How do you find alien bases?

[todd77]

Im trying to find alien bases by sending out my lightning to hover over an area to look for a base....but to no avail..I havent found anything yet..what is the range of the sensors?

[hdm7k]

You find bases by successfully completing missions against the "green" circles in a country if a base exists.
Other ways may be possible but that's the only reliable way I've found.

Do others find that Patria is always composed of alien lovers?

Howard

[todd77]

green circles? Where are they?

[Shaker]

The first time I encountered a green circle was when I was trying to shoot down an alien ship. Instead of catching up in time to shoot it the ship landed and created a green (landed ship) target. After defeating it with my soldiers I got the message that I had found an alien base. So far this is the only way I have found alien bases. Also be sure to capture a live commander (Green Vipon) to interrogate and this will open up Plasma tech tree. P.S. Have an interrogation room built before capturing live aliens.

[todd77]

Ok. Ive fought at landing sites many times but never was notified I found a base...Havent built an interrogation room but I do have alien containment room.. I was still able to research the commander. Should I keep trying to capture commanders for research?

[Shaker]

Still learning about the game myself. However I wll say each time I research a commander some new tech tree or more information (alien origions, mothership...) is discovered. If I discover anthing new that might be of help I'll post. Good Luck...

[dbt1949_slith]

I have also found them by sending a ship to hover over the area and it happens to be close by the alien base.