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The Question of Extraterrestrial and Human Telepathy

INGO SWANN
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The Question of Extraterrestrial and Human Telepathy
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"3efinitions Of$
%* To pass into or throu!h@
0* To enter (y o+er#omin! resistan#e@
8* To pier#e@
7* To see into or throu!h@
2* To dis#o+er the inner meanin! or #ontents of@
95 To pier#e somethin! )ith the eye or mind@
1* Ha+in! the po)er of enterin!- pier#in! or per+adin!@
'D The a#t of enterin! so that a#tual esta(lishment
of influen#e is a##omplished*
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ONTENTS
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PRE:AE i+
PART ONE6 .=TRA5SERET GOINGS5ON 0
%* In+ol+ement in Psi Resear#h 8
0* En#ounterin! the Spoo,iest Spoo,s '
8* .nder!round- Some)here %8
7* Psy#hi# Tou#h53o)n on the Boon 0%
2* Humanoids on the Boon 84
9* :eed(a#, "Of Sorts$ 81
1* The E+ent in =os An!eles 70
'* Grand entral Station 79
&* Br* AxelrodAs Tra+elin! Plans 20
%4* Seein! One 21
%%* .:Os E+ery)here 5 3enials E+ery)here- Too * 97
PART TWO6 BOON ATIEITIES 91
%0* The Boon as a Tar!et for Spin53o#tors 9'
%8* The Boon 5 EarthAs Natural SatelliteF 10
%7* Situation Boon Ro#, 11
%2* A Natural Satellite annot (e Hollo) '4
%9* The A(sen#e of Hi!h5Resolution E+iden#e
Re!ardin! the Boon '0
%1* The Batter of =unar =i!hts '1
%'* =unar Water 5 =unar Atmosphere &%
%&* Boon5Style O##upational HaGards &9
PART THREE6
EARTHSI3E TE=EPATH> +s SPAESI3E TE=EPATH>
04* Information Pa#,a!es ?ept Apart %4%
0%* The Pro(lem of Intelle#tual Phase5=o#,in! *** %4'
00* The HTelepathi#H onne#tionF %%0
08* Telepathy 5 The Preeminent Penetration
Bodality %%7
07* The Earthside on#ept of Telepathy %%1
02* Earthside Group5Thin, %08
09* Is ons#iousness Indi+idual or .ni+ersalF **** %09
POSTSRIPT 5 =OTS O: WATER ON THE BOONC I %87
SE=ETE3 /I/=IOGRAPH> **** %7%
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PRE:AE
This small (oo, is di+ided into three parts5 And it is )ith
re!ard to the first part that I Join a +ery lon! list of those )ho
ha+e seen and experien#ed thin!s they #annot pro+e happened*
The se#ond part is on mu#h firmer !round* It is lar!ely a
(rief synopsis of spe#ta#ular data and fa#ts a(out the Boon that
ha+e a#hie+ed exposure else)here- and )hi#h pro+ide e+iden#e
that the Boon is a +ery interestin! pla#e- indeed5
I ha+e sele#ted only small portions from all of the unusual
lunar information a+aila(le- (ut ha+e pro+ided sour#es in the
(i(lio!raphy for those interested in more #opious details*
The third part (e!ins )ith a presentation of #ertain so#ial
phenomena re!ardin! the pro(lems of telepathy that #an (e
fa#tually identified* These- ho)e+er- set the (a#,!round for the
stran!e and surprisin! s#enario they lead into- althou!h the
s#enario is admittedly spe#ulati+e in nature*
Some ha+e ad+ised me not to pu(lish this (oo, 5 on the
!rounds that it #hallen!es those e#helons of #on+entional
#redi(ility that las#i+iously !et off on de#onstru#tin! those
unfortunates )ho experien#e )hat they #anAt pro+e*
I ha+e (een mindful of this opportunisti# fa#tor for se+eral
de#ades* /ut my a!e is ad+an#in! and I ha+e (e#ome interested
in re#ordin! and )rappin! up my a#ti+e resear#h into Psi
phenomena in order to pursue less stressful +istas*
As I ha+e dis#ussed in other )ritin!s- IA+e al)ays (een
interested in Psi phenomena- and (e!innin! in %&14 it #han#ed
that opportunities to extend that interest in depth )ere made
a+aila(le*
Anyone )ith more than a mere superfi#ial interest in Psi
phenomena must of #ourse en#ounter the rather smelly morass of
so#ial resistan#e )here(y the authenti#ity of those phenomena are
methodi#ally de#onstru#ted- thus suspendin! them in dou(t*
This so#ial resistan#e- e+en if smelly- has lar!ely (een
su##essful in destroyin! all #on#erted approa#hes to Psi
phenomena* This su##ess is spe#ifi#ally a#ti+e )ithin hi!h strata
of so#ietal po)er- and )hi#h strata are other)ise entirely
disinterested in )hat lesser mortals 3O experien#e alon! these
lines*
Why it is that !o+ernin! so#ietal fa#tors need to
de#onstru#t the pro+a(le existen#e of at least some +ital Psi
phenomena is therefore somethin! that needs to (e examined and
understood*
+m
Alon! these lines of inKuiry- the existen#e and methods of
the ma#hinations a!ainst Psi de+elopment #an easily (e (rou!ht to
li!ht* /ut the treasons that !o+ern the implementation of the
ma#hinations none the less remain o(s#ured*
Thus- the so#ietal resistan#e to Psi (rea,s neatly into t)o
aspe#ts6 to pre+ent Psi de+elopment@ and to ,eep o(s#ure the
a#tual reasons for doin! so*
One reason for the (lan,et suppression )hi#h has (een
offered up (y many (efore me is that effe#ti+e formats of Psi
)ould distur( any num(er of so#ial institutions* Those
institutions )ould feel HthreatenedD (y de+eloped formats of- say-
telepathy- )hi#h mi!ht thereafter (e utiliGed to penetrate their
se#rets*
There is some rather #lear truth in this* Indeed- it is
(e#ause of this truth that some e#helons of humans are at )ar
)ith the Psi potentials of the human spe#ies 5 (e#ause those
e#helons ha+e moti+ations they )ould prefer ne+er to (e dis#losed
+ia Psi penetrationD
If this is the #ase- the #hief pre+enti+e measure )ould (e
to stamp out alto!ether any real understandin! of Psi* Indeed-
somethin! li,e this has ta,en pla#e*
And there #o!niGan#e of the nature of the situation mi!ht
remain 5 more or less (ein! defined as humans in #onfli#t )ith
their o)n Psi potentials (e#ause Psi penetrates se#rets*
Indeed- on my part for a lon! time I assumed that this )as
the (e!innin! and end of the story re!ardin! the methodi#al
suppression of Psi (y hi!h so#ietal e#helons 5 su#h as
represented (y !o+ernment s#ien#e- a#ademe and media*
As it happened- ho)e+er- the e+ents des#ri(ed in Part One
of this (oo, o##urred (e!innin! in %&12*
These are the e+ents I #anAt pro+e* None the less they
made some)hat +isi(le another possi(le aspe#t that mi!ht (e
fa#tored into the odiferous suppression of Psi that )as already
familiar to me*
This aspe#t reKuired that I introdu#e t)o unusual terms6
EARTHSI3E and SPAESI3E* These refer- of #ourse- to Earthside
intelli!en#e and Spa#eside intelli!en#e*
The #entral hypothesis of this (oo, is that if de+eloped Psi
potentials )ould (e an in+asi+e threat to Earthside intelli!en#es-
then de+eloped Earthside Psi )ould also (e a threat to Spa#eside
intelli!en#es*
After all- in that telepathy- for example- is in+asi+ely
defined as readin! minds- the distin#tion (et)een readin!
Earthside minds and Spa#eside minds )ould (e +ery narro)*
The only real pro(lem in #onsiderin! this is )hether or not
Sna#esiders exist*
is
I ha+e de#ided not to enter into the rele+ant de(ate a(out
this issue- (ut dire#t the reader to the #opious literature already
existin!- )ith spe#ial re!ard to the )ee,ly .:O RO.N35.P that
#an (e lo#ated in the Internet "see (i(lio!raphy$*
The in#lusion in this (oo, of the story I #anAt pro+e is not
(ein! offered as e+iden#e a(out the existen#e of Spa#eside
intelli!en#eL (ut (e#ause the reader deser+es to ,no) )hy I ha+e
#on#luded there is far more to telepathy than #ommonly #on#ei+ed
in Earthside terms*
In this- the thin,in! pro#eeds from a#tual experien#e- and
not from analyGin! the information pa#,a!es presented in the
)or,s of others*
The )or,s of others- of #ourse- ha+e pro+ed to (e +alua(le
in the lon! run- and they #ertainly introdu#e a modi#um of
authenti#ity that )ould other)ise !o #ompletely missin!*
In the end- thou!h- the authenti#ity of my personal-
unpro+a(le- experien#e pro(a(ly doesnAt need to (e #onsidered all
that mu#h 5 (e#ause the drift of a##umulatin! information is
inexora(ly leadin! to esta(lishin! the authenti# existen#e of
extraterrestrial intelli!en#es any)ay*
One fa#tor that )onAt (e apparent throu!hout this (oo, is
the lar!e amount of time "years a#tually$ it too, to a#hie+e the
synthesis of the fa#tors presented* I tend to (e a rather slo)
thin,er- and am sometimes e+en slo)er on the up5ta,e*
I had ori!inally intended to in#lude a len!thy dis#ussion
re!ardin! the pro(a(ility that telepathy mi!ht (e a uni+ersal
Hlan!ua!eH system of some ,ind that operates throu!h
#ons#iousness entities e+ery)here*
I (riefly allude to this in Part Three- (ut other)ise ha+e
de#ided to in#lude that dis#ussion in another )or, 5 (e#ause it
needs a lar!er information (asis that in#ludes the nature of
ener!y or!anisms*
/ut I feel o(li!ed to #omment on some of the reasons I
de#ided to !o ahead )ith the (oo, after so many years ha+e
passed*
In late %&&4- I read a )ell5D do#umented report of a lar!e .:O
#raft si!hted in the former .SSR-
The report indi#ated that the si!htin! )as attested to (y
General I!or Baltse+- #hief of the main staff of Air 3efense
:or#es- and pu(lished in Ta(o#haya Tri(una- %&- dated April %&&4*
The report Kuoted General Baltse+ as sayin!6 HI am not a
spe#ialist on .:Os and therefore I #an only #orrelate the data and
express my o)n supposition* A##ordin! to the e+iden#e of these
eye)itnesses- the .:O is a dis, )ith a diameter from %44 to 044
meters* T)o pulsatin! li!hts )ere positioned on its sides * * *H*
The arti#le )ent on to state that .:Os are piloted #raft and
#ontradi#ted the su!!estion that they are mere atmospheri#
phenomena* If the si!hted #raft )as indeed 044 meters- it )as
a(out 924 feet- or some)hat lar!er than a foot(all field*
Bean)hile- there )ere other nota(le si!htin!s else)here L
and +ideo foota!e )as (ein! o(tained re!ardin! a lot of them*
Su#h reports !ot me ruminatin! a(out my 8&12 experien#es- )ith
the result that I de#ided to )rite them do)n (efore my memory
(e!an deterioratin! more than it already had*
/et)een %&19 and %&&4- % !radually #on#luded that
Sarthsiders and Spa#esiders didnAt seem to ha+e mu#h in #ommon
5 )ith the ex#eption of telepathy*
/y all #onta#tee and a(du#tee a##ounts- telepathi# #apa#ities
seem to (e )ell5de+eloped (y the ETAs- (ut remained Kuite
unde+eloped Earthside*
I expanded the narration of the e+ents to in#lude some
fundamental #onsiderations of telepathy- and )hi#h theoriGed WH>
de+elopment of telepathy is suppressed Earthside*
In due #ourse- I sho)ed the manus#ript to my then literary
rep- )ho !ot ex#ited a(out it- and thou!ht that its su##essful
pu(li#ation )as a sure and easy thin!5
O+er t)enty pu(lishers turned it do)n 5 e+en in the fa#e
of the fa#t that mu#h .:O5ET stuff ran!in! from (ullshit to the
su(lime fantasti# )as other)ise (ein! pu(lished e+ery)here*
This (lan,et reJe#tion on su#h a lar!e s#ale remains- as it
)ere- mysterious* Perhaps it #an (e interpreted as some ,ind of
su(tle- lar!e5s#ale media #ontrol*
/ut one possi(le explanation mi!ht (e that as outra!eous as
the tale and telepathi# #onsiderations are- somethin! in them
mo+es too #lose to SomeoneAs #omfort*
In any e+ent- (e#ause of frustration- em(arrassment- et#5- I
a(andoned this (oo, proJe#t* And some more years passed* In
a(out Bar#h- %&&'- ho)e+er- #ertain arti#les and TE reports
#enterin! on ET possi(ilities (e!an #ir#ulatin!- amon! )hi#h )ere
a fe) entitled HAstonishin! Intelli!ent Artifa#ts "F$ :ound On
Bysterious :ar Side Of The Boon*H
Then- +ia a report in the Internet authored (y 3a+id
3er(yshire- dated Bay 07- %&&'- it seems that a H07-444 mph .:OH
(uGGed /ritain on Bay %8- %&&'*
THIS #raft )as tra#,ed (y the Royal Air :or#e and the
3ut#h Air :or#e* It )as Htrian!ularH and Has (i! as a (attleship*
A(out &44 feet lon!5H /ritish and 3ut#h inter#eptors )ere sent
aloft* The /i! Thin! left them in the mists 5 and )ent )ho ,no)s
)hereF
Thus- there are re#ent authenti# reports of .POs- and
indeed they seem present E+ery)here- and e+en (oldly re+eal
themsel+es to the lenses of am#orders )orld5)ide*
That the .:Os are dri+en or mana!ed (y Spa#eside
intelli!en#es simply must (e ta,en for !ranted*
And if they ha+e a#hie+ed hi!h te#hnolo!i#al #ontrol of
#ons#iousness that is #ommensurate )ith the hi!h te#hnolo!y of
their #raft- then Til (et they are +ery !ood at )hat )e
Earthsiders refer to as telepathy*
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The Question of Extraterrestrial and Human Telepathy
PART I
.=TRA5SERET GOINGS5ON
hapter %
INEO=EEBENT IN PSI RESEARH
The seKuen#e of stran!e e+ents narrated in this (oo, too, pla#e
(e#ause of my in+ol+ement )ith Psi resear#h- )hi#h (e!an out of the
(lue in %&1% )hen I )as thirty5se+en years alon!*
By life mi!ht ha+e flo)ed alon! lines presuma(ly more !ratifyin!
in mundane (ut more #omforta(le )ays had I ne+er +olunteered to (e an
experimental su(Je#t in Psi resear#h la(s*
In these experiments- there )ere hi!h and lo) points- su##esses
and failures* And there )as the opportunity to meet )ith many
fa(ulous and )onderful people*
/ut )hen one enters into Psi resear#h- one also enters into a
narro) #ultural su(set rather steamed up )ith hi!h stress fa#tors-
intri!ues- mainstream #onfusions- fear and apprehension- interne#ine
)arfare- and lar!ish #lumps of idio#y*
Additionally- Psi resear#h su(Je#ts "!uinea pi!s$ are nonentities
)ho are expe#ted to exhi(it Psi manifestations* At the same time they
are supposed to ,no) nothin!- thin, nothin!- suppose nothin! 5
(e#ause the Jo( of ,no)in!- thin,in!- supposin! (elon!s to the
resear#hers*
The su(Je#t is somethin! li,e a #omputer #hip (ein! tested to see
if it #an perform in the )ays )anted* If the #hip doesnAt perform in
the )ays )anted- then it is tossed aside into the (i! pile of anonymous
#hips that ha+e li,e)ise failed*
It is thus that the la(oratory life5span of a test su(Je#t usually
does not ex#eed three months- and durin! that time they ha+e to
under!o endless repetiti+e testin!* One of the maJor out#omes of this is
usually (ottomless (oredom*
The appearan#e of (oredom is deadly in Psi resear#h 5 (e#ause a
(ored #hip !ets into a state of apathy or non5interest- after )hi#h its
deli#ate #ir#uitry fiGGles*
I ,ne) most of this in ad+an#e- lar!ely (e#ause Psi phenomena
had al)ays (een of endless interest to me- and I had done a !reat deal
of or!aniGed readin! and study* So I had no expe#tations at all that
my allotted three months )ould someho) turn into nineteen ye ar sM
The maJor reason had not mu#h to do )ith the Sty!ian #limes of
parapsy#holo!y itself* .n,no)n to almost e+eryone at the time- the
Ameri#an intelli!en#e ser+i#es (e#ame )orried a(out- of all thin!s-
possi(le de+elopment of Hpsy#hi# )arfare ad+an#esH in the "no) former$
So+iet .nion*
The intelli!en#e ser+i#es are hea+y players- and (e#ause of the
So+iet Psi threat they more or less reKuired an a#ti+e pi#ture of Psi
potentials some)hat lar!er than standard parapsy#holo!y #ould pro+ide*
/e#ause of these unusual #ir#umstan#es- I !ot dra!!ed into se+eral
years of )or, in this re!ard5
/ut this meant that I also !ot dra!!ed into realms of often idioti#
se#re#y- into endless se#urity #he#,s #ondu#i+e of paranoia- into all
,inds of s#ien#e fi#tion dream)or,s- into intelli!en#e intri!ues )hose
+arious formats )ere sometimes li,e toilet drains- and into Kuite ner+ous
military and politi#al ramifi#ations*
By parti#ipation in this lon!5term affair had its ups and do)ns 5
and )as to in+ol+e hundreds of #ompli#ated situations- #ir#umstan#es-
and e+ents of +arious ,inds 5 of )hi#h those narrated in this (oo,
)ere only one ,ind- al(eit the most stressful and mind5(o!!lin!*
To !et into the elements of the narration- it is ne#essary to
(riefly outline )hat led up to them*
In late %&10 the entral Intelli!en#e A!en#y funded a small-
tentati+e resear#h proJe#t at Stanford Resear#h Institute* The proJe#t
at SRI )as headed (y the physi#ist* 3r* H* E* Puthoff- and I )as in+ited
to tra+el to alifornia to parti#ipate in it*
The purpose of the small proJe#t )as to dis#o+er one ESP
phenomenon that )as #apa(le of (ein! reprodu#ed at )ill* This )as the
,ind of experiment notoriously missin! in parapsy#holo!y- (ut in )hi#h
I had (een some)hat su##essful earlier*
The proJe#t )as !i+en ei!ht months to produ#e somethin! alon!
these lines* So- thereupon (e!an yet another daily exer#ise in+ol+in!
hundreds of experimental trials* These pro#eeded up and do)n in terms
of )hat )as (ein! tested- (ut ultimately 3OWN into (oredom so #loyin!
that it )as hard to fa#e yet another day of it*
In early April- %&18- in an effort to emer!e from the daily (oredom
of repetiti+e testin! ")hi#h indu#es a Qatline of ESP a#ti+ity$- I
su!!ested that )e on#e in a )hile do somethin! far out- somethin! that
mi!ht reintrodu#e a sense of ad+enture- ex#itement- and enJoyment*
The planet ;upiter )as literally far out* NASA had earlier
laun#hed Pioneer %4 and %% to fly 5(y that planet- and information
telemetered (a#, (y the t)o #rafts )ould under!o te#hni#al analyses*
Information from Pioneer %4 )ould #ommen#e in Septem(er- %&18-
The only real differen#e (et)een ;upiter as a Htar!et-H and
mundane tar!et o(Je#ts in the next room- )as its distan#e from Earth*
/ut for me there )as another differen#e* It )ould (e ex#itin! to try to
extend oneAs ESP to the planet- a form of remote +ie)in!* ;upiter )as
more remote than the next room 5 and there mi!ht (e a thrill of
Htra+elin!D in interplanetary spa#e*
/ut there )as yet another differen#e* Those lo#,ed into
#on+entional resear#h mindsets are usually ner+ous a(out no+el
experiments* on+entional mindsets tend to ta,e themsel+es some)hat
seriously- so there is usually resistan#e to non5#on+entional experiments*
The resistan#e is usually first manifested (y tar and featherin!
the proposed experiment "and e+eryone in+ol+ed$ /E:ORE it ta,es pla#e*
If that doesnAt sKuel#h the experiment- then it is merely de#lared
ridi#ulous and lau!hed out of S#ien#eto)n*
Is not a psy#hi# mind trip to ;upiter lau!ha(leF
By #ollea!ues at SRI )ere- to put it mildly- not interested in
(ein! lau!hed out of to)n* /ut I had (e#ome Kuite !loomy sin#e
failure5(yM(oredom )as Just ahead*
So I had a #hoi#e of "%$ (ein! lau!hed out of to)n- or "0$
(oredom )hi#h #learly #ould flat5line ESP fa#ulties5 The resistan#e to
the ;upiter Hpro(eH )as o+er#ome )hen I said DDI Kuit- and you #an
return )hatAs left of the money to the fundin! #lients* H
In any e+ent- I felt it )ould lNe interestin! to see if the remote5
+ie)in! data a#Kuired in April- %&18- mi!ht some)hat mat#h the data
later re+ealed (y NASAAs #raft (e!innin! in Septem(er- %&18-
The thrill of the idea )as to !et psy#hi#ally to ;upiter (efore the
NASA +ehi#les did5 If this )or,ed e+en some)hat- it )as a ,ind of
psy#hi# one5upsmanship* The experiment )as done on personal time- on
a Saturday- a non5)or,in! day*
/ut it )as )rapped in +ery strin!ent proto#olsD At first- the
+ery5lon!5distan#e "E=3$ experiment )as not to (e an offi#ial oneD /ut
the remote5+ie)in! ra) data had to (e re#orded someho)- so that it
#ould (e esta(lished that it existed prior to the NASA +ehi#les !ettin!
to the planet*
So- at the #on#lusion of the experiment- #opies of the ra) data
)ere #ir#ulated far and )ide- offered to and a##epted (y many
respe#ted s#ientists in the Sili#on Ealley area- in#ludin! t)o at ;et
Propulsion =a(oratories- Some s#ientists- of #ourse- thou!ht the entire
idea ridi#ulous- (ut these )ere fe)er than one mi!ht expe#t*
:or the experiment to (e #onsidered su##essful in any )ay- the
remote +ie)in! data had to in#lude impressions of fa#tors that )ere not
,no)n a(out the !reat planet 5 lest one (e a##used of readin! up
(eforehand*
As to the ra) data itself- this ended up #onsistin! of one pa!e of
s,et#hes- and t)o and a half pa!es of +er(al o(ser+ations*
The ra) data yielded thirteen fa#tors- and only thirteen- all of
)hi#h )ere s#ientifi#ally unanti#ipated (efore they )ere #onfirmed (y
later analysis of the s#ientifi# data*
These ra) data fa#tors are enumerated (elo)- a##ompanied (y the
dates they )ere #onfirmed*
%* The existen#e of a hydro!en mantle6 onfirmed Septem(er
%&18- a!ain in %&12*
05 Storms- )ind6 onfirmed %&19 as to dimensions and unexpe#ted
intensities*
8* Somethin! li,e a tornado6 onfirmed %&19 as stron! rotatin!
#y#lones*
7* Hi!h infrared readin!6 onfirmed %&17*
2* Temperature in+ersion6 onfirmed %&12*
9* loud #olor and #onfi!uration6 onfirmed %&1&*
1* 3ominant oran!e #olor6 onfirmed %&1&*
9
'* WaterLi#e #rystals in atmosphere6 onfirmed %&125
&* rystal (ands refle#t radio pro(es6 onfirmed %&12*
%4* Ba!neti# and ele#troma!neti# auroras "Hrain(o)sD$6 onfirmed
%&12*
%%* A planetary RING inside the atmosphere6 onfirmed %&1&- not
only as to its existen#e- (ut as (ein! inside the #rystalliGed
atmospheri# layers*
%0* =iKuid #omposition6 onfirmed %&18- %&19- as hydro!en in
liKuid form*
%8* Bountains and solid #ore6 Still Kuestiona(le- (ut suspe#ted as
of %&&%*
Six of these thirteen fa#tors )ere !i+en s#ientifi# su(stantiation
(y %&12- )hi#h is the year that the e+ents narrated in this (oo, (e!in*
It needs to (e pointed up that (efore it )as a#tually dis#o+ered
in %&1&- most s#ientists flatly denoun#ed the possi(ility of the RrNG- (ut
)hi#h had (een s,et#hed in the ra) data a#Kuired in %&18* And Just
re#ently the existen#e of more refined rin!s has (een #onfirmed*
:or me- the ;upiter experiment effe#ted a #ure of my experimental
doldrums for a num(er of reasons*
:or one thin!- the trip and the si!htseein! there )ere a)esome
experien#es* This )as a ,ind of profound aestheti# impa#t that #an
inspire one for many of years*
:or another thin!- as #onfirmation feed(a#, (e!an #omin! in
durin! Septem(er- %&18- in the form of s#ientifi# announ#ements- the
!ossip lines shifted from #old ridi#ule and (e!an heatin! up* =ots of
nota(les (e!an #omin! to lun#h at SRI in order to !et !rounded )ith
the possi(ilities*
:or yet another thin!- the IA- of #ourse- )as interested in the
possi(ilities of psy#hi# spyin!* Althou!h the planetary experiment had
not (een done on the ompanyAs funded time- it no) seemed that the
proJe#t at SRI )as ex#itedly on the ri!ht tra#,*
The ;upiter Pro(e also re#ei+ed )ide media #o+era!e- althou!h not
in s#ientifi# Journals- of #ourse* /ut then there are all types of people
)ho +ie) s#ien#e mu#h in the same )ay that s#ien#e has traditionally
+ie)ed parapsy#holo!y*
I no) )ish to mention an aspe#t that mi!ht !o missin! other)ise-
and does !o missin!- rather #on+eniently- as re!ards a lot of psy#hi#
#laims and posturin!* This has to do )ith the matter of )hat are
referred to as positi+e feed(a#, loops*
It is not hard to #omprehend )hat these #onsist of* One )ord
)ill do6 onfirmation 5 in some or any form*
A Hpsy#hi#D says thus and so- after )hi#h one needs to loo,
around for some ,ind of hard e+iden#e that supports the real5time fa#ts
of )hat has (een said*
As far out as the ;upiter experiment )as- it )as (ased and
desi!ned AGAINST expe#ted feed(a#, loops*
The feed(a#, )as in the form of the information telemetered (a#,
to Earth (y the NASA +ehi#les flyin! (y the planet*
As it turned out- amon! those ta,in! an a#ti+e interest in the
possi(ility of interplanetary spyin! )as a !roup so #landestine that it
#ould (e #hara#teriGed not merely as a deepest (la#, proJe#t- (ut as an
entirely in+isi(le one-
8t )as this !roup- or )hate+er it mi!ht (e #alled- that I met up
)ith in the early part of %&12*
'
hapter 0
ENO.NTERING THE SPOO?IEST SPOO?S
A(out t)o years after the ;upiter pro(e T re#ei+ed a
telephone #all durin! late :e(ruary- %&12- from a #ertain hi!hly5
pla#ed fun#tionary in Washin!ton- 3**
I had met him on so#ial o##asions- and )e had rather enJoya(le
#on+ersations sin#e he had a deep interest in Psi resear#h-
I (oth admired and respe#ted him* He )as forthri!ht a(out his
unusual interests- and he dared to s)im a!ainst the surEa#e #urrents
of that mi!hty ri+er #alled Hpre+ailin! opinionH )hi#h #ould dama!e
e+en +ery hi!h reputations in the Washin!ton maGe5
/ut in his telephone #all to me- my friend )as some)hat less than
forthri!ht- as the follo)in! #on+ersation dra)n from memory indi#ates*
HA Br* Axelrod is !oin! to telephone you-H he said5 HIf you #an
mana!e to do so- )ould you try to do )hate+er he as,s- and as, no
Kuestions yourself*H
After a pause- I as,ed6 HWell- )ho is Br* AxelrodFD
No) there )as a pause at his end of the telephone* Then6
HI #anAt tell you (e#ause I donAt ,no) myself* /ut itAs important-
EER> important- +ery .RGENT that you a!ree to do )hat he as,s*
HI #an tell you nothin! more- so please do NOT as,* ;ust do
)hat he )ants* And- )hether you do or do not- )e )ill ne+er refer to
this #on+ersation a!ain* I must as, you in friendship ne+er to refer
to me a(out this in any )ay*H
After )hi#h- my friend expressed a Kui#, passin! interest in ho)
I )as doin!- and then +irtually hun! up on me*
Althou!h my #onta#t )as usually Jolly- he had seemed- )ell- a
little upti!ht* /ut other)ise- this type of thin! )as not entirely
unusual in my ne) #areer of Psi resear#h*
Bany had approa#hed me- some of )hom as,ed for anonymity-
some usin! fa,e names OD su#h as poli#e emissaries and dete#ti+es )ho
)anted inputs re!ardin! diffi#ult #rimes- a fe) s#ientists )ith resear#h
stoppa!es- an art dire#tor of a famous museum )hi#h had mispla#ed a
+alua(le paintin!*
3esperate people do desperate thin!s 5 su#h as #onsultin!
