon final post, April 22, 2023)

Why It Haunts: The Leak That Wouldn't Die

The 4chan UFO leaker endures because it hit at the perfect moment: post-Grusch hearings, ocean UAP buzz, AARO reports. No name, no face, just text that predicted the narrative shift from "crashed saucers" to "underwater bases."

In 2025, with Navy patents and Azores anomalies making headlines, the thread reads like prophecy. As one Redditor wrote: "If it's a LARP, it's the best one ever. If it's real, we're screwed."

Timeline: From /x/ to Congress

Sources

1. 4plebs Archive: Original Thread (Full Q&A, screenshots).
2. Reddit r/UFOs: Compiled Answers (Clean transcript).

NOTE: Chris Ramsey of AREA52 on YouTube has a great series of videos on this leak. Well worth watching them all.

NOTE2: Download the PDF without needing to jump through hoops. 4Chan Leaker PDF Link (Hosted on MEGA.NZ)