I have heard from undocumented sources that an underwater city exists in Israel, however it has not been proven, I have just heard rumors regarding this. Does anyone else here on ATS have any insight if there are any underwater cities currently in existence in today's world? It seems like a pretty cool concept and idea.

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Well according to Cartman, if you have Sea Men, and Sea People, you get a SeaCiety!

So it's possible!

the only purpose it would serve would be to start from scratch without pollution
and avoid the sun's rays.

Originally posted by wlord
the only purpose it would serve would be to start from scratch without pollution
and avoid the sun's rays.

Or as some kind of scientific installation to study our oceans easier without having to keep diving down from the surface and study the affects of the pressure upon objects before sending them into space.

Not sure if the CHANI Project is real or not but I agree with "The Entity" they supposedly contacted when it said that we could learn more about space by studying the oceans.

Then again, underwater city.....could end up like Rapture did in the first Bioshock game.

It's possible, but it would have to be built like a gigantic submarine to withstand the intense pressure of the water. It would likely cost trillions to construct. None of that domed city stuff, we don't have the materials technology to accomplish this.

Underground cities are much more cost-feasible and expandable. The only dangers could be earthquakes/ collapses or water aquifer breaches into the complexes.

I haven't heard of an underwater city, but there surely are underwater research facilities. I saw a special on either NatGeo or Discovery a few years ago about one of them and it was pretty neat. There were however limits on the amount of time an individual could stay in the facility so I'm pretty sure a whole underwater city wouldn't be very plausible at this time. I would like to think that it would be possible in the not too far future though!

heard some rumors about there being *something* in the Arabian sea, haven't been able to check it out though.

Depends on whether you mean inhabited or not. There are great cities underwater in various locations, but they have been uninhabited for hundreds/thousands of years since they were flooded.

I doubt they exist within today's society used by us today

But I tend to keep an open mind on the bases for submersible unidentified flying objects. These craft have purportedly been seen since Columbus and their diving into both seas and lakes and exiting same has even taken place during the USA and NATO navy operations. A man called Sanderson wrote a very good and well researched book about them.