psy#hi#s 5 e+en some Presidents )hose intera#tions )ith seers are
do#umented*
In this some)hat less than open manner (e!an a #hain of mindP
(o!!lin! affairs )hi#h ex#ited me on the one hand- yet ultimately made
me Q.IEER as if I suddenly found myself standin! (et)een t)o realities
neither of )hi#h seem Kuite real*
As it turned out- in spite of the alle!ed ur!en#y- the mysterious
Br* Axelrod did not telephone until a(out four )ee,s later* And )hen
he did- it )as a(out three in the mornin!* The #all Jolted me out of a
sound sleep- so- of #ourse- at first I didnAt Kuite remem(er )ho he )as*
After )e !ot that strai!htened out- he as,ed6 Han you !et to
Washin!ton (y noon todayF I realiGe this is short noti#e- (ut )e )ould
(e +ery appre#iati+e if you #an* We )ill reim(urse you for your time
and all your expenses*H
* I )as Just a(out to as, )hy I should !et to Washin!ton (y noon-
MMnen I remem(ered that my friend had (een +ery insistent that I not
HHMs, Kuestions* So- I said I )ould ta,e the air5shuttle or somethin!*
HGood-H Br5 Axelrod said- H(ut )e #annot meet you at the airport*
Are you familiar )ith the Buseum of Natural History at the
SmithsonianFH
Q said I )as5 HGood-H he replied* HAs soon as you arri+e- !o
there and stand near the elephant in the #entral rotunda* /e there at
noon* >ou )ill (e #onta#ted* ;ust do exa#tly as your #onta#ts as,s*
By only reKuirement is that you tell no one )here you are !oin!* If
you feel you #annot do that- please say so no) and )e )ill for!et
a(out this*H
I sat in silen#e- HIs that O? )ith youFH he as,ed* H>es- I
suppose so*H /ut I #ouldnAt resist one Kuestion- )hi#h seemed a lo!i#al
one* HHo) )ill I re#o!niGe )ho is supposed to #onta#t meFH
H3onAt )orry* We ,no) )hat >O. loo, li,e-H And Br* Axelrod
then hun! up )ithout so mu#h as a !ood5(ye*
I !ot out of (ed- made some #offee- #hain5smo,ed some #i!ars-
and sat #ontemplatin! the noisy dar,ness outside my )indo)s "Ne)
>or, ity is al)ays noisy*R
I )as (e!innin! not to li,e this at all- and )ere it not for my
hi!hly 5pla#ed a#Kuaintan#e in Washin!ton- )hom I respe#ted- I am
Kuite sure I )ould ha+e de#ided the )hole affair had suddenly (e#ome
too Kuestiona(le to pro#eed )ith*
The )orld- (a#, in %&12- it should (e remem(ered- )as in the
!rips of the old War* By resear#h #ollea!ues at Stanford Resear#h
Institute and I had spe#ulated that the So+iet ?G/ )ould naturally (e
interested in )hat )e )ere doin!* And in our more dramati#
#onsiderations of this possi(ility- it )as e+en spe#ulated that one of us
mi!ht !et ,idnapped or )orse (y that infamous- (ut +ery Smart
or!aniGation*
%4
Well- I de#ided- if I !ot to Washin!ton early enou!h- I #ould on#e
more +ie) the ma!nifi#ent #olle#tion of minerals and #rystals housed in
the Buseum of Natural History* 3oin! so had turned me on for years*
So- as the sun )as risin! in the rather #ool late )inter )eather-
I made my )ay to =aGuardia Airport- and !ot a(oard the next air5
shuttle to Washin!ton- a(out a fifty minute ride*
I arri+ed )ith plenty of time to spare* In fa#t- the museum
)asnAt yet open- so I !ot some #offee and a roll from one of the
+enders in the Ball- and smo,ed some more #i!ars*
Needless to say- e+en )hen +ie)in! the three5foot #rystals- and
loo,in! at the e!!5siGed pre#ious !ems- my mind )as not at all on
them* In fa#t- I )as s)eatin! most of the time* Ner+esF
ApprehensionF
:inally- I )ent to the meGGanine floor )hi#h en#ir#les the
museumAs !reat rotunda* As #o+ertly as possi(le "to my )ay of
thin,in!- any)ay$ I sur+eyed the floor (elo) 5 in the #enter of )hi#h
stands the famous stuffed elephant )ith his a(solute maJesty entirely
+isi(le to all )ho ta,e a moment to #onsider it*
Assumin! I )as supposed to a#t li,e any other tourist- at noon I
)as standin! in front of the !iant elephant- pretendin! to ha+e
interest in it*
/ehind me a +oi#e spo,e* HBr* S)annFH I turned- and )as
immediately handed a #ard )hi#h read6 Please do not spea, or as, any
Kuestions* This is for our safety as )ell as yours*
If I had not (een #on+in#ed (efore that % )as !ettin! into
somethin! suspi#ious- I )as no) #ertain*
:or the !uy )ho handed me the #ard stared at me )ith (urnin!
!reen eyes- )hi#h #learly indi#ated he meant (usiness* I didnAt dare
spea,*
He )as youn!- and loo,ed li,e he had (een produ#ed as a
fashion model for a Barine (asi# 5trainin! #amp 5 )hi#h is to say-
tallish- hun,y- serious- and #ompla#ent in his a(ility to ,ill +ery
Kuietly*
/ut e+en more astonishin! )as the fa#t that there )ere TWO of
them )hi#h as far as I #ould tell )ere t)ins*
3oGens of museum +isitors )ere flo)in! all around us*
After readin! the #ard- I (lin,ed* The first !uy pulled out a
photo!raph )hi#h I #ould see )as of me* He studiously #ompared the
photo!raph fa#e to mine*
He then too, my hand as if he )as sha,in! it- and #ompared the
tattoo on it to another photo!raph 5 the tattoo I had !otten as a result
of a rather drun,en desire in %&90*
He then nodded to his dupli#ate- )ho had (een )at#hin! the
rotunda in a professional )ay- and this t)in #ame o+er and repeated
the seKuen#e*
They then (oth initialed )hat seemed to (e a ,ind of #he#,5sheet
in a small address (oo,let*
%%
All this too, pla#e in a fe) moments- and none of the spe#tators
passin! to5and5fro around the elephant seemed to noti#e*
The first t)in then nodded- and indi#ated the main door to the
museum* I follo)ed- )ith the other t)in Just (ehind me*
We mar#hed dire#tly to the #ur(- and !ot into a rather non5
dis#ript #ar (oldly )aitin! in a No Standin! Gone*
The dri+er )as a )oman )ho- it seemed- deli(erately ne+er loo,ed
at me*
The #ar )as lar!e and (lue- a little dirty on the outside- (ut
imma#ulate inside* The t)ins sat in the (a#, on either side of me*
One of them pulled out another #ard6 Please do not spea,* >ou may
smo,e if you )ant* Whi#h I !ratefully did* I )as )et in my armpits*
As it turned out- )e )ere- I thin,- the #enter #ar (et)een that
stayed )ith us as )e mo+ed throu!h the #lo!!ed streets*
On#e )e left Washin!ton proper- the t)in pulled out yet another
#ard )hi#h read somethin! li,e6 Please do not ta,e it personally- (ut
)e are reKuired to #he#, your person and #lothin! for )eapons or
(u!s*
What #ould I doF They then pro#eeded to #he#, e+erythin!-
e+en unGippin! my pants and pee,in! (riefly into my shorts* After
)hi#h- they (oth initialed the mysterious #he#,5sheet*
I had ne+er (een treated this )ay (efore* I had ne+er (een
fris,ed* I )anted to (e outra!ed* Ho)e+er- I didnAt dare mo+e or
open my mouth- ex#ept to puff on a #i!ar*
/y this time I hardly ,ne) )ere )e )ere* We seemed to (e
headin! in )hat I thou!ht )as the dire#tion of the IA headKuarters
hidden (ehind trees* I thou!ht that mi!ht (e our destination- (ut )e
Goomed past it- pi#,in! up speed*
Then #ame another #ard6 >ou are (ein! ta,en to a helioport for
further transport* /efore )e rea#h it- )e )ill pla#e a hood o+er your
head* It )ill (e remo+ed at your destination* If you are hun!ry-
sand)i#hes are a+aila(le*
At this point- I thou!ht of doom* >et- silly as it seemed- I WAS
hun!ry- e+en if my stoma#h )as in ,nots* I ate* Althou!h my hands
)ere no) sha,in! a little- the t)ins pretended not to noti#e*
Well- I #on#luded- IAm either really (ein! ,idnapped- or )hate+er
is a(out to !o do)n IS somethin! extraordinary*
A(out t)enty minutes later- the first t)in produ#ed the promised
hood- and I spent the next part of my +oya!e into stuffy dar,ness*
Not lon! after- the #ar !round to a halt* I )as helped out- and
)ith the t)o t)ins firmly !raspin! my arms )as soon seated in a
#hopper* We too, off almost (efore )e )ere strapped in*
This part of the +oya!e seemed to last a(out a half hour- (ut I
#anAt (e sure* Shortly )e (umped to a sudden landin!- I )as helped
%0
out- and )al,ed )hat seemed a lon!ish distan#e5 I then heard a door
)heeGe #losed- and )e 3ESEN3E3* So I ,ne) )e )ere in an ele+ator*
I )as no) turned around in the ele+ator- and )hen it #ame to a
halt- after )hat I too, to (e Kuite some distan#e do)n- a door
apparently opened up and )e )al,ed strai!ht out*
Next- I )as physi#ally turned around se+eral times (y the t)ins*
After a(out ten turns- )e mar#hed alon!- at one point seemin! to !o
do)n a ramp* Shortly I )as pushed do)n onto a #hair*
At this point a +oi#e a#tually SPO?E the first )ords IAd heard in
this )hole threatenin! !oin!s5on*
HIAm !oin! to remo+e your hood no)- Br* S)ann- and than, you
for #omin! as )ell as puttin! up )ith our pro#edures-H
I )as- )ell- terrified (y no)- and donAt mind admittin! it5
%8
hapter 8
.N3ERGRO.N3- SOBEWHERE
With the hood remo+ed- eyes )aterin! a little- I found myself in a
dimly lit room* The t)ins )ere no)here to (e seen*
The EOIE said6 HI am Axelrod- )hi#h is not my real name- of
#ourse- as you must ha+e fi!ured out*A
ii
Br5 Axelrod )as a Jolly5!uy type- smilin!- )ith ,indly eyes- (ut
dressed in a dar,P!reen Jumpsuit of some ,ind* He reminded me of a
#ertain aptain B#/ee I had )or,ed )ith )hile in ?orea*
He #ontinued6 HI #an ans)er no Kuestions as to )here you are or
)hat )e represent- (ut (eyond that I am at your #omplete disposal )ith
re!ard to anythin! that pertains to the tas, ahead*H
Busterin! )hat di!nity r #ould- )hi#h really )as not mu#h- I
#roa,ed out6 HWell- )hat tas,- thenFH
Br* Axelrod smiled* H:irst- there are some pro#edural matters*
We )ill reim(urse you for your expenses- and pro+ide )hat )e )ill #all
an honorarium* Would a thousand dollars a day (e suita(leF We )ill
pro+ide this in #ash (efore you lea+e5H
AA 3A>CH I #roa,ed a!ain* HHo) many 3A>SFH
AWell- )e ha+e heard you )or, (est in the mornin!- and as it is
no) in the afternoon- )e )ill (e!in the tas, tomorro) mornin! at any
time )hi#h suits you* After that- )e )ill )in! it a little*H
A thousand (u#,s a 3A>CCC % per,ed up 5 and stopped #roa,in! 5
and e+en tried to say somethin! sensi(le* HSo- if you ,no) a(out the
mornin! thin!- then you must (e +ery familiar )ith our pro#edures out
at Stanford Resear#h Institute*H
HWe ,no) a !reat deal a(out you- Br* S)ann* >ou seem to (e an
ex#eptional man- and of #ourse it is your psy#hi# !ifts )e )ant to try
to employ )ith re!ard to the tas,*H
HBy Dpsy#hi# !iftsA- as you must then ,no)- are +ery
undependa(le* I )or, only in experimental situations- and I hardly
thin, anyone should ris, anythin! really serious on them* %
Tl f %% Ht f We understand fully- Br* S)ann* ?e do not see the tas, as a
ris,- so do not feel stressed a(out that*
HThe se#ond preliminary* We )ould li,e to as, you ne+er to
re+eal any of the details a(out any of this- in#ludin! your presen#e
here* If the #ir#umstan#es )ere other)ise- )e )ould as, you to si!n a
%7
se#re#y a!reement* /ut- (luntly spea,in!- )e exist )ithout lea+in! a
paper trail re!ardin! our mission* %
H
Br- Axelrod paused to let that sin, in- and then #ontinued* H>et-
)ithout su#h an offi#ial se#re#y oath- you )ill not (e le!ally (ound to
se#re#y* What )e )ould hope- then- is that you )ill a!ree not to re+eal
this seKuen#e for at least ten years hen#e*
H% #an assure you there are +ery !ood reasons for this- (ut after
ten years our mission )ill ha+e Hdisappeared % - as it )ere*
HIf you #annot see your )ay #lear to ma,in! and upholdin! this
a!reement- )e )ill !i+e you a !ood dinner- dis#uss remote +ie)in!- and
!et you (a#, to Ne) >or, (y late toni!ht*A
B
:or the re#ord here- other !roups had in+ited to )or, on many
other ,inds sensiti+e proJe#ts- and had e+en si!ned non 5dis#losure
a!reements* So- ex#ept for the ultra5se#re#y of this one- )hi#h I
thou!ht merely o+erly dramati#- it )as not all that unusual*
Althou!h I )as hot on the trail of <%4445days- I fro)ned at Br*
Axelrod* HI !uess you ,ne) I )ould a##ept- or I )ould not (e here
no)- )ould IFH
HGood- +ery !ood- then* We ha+e spe#ifi# pro#edures here* We
)ill )or, in this room- if that is suita(le* There is an adJoinin! room
)ith a (ed- and is #omforta(le* It has a TE you #an )at#h*
H>ou )ill see only myself- and the t)o )ho (rou!ht you here*
They )ill (e your #onstant #ompanions )hen you are not )ith me* One
)ill spend the ni!hts in this room- and the other )ill (e stationed
dire#tly outside the door* They do not ,no) )hy you are here- and
they need not ,no)*
HIf you need exer#ise- )e ha+e a small !ym* We ha+e shorts and
!ear and a small pool if you )ant to s)im* If you ha+e any ,ind of
spe#ial food preferen#es )e (elie+e )e #an supply them* ;ust as, for
)hat you )ant* >ou smo,e Tiparillo #i!ars* We ha+e some for you- as
)ell as (etter ones if you )ish* an you )or, under these
#ir#umstan#esFH
I hardly ,ne) )hat to say (y this time5
So- (ra+ely- % +entured- HI !uess that depends on the )or, * * *
or the tas,- or )hate+er it is*H Then6 HI ,no) I am not supposed to
as, anythin!- (ut are those t)o !uys really t)insFH
Br* Axelrod smiled a!ain* HHWhat do you thin,FH
HI thin, they are*H
HWell- then that is resol+ed- isnAt itF 3id you enJoy the !eolo!i#al
spe#imens at the museum this mornin!FH
I de#ided to as, no more Kuestions* Presuma(ly- I had (een
o(ser+ed e+er sin#e I left Ne) >or,* Whate+er )as happenin! must (e
important- sin#e it o(+iously )as #ostin! someone a !reat amount of
dollarL man5hours*
HWell- then- may I #all you In!oF And you must #all me Axel* Tell
me a(out remote +ie)in!*H
%2
I de#ided to relax* HWell- as you may ,no)- I did my first
extensi+e #lair+oyant experiments at the Ameri#an So#iety for Psy#hi#al
Resear#h in Ne) >or, )ith a )oman named ;anet Bit#hell and- of #ourse-
)ith 3r* ?arlis Osis- the dire#tor of resear#h there*
HAfter a )hile- I !ot (ored )ith tryin! to see tar!ets in (oxes
and the next room* One day I de#ided to see )hat else I #ould seeL and
found I thou!ht I #ould see people !oin! do)n the street outside*
HOne day- I thou!ht I sa) a )oman dressed in oran!e and !reen
)al,in! alon! the street* We rushed do)nstairs Just in time to see
oran!e and !reen disappearin! around the #orner*
HThere )as really no )ay I #ould ha+e seen her +isuallyL sin#e I
had (een sittin! in a #losed room* I !ot to thin,in!* I proposed then
a lar!er experiment-
n I )ould try to see thin!s at !reater distan#e- pro+ided )e #ould
fi!ure out a )ay to !et easy feed(a#, a(out )hat )as (ein! seen*
HWe thou!ht a(out this for a )hile- and finally de#ided that I
#ould try to see the )eather !oin! on in maJor #ities- and then #all up
their )eather num(ers to see if I )as #orre#t or not*H
HI
AHo) did you spe#ify )hi#h #ityFH Axel as,ed*
AWell- )e de#ided that ;anet )ould #ompile a list of #ities- and
sele#t one at random* She )ould then say6 the #ity is su#h and so- !o
there- In!o- and see )hat the )eather is doin!*
HAfter I had said )hat the )eather )as- ;anet )ould pi#, up a
telephone- #all lon!5distan#e and !et the #urrent )eather report*
HThis didnAt )or, too )ell at first- (ut I su!!ested )e try a
num(er of times* :inallyL )e !ot a num(er of hits in a ro)-
H:or example- she !a+e me Phoenix as a tar!et* I sa) it )as
rainin! there- or at least had Just rained* Sure enou!h* Phoenix had
Just had a rain storm- )hi#h )as unusual (e#ause they donAt often ha+e
any* Well any)ay- )e did this for a fe) days )ith pretty !ood results*
HSin#e these #ities )ere remote from Ne) >or,- )e de#ided to
refer to this ,ind of experiment as remote +ie)in!* This started in
3e#em(er %&1%* ThatAs ho) it all !ot started*A
it
Axel had his fin!ers pressed a!ainst his lips* He )as no lon!er
smilin!- and seemed pensi+e* So % as,ed6 HI !ather you )ant me to try
to remote +ie) somethin!FH
HOh- a(solutely- a(solutely-H he responded- resumin! his smile*
HAfter the Ameri#an So#iety- then- you )ent to SRI and de+eloped a
#oordinate5ordinate system for remote +ie)in!FA
Wl
HWell- that #ame a(out (e#ause )e )anted to try to +ie) sites
around the )orld* The IA )as interested- you ,no)*
HWhen )e tried to tar!et the #ities (y their names- )e realiGed
that the name had too many #lues )hi#h mi!ht aid me in identifyin! the
tar!et*
HWe felt that s,epti#s and #riti#s )ould point this out- ma,in! our
)or, useless* So )e felt )e #ouldnAt do that ,ind of experiment* After
all- if you say ANe) >or,A for example- anyone )ould ,no) enou!h to
say they see s,ys#rapers- and so forth*
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H/ut one day- in %&18- I )as s)immin! in a pool in the apartment
#omplex )here S )as stayin! in Bountain Eie)- )hi#h is near Palo Alto
and Benlo Par, )here SRI is lo#ated* I had (een )onderin! ho) )e
#ould identify a distant tar!et in some other fashion than (y its name*
HIn the )ater- I laid (a#, a!ainst the ed!e of the pool and tried
to en+ision somethin! )hi#h had es#aped me- I suddenly sa) a map
)ith #oordinate 5or dinates on it- you ,no) this de!ree East and that
de!ree North* A A+oi#eD of some ,ind said "in my mind- of #ourse$- Atry
#oordinatesA *
HSo- I !ot the idea that if someone !a+e me a set of #oordinate5
ordinates they mi!ht a#t as a fo#us of some ,ind* At first my SRI
#ollea!ues thou!ht this )as silly- (ut I insisted )e !i+e it a !ood try*
At first this didnAt )or, too )ell either- (ut after a(out fifty tries- it
(e!an to pay off*H
Han you explain )hy #oordinates seem to )or, (etter than other
)ays of spe#ifyin! a tar!etFH Axel as,ed*
HNo one understands this at all- and neither do I* The #riti#ism
is that #oordinates are only ar(itrary sets of num(ers and as su#h (ear
little real meanin! to the a#tual physi#ality of the site*
H/ut my explanation- if it is one- is that people do find their )ay
around the )orld (y usin! #oordinates* And sin#e this is so- then
there is no real reason )hy one #annot use them to find their )ay in a
psy#hi# +oya!e* As a ,ind of fo#us- so to spea,*H
Br* Axelrod !re) pensi+e for a moment* HThere )ould seem to (e
more to it than that* Surely youA+e thou!ht a(out itFH
I hesitated* HItAs a (it diffi#ult to arti#ulate*H
Axelrod (ri!htened up* HTry meL
HWell- I ha+e to introdu#e the possi(ility of * * * Well- )e are
edu#ated to (elie+e that thou!ht ta,es pla#e only inside of oneAs head-
in the (rain ) that the mind is inside ea#h personAs head*
H/ut this runs #ounter to the fa#t that some thin!s #an (e
dire#tly shared at a !roup le+el 5 may(e not thou!ht itself- (ut
#ertainly emotions and sentiments- for example*H
H:or exampleFD Axelrod as,ed*
HWell- durin! the %&84s- a lot of )or, )as done on )hat )as
#alled Amo( #ons#iousness % - )here an!er or hysteria seems to !et
#ommuni#ated (y means other than reason or lo!i#* This )as su!!esti+e
of a !roup5mind ,ind of thin! 5 some)hat lin,ed to!ether (y a ,ind of
#ommunal telepathy*
HIn the middle a!es there )ere lots of #ommunal phenomena- or
hysteriaAs li,e this * * *H*
With this- I thou!ht I noti#ed some ,ind of #han!e in Axelrod 5 a
sli!ht pin, #olor in his fa#e* One #an tell if someone is a##eptin! or
resistin!* ItAs a sort of )ell5,no)n ma!neti# thin!*
%1
I )ent on5 HIf there is a !roup mind- there possi(ly #ould (e a
spe#ies5)ide one 5 ha+in! some ,ind of memory T * * )hi#h indi+iduals
#ould lin, into 5 * *
Axelrod interrupted* HAre you spea,in! a(out some ,ind of
A,ashi# re#ord or somethin! li,e thatFH He no) 3I3 seem ner+ous*
HNo- not exa#tly* Some ,ind of spe#ies memory stora!e 5 may(e
at the 3NA mole#ular le+el* I ,no) this idea ma,es s#ientists thro) up-
(ut so does any aspe#t of PsiH
I paused to see if this passed inspe#tion (y Br* Axelrod5 He )as
+ery Kuiet and so I #ouldnAt tell5 /ut finally he said H#ontinueL
HThere has (een a lot of interest as to )hy the #oordinate thin!
should )or,5 IA+e dis#ussed it )ith 3r* ;a#Kues Eallee- the famous
.folo!ist alon! the lines of information theory*
Hertain theories re!ardin! information hold that it exists
e+ery)here as sort of a #osmi# thin!5 And if one had an AaddressD for
it- one #ould lin, into it- li,e a #omputer that #an find information if
there is a #orre#t address for it*H
HAre you su!!estin!-H Axelrod as,ed- Hthat the mind is a
#omputer that #an lin, into 5 * *H
HWell- somethin! li,e that- (ut not at the intelle#tual le+el* There
a#tually must (e lots of mind layers that fun#tion differently*H
H/ut )hy should #oordinates fun#tion * * TFH Axelrod mused- almost
to himself*
HWell- in a #osmi# sense- if one has a round (all or a planet- and
if one )ants to di+ide it up- one )ill assi!n )hat amount to lon!itudes
and latitudes* These )ill di+ide the (all into se!ments* If Intelli!en#e
exists as a uni+ersal- then this )ould (e the (est uni+ersal )ay to
di+ide up a planet so as to ,no) )here one is on it*H
HThis is a matter of trian ! ulation * Is this not ho) ille!al radios
are found 5 (y sendin! out t)o or three #ars )ith antennae that #an
!et a trian!ulated fix5 I sa) this in a World War II mo+ie * * *H*
HA.ni+ersalAFH Axelrod as,ed5 No) a HhotH ma!neti# thin! seemed
to #ome out of him* HWhy did you use that )ordFH
Well- )hy NOT I thou!ht5 HWell- the (est e+iden#e )e ha+e for
telepathy- for example- is that it seems to (e uni+ersal to our spe#ies*
People experien#e it re!ardless of their different #ultures- their
different (a#,!rounds* If )e assume that Intelli!en#e #an (e uni+ersal-
)e also ha+e to assume that Intelli!en#e also has to ha+e sensin!
