Shades of Andromeda Strain and The Time Tunnel!

[TGTheodore]

Yes, they're actually building very deep, subterranean research centers.

Way down deep.

--Ted

 

[Non Sync]

That's just the cover story.

You could be told the truth, then they would have to bury you in the walls.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Ah, nothing cooler than experimental laboratories built in abandoned mines.

It should be easy to find dark matter down there; what could be darker than being eight thousand feet underground?