Diego Garcia - "The most important military base on the planet"
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| B2 bomber, Diego Garcia, 2006. |
Contents
- Stupid decision
- Chronology
- Alien base
- References
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1. "Stupid decision"
Diego Garcia is a small island in the middle of the Indian Ocean. It is also the most important United States military base outside of America. Why? Well, that's a secret ...... It is also the main island in the Chagos Archipelago, or Chagos Islands group, being seven atolls comprising sixty islands. This uninhabited, isolated area of the Indian Ocean was discovered by Portuguese explorers in 1512 and later claimed by the French in 1715. Since 1814 it has been claimed as the property of the United Kingdom, being as it was uninhabited at the time of discovery. Early in 2026 the United States realised that the United Kingdom was giving Diego Garcia to Mauritius, allowing Chagossians to return to the islands, and that this would threaten the long-term stability of the military base and its immediate surrounds which included a marine protection zone. Various members of the US political leadership called it a "stupid decision" and began lobbying to have it overturned.
During the 18th and 19th centuries various agricultural activities were introduced to the islands, such as the development of coconut plantations and production of copra. People were brought in from nearby locations such as Africa, Mauritius, India and the Malay penninsula to work on the plantations under French and then British management. These people later become part of what is known as the Chagossians. As Wikipedia noted:
The Chagossians, also known as Chagos Islanders or Ilois, are an Afro-Asian ethnic group and indigenous people of the Chagos Archipelago in the central Indian Ocean. They are descendants of African slaves and Indian/Malay people brought to the islands by the French in the late 18th century (Wikipedia 2026).
In May 2025 the UK signed a treaty agreement to give the islands to Mauritius, and set in place a 99 year multi £billion lease in which it would continue to be operated by the UK and US. Whilst initially the US President Donald Trump agreed to the deal, this had all changed by 28 February 2026 when Israel and the US began strikes on Iran. UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer immediately banned the US from using its military bases in association with the conflict, and this included Diego Garcia. The US were outraged, and the "stupidity" of the decision to give the Chagos Islands away, and to then ban the US from using Diego Garcia, was proclaimed loud and clear by Trump. In fact, early in February Senator John Kennedy had called the decision out, leading the President to realise he had made a terrible mistake in supporting it back in 2025.
US Senator John Kennedy Absolutely Excoriates UK PM Keir Starmer For Chagos Islands Plan, Forbes Breaking News, 3 February 2026, YouTube, duration: 21.14 minutes.
The broader context to the deal was presented in the following video from 20 January 2026, prior to the Kennedy presentation and in connection with the Greenland purchase issue. It reveals that Starmer felt he was obliged to take the action due to the International Court of Justice earlier ruling that Mauritius and Indigenous people with claims to the Chagos Islands were now claiming ownership over the islands. There was no obligation by the US to abide by this decision, but Starmer, as a long time human rights lawyer, felt otherwise. Unfortunately he failed to take into account the international strategic significance of Diego Garcia, and of the concerns of the United States, though he stated otherwise at the time.
Trump Targets Indian Ocean; Wants Diego Garcia Base for US Troops, Slams UK-Mauritius Chagos Islands, Times of India, 20 January 2026, YouTube, duration: minutes.
When Trump criticised Starmer as "no Winston Churchill" over this, it became a major scandal for the UK prime minister in the days after the initial Iran attack. Starmer eventually overturned his decision to "ban" American use of the Diego Garcia base, but the damage had been done.
Senator Kennedy on 3 February had actually called on the UK to sell Diego Garcia to the US as a possible solution. This seemed reasonable, especially in light of the influence China held over Mauritius and the likelihood that it would set up bases in the Chagos Islands to negatively impact upon the importance and capabilities of Diego Garcia. Needless to say, when the US realised the path Starmer was taking, and had led them down, they quickly sought to find a solution which would provide their base with long term security. Trump's statement within the 2025 agreement that the US would have the right to protect the base from any external attack was shown to be not enough to enable that security. Though the treaty had been signed, it had yet to be ratified by the UK parliament and the US congress. This is a process currently in play.
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Chronology
1512
* The uninhabited Chagos archipelago is discovered by Portuguese navigator Pedro de Mascarenhas.
1544
* The islands are further explored by Diego García de Moguer, who names the main island.