fa#tors that also are uni+ersal*H
Ha+in! said my pie#e- I a)aited AxelrodAs #omment5 He Just sat
loo,in! at me in an odd ,ind of )ay* Suddenly I !ot the idea6 Aha- he
has some #oordinates in the So+iet .nion he )ant me to loo, at* After
all- e+eryone else had them*
%'
Ho)e+er- Axel no) resumed his smile* H/ut you )ent to the
planet ;upiter* 3id you use #oordinates to do soFH
HWell- yes and no* The ;upiter thin! #ame a(out as a sort of a
lar,5 A!ain- as at the Ameri#an So#iety for Psy#hi#al Resear#h in Ne)
>or,- at SRI I !ot (ored )ith the hundreds and hundreds of
experiments*
HNASA )as sendin! the Pioneer fly5(y past ;upiter- and I thou!ht
it )ould (rea, the monotony of our SRI )or, (y tryin! to !et to
;upiter ahead of the fly5(y* It )as a !ood experimental idea- for )e
#ould re!ister my impressions of the planet- #ir#ulate them to interested
people- and do it in ad+an#e of the data the fly5(y )ould send (a#,*
HThis data )ould a#t as feed(a#, to see if )e nailed do)n any
unsuspe#ted fa#ts a(out ;upiter* It )as Just a further test of remote5
+ie)in! #apa(ilities*
HAs ,ind of #oordinates- )e found out )here ;upiter )as in
relation to )hi#h part of the Sodia#- )here Earth )as in respe#t to the
Sun* These three fa#tors 5 the pla#ements of Earth- Sun and ;upiter-
a#ted as a ,ind of trian!ulation as to )here ;upiter )as*H
H>es- I see-H Axel !rinned* H>ou did pretty !ood*H
I de#ided to ta,e an initiati+e* HAxel- I donAt li,e to do tas,s
unless there is a !ood #han#e of o(tainin! feed(a#,- and you represent
one of those times I ha+e (een dra!!ed into a situation )here o(+iously
I am not !oin! to !et any *** am IFH
HWell- that poses a (it of a pro(lem #onsiderin! our situation
here* /ut surprisin!ly some feed(a#, )ill (e#ome a+aila(le in other
)ays* IAll send it to you- in an unmar,ed en+elopeL % t
HWell- )hat then is your tas,FH I as,ed*
After a lon! moment* Axel as,ed6 HIn!o- )hat do you ,no) a(out
the BoonFH
The BOONC He )ants me to !o to the Boon* HWell- I ,no) it is
there- that itDs a dead satellite- it has #raters and mountains- if that is
)hat you mean*H
HHa+e you studied the Boon- or !one psy#hi#ally to itFH
HNo* We ne+er tried the Boon- (e#ause too mu#h is ,no)n a(out
it* It )ould not #onstitute a !ood experiment (e#ause of that* People
)ould thin, I had learned a(out the Boon- or loo,ed at it throu!h
teles#opes or somethin!*H
HWhat a(out the re+erse side of the Boon* That side is al)ays
turned a)ay from Earth* No one #ould a##use you of (ein! a(le
+isually to see that*H
H/ut- still- the NASAAs Boon missions ha+e en#ir#led it- and there
are lots of photos and stuff*H
Axel lau!hed* HWell- )e )ant you to !o to the Boon for us- and
des#ri(e )hat you see* I ha+e some Boon #oordinates prepared- a(out
ten alto!ether* Is that too manyFH
%&
HWell- no- dependin! on stress fa#tors* /ut I donAt li,e to do too
many at on#e- (e#ause I fear I )ill (e!in to superimpose my
impressionsL %
HWell- )e may not ha+e to do all of them-H Axel said #rypti#ally*
H3o you ,no) )ho Geor!e =eonard is- or e+er heard of himFH
HNoL %
H>ouAre Kuite sureFH
HWell- IA+e met hundreds of people (y no)- (ut I donAt re#all any
Geor!e =eonard* ThereAs a =eonard at SRI- (ut I #anAt remem(er names
+ery )ell- any)ay5 :a#es I remem(er (etterL
%D
Axel immediately fum(led in a folder- pullin! out fi+e photo!raphs*
HAre any of these familiarFH
HWell- one is 3r* ?arlis Osis- and this other one )or,s out at SRI-
(ut E donAt ,no) his name* IA+e ne+er seen the other three- one of
)hom I suppose is your Br* =eonardL
%%
HWell- !ood- then* We seem to (e in !ood shape* No)- ho) a(out
a )or,5out in the !ym- and then IAll Join you for dinner* We #an start
early tomorro) mornin!L
n
So- the initial inter+ie) )as o+er* I am not an exer#ise (uff- (ut
I )anted to !o to the !ym hopin! to see more people and more of this
astonishin! under!round fa#ility*
I )as to (e disappointed*
The t)ins a##ompanied me alon! empty #orridors to the lo#,er
room- and themsel+es !ot !eared for exer#ise* /uilt li,e (ri#, shit5
houses they )ere- and too, turns doin! hundreds of rapid push5ups-
ma,in! me feel unde+eloped- as I )as- )hen it #omes to physi#al
stren!th and stamina*
/ut they SPO?E e+ery no) and then 5 HBr* S)ann- that )ei!ht
mi!ht (e too hea+y for you*H
NOW I #ould distin!uish a 3I::ERENE (et)een them* One had a
Southern dra)l- )hile the other had )hat I thou!ht )as Australian one-
of all thin!s*
This set me )onderin!*
Why- for example- if all this )as ultra5se#reti+e- had I (een met
(y t)o men )ho )ere so o(+iously t)ins- and extraordinarily handsome*
Surely this )ould ha+e attra#ted attention in the museumAs
rotunda* /ut then I remem(ered it had not* And then I remem(ered-
too- that most people noti#e +ery little to (e!in )ith*
Gradually- I (e!an to realiGe that the t)o a#tually did not loo,
ali,e- they only SEEBE3 to in some inexpli#a(le )ay*
Suddenly I #ould see !reat differen#es (et)een them* One- the
Australian- )as older* Their sKuare Ja)s and !reen eyes )ere ali,e-
(ut the noses )ere different- and one had narro)er lips*
Their hair#uts and mar+elous physiKues )ere almost identi#al- (ut-
as I #ouldnAt help noti#in! in the lo#,er room- the Southern )as more
endo)ed in the !roin area*
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So- they )ere not t)ins- after all* Nor e+en (rothers-
dou(tlessly5 /ut )hat )as it a(out them made them so ali,e- as if to (e
mista,en for t)insF
Their ener!iesC Somethin! a(out their ener!ies*
One of the (asi# #hara#teristi#s of !ood psy#hi#s is their
fas#ination of o(ser+in! e+erythin! they #an- and in detail* Po)ers of
o(ser+in! seem to a#t as a laun#h pad for hi!her forms of per#eption*
IAd had this fas#ination from #hildhood*
As I )at#hed them more #arefully- I slo)ly (e#ame #ons#ious that
the BOEE3 almost as if in unison* If one lifted a hand- so did the
other*
They mo+ed almost as if of one mind- so to spea,* >es- that )as
it* They )ere enou!h ali,e so as to (e mista,en for mirror ima!es of
ea#h other 5 until they spo,e- that is*
The )ord Hentrain men tH #ame to mind- a )ord used to des#ri(e
people )ho ha+e (een su(Je#ted to some mindMmana!in! so that they
(e!in to thin,- a#t- and e+en- I !uess- loo, ali,e-
I (e!an to !et the fan#iful idea the t)ins )ere #y(or!s or
androids of some ,ind- (ut then de#ided my ima!ination had ta,en o+er*
Needless to say- I ne+er found out )hat the t)ins )ere or )hy
they )ere so un5t)in5li,e- yet so ali,e*
The t)ins and I s)am a fe) laps in the small pool in the
under!round installation- they s)immin! most of the time under)ater*
omin! (a#, from the pool- I found the Jolly Br* Rxelrod standin!
near a small ta(le loaded )ith food* He ate a !reat stea, dinner )ith
all the trimmin!s 5 ex#ept that I #ouldnAt drin, the o(+iously !ood )ine
(e#ause I )as !oin! to H)or,H in the mornin!*
We had a some)hat #heery #on+ersation )hile eatin!* Amon!
other topi#s (rou!ht up (y Axelrod- he )anted to ,no) more a(out )hat
I ,ne) a(out telepathy*
We #hatted this up* I thou!ht this )as merely inno#ent
#on+ersation*
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hapter 7
PS>HI TO.H3OWN ON THE BOON
I had spent a ner+ous ni!ht* :irst of all- the (ed )as ,ind
of hard- and there )as no sound in the room* So I listened to my
heart pumpin! in the dar, silen#e*
Q felt a little #laustropho(i# )hi#h reminded me of ho) had
I had responded inside the Great Pyramid in E!ypt )hen I had
+isited it in %&18*
I sifted throu!h possi(ilities 5 )onderin! if all of this #ould
possi(ly (e a deeply #o+ert ?G/ thin!* Axelrod =OO?E3 and
ATE3 Ameri#an enou!h* /ut the t)insF
Openly #onfessed- my attention )as on the S%4445day thin!*
/y %&12- I had (een in Psi resear#h for a(out fi+e years*
When it )as arran!ed for me to ta,e part in those earlier
experiment- the first order of (usiness in the minds of the
resear#hers )as to fi!ure out ho) to pay me the least possi(le-
and prefera(ly to pay me nothin!*
The <%4445day )as a real- and mu#h needed )indfall for me*
So I )orried a(out the many )ays it #ould !et messed up*
:ailin! to pro+ide !ood Psi data )as one )ay* /ut- as I
had found- if one tal,s a(out thin!s people donAt understand-
then they lose interest* Another )ay )as NOT to pro+ide )hat
the #lient )anted*
I had no idea )hat Axelrod )anted* Bay(e they- )home+er
THE> )ere- )ere loo,in! for !ood pla#es to (uild Boon(ases*
Bay(e THE> had lost a se#ret spa#e#raft or somethin! alon! those
lines*
/ut there I )as- ner+ous or not- deep under!round
some)here- t)istin! on a hard (ed* Well- IAd remote +ie) the
Boon and !et it o+er )ith* I didnAt expe#t to see mu#h on the
Boon 5 dead satellite- airless- dust- #raters- et#*
Anyho)- the mystery WAS a (it mu#h if one too, time to
thin, a(out it* /ein! dra!!ed around in hoodsC ReallyC I
determined ne+er to !et #au!ht up in su#h an affair a!ain*
We started our )or, early the next mornin! 5 )hi#h I
immediately du((ed HBoon Pro(eLA
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As )e had done in the ;upiter proJe#t- I as,ed Axel
to find out )here the Boon )as in its monthly #y#le 5 )hi#h
is to say- its present relationship to the Earth and the Sun*
HThe Boon is fullLA he (e!an- Hopposite the Sun- and
the Boon is Just settin! in the West* Will that doFH
HI hope so-H I replied* HEarth is (et)een the Sun and
Boon- then- and )hat I ha+e to try to do is head dire#tly a)ay
from the Sun- hopin! for a psy#hi# tou#hdo)n "I smiled in sayin!
this$ on the Boon surfa#e*H
HO,- do your thin!- then-H Axel smiledD He pushed the
Tre#ordA (utton on his tape re#order*
Earlier that mornin!- )e had dis#ussed the experimentAs
proto#ol- the )ay the session )as to (e #ondu#ted*
Ex#ept for +oi#in! the lunar #oordinates )hen I as,ed for
them- Axel )as to ma,e no +er(al inputs*
I tal, out loud )hen Hdoin! my tilin!-H as,in! B>SE=: a
series of Kuestions* /ut these are Kuestions to aid my intelle#t in
tryin! to understand )hat I am experien#in!* *These are not
Kuestions others need to respond to )hile I am Hat )or,*H I 3O
NOT li,e to #lose my eyes )hen I am doin! my Hthin!H*
I settled (a#, and tried to !et a sense of Earth (ein!
(et)een the Sun and Boon 5 and slo)ly (e!an to ha+e ima!es of
risin! up)ards from Earth until I #ould see its #ur+ature*
As I had already learned from our efforts to !et psy#hi#ally
to ;upiter- the Sun loo,s mu#h smaller to my psy#hi# senses than
it does )hen )e eye5(all it an Earth* Seen psy#hi#ally- and if
seemin! smaller- at least three Hen+elopesH of some ,ind are
#learly +isi(le around the solar star*
In any e+ent- I tried psy#hi#ally to head a)ay from the
Sun- to)ard the Boon* This no) loo,ed =ARGER than it does
)hen eye5(allin! it*
I had no pro(lem !ettin! there* Slo)ly at first- it !re)
lar!er and lar!er and then s)iftly filled my psy#hi# +ision
#ompletely 5 a )hitish thin!- )ith !rays- dar,s and- surprisin!ly-
a lot of yello)s in it* Suddenly I )as ,ind of su#,ed into5
to)ard it faster- as if in a !ra+ity free5fall* Next- I had the
sensation of H(ein!H next to some pumi#e5li,e ro#,s*
HO?-H I )hispered to Axel- HI #an see these ro#,s- and some
dust- so I !uess I must (e here5 Gi+e me your first Boon
#oordinate pre#edin! it )ith the )ord Boon*H
I )rote do)n HBoonH and the #oordinate5ordinate and
nothin! happened* I )as still )here I had tou#hed do)n*
HGi+e it a!ain- more slo)ly-H I as,ed* He did so- and I
experien#ed a (lurred ,ind of +ision- a sense of Goomin! a#ross a
plain- some mountains 5 and then into dar,ness )hi#h surprised
HIts dar, here-H I said- HWhy is thatF A rhetori#al
Kuestion- Axel* Please do not spea, an ans)er*H 3ar,nessC
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Then- slo)ly- as iU adJustin! to a ,ind of ni!ht +ision- I #ould
(e!in to per#ei+e formations* And I realiGed )hat had happened*
HThis #oordinate-H I as,ed- DDis it on the dar, side of the
BoonF >es- it must (eLA
I (e!an tryin! to ma,e sense of the impressions I )as
a#Kuirin!* HHell- I seem to (e near a #liff of some ,ind* It !oes
up)ard Kuite hi!h- made of some ,ind of dar, ro#,* There is
)hitish sand- a fluffy ,ind of sand* A)ay from the #liff formation
there is a (road expanse of some ,ind* There are some patterns
in the sand- or )hate+er it is 5 not Kuite li,e sand*H
What do the patterns loo, li,e-DD Axel interJe#ted- He )as
not supposed to intrude )ith Kuestions* /ut he had- so I )ent
)ith it*
HWell "I no) #losed my eyes$- sort of li,e little tufts or
dunes- as if the )ind had made a ,ind of pattern*H
After a moment of #onsiderin! these little dunes6 H/ut
there is not supposed to (e any )ind on the Boon- is thereF No
atmosphereF * * * >et- I #an sense somethin! li,e atmosphere * O *
IAm !ettin! a little #onfused* =etAs ta,e a (rea,*H
Was I mista,enF Axelrod seemed to (e loo,in! at me in a
rather stran!e )ay 5 as if s)allo)in! a desire to spea,*
HWell-H I )ent on- H)hat they a#tually loo, li,e are li,e
ro)s of lar!ish tra#tor tread mar,s* /ut I donAt understand ho)
this #ould lie- so they must (e somethin! I donAt understand*
They are Just mar,s of some ,indD Stran!e- thou!hLA
I )as silent for a moment* HAxel- do you )ant D )ell- am I
supposed to try to see metals or somethin! here- or )hatF IAm
Just near tins #liff here 5 it has a ,ind of shiny Kuality to it-
somethin! li,e o(sidian * * -H*
Axel ans)ered6 HNo- )e #an !o on to the next #oordinate5
ordinate no)*H
HGi+e me a moment-DD I as,ed- Hthen on my si!nal lay it on
meLA
I )rote do)n the next #oordinate5ordinate* The #liff +ision
faded- and in a fe) moments I )as #learly at another pla#e- )hi#h
I #ould hardly (elie+e )as on the Boon* HIAm sorry* Axel- I seem
to ha+e !otten (a#, to Earth here* * *H*
HWhy do you thin, thatFH he as,ed*
HWell- there are * * * some * * LV I stopped* I loo,ed at
Axel* HBay(e )e (etter ta,e a (rea,- a little #offee- and then )e
#an try a!ain*H
HO?- (ut )hat did you seeFH
HI ha+e no idea* /ut )hate+er it )as it #ouldnAt (e on the
Boon*A % "I had +isions of <%4445days #omin! to an a(rupt end*$
So )e had #offee and #hatted up this and that* Axel- for
the first time- seemed some)hat ner+ous*
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la a(out fifteen minutes )e !ot (a#, to it- I )ent throu!h
the same pro#ess of !oin! a)ay from the Sun until I )as at the
Boon- H 4?- !i+e me that #oordinate 5ordinate a!ain*H
He did* I )rote it slo)ly do)n- ma,in! sure I made no
error in doin! so* I (e#ame a)are of a !reenish haGe- )hi#h is
)hat I had seen (efore* This time I de#ided to !o for it- for
(etter or )orse*
HWell- I am in a pla#e )hi#h is sort of do)n- li,e in a #rater
I suppose* There is this stran!e !reen haGe- li,e a li!ht of some
,ind* /eyond that- all around is dar, thou!h* I am )onderin!
)here the li!ht is #omin! from * * *H- I Jolted to a stop a!ain*
After a moment- Axel prodded- H>es- )hat elseFH
HWell- you )onAt li,e this- I !uess* I see- or at least thin,
I see- )ell 5 * * some a#tual li!hts* They are !i+in! off a !reen
li!ht - * * I see t)o ro)s of them- * * *- yes- sort of li,e li!hts at
foot(all arenas- hi!h up- (an,s of them*
H.p on to)ers of some ,ind * * *H* I !a+e up here* HWell L
Axel- I #anAt (e on the Boon* % !uess I ha+e to apolo!iGe- I seem
to (e !ettin! some)here here on Earth*H
Axel stared at me for a moment* He )as NOT smilin! or
loo,in! sympatheti# or tolerant* I thou!ht it )as all o+er )ith*
H>ouAre sure you see li!hts- a#tual li!htsFH he finally as,ed*
HWell- I see li!htsC /ut ho) #an they (e on the BoonFH
Axel had a pen#il in his hands- )hi#h he )as t)irlin!
around and around* His not Ps mile de+eloped into a fro)n* HShit-H
he finally uttered- and (ro,e the pen#il in half* I )as Kuite
surprised and fully expe#ted him to stand up and lea+e the room
in dismay at my remote5+ie)in! flu(* /ut he did not*
H=i!hts- huhF >ou are sure you sa) li!htsFH
HWell- yes* /ut not on the Boon- surely* Ho) #ould they
(e on the BoonFH
Axel stared at me- sayin! nothin!*
I #an (e Kuite dense- I suppose- (ut somethin! started
t)an!in! around in the denseness*
% (lin,ed at Axel- H>ou mean * * *-H I (e!an- some)hat
un#ertain as to )hat to say* I realiGed I had to sele#t my )ords
#arefully* HAm I to thin, these li!hts are a#tually on the BoonFH
There )as no ans)er forth#omin! from Axel* I pressed
on)ard* HHa+e the Russians (uilt a Boon(ase or somethin!F Is
that )hat I am supposed to (e re mote5 +ie )in!FH A!ain- no
ans)er*
We sat and stared at ea#h other for a lon!ish period- he not
)illin! to #ommit* After a moment of this #onfrontation- I de#ided
to reassume the initiati+e* HBay(e you should !i+e me that
#oordinate 5ordinate a!ain*H
02
On#e (a#, in the !lo) of the !reenish ;i! his- I no) seemed
to ha+e the #oura!e to (e!in really loo,in!* HWell- the li!ht
seems diffused someho)- as if there is a lot of fo! 5 no- itAs dust
D dustC :loatin! in the air5H
I paused- then #ontinued6 H>et there is no air on the Boon-
is thereF There is noise of some ,ind- li,e a thumpin!5 I #an
see one of the li!ht to)ers (etter no)* Hey- it seems (uilt of
some +ery narro) struts of some ,ind- thin li,e pen#ils5 =i,e
some sort of pre5fa( stuff ri!ht out of /u#,minster :ullerAs
stuff-H
HHo) hi!h are the li!ht to)ersFH Axel interrupted*
HWell- hi!h enou!h* I ha+e to find somethin! a!ainst )hi#h
to #ompare them* =etAs see * * * hey- there are some of those
tra#tor5tread mar,s e+ery)here5 If I !uess these are a(out a
foot )ide- )ell- then- letAs see- if I #ompute as #orre#tly as I #an-
)ell * 5 *H5 I paused- loo,in! at Axel5
He )as not smilin!* H>esFH he ar#hed his eye(ro)s*
HWell- tall 5a(out or letAs say o+er a hundred feet* /utFH
HA/utA )hat-H Axel as,ed- leanin! for)ard*
I s)allo)ed hard- and almost #hi#,ened out at this point*
HWell- I thin, I !ot a !limpse of the #raterAs ed!e5 On it I thin,
I sa) a +ery lar!e to)er- +ery hi!h that is*H
H>esFH
H>esC /i!- really (i!*H
HHo) (i!FH
I s)allo)ed a!ain5 HWell- if I #ompare it to somethin! I am
familiar )ith in Ne) >or,- a(out as hi!h as the Se#retariat
(uildin! at the .nited Nations 5 )hi#h has thirty5nine floors in
it5H
Axel narro)ed his lips* H>ou #an see that- thenFH
/ut this- as I too, it- )as a Kuestion Axel )as as,in!
himself more than me*
A!ain the silen#e* T de#ided to a!ain assume )hat e+er
initiati+e I #ould*
HAm I- then- to assume this stuff really IS on the BoonF If
so- this is more than a Boon (ase- isnAt it- AxelFH
A!ain no ans)er* So I #ontinued6 H/ut this stuff is (i!*
3oes NASA or the So+iet spa#e pro!ram ha+e the #apa(ilities of
!ettin! su#h lar!e stuff onto the BoonF I thou!ht e+eryone )as
ha+in! trou(le Just !ettin! a #ouple of !uys and a do! into or(it*
I thou!ht the only thin! )e !ot on the Boon )as a fla! planted
in some #rater some)here*H
As I tal,ed myself throu!h all this a #ertain !limmer (e!an
to da)n in the re#esses of my mental dar,ness5 I suddenly
stopped spea,in!*
I stared in#redulously at Axel* H>ou mean 5 am I to assume
this stuff is 5 not O.RSC Not made on EarthFH
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Axel raised his eye(ro)s- tryin! to !rin* HQuite a surprise-
isnAt itL % he said* I had a sense he )as tryin! NOT to (e
emotional*
SurpriseF To say the leastC % )as #ompletely dum(founded
to the de!ree that I had (e!un ta,in! +ery short (reaths- !ettin!
diGGy there(y* HI ta,e it you )ould li,e a (rea, (efore )e
#ontinue-H Axel +entured*
What I really needed )as a re#o+ery #ou#h* In fa#t- I still
!et (reathless e+en as I )rite these +ery )ords no)*
It f s one thin! to read a(out .:Os and stuff in the papers
or in (oo,s* It is another to hear rumors a(out the military or
!o+ernment ha+in! an interest in su#h matters- rumors )hi#h say
they ha+e #aptured aliens and do)ned alien spa#e #raft*
/ut itAs Kuite another matter to find oneself in a situation
)hi#h o(+iously #onfirms EEER>THING* Not prin#ipally (e#ause I
suddenly ,ne) the rumors )ere true* /ut (e#ause I found myself
in a situation in )hi#h I- in my psy#hi# pro#esses- had seen the
e+iden#e for myself*
HGood hea+ensCH I (reathed*
By (rains (e!an ra#in!- puttin! thin!s to!ether* Axel-
thou!h- and the t)ins- and the ela(orate se#re#y of this )hole
Hmission-H )as the (est e+iden#e*
I )as no) #ompletely #ertain that I )as physi#ally present
in some ,ind of ultra5 ultra5 ultra se#ret pla#e- and that the
mission of this pla#e )as to sort out extraterrestrial matters*
I ,ne) that NASA must ha+e photo!raphi# e+iden#e of
a#ti+ities on the Boon )hi#h already #onfirmed the presen#e of
extraterrestrial a#ti+ity there*
What I did not understand thou!h- and I realised this only
)ith my third #up of #offee and my tenth #i!ar- )as )hy this
ultra5se#ret proJe#t needed my ser+i#es*
So- I loo,ed at Axel- and this time I )as not smilin! either*
HWhy the hell ha+e you dra!!ed me into this* AxelF If you
possess enou!h to #ause )hat I ta,e is your mission to #ome into
existen#e- surely you donAt need my inputs hereFH
HWell- In!o- no 5 and yes*H
HIAm #onfused-H I said- rather sternly* HPlease explain*H
HI #anAt* Well- at least I #an not !i+e you information* It
)as felt that doin! so )ould Jeopardise not only us- (ut our
mission* >ou seem (ri!ht enou!h- thou!h* %
iD
Hf
AThan,s heaps* Axel* Well- this (it of se#urity almost (le)
it for you* Had I not learned sometime a!o to a##ept and des#ri(e
)hat I )as seein! psy#hi#ally- a##ept it /E:ORE preJud!in! it- I
)ould ha+e not dared to say I sa) li!hts on the Boon* I )ould
ha+e edited that out- fearin! others mi!ht see me as loony* God
damn itC ETs on the Boon- no lessCA
DOD
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HWell-H Axelrod (e!an- Hif I had told you in ad+an#e- )ould
you ha+e thou!ht t )as loonyFDA Axel as,ed*
He had a point-
AN3 A== O: THIS WAS REA=C I #losed my eyes as )a+es of
!oose(umps #as#aded throu!h my (ody* I #ouldnAt #ontrol them-
so I (ro,e into tears*
HShall I lea+e you to re#o+erFH Axel as,ed*
HIf I #an (e (y myself yes- (ut if one of those !od5damned
mus#le men t)ins has to stand and )at#h me (lu((er- donAt you
dare* No )ay do I )ant THEB to see me in this #ondition*H
HThey )ould understand perfe#tly5 We all ha+e experien#ed
a #onsidera(le amount of emotional surpriseL
B
HI #anAt (elie+e that either of those t)ins )ould e+er thin,
a(out #ryin!* * *H* /ut suddenly- throu!h my emotions I started
lau!hin!- almost un#ontrolla(ly* HThis is SERIO.S- isnAt itFH I
finally mana!ed to (lurt out* /ut my thou!hts )ere !oin! a mile
a minute*
The (ottom line6 We are not alone 5 and some ultra5se#ret-
presuma(ly a !o+ernmental a!en#y- !oddamned )ell ,ne) itC By
!lee #han!ed s)iftly into an!er* ShitC Shit5shit5shitC
HWell-H I snarled- H)hoe+er is in #har!e of these matters
hasnAt mana!ed them +ery )ell as far as us ordinary pu(li# types
are #on#erned*H
HIAll #on#ede that- In!o-H Axel said* H:ran,ly- no one has
,no)n )hat to do- and many mista,es ha+e (een made*H
H>es- and all in the name of )hat 5 pri+ile!ed information in
fa+or of the fe)- of the military- of s#ientists- or )hatFH
HSometimes* /ut the pro(lems are more than you #an
ima!ine*H
H3onAt !i+e me that* Axel* Here you dra! me into a +ery
s#ary situation- as, me to utiliGe my thin! in a +ery stran!e )ay-
and as, me to see :OR >O. somethin! I #annot ima!ineF
HGet outahereF I donAt (uy it* I donAt li,e this- I donAt
li,e it at all*H
Axel and I sat starin! at ea#h other5 Neither of us )as
smilin!* H3o you )ant to lea+e- thenFH he finally as,ed* HBe )ill
do )hate+er you )ant*H
Of #ourse I did NOT )ant to =EAEEC I )anted to
understand* HWhy do you need my ser+i#es- AxelF Oust ans)er
that one Kuestion*
HIf that stuff is on the Boon- )hy donAt you Just send
alon! another Boon mission to ha+e a !ood loo,5see * * *D
IT
/ut the a)ful truth da)ned in a (urst of li!ht*
I loo,ed at him* H.nless they *** I #anAt (elie+e this *
unless they someho) ha+e told you to stay a)ay- and someho)
sho)n you they mean itCA
%D%
This time Axel )as neither smilin! nor not smilin!* I !ot
out of my #hair and started pa#in! the len!th of the ta(le*
0'
I started lau!hin!* HGoddamn itC TheyA+e someho) !ot you
(y the (alls- ha+enAt they* ThatAs )hy you are resortin! to
psy#hi# per#eptionsC ;a5eesus ?ahariiiistCF They are NOT
friendly- are theyF ARE THE>- AxelCA
%D%
Axel ,ept his #ool* HThere are t)o maJor reasons )hy IA+e
as,ed you to help* >ou are approximately #orre#t a(out the first
one- (ut not #ompletely so* The se#ond reason is more simple*
H>our information mi!ht pro+ide a ,ind of #he#, point in
)hat you surely no) realiGe must (e a mess of interpretations of
the photo!raphi# and other e+iden#e*
HIt )as my idea to find a psy#hi# )ho did not ,no)
anythin! a(out the Boon- and see )hat mi!ht (e seen there* Sort
of an independent sour#e of information- )hi#h )ould lean our
interpretations one )ay or anotherL
B
IT5
f Ha+e you used other psy#hi#s- thenFH I demanded- +ery
intent on !ettin! an ans)er*
HPlease donAt reKuire me to say yes or no*H
I felt my patien#e thinnin! out* HWhy notFH
HThere are se+eral reasons- (ut mainly there is a #onfiden#e
fa#tor in+ol+ed*H
Honfiden#e a(out )hat- a(out the a(ilities of other
psy#hi#sFH
H>es- that is one of them*HH
I sat (a#, in my #hair- and tryin! to ,eep my hands from
sha,in! too o(+iously- lit another #i!ar* By (rain )as )hirlin!*
HSo-H I (e!an- Hthe only maJor )ay no) to spy on those
!uys is to resort to psy#hi# a(ilities- )hi#h the mainstream of our
!reat nation ma,es a spe#ial effort to dis#redit* What a !asC
What a #omplete !asCH
Q started !i!!lin!* HWell- spea,in! of )hoAs !ot )ho (y the
(alls- IA+e suddenly !ot you (y yours ha+enAt IFH
Axel si!hed* HWell- they said you )ere Kui#, on the up5
ta,e- and stu((orn- and #ould thro) tantrums* I see they )ere
ri!ht* %
iA
in
HTheyA- )ho is AtheyAFH I as,ed- (ut I #ouldnAt stop
!i!!lin!*
/efore he #ould ans)er- )hi#h he o(+iously didnAt )ant t#
any)ay- I had another (rainstorm #omin! on*
HI suppose- then- the So+iets are ha+in! the same pro(lem*
3onAt tell me THE SOEIETS ha+e resorted to THEIR psy#hi#sCCCFH
Axel had resumed his stoi# smilin! 5not5smilin! fa#e- I
Jumped out of my #hair a!ain* HGot you a!ain- ha+enAt IFH I
almost shouted* H>ou ?NOW the Russians are usin! psy#hi#s- and
you are afraid they )ill !et psy#hi# Boon5information (efore )e
doC Til (e fu#,edCH
At this point- and sin#e I no) felt I had a !rip on
e+erythin!- I suddenly felt ener!eti#ally depleted- HI )ant to
0&
ta,e a t)enty5minute napLD I stated- and headed Uor the (edroom*
HAfter that and some food- )e #an !et (a#, to )or,*H
I donAt remem(er e+en !ettin! onto the (ed- (ut I suppose
I did r and after)ard learned I had slept six hours*
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hapter 2
H.HANGI3S ON THE BOON
/a#, at )or,* Axel !a+e me Boon #oordinates- ea#h set
representin! spe#ifi# lo#ations on the BoonAs surfa#e*
At some of the lo#ations there seemed to (e nothin! to see
ex#ept Boons#apes*
/ut at others lo#ationsF 5 )ell- there )ere #onfusions- and
I per#ei+ed a lot that I #ould not understand at allD I made a lot
of s,et#hes- identifyin! them as this or that- or loo,in! li,e
somethin! else* Without #omments- Axelrod Kui#,ly too, possession
of ea#h s,et#h- and I )as ne+er to see them a!ain*
I found to)ers- ma#hinery- li!hts of different #olors-
stran!e 5loo,in! H(uildin!s5 % D
I found (rid!es )hose fun#tion I #ouldnAt fi!ure out* One
of them Just ar#hed out 5 and ne+er landed any)here* There
)ere a lot of domes of +arious siGes- round thin!s- thin!s li,e
small sau#ers )ith )indo)s* These )ere stored next to #rater
sides- sometimes in #a+es- sometimes in )hat loo,ed li,e airfield
han!ars*
I had pro(lems estimatin! siGes* /ut some of the Hthin!sH
)ere +ery lar!e*
I found lon! tu(e5li,e thin!s- ma#hinery 5tra#tor 5li,e thin!s
!oin! up and do)n hills- strai!ht roads extendin! some miles-
o(elis,s )hi#h had no apparent fun#tion*
There )ere lar!e platforms on domes- lar!e #ross5li,e
stru#tures*
Holes (ein! du! into #rater )alls and floors o(+iously
ha+in! to do )ith some ,ind of minin! or earth5mo+in! operations*
There )ere HnetsH o+er #raters- HhousesH in )hi#h someone
o(+iously li+ed- ex#ept that I #ouldnAt see )ho 5 sa+e in one #ase*
In THAT #ase- I sa) some ,ind of people (usy at )or, on
somethin! I #ould not fi!ure out* The pla#e )as dar,* The HairH
)as filled )ith a fine dust- and there )as some ,ind of
illumination 5 li,e a dar, lime5!reen fo! or mist*
The thin! a(out them )as that they either )ere human or
loo,ed exa#tly li,e us 5 (ut they )ere all males5 as I #ould )ell
see sin#e they )ere all (utt5ass na,ed* I had a(solutely no idea
)hy* They seemed to (e di!!in! into a hillside or a #liff*
8%
As I des#ri(ed- HThey must ha+e some )ay of #reatin! a
!ood en+ironment- )arm and )ith air in it* /ut )hy )ould they
(e !oin! around na,edF % A No ans)er )as forth#omin! to this self5
Kuestion*
/ut (ein! there in my psy#hi# state- as I felt I )as- some
of those !uys started tal,in! ex#itedly and !esti#ulatin!5 T)o of
them pointed in my Hdire#tion5H
Immediately I felt li,e Hrunnin! a)ayH and hidin!- )hi#h I
!uess I psy#hi#ally did- sin#e I HlostH si!ht of this parti#ular
ima!in!*
HI thin, they ha+e spotted me- Axel* They )ere pointin! at
me I thin,* Ho) #ould they do that * * * unless * * - they ha+e
some ,ind of hi!h psy#hi# per#eptions- tooFH
Axel said- in a #alm- lo) +oi#e- so lo) I hardly heard it at
first* HPlease Kui#,ly #ome a)ay from that pla#e*H
By eyes )ere )ide as understandin! drained in- H>ou
already ,no) they are psy#hi#- donAt youFH Axel raised his
eye(ro)s and !a+e a deep si!h*
And- at that point- he a(ruptly #losed his folders- HI thin,
)e had (etter end our )or, here*H
I )as Kuite surprised5 /ut I had not fallen of the psy#hi#
tru#, Just yesterday* H>ou thin,- you already ?NOW- that they
ha+e some ,ind of- uh- telepathy 5 that they #an tra#e )here this
psy#hi# pro(e is #omin! fromF Is that itFD
W%
Axel had started smilin! a!ain- (ut o(+iously )as not !oin!
