America’s Book of Secrets: The TRUTH Behind America’s Gold Vault: Fort Knox

In 1974, government officials opened Fort Knox for public inspection, hoping to quell rumors that its vaults were devoid of gold. However, this rare tour sparked even more speculation about what was really inside. Doug Simmons, a young worker hired in 1975 to move and clean gold, was sworn to secrecy—though, as he admits, he and his friends couldn’t resist telling tales.

But gold wasn’t the only thing stored there. During World War II, Fort Knox hid America’s most sacred documents: the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and even England’s Magna Carta during the Battle of Britain. Later, priceless artifacts, like the crown of Hungary’s Saint Stephen, were stored. Sealed boxes, containing unknown valuables, hinted that Fort Knox might hold secrets far beyond gold.

According to insider Ron Bryant, Fort Knox housed strategic materials, including 70,000 pounds of opium and morphine for wartime use, along with diamonds rivaling England’s crown jewels. And in 1948, a mysterious sighting over the fort led Captain Thomas Mantell to his untimely death, after he pursued what he described as a “large orange luminous ball” — a UFO, some say. Theories arose that Fort Knox might even hold extraterrestrial artifacts.

As suspicions grew, reports surfaced that much of the gold was transferred to the Federal Reserve in New York and later sold abroad. In the early ’80s, newspaper reporter Bill Still uncovered documents hinting at secret gold transactions that led to fortunes in the international market. A skeptical public began questioning: Was Fort Knox emptied, and for whose benefit?

The Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee argued that the gold market has been manipulated, claiming that even if Fort Knox holds gold, it may not belong to the U.S. This “gold swap” system could allow foreign banks to sell U.S.-claimed gold to suppress prices globally, with Fort Knox gold serving as collateral.

Doug Simmons, after decades of whispers, still insists that Fort Knox hides secrets — guarded with lethal force. Could it be a trove of alien evidence, or just a colossal bluff? Whatever the truth, Fort Knox remains one of the most guarded and enigmatic sites in the world, its mysteries preserved under layers of granite, steel, and government secrecy.