1715 - 1810
* Chagos Islands claimed by France and subsequently governed from the Isle de France (Mauritius).
1776 / 1783 / 1793
* The Chagos Islands first inhabited by French settlers in the creation of a coconut plantation on Diego Garcia, bringing in slaves from Mauritius, Madagascar an Mozambique. Later Indians were introduced.
1814
* The UK acquires the Chagos Islands and Mauritius from France through the Treaty of Paris.
1965
* The British give Mauritius independence and retain control of the Chagos Islands / British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) group.
1966
* The UK and US sign a treaty re Diego Garcia, allowing the latter to operate a military base there.
1967-73
* The population of the Chagos Islands are forced to leave, going to Mauritius, the Seychelles and the UK. This is to enable the building of a highly secret military base on Diego Garcia by the Americans.
1971
* The Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia begins construction by the US. 2000 locals are moved off the island, they being former plantation workers.
1982
* The UK government pays £4m to Mauritius to set up a trust fund for Chagossians.
2000
* The UK High Court finds the expulsion of the Chagossians unlawful.
2008
* The UK House of Lords rejects Chagossian resettlement claims.
2010
* The UK and US create a "marine protected area" to forestall Chagossian resettlement.
2015
* A United Nations tribunal rules against the UK treatment of Chagossians.
2016
* The UK government creates a £40m support package for Chagossians in the UK.
2019
* The United Nations demands the UK hands the Chagos Islands "back to Mauritius."
2022
* The UK agrees to begin negotiations with Mauritius.
2024
* October - The UK foreign office announces an agreement to hand over soverignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.
2025
* May - the UK and Mauritius sign a treaty agreement.
2026
* 5 February - Senator Kennedy calls the deal stupidity and calls for the UK to sell Diego Garcia to the US.
* 1 March - Prime Minister Starmer bans the US from using Diego Garcia to support the conflict with Iran. Over the following days he changes the decision, and also halts the British parliament consideration of the treaty deal.
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2. Alien base
When Senator John Kennedy called Diego Garcia "the most important military base on the planet" one of the reasons for this was the fact that beneath a surface of the island was an extensive underground rabbit warren of tunnels and storage facilities which housed, amongst other things, an Alien base used by both the Americans and their extraterrestrial allies.
Michael Salla and Mark Domizio, Clones and black navy operations at Diego Garcia, Exopolitics Today, 23 January 2023, YouTube, duration: 77.35 minutes.
Of course this aspect of Diego Garcia was never made public and is classified top secret by the Americans, but was well known amongst those in the US military, government and commercial sectors that were given access to such information. Members of the public interested in the UFO/ET issue such as those who follow Michael Salla's Exopolitics Today were also aware. President Trump may or may not have known this at the time he agreed to the UK plan in 2025; however, it is very likely he was aware of it by February 2026 when he overturned his support for the transfer of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. It is also possible that Prime Minister Starmer was informed by the US of the true significance of the Diego Garcia site and this caused him to halt the transfer discussions in the UK parliament early in March 2026.
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3. References
British Indian Ocean Territory [webpage], accessed 7 March 2026,
r/UFOs, I’m more certain than ever that Diego Garcia is the place where the UAP/NHIs are located, Reddit, 2023.
Salla, Michael and Mark Domizio, Clones and black navy operations at Diego Garcia, Exopolitics Today, 23 January 2023, YouTube, duration: 77.35 minutes.
Siddique, Haroon, A timeline of the UK's history with the Chagos Islands, The Guardian, London, 4 October 2024.
"That's when the nightmare started" - UK and US forced displacement of the Chagossians and ongoing colonial crimes, Human Rights Watch, 15 February 2023.
Trump Targets Indian Ocean; Wants Diego Garcia Base for US Troops, Slams UK-Mauritius Chagos Islands, Times of India, 20 January 2026, YouTube, duration: 8.13 minutes.
US Senator John Kennedy Absolutely Excoriates UK PM Keir Starmer For Chagos Islands Plan, Forbes Breaking News, 3 February 2026, YouTube, duration: 21.14 minutes.
Wikipedia, Chagos archipelago, Wikipedia, accessed 7 March 2026.
-----, Diego Garcia, Wikipedia, accessed 6 March 2026.
-----, Chagossians, Wikipedia, accessed 6 March 2026.
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Last updated: 6 March 2026
Michael Organ, Australia
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