to respond- Home on- Axel- loosen up a little*H
/ut I )as not to (e deterred* HWould they ,ill an Earth5
psy#hi# if they felt he or she )as !ood enou!h to spy on themFH
HThere is no #on#lusi+e e+iden#e to su!!est that-H Axel
responded* I !ritted my teeth- HNo A#on#lusi+eA e+iden#eC What
the hell does THAT meanFH By +oi#e had #lim(ed se+eral o#ta+es*
HItAs +ery diffi#ult for us to assess any of this-H Axelrod
(e!an* HWe donAt ,no)- (ut that they do ha+e thin!s and
#apa(ilities )e here are tryin! to understand is +ery apparent*
Whether they spotted you or not )ill (e un#lear- (ut )e ha+e to
put no preJud!ments on )hat !uides our mission*
HAt any rate- )e donAt )ant to put you to any more ris,*
=etAs eat some dinner- and then !et you (a#, to Ne) >or,*
HIAm afraid )e ha+e to repeat the pro#ess used to !et you
out of here* I hope you donAt mind* We are +ery !rateful*H
HRIS?CCC What do you mean (y RIS?FH
I #ould see that Axelrod +as prepared to (e non#ommittal*
So I too, the initiati+e* HIf itAs telepathy- then itAs a different
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,ind- at least from ho) it is understood here on Earth* ItAs NOT
Just telepathy- either*H
THIS !ot his attention* He loo,ed at me in surprise- HWhat
do you meanFH
At this- I :INA==> #omprehended that his earlier interest in
telepathy had not (een Just inno#ent #hit5#hat*
HWellL I donAt ,no) exa#tly* ItAs more than Just mind5to5
mind* ItAs li,e- )ell * * -H* I )as !raspin! for )ords* HWell-
)hen they Asa) % me- they #ouldnAt really see me- #ould theyF
WhatL then )ere they seein!F IAm as,in! myself this* AxelFH
H>es- !o on-H he said*
HWell- itAs more li,e they )ere * D * PEE=ING rather than
seein! or pi#,in! up on mind +i(es* ItAs more li,e it )as- yes-
sort of a dimensional thin! 5 rather- sort of li,e a ripple in some
,ind of #ross5dimensionality* >esC ThatAs itC They :E=T
somethin!* Not parti#ularly BE* /ut SOBETHING-
I paused6 HAndC THE> ,ne) )hat the ripple meant* =i,e a
sort of penetration of )here they )ere*H I paused- then said in a
self 5introspe#tin! )ay6 HWOWCH
Axelrod sat Kuietly- as )as his )ay- loo,in! at me* Then6
HWhy did you say WOWFH
HAhC Well- if I #an arti#ulate it *** it )as li,e there is a
sort of * * * #ross 5dimensional * * - Well- if you #an ima!ine that
you feel a presen#e (ut #anAt see it- it )as somethin! li,e that*
HOnly those !uys * * * they )ere !oin! to hone in on it- at
least thatAs the (est )ay to des#ri(e it*H
Axelrod )as silent for a moment* HSo- you are referrin! to
telepathy plus somethin! elseF
HNo- not exa#tly* Perhaps SOBETHING E=SE plus telepathy*
ItAs the other )ay around* After all- the (asis for telepathy has
to #ome from somethin! 5 rather- (e#ause of somethin!*H
HWhat do you meanFH
HWell- nothin! happens all (y itself* There are al)ays
pro#esses in+ol+ed* This is to say- thin!s happen (y )ay of
somethin!* Nothin! #omes out of thin air* ItAs hard to arti#ulate
in simple three5dimensional terms* Bind5to5mind is a three5
dimensional #onstru#t* /ut )hat if *** H
Axelrod interrupted* HWhy )ould mind5to5mind (e a three
dimensional - * *FH
HWell- one mind existin! as a three5dimensional thin!
#ommuni#atin! )ith another )hi#h is also a three5dimensional
thin!- and the #ommuni#atin! a#ross the distan#e *** is not the
distan#e in+ol+ed #on#ei+ed of in three5dimensional termsF
HThe PH>SIA= uni+erse is three5dimensional 5 not the
mental uni+erse* Here is one of the (i! fla)s in all theories
a(out Psi* E+eryone thin,s of Psi ON=> in three5dimensional
terms*H I ran out of )ords at this point*
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Axelrod )as loo,in! at me )ith his #alm- un(lin,in! eyes*
/ut he )as li!htly drummin! his fin!ers on the ta(le* I ,ne) I
had hit somethin! of #on#ern5 And his next #omment pro+ed it*
Hould you )rite do)n your ideas alon! these linesFH
I #ould* I did- I remem(er produ#in! fifteen hand5)ritten
pa!es*
After this some)hat ins#ruta(le ad+isory- there #ame a
handsha,e- the hood- a #hopper ride- and (y the t)ins and the
same #ar I )as deli+ered (a#, to the #enter of Washin!ton and let
off at the train station at my reKuest* The t)ins said no more
than they had to* I found myself )onderin! if they a#tually #ame
from the Boon*
I spent the next fe) months )onderin! if the ETs )ere
!oin! to find me and Gap my (rains out of existen#e*
When I left Br* AxelrodAs #arefully hidden esta(lishment- he
reminded me of my pled!ed ten years of #onfidentiality*
HNot to )orry- Axel-H I replied* HI ha+e no intention of
demolishin! my offi#ial resear#h )or, (y introdu#in! somethin! so
far out as #laimin! I ha+e seen extraterrestrials )or,in! a)ay on
the Boon* No one )ould (elie+e me any)ay*H
I ha+e a(ided (y that promise- )ell past the ten5year mar,*
The reasons I ha+e no) de#ided to )rite a(out all this )ill (e#ome
#lear in later #hapters*
As I departed- Br* Axelrod as,ed that if he a!ain had need
of me- )ould I (e interested* HPro(a(ly-H I responded- for ho)
#ould I not (e 5 ;esus hrist- ETs on the Boon and some offi#ial
in+esti!ati+e a!en#yF Who #ould resistC
HGood-H he replied* H/ut my name Axelrod is no) retired
)hen you lea+e here- and )ill not (e used a!ain* We )ill (e in
tou#h )ith you in some other fashion- )hi#h I )ill ma,e sure you
re#o!niGe*
HIf anyone e+er as,s you a(out ABr* AxelrodD or a(out this
pla#e- or as,s if you ,no) anythin! a(out it- su#h inKuiries )ill
not (e #omin! from us* Please a#t a##ordin!ly- for our sa,es and
your o)n*H
GodC S#ary- huhF What had I !otten intoF /ut his ad+i#e
#ame in handy )hen- a(out three yearAs later- my telephone ran!*
It )as a Br* 3illins or 3allons "I didnAt Kuite !et )hi#h$
)ho said he )as an in+esti!ati+e reporter di!!in! into
!o+ernment #o+er5ups of the .:O situation*
I said I didnAt ,no) anythin! a(out that 5 other than )hat
I read in +arious (oo,s and arti#les* He (rushed aside my
e+asion- and as,ed if I ,ne) Br* Axelrod*
HWhoFH I as,ed in return* H>ou ,no)-H the in+esti!ati+e
reporter said- HBr* Axelrod*H HNe+er heard of him-H I replied*
There )as a silen#e at the other end of the telephone- and
then the #aller #li#,ed off )ithout so mu#h as a than, you or
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!ood5(ye 5 lea+in! me )ith sha,in! hands and mu#h in memory of
AxelAs fore)arnin!5 >ou )ant a (asis for paranoia# tensionsF
After lea+in! Br* Axelrod- and (a#, in Ne) >or,- I de#ided
I )as pretty mu#h of a )re#,* I slept for a(out t)o days-
dum(ly )at#hin! the (oop5tu(e (et)een naps and su#h5 I ate a
lot*
Then- )hen I (e!an to !et IT and all ITS impli#ations (a#,
to!ether- I de#ided to ma,e some s,et#hes of )hat I remem(er
dra)in! for Axel*
I #ouldnAt remem(er any of the #oordinates 5ordinate
num(ers- and the names of the plains and #raters on the Boon
)ere ne+er used )hen )e )ere doin! the remote +ie)in!s*
So I donAt ,no) )here these intelli!en#e 5made stru#tures
and su#h )ere a#tually lo#ated on the Boon* /ut I #ould hardly
for!et )hat I had seen*
I made se+eral lar!er dra)in!s- and then de#ided to fit
them onto t)o pa!es 5 )hi#h I then pla#ed in my (an,As safe (ox-
sin#e I had +isions of my home and studio #o+ertly (ein! !one
throu!h )ithout my ,no)led!e5
Paranoia rode hi!h )ith me for Kuite some time* /ut I
suppose my safe (ox )as Just as a##essi(le to the #o+ert po)ers
that (e* There )ere t)o pa!es of the s,et#hes- and )hi#h )ill (e
presented ahead*
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hapter 9
:EE3/A? "O: SORTS$
onsiderin! the rather dramati# aspe#ts of the Axelrod affair- it
mi!ht at first seem unli,ely that I #ould for!et a(out it*
/ut ex#ept for meetin! the #onta#ts in front of a stuffed elephant
and ha+in! a hood pla#ed o+er my head- the Axelrod affair )asnAt all
that different from many other offi#ial and unoffi#ial experiments I !ot
in+ol+ed )ith*
Bany of those experiments had eKually dramati# elements* Bost
)ere done in #areful se#re#y- and my )ee,ly s#hedule alon! these lines
)as Jammed )ith this ,ind of a#ti+ity*
One mi!ht )onder ho) it is possi(le to for!et a(out humanoids
and stru#tures on the Boon*
Well- for one thin!- there )as a 24524 #han#e they )ere there or
not there* :urther- as )ith all Psi experiments- there )as a %44 per
#ent #han#e I had (een +ie)in! my ima!ination and fantasies*
As I too, it- there )as to (e no feed(a#, to help resol+e the
ima!ination issue one )ay or another* Sin#e people tend to operate
(ased on feed(a#,- they tend to for!et a(out stuff that ne+er a#hie+es
the feed(a#,*
Then there are t)o additional- (ut extremely su(tle phenomena
that appear to (e in+ol+ed* They #an (e!in to ta,e on meanin! only if
they are identified and opened up for inspe#tion*
The first phenomenon has to do )ith the fa#t that most people
for!et "and a+oid$ )hate+er does not fit )ithin #onsensus realities*
The se#ond phenomenon has to do )ith the fa#t that most humans
for!et a(out the Boon alto!ether* It is THERE- of #ourse* /ut (eyond
that- interest in it is ex#eedin!ly minimal*
It is some)hat diffi#ult to arti#ulate this* One )ay of (e!innin!
to do so is to point up that people are +ery mu#h interested in Bars-
for example- or in the possi(le existen#e of Intelli!ent /ein!s some)here
in the EER> far distant rea#hes of spa#e*
/ut )ith the Boon- itAs almost as if Earthside human #ons#iousness
of the satellite is someho) ri!!ed so as "Q$ to a+oid thin,in! too mu#h
a(out it@ and "0$ to disre!ard any unusual lunar phenomena* IAll try
(etter to arti#ulate these t)o fa#tors ahead*
As it )as (a#, in %&12 and %&19- if not a#tually for!otten- my
memory of the Axelrod affair had re#eded into some deeper su(liminal
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areas #f memory stora!e* And if I thou!ht a(out the affair at all- it
)as only to note that it had happened- that it )as o+er and done )ith-
and that I didnAt dare to tal, a(out it for reasons so numerous that it
)as the (etter part of +alor to for!et them- too*
Ho)e+er- )hoe+er or )hate+er is (ehind the s#enes dealin! out
the #ards of #ir#umstan#es )as not finished )ith the Axelrod affair*
:or at some point in %&19 "durin! the summer- I thin,$- )hat mi!ht (e
#alled the se#ond #hapter of the Axelrod affair opened up*
:or I re#ei+ed in the mail- in a plain en+elope )hi#h did not (ear
a return address or e+en a postmar,- althou!h it did ha+e stamps*
The en+elope #ontained a (oo, and nothin! more*
It )as entitled Some(ody Else Is On the Boon* The authorAs name
)as Geor!e =eonard* I spent the next fe) hours readin! it- and then
re5read it t)o more times*
Apparently- at the time of my ultra5se#ret +isit- Br* Axelrod had
already ,no)n that this (oo, )as #omin! out- and of #ourse he had
(een interested in )hether I ,ne) the author or not-
=eonard apparently had o(tained NASA photo!raphs of the Boon-
)hi#h after all are in the pu(li# domain (e#ause most of NASAAs )or, is
funded (y our taxMpayin! money*
HWhat NASA ,no)s-H the frontispie#e of the (oo, (e!an-
H(ut )onAt di+ul!eC With #areful lo!i# and reason- Geor!e
=eonard has studied all the data "in#ludin! offi#ial NASA
photo!raphs and the astronautAs Apollo tapes$ to pro+e his
theory of a hi!hly ad+an#ed under!round #i+iliGation that is
)or,in! the surfa#e of the Boon 5 minin!- manufa#turin!-
#ommuni#atin!- and (uildin!CH
=eonardAs (oo, )as filled )ith +erifia(le data- offi#ial photos- and
s,et#hes of stru#tures et#*- he #reated from the photos*
Well- I #an tell you I ran to my o)n dra)in!s and spent a )ee,
#omparin! and re5#omparin! them to the s,et#hes and photos Geor!e
=eonard had pro+ided in his o)n (oo,* Bany of =eonardAs s,et#hes
resem(led some of mine*
>es indeed- the mysterious Br* Axelrod had pro+ided me feed(a#,
as promised- for there #ould (e no dou(t that it )as his Jolly self that
sent =eonardAs (oo, to me*
/ut #ould =eonardAs (oo, (e #onsidered adeKuate feed(a#,F
Well- if not #ompletely- at least some)hat*
:or example- ARE there stru#tures on the BoonF
As =eonard pointed up- one of the most remar,a(le photos- ta,en
(y the astronauts of Apollo %0 on their fli!hts around the Boon-
portrays )hat is referred to as Super Ri! %&1% "NASA photo 1%5H51'%$
and )hi#h is +ery similar to another photo of a similar Super Ri! "NASA
photo 995H5%0&8$ ta,en fi+e years earlier*
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The astronauts of Apollo %7 "%&1%$ o(+iously )ere EQPETING to
see this Ri! or one li,e it* When it apparently #ame into +ie)- they
referred to it as HAnna(elH 5 )hi#h )as HJust li,e the one )e sa)
yesterday* SheAs sittin! ri!ht on the led!e- and must (e o+er a mile
hi!h* 3id you see THATC The li!ht flares #omin! from the dar, part of
the #rater- Just (elo) Anna(elD Oh- #ameras- donAt fail us no)CH "This
#on+ersation is paraphrased from that !i+en on pa!e 27 of =eonardAs
(oo,$*
Indeed- there seem to (e a num(er of Hto)ersH on the Boon- and
an eKual amount of #onfusion a(out them* As I dis#o+ered ")hen I later
(e!an my Boon resear#h in earnest$- durin! the early %&94s NASA sent
Or(iters to the Boon in preparation for the manned Apollo missions*
A released NASA photo num(ered =unar Or(iter III5'7B Kuite
#learly sho)s t)o stru#tures risin! up in the Sinus Bedii re!ion*
The first of these (e#ame referred to as HThe Shard*H This
stru#ture to)ers up from the BoonAs surfa#e for a(out a mile and a
half*
Near The Shard is another stru#ture referred to as HThe To)er-H
This has (een photo!raphed four times from t)o different altitudes* It
rises up a(out fi+e miles and is #apped )ith )hat appears to (e #u(es
Joined to!ether to form a +ery lar!e mushoomli,e #ro)n ha+in! an
estimated )idth of o+er a mile*
Se+eral independent !eolo!ists )ho ha+e examined the photos
indi#ate that no ,no)n natural pro#ess #an explain the t)o stru#tures-
)hi#h is somethin! of an understatement*
Please note that #opies of the photos referred to a(o+e #an still
(e o(tained from NASA supplier* /ut IA+e (een told that e+iden#e of
the to)ers has (y no) (een air(rushed out*
After studyin! =eonardAs (oo,- durin! the next t)o )ee,s I
)asnAt #ertain )hether to sleep or stay a)a,e- and all my (io and
mental #y#les found themsel+es Kuite interrupted*
I fully expe#ted that =eonardAs (oo, )ould sha,e the ner+es of all
us Earthlin!s*
/ut- most people I ranted to Just smiled and said that =eonardAs
opinions must (e Just thatL and that Hthere must (e some other and
more lo!i#al explanation*H
E+en some .:O people I ,ne) )ere hardly interested- a fa#tor
)hi#h I found "then and no)$ Kuite #onfusin! and mysterious*
As it turned out- it seemed that most people simply #ouldnAt
handle the impli#ations of =eonardAs (oo,* Today )hen I mention it to
people- )ell- they (lin,- ha+e ne+er heard of it and a sort of film
appears on their eye(alls* That they donAt WANT to hear of it is more
li,ely the #ase*
Well- % )as interested (y the impli#ations* :or if there are
extraterrestials on the Boon- surely !ettin! themsel+es to Earth should
not (e mu#h of a pro(lem for them*
8'
I thus de#ided- in my small mental re#esses to (e sure- that )e on
Earth may ha+e nei!h(ors )ho are not from EarthC
AndLor that some of our systems and or!aniGations may indeed
H#ontainH extraterrestrial Hinfluen#esH in them*
I mean- ho) mu#h does it ta,e to put t)o and t)o to!etherF
I (e!an to see )hy Br* AxelrodAs !roup- if they themsel+es )ere
not extraterrestials Was I )ondered at times$ )as ultra5se#ret- and #ame
and )ent under #han!in! su(terfu!es of one ,ind or another*
Soon- ho)e+er- I )as su#,ed (a#, into the he#ti# pa#e of my life
and resear#h )or,* Soon- IAd Hfor!ottenH all of this* If I thou!ht
a(out it at all- it )as only to ha+e the See, of an idea that the =eonard
(oo, #onstituted the feed(a#,- and so that )as that5
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hapter 1
THE EEENT IN =OS ANGE=ES
3urin! Au!ust and Septem(er %&19 I tra+eled se+eral times
(et)een SRI and =os An!eles- I )ent to =a5=a =and to pursue
yet another of the many ,inds of studies I had underta,en
hopefully to in#rease my understandin! of hi!her human
fun#tions*
I had se+eral !ood friends in =a5=a =and- and I )as
stayin! in the house of one of them* This )as a #ertain onrad
W* )ho had many extraordinary Kualities5 One had the feelin!
that onrad )as a ,ind of un#ompli#ated Hold soul-H )ho )as
some)hat out of pla#e in a modernist so#iety that had (e#ome
dramati#ally deta#hed from e+en remote elements of )isdom*
onrad seemed to a(sor( insi!htful information (y telepathi#
osmosis* He )as arti#ulate a(out many thin!s- (ut +ery laid (a#,
and )ith a su(tle sense of humor* In other )ords- he )as
deli!htful to (e )ith*
I )as also in tou#h )ith the mar+elous resear#her- 3r*
Shafi#a ?ara!ulla- and her resear#h #ompanion* 3r* Eiola Neal- (oth
of )hom ha+e passed on-
Shafi#a )as a neuropsy#hiatrist )ho had (ro,en )ith
mainstream psy#hiatry to esta(lish the Hi!her Sense Per#eption
:oundation- and had pu(lished in %&91 her famous (oo,-
/rea,throu!h to reati+ity*
Eiola )as a nota(le #lair+oyant )hose psy#hi# mappin! of
human (iofields and psy#hi# dia!nosis of diseases had (een
#onfirmed (y do#tors and in hospitals*
Eiola and Shafi#a )ere +ery ,ind to me in many )ays*
Their #om(ined ,no)led!e le+els seemed extensi+e- e+en endless*
One had the impression that their #ons#iousnesses )ere
existin! in some hi!her freKuen#y ran!e 5 from )here they #ould
loo, do)n into the dross of a+era!e human life*
And in this dross- this dynami# duo #ould per#ei+e
#onspira#ies e+ery)here at )or, 5 #onspira#ies ere#tin! in+isi(le
prisons into )hi#h human a(ilities )ere in#ar#erated and
destroyed*
/eyond this- the t)o )ere plu!!ed into the unoffi#ial tom5
toms of s#ien#e #entral and its many frin!es )hi#h in#luded
parapsy#holo!y- !o+ernmental plans and plots- and the #arryin!s5
on of #ontemporary mysti#s and o##ultists*
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/ut they )ere #areful a(out relayin! important !ossip
(e#ause- as they said- doin! so )as dan!erous not only to
reputations (ut in extreme #ases to life and lim(*
They )ere interested in my H)or,-H (ut a little paranoid
(e#ause of the #lose !o+ernmental #onne#tions to the
de+elopmental proJe#t at Stanford Resear#h Institute* What this
meant )as that the duo )ould !ossip only to a #ertain de!ree
a(out the #onspira#ies of the )orld- (ut )ere #areful NOT to say
too mu#h*
I- of #ourseL )anted the )hole pa#,a!e- for ?ara!ula )as
not simply one of those off5the5)all #onspira#y (uffs d)ellin! in
nota(le #onfusions #hara#teristi# of at least some #onspira#y
enthusiasts*
In her earlier days in the Biddle East she had a#tually
)or,ed for a num(er of offi#ial intelli!en#e a!en#ies- and in truth
she WAS familiar )ith the internal )or,in!s of the +ast
international su( rosa or!aniGations*
In order to !et deeper into the )hole #onspira#y pa#,a!e
trem(lin! )ithin the duo- I had found that if I plied them )ith a
little !ood )ine- their reti#en#e lost its ed!e and they tal,ed more
freely*
While stayin! at onradAs pla#e- I planned another liKuid
safari into their reti#en#e* onrad )as also a #onspira#y addi#t
as )as I- and so I as,ed him if )e #ould ha+e the duo to dinner
at his pla#e*
Sin#e !ourmet #oo,in! )as a passion )ith me and )ith
onrad- and sin#e I had explained the full purpose of the meal- )e
had to plan a superlati+e menu and lay in supplies for it* The
supplies- of #ourse- in#luded reasona(ly !ood )ines*
onrad dro+e us to +ery lar!e Holly)ood supermar,et filled
)ith- amon! other thin!s- the lush produ#e of the San :ernando
Ealley farms and or#hards*
I had de#ided to start the meal )ith arti#ho,es stuffed )ith
#ra( and (read#rum(s- topped )ith #heese melted )ith a fine
(randy*
In order to redu#e shoppin! time- I !a+e onrad a list of
other #omesti(les* He )ent in the dire#tion of meats- and I )ent
in the dire#tion of the +e!ies*
The supermar,et had hu!e ta(les loaded )ith arti#ho,es5
At one of the arti#ho,e ta(les )as standin! a ra+ishin! )oman*
She )as nota(le not so mu#h for her ex#essi+e female
physi#al endo)ments- (ut (y the fa#t that they )ere (arely
#o+ered*
She )as dressed in the (riefest of halters of pin, )ith (i!
