made the find. In a progressive spirit of mutual respect and working alliance, academics and
amateurs joined forces to set an example of cooperation for the rest of the world. Their common
cause soon bore rich fruit. In September, not far from the shore of the island of Yonaguni, more
then 300 airline miles south from Okinawa, they found a gigantic, pyramidal structure in 100 feet
of water. In what appeared to be a ceremonial center of broad promenades and flanking pylons,
the gargantuan building measures 240 feet long.
Fig.100“Exceptionally clear sub-surface clarity, with 100 foot visibility a common factor, allowed for
thorough photographic documentation, both still photography and video. These images provided
the basis of Japan’s leading headlines for more than a year. Yet, not a word about the Okinawa
discovery reached the US public, until the magazine, “Ancient American” broke the news last
spring. Since that scoop, only the CNN network televised a report about Japan’s underwater city.
“Nothing about it has been mentioned in any of the nation’s other archaeology publications,
not even in any of our daily newspapers. One would imagine that such a mind-boggling find
would be the most exciting piece of news an archaeologist could possibly hope to learn. Even so,
outside of the “Ancient American” and CNN’s single report, the pall of silence covering all the
facts about Okinawa’s structures screens them from view more effectively then their location at
the bottom of the sea. Why? How can this appalling neglect persist in the face of a discovery of
such unparalleled magnitude? At the risk of accusations of paranoia, one might conclude that a
real conspiracy of managed information dominates America’s well-springs of public knowledge.”
The site was also visited in 1998 by a team of American divers who were skeptical at first but
became more interested when they discovered some intriguing holes in the rock platforms.