Guide Note
In 1980, Baptist minister Lindsey Williams published a book called "The Energy Non-Crisis". In the book he claimed that Gull Island, an island off the shore of Prudhoe Bay in Alaska, has North America's largest pool of untapped oil. He also claimed that the the find was then classified and he was warned not to talk about it.
Fast Facts
- Gull Island is off the shore of Prudhoe Bay in the Beaufort Sea
- According to Williams, if tapped the price of oil could drop to $1.50 per gallon1
- Williams claims there is a conspiracy to keep the knowledge of the find secret
- Mark Anderson of American Free Press estimated that the oil could power the U.S. for 200 years1
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