yello) pol,a dots* /eneath that )ere short5shorts so short they
(arely existed* :ar (eneath that she )ore a pair of platform
hi!h5heels a(out ei!ht in#hes hi!h*
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She had +olumes of !or!eous (la#, hair- and her eyes )ere
#o+ered (y purple sun!lasses* She )as a(solutely a)esome-
I thou!ht6 HGood Hea+ensCCCH
She )as rumma!in! throu!h the arti#ho,es- and I )anted
some- too* So I )or,ed my )ay #o+ertly and non#halantly into
her proximity so I #ould #loser appre#iate her near5na,ed (reasts*
To ma,e this loo, natural- )ith my eyes (arely on them- I
fum(led some sele#ted arti#ho,es into a (a!*
And thenC :or a(solutely no reason at all I experien#ed an
ele#trifyin! )a+e of !oose(umps throu!hout my )hole (ody*
The hair on my arms pra#ti#ally stood at attention- and the
hair on my ne#, definitely did*
Without rime or reason or forethin,in! or anythin! at all I
suddenly H,ne)H she )as an alien- an extraterrestrial*
By throat )ent dry* By handAs started sha,in!* And so I
de#ided to (a#, off and start examinin! the oran!es and
!rapefruits for the fruit aspi# onrad and I )ere !oin! to try to
a#hie+e5
To !et to the oran!es- I had to turn 5 and thenC
Way do)n the line5up of +e!eta(le #ases I re#o!niGed- of
A== astoundin! and possi(le thin!s- ONE O: THE TWINSC
HE )as )at#hin! the )oman*
HE sa) that I sa) him- and there immediately arose in my
mind an ima!e of a )hite #ard6 Please do not spea,- and please
a#t normal*
Tryin! to !ather my surprised )its- (y no) some)hat
shattered- the silliest thou!ht then o##urred to me*
Well- if one of the t)ins is HERE- of all pla#es- then the
other one must (e- too*
And sure enou!h- the other t)in )as at the opposite end of
the +e!eta(le line5up 5 and he )as )at#hin! the )oman- too*
This time- (oth the t)ins )ere 3RESSE3 IN /=A?C Not the
infamous (la#, suits )orn (y those )ho are said to )arn those
)ho ha+e seen .:Os not to tal, a(out them*
Here )ere (la#, Jeans- (la#, (oots- and (la#, tan,5tops-
loo,in! li,e ma#ho hoodlums of the =*A* +ariety*
At this point- I realiGed that I )as some)here I should not
(e- and I made a hasty and strate!i# retreat to the (read se#tion
on the other side of the store* /y the time I rea#hed the (read
se#tion- a #onsidera(le )a+e of TERROR had (e!un to ma,e itself
felt*
Somethin! here no) needs to (e #larified*
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If I hadnAt seen the t)ins- I mi!ht ha+e attri(uted to my
ima!ination somethin! of the stran!e effe#t I experien#ed near the
ultra 5sensuous )oman*
/ut that )as no) not possi(le at all*
The t)insD presen#e- #oupled )ith my psy#hi# alert-
#onfirmed that the )oman WAS an ET*
I donAt Kuite remem(er ho) the rest of the shoppin! )ent*
onrad and I !ot our !ro#eries #he#,ed out* On the )ay to
the #ar- I explained that )e )ould not attempt the oran!e aspi#
after all*
On#e in his #ar in the par,in! lot I as,ed him to )ait a fe)
moments* He as,ed )hat )as )ron!*
I said HJust )ait*H Shortly- the female #ame out pushin! a
loaded !ro#ery #art*
HStudy that one- and tell me )hat you thin,*H
onrad loo,ed (riefly at the )oman 5 and then said the
most remar,a(le thin!*
HWell- if you mean do I thin, sheAs an extraterrestrial- yes-H
said onrad in a (ored )ay* HWeA+e !ot a lot of them here in =a5
=a =and*H
I didnAt as, him )hat he thou!ht a(out the t)o )ho )ere
o(ser+in! her sKueeGin! her fa(ulousness and !ro#eries into a
(ro,en5do)n yello) Eol,s)a!en* I san, do)n in onradAs #ar and
ur!ed him to ma,e a Kui#, departure*
The dinner for Shafi#a and Eiola )as a #omplete su##ess*
Naturally- after plyin! them- and oursel+es- )ith #opious amounts
of !ood )ine- )e told them that )e had seen yet another ET do)n
at the supermar,et*
This opened up rather ine(riated dis#ussions a(out the ET
#i+iliGation )hi#h )as (usy infiltratin! Earth* Shafi#a and Eiola
dis#ussed all of these thin!s in )hispers 5 and the more serious
they (e#ame the harder it )as to hear them*
Eiola6 HThere are a lot of THEB- you ,no)- and many are
(io5androids*H
Shafi#a6 HTheyAre dan!erous- you ,no)- and they realise
that Earth psy#hi#s are their only enemies* /e #areful- In!o- (e
#areful*H
All of THIS information pa#,a!e 5 )ithout BE e+er
mentionin! the flxelrod e+ent*
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GRAN3 ENTRA= STATION
It )as only a fe) days after The En#ounter that I returned to
Ne) >or, for mu#h needed relief from resear#h* I only half expe#ted a
#all from Br* Axelrod* It )as not lon! in #omin!*
The phone ran! early one e+enin!- and a #heery female +oi#e on
the other end as,ed6 HBr* S)annFH
I said- H>es*H
HA friend of yours )ould li,e to tal, )ith you*H
HO?LA
HHe )ants to tal, to you on another telephone* Is it #on+enient
for you to (e in Grand entral Terminal at 1684 toni!htFH
HI suppose so-H I replied*
HEery !ood- then* Go to the +i#inity of the information (ox in the
#entral #on#ourse and )ait there until you see someone you )ill
re#o!niGe*D
By telephone then a(ruptly )ent deadC No !ood5(ye or than,
you- no siGGle- stati#- or dial tone 5 as if the telephone )as out of
order*
I pi#,ed up the re#ei+er a!ain in a fe) moments6 it )as still dead*
I too, the su()ay to Grand entral- and Joined the masses
thron!in! around the information (ox in the !rand and +ery lar!e main
hall*
There is a lar!e #lo#, on top of this information (ox- and I sa) I
)as fi+e minutes early*
Those fi+e minutes passed- and so did ten minutes more-
I said to hell )ith it- and )ent to !et a ta,e5out #up of #offee in
one of the ar#ades Just off of the main hall* I lit a #i!ar "these )ere
the days (efore no5smo,in! in pu(li# pla#es*$
Then- standin! a(out ten feet a)ay- I suddenly sa) someone I
re#o!niGed- I thin, I had noti#ed him (efore- (ut the fa#t had not
re!istered*
He- of #ourse- )as one of the t)ins- (ut dressed in a fashion
)hi#h made him loo, li,e one of the homeless +a!rants that han! out in
the !reat rail)ay station*
Seein! that I no) re#o!niGed him- he put a fin!er to his lips- and
I !athered I )as not to sho) any si!ns of re#o!niGin! him* I donAt
,no) )hy my hands )ere sha,in! a little- (ut they )ere* I sipped my
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#offee* The t)in spent a(out ten minutes #arefully sur+eyin! the Goods
of people in the terminus*
:inally he !a+e me a sli!ht nod- and headed in an easterly
dire#tion of the ar#ade a)ay from the !reat hall* I !athered I )as to
follo)*
He )ent do)n one of the #orridors leadin! to =exin!ton A+enue*
There )ere- and still are- some stairs leadin! do)n to a su()ay
entran#e inside this #orridor*
Ba,in! sure I )as in to)- do)n them he )ent* I follo)ed*
I next #au!ht si!ht of him standin! near to a (an, of telephone
(ooths W)hi#h donAt exist today*$ He stepped into one stepped and I
#ould see him throu!h the !lass dialin! a num(er "these )ere the days
)hen telephone (ooths )ith doors still existed$*
I ,ept at a distan#e- (ut I am sure he ne+er said a )ord into the
re#ei+er*
He then put the re#ei+er do)n on the small #ounter inside the
(ooth- and mo+ed a)ay*
I !athered I )as supposed to !o into the (ooth and pi#, up the
re#ei+er*
At the other end )as a little stati#- and not ,no)in! )hat else to
say I said HHello*H
HBr* S)annFH It )as the same #heery female )ho had telephoned
me at home*
H>es*H
HWhat is that thin! on your ri!ht handFH
HOh- you mean my tattooFH
HWhat is its #olorFH
HBostly !reen-H I replied*
HGood- then* Please )ait until you are lin,ed*H
=in,edF What did THAT meanF
After )hi#h follo)ed se+eral (eeps and noises and different forms
of stati#*
:inally- Br* Axelrod #ame on*
HIAm sorry to ha+e to do it this )ay-H he (e!an- H(ut )e had to
!et you to a telephone )hi#h s#ram(les our #on+ersation- and )here you
#an (e )at#hed*H I )as a(out to say hello- (ut Rxelrod f s +oi#e (e#ame
+ery firm*
H3o not say anythin! ex#ept ans)ers to my Kuestions*H So
,no)in! he )as !oin! to yell at me (e#ause of my inad+ertent
en#ounter in =A =A =and- I remained Kuiet as a mouse-
HI may seem a little a!!ressi+e-H Axel said- H(ut )e )ould li,e to
,no) )hy you )ere in that =os An!eles supermar,etFH
HI )as stayin! )ith some friends- and )e de#ided to #oo, dinner*
I )anted oran!e aspi# )ith lam( #hops and I )anted to stuff arti#ho,es*
We didnAt ha+e anyLA
Silen#e* Then6 HThere )as no other reasonFH
7'
HNo*H
HHad you e+er seen that )oman or seen her sin#eFH
HNoL
S.en#e* HWhy )ere you loo,in! at herFH
HWell- for #hrissa,es- she )as extremely sexy and nearly fallin!
out of the fe) #lothes she had on5 I first sa) her from the rear- and
Just tried to see )hat the front loo,ed li,e up #lose* She )as messin!
)ith the arti#ho,es*H
H>ouAre sure there )as no other reasonLA
HA(solutely5H
Bore silen#e* Then6 HWhat did you thin, of herFH
No) it )as my turn to (e silent for a moment* HWell- I donAt
,no) )hy 5 (ut I !ot the impression she )asnAt- )ell- exa#tly li,e us*H
HWhat WAS she li,eFH
I nearly #ho,ed on the )ord* HExtraterrestrialCH
AWhat made you thin, thatFH
DI ha+e no idea* It )as Just an impression* She had some ,ind
of +i(es or somethin!* She sent #hills up my spine- and I felt the hair
on the (a#, of my ne#, startin! to stand upL
O A
HHa+e you felt you ha+e seen people li,e her (eforeFH
HIf you mean ha+e I seen extraterrestrials (efore- the ans)er is
no* Stran!e people- sure- (ut nothin! li,e I !ot from her*H
HWhy did you run a)ay so fastFH
HAfter I spotted the t)ins- I realised somethin! )as !oin! on*
The )hole thin! s#ared the shit out of me*H
HO?-H Axel said after a pause- HIAll (uy it* 3o you thin, she
noti#ed you psy#hed her outFH
HI ha+e no idea* She )as into the arti#ho,es* The )hole thin!
happened too fast* /ut she ne+er loo,ed at me- at least I #ouldnAt say
for sure- sin#e her eyes )ere hidden (ehind those stran!e purple
!lasses*H
HThin,- manCH Axel insisted* HThis is +ery important* 3id she
noti#e you at allFH
I suddenly started sha,in!5 HNo *** my (est !uesstimate is that
she did not*H
HWere you at the #ounter first- or )as sheFH
HWell- she )as* I first sa) her from )ay do)n the aisle- and then
I de#ided to !o up and ha+e a #loser loo,LA
H>ouAre sureFH
HSure of )hatFH
HWell- did she ma,e any attempt to !et #lose to you- or )as it you
)ho made the attemptFH
I )anted to (lurt out that the t)ins )ell ,ne) the ans)er to this-
sin#e apparently THE> had her under sur+eillan#e*
7&
flT
DI donAt thin, she sa) me at all- and she )as there )hen I !ot
thereCH A tone of desperation had entered into my +oi#e*
Silen#e* HGood* O?* I feel o(li!ed to tell you that she is +ery
dan!erous* If you e+er see her a!ain- espe#ially if she approa#hes you-
ma,e e+ery effort to put distan#e (et)een you and her* /ut a#t
natural- al)ays do it naturallyL
n
I had no idea )hat to say- so I said nothin!*
H3o you understandFH
HNot really-H I mana!ed to )hisper- H(ut I !uess so*
HGood* Ho) is your remote5+ie)in! )or, #omin! alon! at SRIF
it
Hi
/y this time s)eat )as pourin! do)n my sides from my armpits*
I )as relie+ed to ha+e the topi# #han!e* HEery !ood* We are !ettin!
!ood results- and I am understandin! more e+eryday* I am aimin! at
least for 92 per #ent a##ura#y a#ross the (oards*H
HHum-H Axel (reathed* Han you a#tually a#hie+e thatFH
APro(a(ly- (ut fran,ly not in e+ery #ase* We all- our #lients too-
are interested in the possi(ility*H
Another lon! silen#e* HWe )ould (e interested in *** )e ha+e a
spe#ial tas, * * * #an you let us ,no) )hen you rea#h 92 per #entF
Ho) lon! do you thin, it )ill ta,eFH
HWell- if )e donAt do it soon- )e mi!ht not !et more funds for
next year*H
Bore silen#e- this time a lon! one* By hand on the re#ei+er )as
s)eatin!* :inally6 H>ou ha+e an offi#e )ith a des, in it- ri!htFH
H>es*H
HWhen you rea#h 92 per #ent- ta,e an ordinary pie#e of (ond
paper- 'H (y %%H- )rite 92 on it- and lea+e it (eneath the (lotter*H
Ho) did he ,no) my des, at SRI had a (lotterF HO?-H I said*
HGood* We )ill (e in tou#h shortly after that* 3o you understand
e+erythin!HH
Hardly* I understood nothin!* /ut I said- as #onspiratorially as
possi(le6 H>esL
n
HIAm sure-H Axel #ontinued- Hyou !et the !eneral drift of all this *
* * that no one- NO ONE should learn of any of thisFH
HI !et the !eneral drift* All this is serious 5 and Adan!erousL
ri!htFH
I didnAt thin, I should tell him of our dinner #on+ersation (a#, in
=os An!eles )here apparently e+eryone +ie)ed sexy extraterrestrials
e+eryday*
H>ou !ot it*H
Axelrod hun! up* These people- )home+er they )ere- ne+er said
!ood5(ye or than, you*
The line )ent dead for a moment as the Hlin,-H )hate+er it )as
#omposed of- )as dis#onne#ted* /ut then at least a dial tone #ame (a#,
on*
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The t)in had apparently seen me han! up- and )hen Q #ame out
of the (ooth he non#halantly )al,ed (y )ith a paper #up as if he )as
soli#itin! a hand5outD
Atta#hed to the #up )as a small #ard6 HGo dire#tly to =exin!ton
and !ra( a #a(* We )ill !uard your rearD 3o not loo, (a#,* %
)
Ner+ous as hell- (ut thin,in! it )ould appear proper- I (oldly
pulled out a Kuarter and plopped it into his #up- )here it #lan!ed )ith
other #oins*
I )ent to =exin!ton A+enue and fla!!ed do)n a #a( as fast as
possi(le- ne+er on#e loo,in! (a#,*
/ut I didnAt ta,e it dire#tly to my address- (ut to the #orner of
Ei!hth Street and Third A+enue- )here I loitered for some time- tryin!
to see if I had (een follo)ed*
I then )ent to my fa+orite (ar near(y and o+er#onsumed #heap
(eer* By ima!ination )as !oin! full steam ahead*
The paranoid fears that follo)ed this e+ent o##upied me for some
time thereafter* I had the distin#t feelin! that e+ery)here must (e
extraterrestrials andLor AxelAs hen#hmen or operati+es*
AndF WHO WERE this Axelrod and his hen#hmen- any)ayF
I spent days- )ee,s- #y#lin! throu!h the possi(ilities* IA- ?G/-
Bossad- B52- some ultra5se#ret military !oin!s5onF
Worst of all )as the spe#ulation they- themsel+es- mi!ht (e
extraterrestrial*
Perhaps there )as a spa#e opera !oin! on in )hi#h t)o different
sets of extraterrestrial troops )ere fi!htin! some ,ind of )ar here on
Earth D )hile (oth at the same tune )ere someho) ensurin! that
H.BANS ne+er realiGe that they- themsel+es- are psy#hi#*
What a s#enario- huhF Tal, a(out (ein! on the outermost frin!esC
:rin!es so outermost that one didnAt e+en ,no) )here the frin!es )ere
in relationship to anythin! else*
The )orst thin! )as I #ould not tal,- #ertainly did not dare to-
a(out any of this to anyone*
I )as sure I had !otten into somethin! Kuite o+er my head* I
)orried I mi!ht !et ,illed or ,idnapped 5 disappeared 5 and end up as
sla+e la(or in the mines on the Boon*
E+en as I no) )rite- )hi#h I am sure many )ill find too
in#redi(le- for )ords- I ha+e to )onder* * *
A(out a year later- in ;une %&11- I pla#ed the 92 per #ent si!nal
under the (lotter on my des, at SRI in alifornia- )hi#h is to say- in
our alle!edly se#ure- !uarded premises there*
Entran#e to my offi#e )as #ode lo#,ed* Only I ,ne) the #ode-
and it only existed in my mind*
I #he#,ed under the (lotter e+ery day and afternoon thereafter
for a(out three months*
Then one mornin! )hen I lifted the (lotter the hair on my arms
on#e a!ain stood up* The si!nal )as !one*
In its pla#e )as some dust5li,e po)der in )hi#h a fin!er had
s#ra)led t)o )ords6 HExpe#t #onta#tL %
2%
I (rushed the po)der into my trash- and sat do)n- #ompletely
unner+ed*
By next meetin! )ith Axel and his #re) #ompletely (le) my mind-
,no#,ed my so#,s offC
The result of the promised H#onta#tH )as that if I had any
remainin! dou(ts a(out )hether they existed- su#h dou(ts )ere shortly
to (e resol+ed*
I almost !ot ,illed in the pro#ess*
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hapter &
BR* AQE=RO3 AN3 HIS TRAEE=ING P=ANS
The expe#ted #onta#t #ame early in ;uly %&11- a fe) days
after I dis#o+ered the messa!e in the dust*
The H#ampusH of Stanford Resear#h Institute has a +ery
ni#e dinin! room )here my #ollea!ues and I often ate lun#h-
espe#ially if )e )ere (ein! +isited (y Hdi!nitaries5H
A##ess to the dinin! room is throu!h a lar!e lo((y- at one
end of )hi#h stands a +ery lar!e !lo(e of Earth a(out six feet in
diameter*
I donAt remem(er )ho )e )ere lun#hin! )ith that :riday-
(ut )hen )e passed throu!h the #ro)ded lo((y on the )ay to the
dinin! hall- there )as Br* Axelrod standin! as lar!e as life- (ut I
suppose in#onspi#uously- (y the !lo(e of Earth*
When he sa) that I had noti#ed him "I had a#tually stopped
dead in my tra#,s$ he )al,ed Kui#,ly into the menAs room
adJoinin! the lo((y*
So I did )hat I thou!ht he expe#ted of me* I ex#used
myself from my #ollea!ues sayin! I had to ta,e a lea,* To do
this- I had to !et the ,ey to the toilet from the dinin! room
hostess* E+erythin! at SRI )as ,ept lo#,ed (e#ause of its
Penta!on #onne#tions and the fear that terrorists mi!ht plant a
(om( in the heads*
When I entered the menAs room- Axel (oldly lo#,ed the door
)ith a ,ey and )hispered in my ear6 Han you !et a)ay ri!ht
no) for the )ee,endF I )ant to ta,e you some)here and sho)
you somethin!F ;ust nod yes or no*H
I nodded yes*
HThereAs a #ar in the par,in! area outside the lo((y* Ill
)ait for you there* In+ent a #on+in#in! story for your friends*
>ou may (e a)ay as lon! as four days*H He then unlo#,ed the
door*
I had to thin, fast a(out )hat mi!ht stand up as a
H#on+in#in! storyH as I Joined our !roup the dinin! room* /ut
all I #ould really thin, a(out )as ho) Axelrod had se#ured the
,ey to the menAs room*
I told my #ollea!ues that I had Just remem(ered I )as
supposed to Join some friends in San :ran#is#o for a lon!
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)ee,end- and )ithout further ado Just left them*
The H#arH outside pro+ed to (e a hi!h5)heeled ;eep- and
Axel himself )as the dri+er*
We sped out of the SRI !rounds in silen#e* Axel made it to
the free)ay headin! to)ard San ;ose* Then6 HHa+e you e+er seen
a .:OFH he as,ed*
H>es- I thin, so*H
Han you des#ri(e itFH
HWell- )hen I )as in hi!h s#hool in Tooele- .tah- I used to
#lim( to the top of a lar!e hill #alled =ittle Bountain*
H:rom there you #an see a#ross the +ast /onne+ille Ealley
and see the Great Salt =a,e to the north* It has (i! islands in
it- you ,no)* The +ie) of this +ista )as Just )onderful*
HI used to ta,e naps up there in the late afternoon- (ut on
this parti#ular day I noti#ed a spe#, of li!ht really hi!h in the
s,y o+er )hat must ha+e (een Salt =a,e ity*
HIt )as flyin! )est- and I thou!ht it )as an airplane
mo+in! really fast*
H/ut at a #ertain point in its )est)ard fli!ht it a(ruptly
made a ri!ht an!le turn do)n)ard- not a #ur+ed turn do)n (ut
exa#tly &4 de!rees*
HIt plun!ed strai!ht do)n- and fell into the shado)s of the
islands or mountains (e#ause the sun )as lo)erin! in the )est
and ma,in! shado)s !o to the east*
HI stood up- thin,in! that the plane had exploded or
#rashed*
H/ut as I did the thin! rose dire#tly strai!ht up- out of the
shado)s*
HIt rose up to its former ele+ation- li,e a(out 82-444 or
74-444 feet up- and on#e there disappeared dire#tly into the )est
in a (urst of speed- )hi#h )as daGGlin!-
HI didnAt ,no) )hat to thin, of this- (ut years later
de#ided it must ha+e (een a .:O after I had learned that some of
them ma,e ri!ht5an!le turns*
HWhy it did )hat it did is (eyond me* The )hole of this
do)n and up and speedin! a)ay too, pla#e in less than a minute*
All I really sa)- thou!h- )as a spe#, of li!ht*H
Axelrod )as silent* It )as hot- the ;eep had no air
#onditioner* Then6 HWe may ha+e an opportunity to see one of
them rather #lose up* Are you !ameFH
E+en amon! all the astonishments a+aila(le in the Axelrod
s#enario- nothin! #ould ha+e amaGed me more* H>ou mean thereAs
one around hereC >ouA+e #aptured oneFH
HOh- no- not that* We ha+e to ta,e a trip- then a hi,e to a
pla#e )here one sho)s up at inter+als* Are you !ameFH
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Was r GABEC Who )ouldnAt (e-
Axelrod dro+e us to the San ;ose airport and- lea+in! the
;eep in a Hno5par,in!H area in front of one of the terminals- )e
)al,ed dire#tly throu!h the lo((y and out the other side to a
)aitin! =ear Jet*
Other people had flo)n me in similar planes- )ealthy people
)ho )ere interested in tal,in! a(out usin! Psi to dis#o+er sun,en
treasures and oil deposits* I lo+ed the ele!ant Jets for their
sense of opulen#e and po)er- one of the most poi!nant status
trophies for ha+in! Harri+edH finan#ially*
Waitin! alon!side the Jet )as one of the u(iKuitous t)ins-
this time dressed in an oli+e !reen Jumpsuit and helmet 5
definitely HmilitaryH in appearan#e*
We )ere aloft in a(out three minutesD It turned out that
the other t)in )as doin! the flyin!*
On#e aloft- the t)in pro+ided some sand)i#hes- and Axel
said6 HWe are !oin! to the middle of no)here* It )ill (e rather
#old and rou!h there*
H/ut )e ha+e all you )ill need- in#ludin! a supply of your
#i!ars "he smiled$- so after youA+e eaten you should #at#h some
sleep* ItAs a(out a fi+e5hour or so fli!ht*
HIt )ill (e dar, )hen )e arri+e- and then )e ha+e to dri+e
a(out t)o hours after that*
H3onAt as, )here )e are !oin!- sin#e I #anAt tell you that O
and ")ith some hesitation$ itAs (etter that you not ,no)DH
H>ou ,no)* AxelL I replied- Hit may (e that I #ould fun#tion
(etter if I ,ne) )hat )as !oin! on*H
Axel fro)ned throu!h the sand)i#h he )as eatin!* HWell- I
#anAt tell you +ery mu#h sin#e doin! so )ould endan!er our
mission and perhaps you- too*
H/ut I #ould as, you )hat >O. thin, is !oin! on* * *FH
So here it )as a!ain- the one5)ay #on+ersation typi#al of all
HBr* AxelrodH en#ounters*
HWell- I !uess you !uys- )hoe+er you are- ha+e a pro(lem-
and from all I #an tell* Earth is under some ,ind of sie!e*
H.:Os appear e+ery)here- are seen (y thousands*
H>et they are illusi+e- (ut of #on#ern- and so you are
tryin! to fit the pie#es to!ether* And I )ould suppose- too- that
you are desperate- enou!h at least to try to employ psy#hi#s to
help you out*H
H>ou see-H Axel lau!hed* HI donAt ha+e to tell you
anythin!- do IFH
It )as no use* So I settled do)n and tried to sleep- )hi#h
I a#tually did e+en thou!h I thou!ht I )ould not*
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Axel )o,e me later* H:asten your seat (elt- )eAre !oin! to
land in a fe) moments*H I !lan#ed out the )indo)s* It )as dar,
outside- and there )ere no li!hts any)here*
/ut shortly )e (umped alon! a run)ay )ithout the aid of
AN> li!hts-
H No li!htsFH T #ommented*
HItAs a +ery hi!h5te#h plane-H Axel #ommented* HIt Just
=OO?S li,e a standard =ear*H
On#e landed- )e des#ended from the Jet into not Just #ool
(ut i#y air- ri#h )ith the smell of pines*
Our only li!hts )ere flashli!hts the t)ins )ere #arryin!*
Near(y )as a +an of some ,ind- painted )ith #amoufla!e
#olors* Near(y I #ould ma,e out a small (uildin!- (ut it )as
empty- or at least had no li!hts in it*
Inside the +an6 HHere is a Jumpsuit-H Axel said* HIt is
thermaliGed- yet li!ht* >ou ha+e to remo+e e+erythin!- and you
#an ha+e no metals on you*
HI ,no) you ha+e teeth fillin!s- (ut there is nothin! )e
#an do a(out that* All the fasteners on the Jumpsuit and its hood
and atta#hed !lo+es are made of )ood and leatherLA
So shortly I )as !eared up- findin! there )ere po#,ets
lar!e enou!h to hold a #i!ar supply*
While I )as #han!in!- the t)ins had started up the +an and
)e )ere on out )ay to )here+er )e )ere !oin!*
The dri+e lasted a(out t)o hours* He #lim(ed up some
mountains- and ne!otiated some steep hair5pin #ur+es5
No one tal,ed at all*
A!ainst the dar, s,y I #ould see tall pines )hose o)n
dar,ness (lotted out the amaGin!ly (eautiful spe#ta#le of (illions
of stars* We )ere in the far north- I #on#luded*
At a #ertain point- the sound of the +anAs motor #eased*
>et the +an ,ept mo+in!* I had- and still donAt ha+e- no idea of
ho) a +an #an mo+e )ithout its en!ine !oin!*
:inally- the +an par,ed (eneath some pines*
We disem(ar,ed* HWe ha+e to )al, a(out forty minutes-
no)-H Axel )hispered-
HItAs extremely important that )e (e as Kuiet as possi(le*
3o exa#tly as )e do- ma,e no noise- and 3O NOT tal,C And 3O
NOT li!ht a #i!arCH
So )e )al,ed in )hat amounted to almost pure (la#,ness-
(ut at a !ood pa#e*
At #ertain points- one of the t)ins )ould ta,e my arm to
help me- for instan#e- a#ross a small #ree, or around an unseen
ro#,*
They had some ,ind of !o!!les o+er their eyes- )hi#h I
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too, to (e ni!ht5+ision thin!sD I didnAt at all see )hy they had
not pro+ided me )ith them- too*
We )ent up and o+er some rid!es- and then do)n into some
,ind of lar!e- flatish area dense )ith pines* Then )e #lim(ed into
a sort of arroyo* On#e there- )e )al,ed a fe) feet further and
sat do)n on a thi#, #ushion of fallen pine needles (ehind some
lar!e ro#,s*
Axel )hispered6 HWeAre here* Out there in front of us is a
small la,e* As da)n #omes- youAll (e a(le to see it throu!h the
pines* We no) )ait- and hope )e are lu#,y* Say nothin!- do NOT
ma,e any noise*H
HA=u#,yAFH What did that meanF
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hapter %4
SEEING ONE
I #ouldnAt see anythin! at all- sa+e the narro)est dar,
(lueM!reen !limmer of da)n in the east*
I )hispered (a#, to Axelrod6 HWhat am I supposed to doFH
H;ust o(ser+e- )eAll de(rief laterL he responded* H/ut itAs
really important no) to o(ser+e #omplete silen#e from this point
on* And do not mo+e unless I te8% you to* They dete#t heat-
noise- motion li,e mad*H
So- I )as silent*
There )e )ere- four of us sittin! silently li,e ro#,s
oursel+es* /ut suddenly- the t)o t)ins !a+e some ,ind oU hand
si!nal*
HItAs (e!unL Axel )hispered* HPlease- pleaseC 3O NOT
ma,e any noise- and do not mo+e unless )e tell you toL
By eye(alls rolled around tryin! to per#ei+e )hat had
(e!un*
I #ouldnAt see anythin! unusual at all- sa+e for )hat
appeared to (e some !ray fo! formin! up in the dire#tion of the
la,e* Q thou!ht it )as Just mornin! fo! #omin! up*
This fo! #ontinued formin! for a(out fi+e minutes- and
suddenly I sa) )hat had H(e!unL
:or in a momentAs eye fli#,er the !ray fo! #han!ed- first
into luminous neon (lue- and then into an!ry purple*
At that point* Axel and one of the t)ins put a firm hand on
ea#h of my shoulders- and it )as a !ood thin! they did*
A net)or, of purple- red- and yello) li!htenin! (olts shot
in all #raGy dire#tions throu!h the H#loudH- and I )ould ha+e
Jumped up if not held do)n-
And then- there it )as* Some)hat transparent at first- (ut
in the next se#ond- as if fadin!5up "li,e the mo+ie term$ out of
no)here- there IT WASC 5 solidly +isi(le o+er the la,e )hose
refle#tin! )aters I #ould no) #learly see*
And IT )as GETTING /IGGERC
I donAt really ,no) )hat I had expe#ted- (ut I had assumed
that )hat I )ould see- if anythin!- )ould (e somethin! li,e a
2'
flyin! sau#er5 No #han#e of a sau#er here- (a(y* /e#ause IT )as
trian!ular- and its top an!le sort of in+erted in pulses- so that
o+erall it appeared to (e diamond shaped*
At that moment in my astonishment- )e #ould hear a H)indH
#omin!- and it mo+ed past us li,e a tan!i(le ma!neti# field-
rustlin! the pine trees around us so mu#h that some #ones and
(ran#hes fell on us*
The t)o firm hands on my shoulders ti!htened- )arnin! me
not to mo+e in pure physi#al rea#tion-
At the same time- ru(y5red laser5li,e (eams (e!an shootin!
out from the H thin!H- )hi#h in#redi(ly )as no) !ro)in! e+en
BORE in siGe 5 )hile still stationary in its ori!inal position o+er
the la,e*
One of the t)ins no) TA=?E3 softly- althou!h the sound of
his +oi#e )as li,e thunder to me*
HShitC TheyAre en+elopin! the areaC TheyAre !oin! to spot
usCH
I had no time to )onder a(out )hat he meant* Indeed- some
of the laser5red (eams had (e!un (lastin! pine treesC Of all
thin!sC
At the same time- the Hthin!H had no) in#reased its siGe to
)hat may ha+e (een a(out ninety feet )ide*
The )hole of this so far had (een a##omplished in
OBP=ETE silen#e- and e+en the ele#tri# (olts had not H#ra#,led*H
The (lastin! of the trees- thou!h- )as no) audi(le- )hile at
the same time I #ould (e!in to hear lo)5freKuen#y pulsations-
HTheyAre (lastin! deer or por#upines or somethin! in the
forest-H Axel explained softly in a #alm (ut tense sta!e )hisper*
HThe (eams sense (iolo!i#al (ody heat- and theyAre sure to hone
in on us*H
At that moment- the t)o hands ti!htened on my shoulders
and I )as dra!!ed and pra#ti#ally thro)n (a#, do)n into the
arroyo*
There )as a terrifi# HpopH )here )e had (een- and some
lar!e (ran#hes of near(y pines #as#aded do)n on us*
That )as my last si!ht of the trian!ular thin!- (ut in that
last moment I #ould see the WATER O: THE =A?E S.RGING .PWAR3
5 li,e a )aterfall !oin! up)ard- as if (ein! su#,ed into the
Hma#hineCH
I had landed rather hard on my (utt* /ut )ith my feet
dra!!in!- the t)ins pulled me up and ran )ith me (et)een them
do)n the arroyo a short )ay )here they suddenly flun! me li,e a
sa#, of #orn under a ro#, o+erhan! of some ,ind*
Axel plopped in +irtually on top of me- and the four of us
huddled pa#,ed to!ether li,e mi#e in a mat#h(ox*
2&
Axel )as (reathin! hard* The t)ins )ere (reathin! hard*
I )as (arely (reathin! at all- and it too, some )hile to
reali0e that a ro#, or sti#, had #ut throu!h the Jumpsuit into my
le!- and that the )ound )as (leedin!*
Ho)e+er- I needed no )hispered instru#tions to (e as Kuiet
and still as possi(le*
I )as +irtually petrified )ith a ,ind of terror for )hi#h
there are fe) if any )ords to des#ri(e* /ut there )as also a
,ind of thrill- I HA3 seen oneC
There )e remained for a period )hi#h #ould ha+e lasted
any)here (et)een fi+e minutes to fi+e hours for all I ,ne)*
In this timeless Gone- I heard one of the t)ins say HAll
lear No)L 5 )hi#h seemed a(solutely the most ludi#rous thin! I
had e+er heard* If AN>THING )as #lear- I had not the faintest
idea of )hat it )as*
Axel as,ed if I )as hurt* The t)ins stood up and- of all
thin!s- #almly too, lea,s )hile sur+eyin! the en+ironment* :or
the first time- I noti#ed that the s,y )as sunlit- the pines
!loriously dar, !reen- and that (irds had (een soundin! off for
Kuite some time*
I stood sha,ily up 5 and thre) up the #ontents of my
stoma#h no less than three times5
Axel fussed )ith inspe#tin! my le! )ound "not +ery lar!e-
(ut (loody enou!h$ and I started to say somethin! li,e6 AA>eah-
yeahH I snorted- HdonAt tell anyone- huhCH
HNo-H Axelrod responded* HI )asnAt !oin! to say that- (ut
that itAs !one no)- and e+erythin!As o,ay-H
I stared at him in#redulously- and Just as irrationally said6
HThen itAs o,ay to li!ht up a #i!ar- huhFH )hi#h I pro#eeded to
do (y pullin! out a pa#, from the Jumpsuit le! po#,et*
The #i!ars )ere smashed- (ut )hile sittin! on a ro#, I
li#,ed one of them (a#, to!ether and pro#eeded to smo,e*
One of the t)ins )as limpin!* The other )as non#halantly
#leanin! his fin!ernails )ith a small sti#,*
As for HEC as#ades of the most for(iddin! an!er )ere
pulsatin! throu!h my entire (ody- ma,in! my hands sha,e*
By reality 5hop per )as in ultimate )re#,a!e* =a5la land-
to the max*
:inally- Axel said that the )ater in the stream )as !ood to
drin,- and one of the t)ins Jer,ed his head as if meanin! )e
should depart- )hi#h )e did as if Just #omin! (a#, from a hi,in!
expedition-
HSo-H Axelrod as,ed )hile )al,in!- H)hat did you senseFH I
(urst out lau!hin!6 H>ouAre #ompletely nuts- AxelC I ha+e to (e
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#alm- #ool- #olle#ted- and in !ood shape to sense anythin!* /ut
you #an (et your ass youA+e !ot a real pro(lem- ha+enAt youCH
Then- from a Kueasy area of sense5ma,in! not exa#tly
intelle#tually #ons#ious6 HIt )as a AdroneA of some ,ind 5
unmanned- #ontrolled from some)here else 5 )asnAt itFH
Axel fro)ned- loo,in! at the slope of the hill )e )ere
des#endin!5 HWhat )as it doin! hereFH he as,ed tentati+ely*
HWell- for #hrissa,esC It )as THIRST>C Ta,in! on )ater-
o(+iously* Someone- some)here needs )ater *** so I suppose
they Just #ome and !et it-
H>ou donAt need to (e psy#hi# to see thatC >eahC ThatAs it-
supply AshipA EarthC =etAs dri+e o+er to Earth- !o shoppin! and
pi#, up )hat )e need- that ,ind of thin!*DD
Bore silent )al,in! until )e )ere a!ain dri+in! do)n the
(umpy road in the +an )hi#h had unsmashed #i!ars and
sand)i#hes in it*
H>ou ,no)- Axel-H I finally said- HtheyAre really mean to
(last a)ay at Adeer and por#upinesA* What #an possi(ly (e the
sense of that* IA+e read that some landed .:Os in#inerate
humans* Is that trueFH
Without )aitin! for an ans)er- )hi#h I ,ne) I )ouldnAt !et-
I tal,ed (a#, to myself* DDI suppose it is* I !uess )e )ould ha+e
(een (lasted- too- )ouldnAt )eF >ou !uys seem used to this- do
you do it e+ery on#e in a )hileFH
When )e finally arri+ed at the airstrip- )hi#h I expe#ted to
(e a se#ret one- I found it )as thi#,ly populated6 )ith a .SA5
Alas,a mail plane@ three au#asian men in plaid #oate and #o)(oy
hate loun!in! on the )ood (en#hes near the small hut@ a poli#e
pi#,5up tru#, replete )ith t)o (i!5(ellied HsheriffsH@ ten )omen
)ho I supposed )ere Es,imo*
All these ,ept their distan#e from OS*
Near the plane )as )hat mi!ht (e #alled a la5la5land spe#ial6
a hot5do! #art )ith an oran!e and (lue um(rella*
No one )as operatin! the #art- (ut the t)ins )al,ed o+er to
it and made themsel+es some steamin! hot5do!s*
HWant oneFH Axel as,ed* Indeed I did- three of them in
fa#t- drippin! )ith ,et#hup and mustard*
H3o they ,no) )hat you areFH I as,ed- noddin! to the
o(ser+ers* At this I finally !ot an ans)er to a KuestionC
HWell-H Axel responded- Hthey !enerally ha+e (een told )e
are )ealthy en+ironmentalists and (ird5)at#hers )ho are
assessin! a#id rain dama!e5DD
9%
HSu#h (ullshitL I !i!!led* HThey ,no) )hat happens up
there* ThatAs pro(a(ly ho) you found out a(out this Go5To5Earth
Shoppin! art*H
The t)ins had started up the Jet* As )e lifted off- I #ould
see three of the Es,imo )omen pushin! the hot5do! #art to the
hut*
A(out ten minutes later )e passed o+er a tall ran!e of
(eautiful mountains- then another- and a(out forty minutes later
o+er a #oastline and out o+er the o#ean-
HAlas,a- I suppose5 ThatAs )hat the mail plane said-H not
expe#tin! an ans)er- murmurin! it to amuse myself*
HAny feelin!s a(out ho) the o(Je#t transports itselfFH Axel
as,ed*
I loo,ed at him and (urst out lau!hin!* He had to (e
,iddin!C The Ho(Je#tH- indeed*
HWell- it must (e some ,ind of Aspa#e displa#erA- (ut really
Axel- I ha+enAt a #lue* /ut I AN understand )hy people )ho see
somethin! li,e this donAt (elie+e it 5 and )hy people )ho ha+enAt
seen it ANAT (elie+e it*H
Axel )as silent- starin! out the )indo)-
I )ent on6 HAs I remem(er it- the thin! did not AtransportA
itself* It GREW in pla#e ri!ht )here it appeared*
HIt )as a pyramidal thin!- not a sau#er* We thin, of a
sau#er flyin! a(out- and in fa#t )hen )e thin, of thin!s in the
air )e thin, of flyin! in the air*
HWe do not thin, of thin!s !ro)in! in pla#e in the air*H
Axelrod studied me- (ut I sa) he )as perspirin!* HAre you
si#, or somethin!-H I as,ed*
HAh- I thin, I #ra#,ed a ri( )hen )e tum(led* Ne+er mind-
itAs nothin! serious* WhatAs your point hereFH
HIn our resear#h of remote5 +ie )in! #apa#ities- )e ha+e
learned that )hen the +ie)ers AseeA somethin! they donAt
understand- they explain it in )ays that ma,e sense to them*
H:or example- to a +ie)er )ho has ne+er seen an a#tual
atomi# rea#tor- )hat they are sensin! #an (e des#ri(ed as a
teapot- (oth of )hi#h are hot and A#oo,A*
HWe #all this Aanalyti#al o+erlayD- meanin! the mind5dynami#
pro#ess of o+erlayin! somethin! un,no)n or unre#o!nised or
unfamiliar )ith a mental ima!e )hi#h is re#o!niGed*
HThe psy#hi# su(Je#t in remote5+ie)in! a site )ith an
atomi# rea#tor may )ell o+erlay the impressions )ith a AteapotA or
a Afurna#eA (e#ause these are the memory ima!es )hi#h #ome
#losest to )hat is (ein! psy#hi#ally sensed*
HIf you ta,e the time to let the +ie)er study dia!rams of
atomi# rea#tors and photo!raphs of them and their surroundin!s-
the next time they en#ounter one in psy#hi# seein! they are more
li,ely to identify it #orre#tly rather than #all it a teapot*
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H/ut in !eneral people do somethin! li,e this all the time*
When they en#ounter somethin! they do not understand- they tend
to interpret it in )ays they do understand- and they arri+e at an
interpretation )hi#h really doesnAt ha+e mu#h to do )ith )hat )as
experien#ed*
HIn others )ords- they pro#ess the un,no)n throu!h )hat I
#all their Areality5hoppersA and #ome up )ith somethin! that fits
their present realities 5 (ut )hi#h may not- and pro(a(ly does
not- pertain to the a#tual reality of )hat they experien#ed*
HPeople fill in the un,no)n )ith )hat fits )ith THEIR
,no)n*
HThe proof here exists in the fa#t that )hen fi+e people are
sho)n somethin! )hi#h is outside their experien#e- one of them
mi!ht say that they donAt ,no) )hat it is*
H/ut the other four mi!ht produ#e four different
explanations of )hat they sa)*
H:or example- you #alled that thin! an Ao(Je#tD* /ut )hat I
sa) materialiGed- !re) in pla#e- and I suppose de materialiGed after
)e tum(led do)n the ro#,s and dirt*
HIt may ha+e a#hie+ed an o(Je#t status at one point- (ut to
my )ay of thin,in! this )as an Aappearan#eA rather than an
o(Je#t*
HA shiftin!5appearan#e at that*
HA full part of the pro(lem is that it is a REA=IT> pro(lem
:OR .S*
HThat thin! is outside my reality5experien#e- and so if you
,eep as,in! )hat I sensed- I am Kuite li,ely to (e!in seiGin! on
o+erlays to explain it to a##ommodate you*
H:or example- I used the phrase Aspa#e displa#erA- (ut I
really donAt ,no) )hat that )ould (e or #onsist of*H
Axel t)isted in his seat to !et more #omforta(le* HIn other
)ords-D he #ommented- Dyou assess )hat you experien#e only
)ithin the terms of )hat you already ha+e experien#ed- is that
itFH
HPretty mu#h so* ertainly so in experimental tests of
remote5 +ie )in!- #lair+oyan#e- and sometimes e+en telepathy*
H/ut this is a ?NOWN phenomenon understood in psy#holo!y
for Kuite some time* The only thin! is that this understandin! is
not !enerally applied to human understandin! on a (road s#ale*
HIf it )as (roadly applied- then it )ould ha+e to (e
admitted that )hat most people (elie+e )ould turn out to (e little
more than reality 5hopper AexplanationsD of )hat they hadnAt
understood in the first pla#e*
HWe explain )hat )e do not understand THRO.GH )hate+er
)e thin, )e 3O understand*
HI #ertainly do not understand )hat % sa) at the la,e- and
I thin, it is the (etter part of +alor to admit it*H
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HO?- O?-H Axel !rima#ed* HI !ot the point 5 )hi#h is that
there are t)o parts of the Pro(lem5 What they really a#e- and
)hat )e are !oin! to use to realiGe )hat they are*H
H>eahL I !i!!led* HA remote5+ie)in! no+i#e #an study a
(oo, )ith dia!rams of all ,no)n atomi# rea#tors* >ou !ot a (oo,
)hi#h dia!rams all seen .:OsF
HIf you had e+en told me it )ould (e a materialiGin! -
le+itatin! trian!le- I mi!ht not ha+e (een so sho#,ed and #ould
ha+e )at#hed it more #losely )ithout ha+in! my reality5hopper !et
s#ram(led*H
Axelrod lau!hed- and #han!ed the su(Je#t* HWell- I !ot
your point* It )as pro(a(ly a dan!erous ris, to expose you to
this- ah- appearan#e- and )e really had no ri!ht to do it*H
I lau!hed- and relaxed* H;esus- Axel- IAm ready to !o for it
a!ainC Who )ouldnAt (e*H
HWell- pro(a(ly that )ill not (e possi(le* I shouldnAt tell
you- (ut our mission )ill (e dis(anded shortly and the )or,
pi#,ed up (y others- (e#ause of strate!i# se#urity reasons
in+ol+ed*H * - *
HOthers )ho )ill not mix in )ith psy#hi#s- I ta,e it-H I
!i!!led*
H>ou !ot it* Next )ee, you )ill (e summoned for a
#omplete physi#al examination- ostensi(ly in line )ith o+erseein!
the health status of the people on your proJe#t*
HWe Just )ant to (e sure you experien#ed no physi#al
dama!e* The physi#ians performin! the examination )ill (e
ordinary do#tors )ho ha+e no ,no)led!e of our existen#e* an
you explain your le! inJury in some sensi(le )ayFH
HI )onAt ha+e time next )ee,* WeAre !oin! to atalina
Island to do an under)ater remote5 +ie )in! experiment )ith a
su(marine* IAm O?- and the #ut on my le! is small* I )onAt ha+e
to explain it to anyone*H
The last I sa) of Br* Axelrod )as at the San ;ose airport-
and so there ends the tale of my en#ounters )ith him and his
ultra5su(terranean #o+ert mission*
And I #annot pro+e a )ord of that tale 5 and (e#ause this
WAS the #ase- I ne+er intended to ma,e a )ritten re#ord of it*
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.:Os EEER>WHERE 5 3ENIA=S EEER>WHERE- TOO
As the years passed- t)o later de+elopments #han!ed my mind
a(out ma,in! a )ritten re#ord of )hat I #ould remem(er of the Axelrod
Affair*
/oth de+elopments some)hat Jolted me- (ut also inspired a #ertain
astonishment a(out ho) EAS> it had (een to for!et a(out that affair*
Indeed- one )ould thin, that the Axelrod seKuen#es )ould ha+e
(een indeli(ly et#hed in oneAs memory*
/ut this )as not the #ase at all5 And (e#ause this )as not the
#ase- I slo)ly (e#ame a)are that there )as somethin! asso#iated )ith
the seKuen#es 5 somethin! perhaps (est des#ri(ed as a ,ind of amnesia*
The first Jolt of memory- ho)e+er- #ame a(out as follo)s* I am a
su(s#ri(er to :ATE ma!aGine- )hi#h for a lon! time )as the only
pu(li#ation in the .nited States that reported on phenomena the modern
mainstreams denied #ould exist*
In late ;anuary- %&&%- I #ame a#ross an arti#le (y a #ertain :elix
A* /a#h- )hom % had ne+er heard of*
His arti#le )as entitled Han Boon Illusions BOEEFH
The arti#le )as headed (y a (lur(6
H:or many years one of our readers has (een #ontri(utin!
uniKue illustrations to o(Je#ts on the BoonAs surfa#e* No) he
re+eals ho) he is a(le to see them 5 and ho) you #an see them-
tooC %5
A##ordin! to the arti#le- all one needs is a reasona(ly po)erful
teles#ope* Br- /a#h re#ommended one )ith hi!h resolution po)ers up to
244x- )hi#h the manufa#ture of elestron teles#opes says allo)s +ie)in!
of lunar details as small a#ross as a foot(all stadium*
Br* /a#h indi#ated that his teles#ope )as a ne) SP '5in#h one
set at 944x- and )hi#h ena(led him to see Hat one )ha#,D many to)ers-
nets )hi#h #ome and !o- minin! eKuipment- H(eadsD and H)ires-H and
)hole ar#hes*
/a#h noted that the stru#tures H#ome and !oH for reasons
unapparent and inexpli#a(le- (ut that they #an (e seen (y teles#ope is
no) (eyond Kuestion*
The arti#le #ontained s,et#hes made (y /a#h- some of )hi#h more
or less resem(led the s,et#hes Geor!e =eonard pla#ed in his %&19 (oo,
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.:Os EEER>WHERE 5 3ENIA=S EEER>WHERE- TOO
As the years passed- t)o later de+elopments #han!ed my mind
a(out ma,in! a )ritten re#ord of )hat I #ould remem(er of the Axelrod
Affair*
/oth de+elopments some)hat Jolted me- (ut also inspired a #ertain
astonishment a(out ho) EAS> it had (een to for!et a(out that affair*
Indeed- one )ould thin, that the Axelrod seKuen#es )ould ha+e
(een indeli(ly et#hed in oneAs memory*
/ut this )as not the #ase at all* And (e#ause this )as not the
#ase- I slo)ly (e#ame a)are that there )as somethin! asso#iated )ith
the seKuen#es 5 somethin! perhaps (est des#ri(ed as a ,ind of amnesia*
The first Jolt of memory- ho)e+er- #ame a(out as follo)s* I am a
su(s#ri(er to :ATE ma!aGine- )hi#h for a lon! time )as the only
pu(li#ation in the .nited States that reported on phenomena the modern
mainstreams denied #ould exist*
In late ;anuary- %&&%- I #ame a#ross an arti#le (y a #ertain :elix
A* /a#h- )hom I had ne+er heard of*
His arti#le )as entitled Han Boon Illusions BOEEF % A
The arti#le )as headed (y a (lur(6
H:or many years one of our readers has (een #ontri(utin!
uniKue illustrations to o(Je#ts on the BoonAs surfa#e* No) he
re+eals ho) he is a(le to see them 5 and ho) you #an see them-
tooC %5
A##ordin! to the arti#le- all one needs is a reasona(ly po)erful
teles#ope* Br* /a#h re#ommended one )ith hi!h resolution po)ers up to
244x- )hi#h the manufa#ture of elestron teles#opes says allo)s +ie)in!
of lunar details as small a#ross as a foot(all stadium*
Br* /a#h indi#ated that his teles#ope )as a ne) SP '5in#h one
set at 944x- and )hi#h ena(led him to see Hat one )ha#,H many to)ers-
nets )hi#h #ome and !o- minin! eKuipment- H(eadsH and H)ires-H and
)hole ar#hes*
/a#h noted that the stru#tures H#ome and !oH for reasons
unapparent and inexpli#a(le- (ut that they #an (e seen (y teles#ope is
no) (eyond Kuestion*
The arti#le #ontained s,et#hes made (y /a#h- some of )hi#h more
or less resem(led the s,et#hes Geor!e =eonard pla#ed in his %&19 (oo,
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Some(ody Else Is On The Boon5 And so- of #ourse- /a#h s,et#hes
some)hat resem(led my o)n made in %&12 for the (enefit of Br5 Axelrod5
Not lon! after /a#hAs arti#le- a .folo!ist friend of mine +isited me-
and (rou!ht alon! a (oo, pu(lished (y some Boon enthusiast in ;apan-
and )hi#h- of #ourse- )as all in ;apanese*
/ut the (oo, )as a(out stru#tures on the Boon seen throu!h a
teles#ope* The stru#tures )ere +ery hard to identify )ith the na,ed
eye- (ut the (oo, pro+ided s,et#hes of )hat the photos #ontained* With
this help- it (e#ame #redi(le that there )ere stru#tures on the moon*
I e+entually tra#,ed do)n the telephone num(er of :elix /a#h and
had se+eral #on+ersations )ith him* In short- )ith a small teles#ope- it
ta,es a H+ery experien#ed eyeD to separate the +a!ue stru#tures from
the lunar (a#,!round*
This de+elopment #aused me to #onsider TE=ESOPES- and the
details that #ould (e a#Kuired (y them5 The matter of teles#opes )ill (e
dis#ussed in the follo)in! se#tion*
As a result of the /a#h %&&% arti#le- memories of the Axelrod affair
no) )elled up* They had a. alon! (een lod!ed some)here in memory-
(ut I )as some)hat astonished that it too, /a#hAs arti#le to (rin! them
to the surfa#e*
The Axelrod affair had Jolted me in more )ays than one5 Why-
then- )as it not easy to remem(erF One )ould ha+e thou!ht that the
memories )ould #onstantly ha+e (een trem(lin! on the ed!e of immediate
re#all*
The se#ond de+elopment that helped resurfa#e the Axelrod
memories )as the ad+ent of am#orders a+aila(le to the pu(li#*
/efore easy5to5pur#hase +ideo eKuipment (e#ame a+aila(le- there
had- of #ourse- (een many still photos of .:O #rafts* It )as easy to
dis#redit the authenti#ity of the still photos simply (y su!!estin! that
they had (een altered in )ell5eKuipped photo la(s*
This su!!estion )as #ast in #ement )hen SOBE photos )ere
pro+en to (e fa,ed- )hi#h spre5ad the assumption that all photos Hmust
ha+e (een produ#edH li,e)ise*
Thousands of independently a#hie+ed +ideo foota!e #an hardly (e
said to ha+e (een fa,ed* It mi!ht (e possi(le to do so- (ut only )ith
the help of rather si!nifi#ant amounts of money and extensi+e di!ital
#omputer te#hniKues5
3urin! %&&%- Earthsiders )orld)ide had (e!un to a##umulate miles
and miles of am#order foota!e of .:Os- many of the #raft (ein!
simultaneously taped (y se+eral re#orders- (ut from different an!les
and often miles apart*
As a result- a lot of the +ideo foota!e )as sho)n on +arious TE
sho)s spe#ialiGin! in oddities D su#h as urrent Affair- et#*
While the in#reasin! a+aila(ility of li+e +ideo foota!e is !ross in
siGe and dimensions and una+oida(le impli#ations- the net result is that
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offi#ial derual did not- and still has not- #han!ed* The sustained denial
in+ol+es !o+ernment- s#ientifi#- and military attitudes*
That the denial IS S.STAINE3 is a patent fa#t* The Kuestion is
WH>F
It is %&&' as I )rite this- I ha+e Just read my installment of the
)ee,ly .:O .P3ATE a+aila(le on the Internet5 There are .:Os (ein!
rather #on+in#in!ly reported e+ery)here* And e+ery)here- at least in
mainstream e#helons- the reports are either denied or #ompletely
i!nored*
/a#, in %&&%- lar!ely (e#ause of the :elix /a#h arti#le- and lar!ely
(e#ause I had (e#ome a)are of memory pro(lems re!ardin! the Axelrod
affair- I de#ided to remem(er all I #ould of it and )rite it do)n 5 and
to do so (efore I really did for!et it alto!ether*
>ou see- I had (e!un to suspe#t that Earthsiders as a )hole seem
to (e #au!ht up in some ,ind of stran!e (ut (roadly shared amnesia
indu#ed- perhaps- in some ,ind of )holesale )ay (y means totally
unre#o!niGa(le (y human intelle#ts*
I seem to re#all- (ut #anAt remem(er )here- a s#ien#e fi#tion story
of so#ial5)ide amnesia ha+in! to do )ith hypnoti# #ommands to :ORGETL
:ORGET )hat you ha+e seen- and ATTA? AN3 3ESTRO> those )ho insist
they ha+e seen it*
This ,ind of thin! is really far out- and this )riter- of #ourse-
#annot insist on anythin! of the ,ind*
In Part Three- thou!h- IAll (e!in to (uild upon this possi(ility a
little- (ut only for )hat it mi!ht (e )orth to the reader*
In order to !et at these su!!esti+e issues- )e #an i!nore )hat
has (een presented in this :art One- )hi#h- after all- is only a personal
tale* Instead- )e #an profit (y approa#hin! the issues (y re+ie)in!
t)o #ate!ories of e+iden#e- e+en is some of it is only #ir#umstantial*
We )ill (e!in (y examinin! some of the e+iden#e a(out the
anomalous nature of the Boon-
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PART TWO
BOON ATIEITIES
MD
hapter %0
THE BOON AS A TARGET :OR SPIN 3OTORISBF
The maJor purpose of this se#tion is not to present e+iden#e
of anythin!- (ut to sho) that e+iden#e does NOT seem to matter*
The ans)er to WH> it doesnAt matter is em(edded in an on5
!oin!- rather deep and tan!led #onfusion* And it )ill ta,e mental
eKuipment far more stal)art than mine to penetrate it*
A #onsidera(le +olume of +ery stran!e e+iden#e exists a(out
the Noon that is simply not #hallen!ea(le e+en if it is stran!e*
/ut sin#e e+iden#e doesnAt matter- )e need not examine the
entirety of the +olume to ma,e the point that it doesnAt matter*
The a(o+e senten#e pro(a(ly sounds li,e a (a((le of )ords*
/ut the (a((le mi!ht (e#ome more understanda(le if the #on#ept
of Hinformation mana!ementH % is fa#tored into it*
Information mana!ement has to do )ith esta(lishin!
)hate+er is to (e #on#eptualiGed as #onstitutin! reality )ithin any
!i+en so#ietal frame)or,- or )ithin amy so#ial !roupin!*
This is to say that reality5ma,in! and information
mana!ement are someho) interrelated 5 lar!ely (e#ause the reality
#annot (e #onstru#ted unless information rele+ant to it is mana!ed
in this or that )ay*
The pro#ess of #onstru#tin! a reality reKuires three
a#ti+ities- all of )hi#h reKuire information5mana!ement talents6
"%$ fa#ts- e+iden#e- and information that mi!ht support the
reality "there(y pro+in! it real$ need to (e emphasiGed and- (est
of all- tau!ht as the truth@
"0$ fa#ts- e+iden#e and information that )ould tend to
de#onstru#t the reality need to (e disposed of someho)@
"8$ the )illful introdu#tion of useful illusions if and )hen
"%$ and "0$ a(o+e #annot (e made to seem #onsistent or to (e
#reati+ely mana!ed*
Anyone )ho #an (e#ome expert in dealin! )ith the three
fa#tors a(o+e )ill find his or her talents as a spin do#tor mu#h in
demand* The term Hspin do#tor % D is of rather re#ent +inta!e- of
#ourse- (ut the #raft it represents is a Kuite old and traditional
one*
9&
The fa#tors (riefly outlined a(o+e seem strai!htfor)ard
enou!h- espe#ially in that the a#ti+ities of spin do#tors are
sometimes mentioned in mainstream media*
Indeed- )hat 3OES a spin do#tor 3O if not to mana!e
information alon! the lines of the three fa#tors outlinedF
Spin do#torism is usually mentioned only in relationship to
politi#al intri!ues- most spe#ifi#ally those emer!in! or on5!oin! at
the hi!hest e#helons in Washin!ton- 3**
/ut the extended fa#t of the matter is that s#ien#e-
philosophy- e#onomi#s and so#iolo!y are also #luttered )ith spin
do#torism or residues of them*
It is ne#essary to di! a little deeper in order to a#hie+e a
more firm !rasp of the meanin!s of the a(o+e #onsiderations*
It #an (e o(ser+ed- at least hypotheti#ally- that the a+era!e
human (ein! #annot fun#tion +ery )ell unless a fe) realities are
esta(lished- and )hi#h thereafter arouse some sem(lan#e of
#ertainty*
Other)ise- the human sort of flops a(out in a sin,hole of
un#ertainty5 And !roups of humans Soppin! a(out in this )ay
are ,no)n to (e detrimental )ith re!ard to any num(er of
situations*
Indeed- information NEE3S to (e mana!ed in order to a+oid
extensi+e demonstrations of su#h floppin! around*
This natural and perpetual NEE3 automati#ally #alls forth
the profession of spin do#torism*
IP human spe#imens )ere NOT information pro#essin!
entities ea#h- in their o)n ri!ht- then the a!e5old profession of
spin do#torin! )ould not (e needed*
As it is- thou!h- human spe#imens ARE information
pro#essin! entities* That this is so results in a +ariety of
pro(lems that sometimes stress the #reati+e ener!ies of spin
do#tors in no small )ay*
/ut re!ardin! this there are sometimes t)o (lessin!s that
ease the Jo( of profi#ient spin do#tors*
The first (lessin! is that a fair share of humans donAt
really reKuire #opious amounts of information as they pro#eed
from the )om( of (irth to the ma) of death*
The se#ond (lessin! is that a fair share of humans )ill
a##ept illusory information- sin#e it does ta,e rather #opious
amounts of information to distin!uish illusory from other ,inds of
information*
Spin do#tors sin#e antiKuity ha+e apparently (een ,eenly
a)are of these t)o (lessin!s* It has lon! (een understood that
illusory information #an ser+e Kuite ex#ellent purposes- sin#e in
lar!e part there is no profess desire amon! the human masses for
other ,inds of information*
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To this must (e added one other si!nifi#ant fa#tor that not
only eases the Jo( of spin do#tors- (ut ele+ates it into a ,ind of
po)er threshold*
In that ea#h human spe#imen is an information pro#essin!
entity- ea#h is also an information pro#essin! me#hanism*
The latter here is not mentioned in order to diminish in any
)ay the former*
The point is that information is #omposed of +ery numerous
data (ytes- the )hole of )hi#h needs to (e or!aniGed into some
,ind of information )hole*
So one fa#t in itself tends to ha+e little meanin! unless it is
#ompared to and #om(ined )ith lots of other fa#ts* In this sense-
then- one fa#t "or e+en ten of them$ only adds up to a +ery tiny
information uni+erse*
/eyond this- it is Kuite )ell understood that the human
spe#ies- uni+ersally and !eneri#ally- shares in mental eKuipment
)hi#h pro#esses information in )hat amounts to me#hanisti# )ays*
Perhaps this #an (etter (e understood (y pi#turin! the
!eneri# mental eKuipment as the #omputer hard)are- and then
pi#turin! the information "real- artifi#ial or illusory$ entered into
it as mental soft)are pro!rams*
This is to say "as those #omputer effi#ient realiGe$ that
information that #onfli#ts is me#hani#ally reJe#ted- )hile
information that a!rees is me#hani#ally a##epted*
All the #omplexities of human mental apparatus #onsidered-
this analo!y may (e a )ea, one- to (e sure* /ut this situation is-
of #ourse- an additional (lessin! for information spinnin! experts-
or at least for profi#ient ones*
All that really needs to (e done in order to maintain spin
#ontrol of mental soft)are pro!rams is6
"%$ on the one hand- to enter and maintain #ertain data5
information fa#toids #onsidered desira(le@ AN3
"0$ on the other hand to delete and maintain as deleted
#ertain other data 5information fa#toids #onsidered undesira(le*
=astly- all human entities seem to possess )hat mi!ht (e
referred to as an Hinformation #omfort sone-H :urthermore- most
humans seem to =I?E this Gone D and they donAt parti#ularly )ant
information dis#omfort to (e indu#ed or intruded into it*
Thus- old and familiar information asso#iated )ith
information #omfort is desira(le o+er ne)- unfamiliar and alien
information that indu#es dis#omfort*
Thus- it is easy enou!h to see WH> information that mi!ht
entirely )re#, information #omfort Gones is +ie)ed )ith ultimate
distaste*
After all of the fore!oin! #onsiderations- it is easy to
su!!est that the appearan#e of possi(le ET fa#tors are fa#tors
that #an (e the sour#e of maJor )re#,a!e )ithin information
#omfort Gones typi#al of Earthside information pa#,a!es*
1%
That Earthside realities ARE #onstru#ted is a(solutely ,no)n
(e#ause an attenti+e histori#al study in this re!ard #learly sho)s
that different peoples- times- and pla#es ha+e utiliGed different
reality #onstru#ts*
The #onsideration #entral to all of the a(o+e has to do )ith
WHO #onstru#ts the realities* Earthsiders- of #ourse- assume that
Earthsiders themsel+es #onstru#t their realities*
/ut if ENO.GH information (ased in identified and pro+en
fa#toids is assem(led and ali!ned- a some)hat unner+in! ans)er
(e#omes at least partially +isi(le6 WHO it is that #onstru#ts the
realities is NOT at all #lear*
The )hole of this- of #ourse- ends up as a mental and
emoti+e Kua!mire that stresses a lot of (rains and synapses*
/ut it #an (e noted that the stresses pro(a(ly #ome a(out
(e#ause most people on their o)n determination do not #onstru#t
realities- (ut more or less adapt to those around them*
Indeed- most people are #ulturally dis#oura!ed from ma,in!
their o)n reality tre,s into reality #onstru#tin!*
This of #ourse ma,es possi(le that !reat and time5honored
profession referred to as reality mana!ement (y the fe) on (ehalf
of )hat the fe) +ie) as the some)hat dum(ed5do)n maJority*
Of all possi(le #andidates that mi!ht reKuire the ser+i#es of
reality mana!in!- the Boon seems the least li,ely*
/ut if enou!h Boon fa#ts and fa#toids are assem(led and
ali!ned- then it turns out that the Boon has (een treated to
ex#eedin!ly expansi+e doses of spin do#tor ma#hinations*
There has to (e a +ery !ood reason as to WH> the Boon- of
all thin!s- needs extensi+e spin do#tor treatment*
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hapter %8
THE BOON 5 EARTHAS NAT.RA= SATE==ITE
/riefly summariGed- the #onfused tan!le re!ardin! the Boon
#onsists of fi+e maJor aspe#ts or situations6
"%$ The traditional mainstream des#ription of the Boon as a
dead- airless- natural satellite of Earth- formed at the same time
Earth )asD
"0$ Bodern s#ientifi# te#hnolo!y has re+ealed that the Boon
is nothin! of the ,ind*
"8$ The modern mainstreams "s#ientifi#- military- politi#al-
#ultural$ #ontinue to insist that the Boon is a dead- natural
satellite of Earth*
"7$ The dimensions of the dissem(lin! propa!anda needed
to maintain "8$ in the fa#e of "0$ is hu!e- so hu!e as to (e
un(elie+a(le*
"2$ :or "8$ to #ontinue to exist- and for "7$ to (e
implemented and enfor#ed- somethin! EER> /IG must indeed (e at
sta,e*
As of %&12 and my en#ounter )ith Br* Axelrod- I did not
,no) mu#h more a(out the Boon than any other a+era!e person*
Ho)e+er- in the years that follo)ed I too, a deep interest in it
"for reasons no) some)hat o(+ious*$
Others did also- espe#ially )hen more and more information
(e!an to (e s#ientifi#ally dis#o+ered and #onfirmed a(out the
satelliteAs utter radi#al nature*
This radi#al nature is suffi#ient enou!h to seriously #ra#,
not only the e!!5shells of #on+entional Earthside ,no)led!e of the
Boon- (ut many other Spa#eside fa#tors as )ell*
/y re+ie)in! (ut a fe) of the radi#al Boon fa#tors- )e )ill
en#ounter a rather sordid mystery- some fe) elements of )hi#h
mi!ht not (e noti#ed unless they are pointed up*
A first element is that the stran!e Boon fa#tors that ha+e
(een dis#o+ered to date are NOT exa#tly #o+ered up- sin#e a !ood
portion of them ha+e (een re+ealed in pu(lished s#ientifi# papers*
A se#ond element in+ol+es not the radi#al fa#tors )hi#h
ha+e seen the li!ht of day in print- (ut rather their dire#t
impli#ations* In this sense it is Kuite #lear that the dire#t
impli#ations ARE #o+ered up*
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The exa#t nature of this #o+er5up is entirely diffi#ult to pin
do)n* /ut )hate+er its intimate details- all su#h #o+er5ups !ain
their a)esome effi#ien#y (e#ause most people are entirely i!norant
a(out )hat REA==> is in+ol+ed*
And )here )idespread i!noran#e exists- a ,no)led!ea(le
elite #an form )hose spin do#tors #an set a(out ere#tin! )e(s of
disinformation- )hi#h are a##epted as information (y the
uninformed*
If it #han#es that Hoffi#ial se#re#yA needs to (e fa#tored
into the #o+er5up- then an elite #an form )ithin the elite- and so
a #o+er5up #an in+ol+e the )or,in!s of se+eral elitist strata 5 to
the de!ree that fe) #an !ro, from )here the #ore of the #o+er5
up is (ein! mana!ed*
It is (e#ause of all this ent)inin! of #o+er5ups- ea#h of
)hi#h #an ha+e different moti+es and purposes- that diffi#ulties
arise re!ardin! penetratin! )hatAs in+ol+ed*
In this #ase- the !eneral i!noran#e in+ol+es ,no)led!e
a(out moons in !eneral* :e) ha+e any interest in them to (e!in
)ith* Those )ho do are limited (y material #onsiderations
in+ol+in! teles#opes- as )e )ill see ahead*
/ut if one doesnAt ,no) somethin! a(out moons in !eneral-
then one )ill ha+e no (asis for re#o!niGin! somethin! that mi!ht
not (e a moon to (e!in )ith*
The +ery (asi# and )idely tau!ht mainstream assumptions
re!ardin! moons are in four parts6
"%$ that planets ha+e them- (e#ause they do@
"0$ that the moons are solid natural formations- as are the
planets@
"8$ that the planets and their moons are made of stellar
matter- the matter (ein! in the form of #ompa#ted
elements pulled to!ether into a (all (y !ra+itational
for#es@
"7$ that the moons are formed )hen the planets are formed
5 unless the stron! !ra+ity of a planet someho)
H#apturesH an asteroid that #omes ra#in! (y and then
!oes into a safe or(it around the planet* This
possi(ility- ho)e+er- )ould #ertainly (e a deli#ate
(usiness*
The t)o inferior planets "Ber#ury and Eenus$ of our o)n
star system ha+e no moons- Earth has one- and ea#h of the
superior planets "Bars- ;upiter- et#*$ ha+e one or more*
Sin#e the ad+ent of modern s#ientifi# times- the formation of
the Earth5Boon system is dated at 7*2 (illion years a!o* There
has ne+er (een any dou(t a(out the assumption that EarthAs Boon
is a natural satellite formed )hen Earth )as formed- and hen#e
formed from the same !eneral materials*
So far- so !ood- ri!htF
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When Earthsiders (e!an dreamin! of !oin! to the Boon- it
)as #lear that they )ould ha+e to do so (y (ein! en#ased in a
spa#eship* :urther dreamin! in+ol+ed the #on#ept of artifi#ial
satellites that mi!ht or(it planets*
Out of this arose a small ne#essity to distin!uish (et)een a
natural and an artifi#ial satellite* This distin#tion )as lo!i#al- and
in#orporated the idea that an artifi#ial satellite needed to (e
hollo) in order to (e useful 5 )hereas a natural satellite- su#h as
a moon- o(+iously )ould (e solid*
In this re!ard- and as (e!an to (e noted durin! the %&94s
and %&14s- s#ientifi# dis#o+eries a(out EarthAs Boon produ#ed some
rather #onfusin! data a(out its physi#al #hara#teristi#s*
As to BoonAs physi#al #hara#teristi#s prior to the spa#e a!e-
all offi#ial sour#es of information )ere (ased on teles#opi# and
photo!raphi# studies of its surfa#e*
After the Ameri#an and So+iet missions to the Boon- the
instruments #arried (y unmanned and manned +ehi#les made it
possi(le to extend more intimate ,no)led!e a(out the natural
satellite*
As )ill (e dis#ussed later- ,no)led!e a(out the Boon
a#Kuired in THIS )ay )as to pro+e diffi#ult to !rasp*
The Boon pro(es )ere of se+eral ,inds- the multitudes of
them #ommen#in! after the So+iet .nion esta(lished in Earth or(it
the artifi#ial satellite Sputni, % in O#to(er- %&21-
This )as a s#ientifi# andLor military #oup (y the So+iet
.nion- a old War upsmanship )hi#h em(arrassed the .nited
States*
The .nited States made up for this affront )hen- in %&9%-
President ?ennedy #ommitted the .nited States to the !oal of
landin! men on the Boon- and (rin!in! them safely (a#,* As is
often stated- the resultin! Apollo pro!ram then (e#ame the lar!est
s#ientifi# and te#hnolo!i#al underta,in! in history*
/ut the !eneral old War idea re!ardin! the Boon )as that
the first Earthside superpo)er to #oloniGe it #ould rule Earth from
this Spa#eside natural satellite*
That nothin! of the ,ind happened no) is a fa#toid that has
to (e #arried in mind from this point on*
With the !oals of lunar #onKuest and s#ientifi# ad+an#ement
no) firmly in hand- the .nited States (e!an (y laun#hin! a
Kuite lar!e num(er of Boon or(itin! satellites that pre#eded the
landin!s on the lunar surfa#e*
Reported num(ers of su#h satellites +ary (et)een fifty and
724- (ut most spe#ify that the maJority of them had military
purposes- the truth of )hi#h #an (e ima!ined )ith some de!ree of
#ertainty*
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As the Earthside nas#ent spa#e a!e de+elopedL pro(es to the
Boon )ere in the form of fly5(ys and unmanned landers6 the
So+iet =una #rafts- the Ameri#an Pioneer- Ran!er- and Sur+eyor
+ehi#les5 The first landers )ere desi!ned to #rash on the Boon-
(ut shortly soft5landin!s su##eeded*
In Au!ust- %&99- the .nited States su##essfully laun#hed the
first =unar Or(iter- )hi#h too, pi#tures of (oth sides of the
Boon- as )ell as the first pi#tures of Earth from the BoonAs
+i#inity*
The primary mission of the Or(iter #rafts )as to lo#ate
suita(le landin! sites for Apollo- the Ameri#an manned spa#e#raft
pro!ram*
/et)een %&99 and %&98- more Ameri#an Sur+eyors )ere
laun#hed- as )ell as more So+iet =una Or(iters*
The ultimate !oal- of #ourse- )as to put men on the Boon*
T)enty Apollo missions )ere planned in order to a#hie+e this !oal-
the first six (ein! unmanned #he#,outs of the deli#ate eKuipment*
The prin#ipal o(Je#ti+e )as finally a#hie+ed in ;uly- %&9&-
)hen Apollo %% )as the first to land men on the Boon- )hile in
;uly- %&1%- Apollo %2 mar,ed the first use of the =unar Ro+er*
In 3e#em(er- %&10- Apollo %1 )as the =AST Ameri#an #raft to
the Boon* At that point- Ameri#an Boon +isits a(ruptly #eased for
reasons that )ere ne+er adeKuately explained* The remainin! three
Apollo #rafts )hi#h )ere already (uilt at enormous expense- )ere
left to rot*
It )as not until %&&2- some t)enty5three years later- that
the lementine #raft )as sent to the Boon* This- ho)e+er- )as a
.*S* Army proJe#t- not a NASA effort*
=una 0% of ;anuary %&18 seemed to (e the last So+iet #raft-
(ut in Au!ust %&19- =una 07 landed on the lunar surfa#e 5 after
)hi#h the So+iets- too- desisted from ta#,lin! the Boon*
Thus- the !reat and +ery expensi+e ra#e of the t)o
Earthside superpo)ers to #oloniGe the Boon #ame to an
i!nominious end 5 and for reasons )hi#h )ere not #lear at all*
All thin!s #onsidered- espe#ially the enormous ad+anta!es of
Boon #oloniGation- the reasons must ha+e (een Kuite impressi+e*
Instead- in %&10- a #han!e of emphasis #ame a(out re!ardin!
Spa#e Exploration*
After a de#ade of hot and ex#eedin!ly #ompetiti+e and
ex#eedin!ly expensi+e interest in the Boon "and )hi#h in#luded
the idea of settin! up Boon(ases there$- the Ameri#ans and the
So+iets de#ided TO ;OIN .P and attempt to ere#t not a Boon(ase-
(ut an Earth5or(itin! S,yla(*
Thereafter- Boon interest faded into offi#ial and popular
o(s#urity 5 e+en thou!h the Boon itself IS an Earth 5or (itin!
thin!* If one thin,s a(out it- this is some)hat stran!e*
Additionally- most sour#es- su#h as the olum(ia
En#y#lopedia- re!ardin! Spa#e Exploration indi#ate that Boon
missions produ#ed Hin#reasin!ly lar!e amounts of s#ientifi# data*H
19
E+en so- until %&&1- offi#ial s#ientifi# des#riptions of the
nature of the Boon remained more or less the same as they had
(een offered up in %&21 some forty5fi+e years earlier*
The Boon remained a dead satellite- airless- )ith hi!h
mountains- #raters and dry- dusty- !lassy and stony plains "#alled
Bares "Seas$$ estimated to (e formed from ma!ma- (re##ias- and
!lassy melt resultin! from molten sprays of superheated meteorite
impa#ts*
The BoonAs a!e )as still !i+en as 7-2 (illion old- datin! from
the time that the rest of the solar system )as formed*
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hapter %7
SIT.ATION BOON RO?
There is a rather spri!htly #ate!ory of information a(out
the Boon #alled anomalies D the #ommon definitions of this term
referrin! to an irre!ularity or a de+iation from the #ommon rule*
Ho)e+er- a more pre#ise definition refers to somethin! that
pre+ailin! )isdom is Kuite #ertain #annot exist or is impossi(le 5
(ut )hi#h is found to (e existin! any)ay and is therefore not
impossi(le*
In this sense- an anomaly is somethin! that is dis#o+ered to
exist and )hi#h thus tends to disesta(lish the #omfort Gones of
pre+ailin! )isdom*
It is Kuite diffi#ult to inte!rate the dis#o+ery of anomalies
into the ,no)led!e systems that ha+e +i!orously esta(lished their
impossi(ilit y *
This is an espe#ially em(arrassin! prospe#t )ith re!ard to
the s#ien#es )hi#h ha+e some)hat of a +ested interest in (ein!
#orre#t so as to Justify the funds pumped into them*
So- as mi!ht (e anti#ipatedL the s#ientifi# solution to
anomalies is to #o+er them up on the one hand- and on the other
to pre+ent their impli#ations from dri((lin! do)n into (roader
interest and appre#iation*
The s#ientifi# disinterest in anomalies )or,s Kuite neatly for
the purposes- for example- of elitist spin do#tors )ho are
interested in se#re#y and )ant to mana!e #ertain ,inds of
information a)ay from pu(li# #o!niGan#e*
Here- it is useful to emphasiGe that an anomaly is not a
mere spe#ulation- (ut somethin! that has (een sho)n to exist*
It is easy enou!h to #omprehend that if there are +ery
!ood reasons to ensure and to #ontinue to ensure that the Boon
is a dead- dry- desolate- NAT.RA= satellite- then the dri((lin!
do)n of Boon anomaly fa#toids that more or less su!!est
other)ise really )ould need to (e #o+ered up*
Thus- one #an expe#t to find at least ta#it #ooperation
(et)een the s#ien#es ")hi#h are em(arrassed (y anomalies$ and
se#reti+e en#la+es ")hi#h desire to ,eep the anomaly impli#ations
from pu(li# #o!niGan#e$*
Sin#e the s#ien#e systems and the se#reti+e systems
reinfor#e ea#h other alon! these lines- it is di ff i#ult to !rasp the
1'
end of the thread that mi!ht help unra+el the resultin! #o+er5
ups*
It is no) helpful to reprise the main stru#ture of the
#o+er5up #onfusions*
/et)een %&21 to rou!hly the present- the offi#ial
des#riptions of the Boon under)ent hardly any #han!e*
Bean)hile- (e!innin! in %&9%- the Boon )as su(Je#ted to the most
extensi+e and most expensi+e te#hnolo!i#al effort in history*
Bost offi#ial sour#es pu(lished after- say- %&12- indi#ated
that the te#hnolo!i#al effort pro+ided Hin#reasin! amounts of
dataH 5 A:TER WHIH- the offi#ial des#riptions remained rou!hly
the same as in %&21*
Anyone )ho has an interest in tra#,in! the existen#e of
anomalies )ill realiGe that most of them ha+e rather amusin!
fa#tors that !o alon! )ith them*
This is #ertainly the #ase in the amusin! matter of Earth
ro#,s and Boon ro#,s* It is s#ientifi#ally a##epted today that
Earth and a##ompanyin! Boon are as old as the solar system-
)hose a!e is dated (a#, to 7*2 (illion years*
3ue to admittedly )onderful s#ientifi# ad+an#es- the a!e of
ro#,s #an s#ientifi#ally (e dated (y examinin! tra#,s (urned into
them (y #osmi# raysD
/y this te#hniKue of measurin!- the oldest Earth ro#,s
found so far date only to 8*2 (illion years a!o*
The Boon missions returned some &44 pounds of ro#,s and
soil samples* :rom these- a #urious fa#toid )as ultimately
re+ealed in %&186 some of the Boon ro#,s dated (a#, to 2*8
(illion years a!o*
D
Thus- (et)een Earth and Boon- this fa#toid lea+es an
amusin! dis#repan#y of some 0 (illion years- )ith the errant Boon
ro#,s existin! some % (illion or so years (efore the solar system
)as formed*
Then there is the matter of the Boon dust in )hi#h the
errant Boon ro#,s )ere found* The dust pro+ed to (e a (illion
years older than the ro#,s themsel+es*
If one is INTERESTE3 in this ,ind of situation- here is a
#onundrum of no small ma!nitude 5 in that one has to )onder
a(out t)o possi(ilities6
"%$ )here the ro#,s and dust #ame from@ or-
"0$ )here the Boon )as /E:ORE our lo+ely solar system )as
formed- and HOW the Boon !ot to the solar system and into su#h a
#omforta(le or(it around Earth-
As )ill (e mentioned ahead- in spite of the no) a(undant
data- the fundamental anomalies of Boon !eolo!y remain some)hat
#onfusin!*
1&
Generally spea,in!- the Boon has three distin#t layers of
ro#,- all three #om(ined rea#hin! do)n to a depth of %24 miles*
If the Boon and Earth )ere formed at the same time- then
the material #omposition of the layers of (oth should some)hat
mat#h* Ho)e+er- iron is a(undant re!ardin! the Earth- (ut Kuite
rare on the Boon*
As the )riter* Earl .(ell- noted "in The Ne) >or, Times
Ba!aGine of April %9- %&10$- the differen#es su!!est that Earth
and Boon #ame into (ein! far from ea#h other- and presuma(ly
under different formati+e #ir#umstan#es*
The important si!nifi#an#e of O(eliAs pu(lished #onsideration
is that the anomalous differen#es )ere esta(lished and a##epted
s#ientifi#ally- other)ise they )ould not ha+e (een pu(lished in the
+enera(le ne)spaper*
This anomaly #onfuses #on+entional astro5 physi#ists )ith
re!ard to explainin! exa#tly ho) the Boon (e#ame a satellite of
Earth 5 and so there has not (een mu#h mention of this upsettin!
fa#toid sin#e %&10*
The sum of all these fa#toids seems to add up as6 that
Boon and Earth )ere formed neither at the same time nor in the
same pla#e- meanin! that the Boon H#ameH from some)here else*
Bo+in! on from ro#,s- the BoonAs mean density is 8*87
!rams per #u(i# #entimeter 5 as #ontrasted to the EarthAs mean
density of 2*2 !rams per #u(i# #entimeter*
The meanin! of this is a little diffi#ult to !rasp- so IAll try
to simplify* If Boon and Earth )ere formed at the same time- and
of relati+ely the same materials- then their mean densities should
(e some)hat similar*
:urthermore- the differen#es in the mean density imply that
the Boon pro(a(ly has no solid #ore- as does Earth- and it is the
a(sen#e of the #ore )hi#h a##ounts for the density differen#es*
If this prospe#t is pursued to its lo!i#al #on#lusion- then
the deep interior of the Boon is alon! the lines of (ein! hollo)*
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hapter %2
A NAT.RA= SATE==ITE ANNOT /E HO==OW
The pro(a(ility that the lunar satellite )as NOT solid )as
first mentioned in %&90- and )as of #ourse immediately #hallen!ed
as (ein! (ased in Hfaulty data-H
So se+eral ne) studies )ere underta,en* /ut these ne)
studies ended up )ith mu#h the same result*
:inally- 3r* Sean * Solomon of HIT reported "in
Astronauti#s- :e(ruary %&90$ that HThe =unar Or(iter experiments
+astly impro+ed our ,no)led!e of the moonAs !ra+itational field ***
indi#atin! the fri!htenin! possi(ility that the moon mi!ht (e
hollo)*H
:ri!htenin!F What- indeed- is the si!nifi#an#e of that )ordF
The si!nifi#an#e )as mentioned (y no less a fi!ure than the
late and !reat astronomer arl Sa!an in his (oo, Intelli!ent =ife
in the .ni+erse "%&99$*
A##ordin! to 3r* Sa!aD$- )ho surely )ould ha+e ,no)n )hat
he )as tal,in! a(out- HA natural satellite #annot (e a hollo)
o(Je#t*H
:or #larity here- a hollo) satellite #annot (e a natural
satellite* /ut a hollo) satellite #ould (e an artifi#ial satellite*
HArtifi#ialH means made or #onstru#ted*
It is suita(le to re#all here that the de#ision to put a man
on the Boon manifested as the %&9% Apollo pro!ram*
The de#ision at that point )ould ha+e (een (ased on all
earlier a+aila(le information a(out the Boon*
/y %&905%&98- this information )ould ha+e in#luded the
#onfirmed possi(ility that the Boon )as either hollo)- or at least
#ontained si!nifi#ant Hne!ati+e mas#ons*D
HNe!ati+e mas#onsD translates as lar!e areas inside the
Boon )here there is either matter mu#h less dense than the rest
of the Boon- or empty #a+ities mu#h lar!er and deeper than
Earthside Bammoth a+es- et#*
/ut- sKuarely stated- this unKuestiona(ly means that the
So+iets and the Ameri#ans fully anti#ipated arri+in! at the Boon
'%
)hi#h )as already ,no)n to (e more or less hollo)* /y extension-
it )as therefore ?NOWN to (e a satellite NOT of natural ori!in*
It )ould ha+e also (een #lear that the t)o Earthside
superpo)ers fully expe#ted to utiliGe the =unar #a+ities as
opportunisti# Hoon(ase ha(itation*
This HplanL ho)e+er- seems not to ha+e (een fulfilled* One
is for#ed to )onder WH>* It #ertainly seems an easy enou!h
proJe#t- all NORBA= thin!s #onsidered*
Additional- and more dramati# #onfirmation- of the hollo)
Boon possi(ility #ame in No+em(er- %&9&- )hen the #re) of Apollo
%0 sent the as#ent sta!e of their lift5off module #rashin! (a#, to
the =unar surfa#e*
The impa#t #aused an artifi#ial BoonKua,e*
.ltra5sensiti+e seismi# eKuipment installed on the BoonAs
surfa#e re#orded that the entire Boon re+er(erated li,e a (ell for
nearly and hour*
As one s#ientist "amon! a num(er of others$ indi#ated- he
)ould rather Hnot ma,e an interpretation ri!ht no)L
The e+aded D interpretation m #ould only ha+e (een that the
Boon )as rin!in! li,e a (ell- and that li,e a (ell it )as
si!nifi#antly hollo) 5 not merely ha+in! a fe) ne!ati+e mas#ons*
=ater- other si!nifi#ant experiments )ere underta,en to
determine )hether the Boon )as hollo) or not*
The important aspe#t of these later experiments is that their
results ha+e NOT (een made pu(li#*
It does not ta,e all that mu#h intuition to #on#lude that the
Boon is hollo)- or somethin! alon! those lines*
What is not really understood- +ery (roadly at least- is that
this fa#toid )as offi#ially ,no)n at least (y the late %&24s*
As arl Sa!an indi#ated- if a natural Boon satellite #annot
(e hollo)- then the Boon is NOT a natural satellite*
E+en thou!h this phenomenon )as amaGin!- it seems that it
#ould ha+e (een ta,en in stride and that the t)o superpo)ers
)ould ha+e pro#eeded to #oloniGe and to inha(it the BoonAs
#a+ities*
It is no) pu(li#ly ,no)n that !reat plans WERE prepared
for Boon(ases- )hi#h in#luded installin! Boon(ased missile
defenseLatta#, systems*
>et- tliis !reat s#heme to #oloniGe and inha(it the Boon did
NOT ta,e pla#e* Sin#e this ,ind of thin! )ould ha+e (een
#heaper than tryin! to (uild a S,yla(- one is stimulated to
)onder )hy*
We must lea+e this )onderment open for a )hile- (ut only to
a+oid (e#omin! mired in mere spe#ulation* There are additional
anomalies that )ill help to a+oid spe#ulati+e #onundrums* To
enter into the additional anomalies-- )e first ha+e to examine the
matter of teles#opes and hi!h resolution photos*
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hapter %9
THE HBISSINGH HIGH5RESO=.TION EEI3ENE
REGAR3ING THE BOON
The multiple fa#tors of this #hapter alto!ether represent one
of those Kua!mires one #an unsuspe#tin!ly !et su#,ed into )ith
re!ard to the topi#s of this (oo,* So it is perhaps the (etter
part of +alor here to simply state )hat this #hapter expands
upon*
Hi!h 5resolution e+iden#e of the Boon sho)in! small details
of its surfa#e #an (e a#Kuired only (y +ery expensi+e and
sensiti+e eKuipment* /e#ause of its #osts- none of this eKuipment
is afforda(le at the pu(li# le+el* The eKuipment does exist- (ut it
is under offi#ial #ontrol*
It is a(undantly #lear that hi!h 5resolution e+iden#e a(out
the Boon has (een a#Kuired offi#ially- (ut none of it has (een
pro+ided to the pu(li#*
Instead- the offi#ial sour#es #ontinue to release only lo)5
resolution e+iden#e- none oU )hi#h sho)s smaller details of the
lunar surfa#e*
The lo)5resolution e+iden#e is apparently in ,eepin! )ith
the 3ead Boon 3i#tum 5 )hile it is almost #ertain that hi!h5
resolution e+iden#e )ound present an entirely different
understandin! of the Boon*
The details of all of this are not )ithout their interest-
sin#e one of the prin#ipal #on#lusions to (e made from them is
that the offi#ial Earthside #o+er5up of Spa#eside a#ti+ity
"o(+iously !oin! on$ #ould NOT (e maintained if hi!h 5resolution
e+iden#e of the Boon )as released*
To !et into the details- the #on#ept that the Boon is a dead-
airless satellite has (een )idely esta(lished- (ut only (e#ause all
of the AEAI=A/=E hard e+iden#e is a##epted as #onfirmin! it*
The hard e+iden#e exists in t)o forms6 )hat #an (e seen
throu!h teles#opes@ and )hat #an (e identified from photo!raphs
a#Kuired (y spa#e +ehi#les or(itin! or landin! on the lunar
surfa#e*
The AEAI=A/=E lo)5resolution e+iden#e is so massi+e and so
e+idential that alto!ether it represents a form of lo!i#al #ertitude
that !i+es an unKuestioned (asis to the a##epted lo!i# of the dead
Boon idea*
'8
It is al)ays Kuite diffi#ult to inKuire into matters that ha+e
a#hie+ed stron! de!rees of lo!i#al #ertitude* There is a
parti#ular reason for this- al(eit one not usually re#o!niGed*
The reason is that anythin! that #onfli#ts )ith the
esta(lished lo!i#al #ertitude is automati#ally ta,en to (e illo!i#al-
and is ultimately treated in a H#anAt (eH )ay* Thus- anythin!
alon! these lines is frau!ht )ith diffi#ulties 5 (e#ause )hat is at
sta,e is no lon!er only the e+iden#e per se- (ut the lo!i#al
#ertitude deri+ed from it*
As many so#iolo!ists ha+e o(ser+ed- this is almost the same
as sayin! that #onfli#tin! e+iden#e )ill NOT (e admitted as
e+iden#e- and )ill (e sti!matiGed as illo!i#al 5 espe#ially if there
is an offi#ial ad+anta!e in doin! so*
It is therefore Kuite surprisin! to dis#o+er that the o+erall
situation re!ardin! the Boon #onstitutes a #lear5#ut example of
this ,ind of Kua!mire* Hlear #utH (e#ause there are TWO ,inds
of EEI3ENE*
The first #an (e referred to as lo)5resolution "lo!i#al$
e+iden#e- the se#ond as hi!h5resolution "illo!i#al$ e+iden#e* The
important distin#tions (et)een the t)o are not all that hard to
sort out*
E+er sin#e teles#opes )ere de+eloped in the early
se+enteenth #entury "durin! the time of Galileo$- there has (een
mu#h enthusiasm for de+elopin! in#reasin!ly refined eKuipment to
ma,e +isi(le on the Boon )hat is in+isi(le to the unaided human
eye*
Earthsiders #an of #ourse see the Boon )ith their eyes*
And on a #lear ni!ht Earthside eyes #an e+en +a!uely resol+e the
outlines of some of the lar!er lunar !eo!raphy* /ut one needs
teles#opes of hi!her ma!nifi#ation to #learly see more detail 5 to
see smaller and smaller aspe#ts of the lunar surfa#e*
Rou!hly spea,in!- hi!her ma!nifi#ation eKuates to hi!her
resolution- and )hi#h renders +isi(le smaller and smaller thin!s*
And )ith this in mind- )e no) #ome upon the matter of Earthside
eKuipment the #apa(ilities of )hi#h BIGHT ma,e +isi(le small
details of the lunar surfa#e*
As e+eryone ,no)s- a lot of photo!raphs of the Boon ha+e
#ome into existen#e- espe#ially )ith the ad+ent of the Spa#e A!e
and the initial Earthside intents to #oloniGe it* Some of the
earlier photos )ere a#hie+ed +ia teles#opes- (ut later ones (y
#ameras a(oard lunar #raft*
One #an examine these numerous photo!raphs- and see the
Boon 5 see its HdeadD surfa#e all po#,mar,ed )ith #raters and
(arren deserts #alled Seas* Bany photos sho) rills- +alleys-
#anyons- mountains- thin!s that sti#, up and #ast lon! shado)s-
and lar!e and small HdomesD ")hi#h sometimes appear and
disappear*$
And most people are #ontent in seein! the Boon +ia su#h
photos- for THERE indeed IS the Boons#ape almost exa#tly as it
lo!i#ally #onforms to the 3ead Boon 3i#tum*
'7
If- ho)e+er- one introdu#es the Kuestion of )hat #an (e
seen of the Boon +ia WHAT EQ.IPBENT- one slo)ly (ut surely )ill
(e#ome in+ol+ed in offi#ially5endorsed information distortions that
smell of some ,ind of fortuitous #o+er5up*
This odiferous issue re+ol+es around the distin#tion (et)een
hi!h5resolution and lo) 5resolution e+iden#e re!ardin! the Boon 5
#oupled )ith the fa#t that all offi#ially a+aila(le photo5+isual
e+iden#e of the lunar surfa#e is #onsistently of rather lo)5
resolution*
That this should NOT (e the #ase is a(undantly #lear* Prior
to the %&24s- most Earthside teles#opes had a resolution of only
a(out one to t)o miles 5 )hi#h meant that somethin! the )idth of
a mile )ould (e seen as somethin! not mu#h lar!er than a dot*
/ut durin! the %&24s and early %&94s a num(er of s#ientifi#
and popular s#ien#e sour#es referred to hi!her 5resolution
teles#opes under de+elopment 5 teles#opes so sensiti+e that one
)ould (e a(le to identify a (as,et(all or a dime on the Boon*
There #an (e no dou(t that su#h teles#opes )ere de+eloped*
To help ensure #larity- it is useful to summarise )hat hi!h5
resolution mi!ht #onsist of 5 either +ia teles#opi# or #amera
eKuipment* After all- throu!h the years the lunar surfa#e has
(een +ie)ed +ia (oth*
As (ut one example of HIGH5RESO=.TION- +arious media
sour#es ha+e referred to the existen#e of the so5#alled Spy5InM
The5S,y satellites*
These are said to #arry different types of Hmonitorin!
eKuipment-H some of )hi#h are #ameras so sensiti+e and of su#h
hi!h resolution that they #an Goom in and read auto li#ense plates
and (u((le5!um )rappers in !utters*
To #omplete the pi#ture here- it is meanin!ful to #onsider
the ele+ation from )hi#h this hi!h resolution #an (e a#hie+ed*
Earth 5or (itin! satellites ha+e to (e hi!her than 044 miles- (e#ause
if not then atmospheri# dra! )ill slo) them do)n and #ause them
to fall (a#, to Earth*
Thus- there are satellites or(itin! Earth at ele+ations
(et)een 744 miles to 00-444 miles* The exa#t or(its of S,ySpy
satellites are #losely !uarded se#rets* /ut any readin! of (u((le5
!um )rappers from a(o+e 044 miles is mar+elous- of #ourse- and a
definite ,udos for s#ien#e and te#hnolo!y*
The Boon has a mean distan#e from Earth of a(out 08'-'21
miles* A#ross that distan#e- lunar features #an (e some)hat
ma!nified (y a+era!e teles#opes #ommer#ially a+aila(le to amateur
o(ser+ers*
Astronomy ma!aGines and #atalo!s ad+ertise )hat ,inds of
teles#opes are #ommer#ially a+aila(le 5 and afforda(le* These
ran!e from 85in#h to %75in#h teles#opes- (ut mu#h )ill depend on
)hate+er resolution fa#tors are (uilt into them*
Generally spea,in!- ho)e+er- only +ery lar!e lunar features
)ill #ome into resolution "or into fo#us$- (ut smaller features )ill
not- all dependin! on the eKuipment in+ol+ed* Somethin! the siGe
'2
of a lar!e (ase(all stadium may or may not (e seen- (ut if so
)ould loo, li,e a dot* Somethin! also depends on Earthside
+ie)in! #onditions- su#h as air #larity- la#, of smo!- #louds or
li!ht pollution- and so forth*
/eyond the pu(li# #apa(ility- ho)e+er- most of the sour#es
IA+e #onsulted indi#ate that hi!hMresolution teles#opes BERE
se#retly utiliGed at the (e!innin! of the Spa#e A!e in the late
%&24s- The teles#opes usually referred to are those of the Na+al
O(ser+atory and Bt* Wilson- and Bt* Palomar*
The lar!e 0445in#h refle#tin! teles#ope at Hale O(ser+atories
at Bt* Palomar (e#ame operational in %&7'* /ut prior to that- Bt*
Palomar also possessed 745in#h- %445in#h and %245in#h teles#opes*
The %045in#h teles#ope at =i#, O(ser+atory (e#ame operational in
%&2&* "The lar!est #ommer#ially a+aila(le teles#ope is a(out fl5
in#hes to %75in#hes*$
It may (e true that the lar!e refle#tor teles#opes mi!ht (e
a (it un)ieldy re!ardin! the #loseness of the Boon* /ut the
su!!esti+e situation here is that if one )as plannin! to !o to the
Boon- and if one had these !o+ernment5funded- lar!e teles#opes at
hand- )ould not one try to utiliGe them to spy on the Boon in
order to anti#ipate )hat )ould (e en#ountered thereF
It is Kuite )ell ,no)n that Hse#ret !o+ernmentH )or, has
!one on at (oth of these and other esteemed o(ser+atories- and
)ithout dou(t at others as )ell* And it reKuires no !reat leap
to understand that inspe#tion of the Boon )ould #ertainly ha+e
ta,en pla#e (y any and all means possi(le*
Thus- there #an (e no Kuestion at all that at least some of
the mu#h hi!her 5resolution teles#opes )ere utiliGed to Lspy the
Boon* MM
Indeed- if Boon!aGin! +ia these lar!er teles#opes )as not
underta,en- then the failure to do so is so !ross as to (rin! the
#on#ept of human intelli!en#e into Kuestion* As it has turned out-
thou!h- (et)een %&7' and the present no hi!h 5resolution
information has (een released*
With re!ard to #ameras- this of #ourse refers to tele+ision
apparatus sent to the Boon a(oard spa#e#raft* /ut on#e at the
Boon- #ameras themsel+es ha+e different resolution #apa(ilities-
dependin! on their fo#al len!th and depth and ho) distant or
#lose they are to the lunar surfa#e 5 or to )hat is (ein!
photo!raphed*
There are different te#hni#al definitions for hi!h5 and lo)5
resolution* A !eneral understandin!- ho)e+er- is that lo)5
resolution does not ma,e smaller thin!s +isi(le- and that hi!h5
resolution does*
No) )e #ome to the Kua!mire situation that rotates around
three fa#tors6 "%$ hi!h 5resolution eKuipment@ "0$ the Boon@ "8$ the
#omplete a(sen#e of hi!h5 resolution e+iden#e re!ardin! the lunar
surfa#e*
%tN8
lementineAs mission )as su##essful- and the )orld a)aited
hi!her5resolution loo,s at the Boon +ia lementineAs sophisti#ated
eKuipment*
The )orld a)aited in +ain 5 and thus )e donAt ,no) )hat
,ind of (u((le5!um )rappers are on the Boon* And so )e )ill
no) turn our attention to the topi# of )hat are referred to as
Hlunar anomaliesDH
/y )ay of referen#e- one William H* orliss set up an
a#ti+ity in %&17 #alled The Sour#e(oo, ProJe#t )ith the !oal of
#ompilin! Hstran!e phenomena*H In %&'2- he pu(lished a
su(stantial #ompilation entitled The Boon and the Planets6 A
atalo! of Astronomi#al Anomalies- )hi#h in#luded %4' pa!es
des#ripti+e of Boon anomalies*
In this #ompendium- orliss (ro,e do)n the anomalies into
ei!ht maJor #ate!ories6
The BoonAs or(ital anomalies*
=unar !eolo!y pro(lems5
=unar luminous phenomena*
The motion of lunar satellites*
Anomalous teles#opi# and +isual o(ser+ations
=unar H)eatherL
=unar e#lipse and o##ultation phenomena*
The eni!ma of lunar ma!netism*
Bost of the #ate!ories listed a(o+e #an (e further
su(di+ided* :or example- lunar )eather implies the existen#e on
the Boon of an atmosphere* =unar luminous phenomena in#ludes
anomalies referred to as lunar transient phenomena "=TP$ 5 li!hts
that #ome and !o- and mo+e around- and to !reen pat#hes
su!!esti+e of +e!etation- et#*
PD r MyyftxD
'1
hapter %1
THE HATTER O: =.NAR =IGHTS
la (riefly turnin! to the matter of li!hts on the Boon- )e
en#ounter a situation that- simply put- is a(solutely hilarious*
To !et into this- the #ompendium (y William H* orliss
entitled The Boon and the Planets has (een referred to in the
pre#edin! #hapter* This #ompendium #ontains a se#tion entitled
H=unar =uminous Phenomena-H and (e!ins )ith a (rief
Introdu#tion*
In it orliss points up in that )hile the Boon has lon! (een
#onsidered to (e a Hdead )orld-H it nonetheless Hexhi(its a
surprisin! +ariety of luminous phenomena*H
He !oes on to (riefly dis#uss the 3ead Boon 3i#tum lon!
held (y s#ientists- and indi#ates Hthat luminous phenomena )ere
seldom reported in the s#ientifi# literatureH (e#ause Hthey
#ouldnAt existH a##ordin! to that s#ientifi# 3i#tum*
orliss then points up that the Harri+al of the Spa#e A!e
(rou!ht the moon under detailed s#rutiny@ and (oth professional
and amateur astronomers (e!an reportin! flashes of li!ht-
transient #olor phenomena - - *H and so forth*
To (e!in ma,in! the point oU this #hapter- it is ne#essary
to elu#idate the fa#t that the lunar li!ht phenomena are NOT rare*
They num(er in the thousands and some of them ha+e (een so
ro(ust as to ha+e (een o(ser+ed (y the na,ed eye*
Well- the arri+al of the Spa#e A!e and the arri+al in the
+i#inity of the Boon (y Or(iters and later (y manned Apollo
missions ou!ht to ha+e (rou!ht further enli!htenment a(out the
nature of lunar li!ht phenomena 5 espe#ially those )hi#h ha+e
(een reported as ha+in! motion and as mo+in! a(out in definite
)ays*
>et- the offi#ial silen#e sin#e %&9' until today has (een
thunderous on this parti#ular matterD
The year %&9' seems to ha+e some ,ind of rele+an#y to all
the matters dis#ussed so far in this se#tion*
What that rele+an#y #onsists of- ho)e+er- is hard to pin
do)n* /ut that there is some ,ind of important tale in this
re!ard #an (e #learly demonstrated5
The history of o(ser+ations of li!hts on the Boon is rather
lon! and- throu!hout it- a##ounts of the luminous phenomena )ere
#onsistently lo!!ed in*
In lar!e part- the a##ounts )ere i!nored (y +arious
(ran#hes of the de+elopin! s#ien#es*
/ut e+en so- up until the ad+ent of the Spa#e A!e the
luminosities #ould #ontinue to (e seen at rather freKuent
inter+als*
No)- if one intended to #oloniGe the Boon- )hi#h )as
pu(li#iGed as the primary first !oal of the Spa#e A!e- one
#ertainly )ould li,e to ,no) more a(out the lunar li!hts e+en if
the mainstream s#ien#es i!nored them (y #lin!in! to the 3ead
Boon 3i#tum*
This fa#tor really does need to (e emphasiGed- (e#ause it IS
a fa#tor that has #onsistently (een made in+isi(le* If you )ere
plannin! to send manned spa#e#raft to the Boon )ith the intention
of (uildin! Boon(ases- and if there )ere thousands of reports of
sometimes a)esome Boonli!hts- )ouldnAt you )ant to ha+e some
idea of )hat they )ere /E:ORE sendin! your !uys to the BoonF
At the +ery least- the lar!er teles#opes mi!ht in some
manner ha+e (een pressed into ser+i#e* To thin, that somethin!
alon! those lines )as NOT underta,en is Just plain sillyD
That the Spa#e A!e de#ision 5ma,ers )ere a)are from the
!et5!o of the li!hts )as #learly esta(lished (y NASA itselfD
In %&9'- a do#ument )as pu(lished entitled hronolo!i#al
atalo! of Reported =unar E+ents "NASA Te#hni#al Report R5011*;
The #atalo! do#umented 21& lunar e+ents (et)een %274 and
%&91- a(out 12 per #ent of )hi#h referred to lunar Hluminous
phenomena*DD The remainin! 02 per #ent referred to phenomena
#onsistin! of Boon haGes- mists- fo!s and #louds that sometimes
o(stru#ted !ood teles#ope +ie)in! of the li!hts- unless the li!hts
mo+ed (eyond the fo!!y o(s#urations*
The authorship of the report )as attri(uted to the Joint
efforts of four resear#hers- one ea#h from the .ni+ersity of
AriGona- the Goddard Spa#e :li!ht enter- the Arma!h Planetarium-
and the Smithsonian Astrophysi#al O(ser+atory5
Here it should (e remem(ered that an He+entH is a#tually a
happenin! 5 i5e ) somethin! !oin! on 5 in this #ase- !oin! on )ith
re!ard to the 3ead Boon )here He+entsH are not supposed to
happen*
As indi#ated in its Introdu#tion- HThe purpose of this
#atalo! is to pro+ide a listin! of histori#al and modern re#ords
that may (e useful in in+esti!ations of possi(le a#ti+ity on the
moon*H
A fe) lines later it states that HThe #atalo! #ontains all
information a+aila(le to us throu!h O#to(er %&91*H
'&
While this may (e true as far as the do#umentAs tour
authors are #on#erned- the #atalo! most #ertainly 3OES NOT
#ontain all a+aila(le information5
E+en after su(tra#tin! hundreds of reports ,no)n to (e
spurious- many more than 0-944 or so e+ents rather then 21&
e+ents mi!ht ha+e (een in#luded )ith #omplete Justifi#ation*
:or example- durin! the latter part of the nineteenth
#entury- the Royal Astronomi#al So#iety in /ritain re#orded %-944
lunar e+ents o+er a mere t)o5year period (y utilisin! a %85in#h
at the Royal O(ser+atory at Green )i#h*
So- the NASA #atalo! 3I3 NOT #ontain all a+aila(le
information- (ut merely a sele#tion of #ertain types of e+ents from
amon! it* In this sense- the NASA #atalo! #ontained data sifted
from a !reat Kuantity of it*
The Introdu#tion to the #atalo! also #ontains a se#tion titled
HReports Omitted from the atalo!*H
The first para!raph (e!ins )ith the senten#e HWe attempted
to eliminate all dou(tful reports from this #atalo!*H This
presumes that the authors 3I3 inspe#t a lar!er num(er of reports*
Ho)e+er- the first para!raph ends )ith the senten#e
Hareless reportin! has (een dis#o+ered in one #ase only*H "This
is identified as in+ol+in! one H;ohn Hammes and friendsH of Io)a
)ho reported seein! a lunar H+ol#anoH on %0 No+em(er- %'1'*$
If these t)o #onfli#tin! senten#es #ontained in the same
para!raph of the #atalo! seem at odds- it is (e#ause they ARE at
odds*
One #an only )onder )hy the NASA #atalo! )as limited to
only 21& e+ents* And if this is #onsidered- one mi!ht )ish to
)onder )hat ,inds of histori#ally do#umented reports WERE
OBITTE3 from the NASA #atalo!*
Sin#e the NASA #atalo! 3I3 NOT in#lude +ast num(ers of
Kuite authenti# lunar5e+ent reports that #ould- e+en should ha+e
(een in#luded- the stated purpose of the #atalo! #an (e #alled
into Kuestion* ertainly- the )hole lunar truth- so to spea,- is
not refle#ted (y the mere 21& e+ents #ontained in the #atalo!*
And that leads us (a#, to the su(Je#t of teles#opes* The
ordinary person )ith proper interest and some spare (u#,s #an
shop around for a +ery !ood 95in#h to %95in#h teles#ope )hi#h
are #ommer#ially a+aila(le*
Su#h a teles#ope #an offer !ood information- pro+ided
EarthAs atmosphere does not (lur thin!s too mu#h- and that other
ni!ht #onditions are reasona(ly ideal*
If one no) ta,es this parti#ular fa#toid and #ompares it
)ith the 2&1 lunar e+ents listed in the %&9' NASA #atalo!- then it
is re+ealed that the #atalo! #ontains not mu#h more than those
&4
e+ents that #an (eMspied +ia an '5in#h- or at most a %95in#h
teles#opeD XM
THIS parti#ular fa#tor is NOT mentioned in the introdu#tory
materials to the NASA #atalo!* The #atalo! thus seems to ha+e the
rather stran!e fun#tion of dealin! only )ith lunar anomalies that
#an (e seen from Earthside (y smaller teles#opes*
In any e+ent- the pu(li#ation in %&9' (y NASA of the #atalo!
of lunar e+ents #ould easily lead one to expe#t that there )ould
(e a follo) on do#ument A:TER the Boon )as thorou!hly examined
up #lose (y Or(iters and manned landin!s*
ertain #raters on the Boon are rather nota(le for
profusions of li!hts- and other anomalous phenomena as )ell*
Amon! these- and as duly noted in the NASA #atalo!- maJor
amon! the #raters exhi(itin! +arious ,inds of li!hts are Plato-
Aristar#us and Timo#haris- to identify (ut a fe)*
Plato is famous for li!hts* It is a(out sixty miles a#ross
and has a floor that #han!es #olor* Its )alls are Kuite hi!h- (ut
sometimes o(s#ured (y fo!s and mists that (ello) up and o+er
themD
Bany of the self5luminous Ho(Je#tsH are seen to mo+e a(out*
Others of them form !eometri# patterns- su#h as #ir#les- sKuares-
and trian!les*
Sometimes li!hts ha+e (een seen emer!in! from smaller or
near5(y #raters and mo+in! to Plato- then des#endin! the #rater
)alls* In %&99- there )ere numerous reddish !lo)in! spots
shinin! out from Plato*
/eams and lon!5distan#e rays of li!ht ha+e also (een
o(ser+ed* Spa#e here does not permit further enumeration- and
the interested reader mi!ht #onsult the (i(lio!raphy for more
detailed readin!*
There is one other situation that should (e noted* It
re!ards )here the Boon li!hts are most profuse and #onstantly
reported +ersus )here the manned Apollo missions landed*
If it )ere up to me- IDd pro(a(ly set do)n one Apollo #raft
sKuare into the middle of #rater Plato* After all- it is sixty miles
)ide- and there appears to (e a lot !oin! on in it*
As it )as to turn out- none of the Ameri#an or So+iet
spa#e#raft sent to the Boon landed any)here near those spe#ial
Boon lo#ations*
Instead- all the landers )ere sat do)n in areas near the
lunar EKuator and into en+ironments not noted for mu#h ex#ept
their la#, of lunar a#ti+ity*
The o(ser+ation a(o+e of #ourse #an only refer to #raft
pu(li#ly admitted as ha+in! (een sent to the Boon*
&%
hapter %'
=.NAR WATER 5 =.NAR ATBOSPHERE
3urin! the sprin! of %&&'- s#ientists announ#ed their
surprise at dis#o+erin! )ater on the Boon* The ne)s )as spread
far and )ide not only in all maJor print media- (ut throu!hout the
ele#troni# (ytes of the Internet5
Ho)e+er- a*s anyone familiar )ith the lon! history of Boon
o(ser+ations )ill realiGe- the %&&' dis#o+ery )as not a dis#o+ery-
(ut a +ery tardy admission of )hat had most #ertainly (een
,no)n de#ades a!o (y offi#ial insiders*
One of the su(tle importan#es of this is that )here )ater is-
an atmosphere #anAt (e far (ehind5 And )here atmosphere is-
suffi#ient !ra+ity must (e present to hold it do)n*
?e are no) some)hat far from the 3ead Boon 3i#tum- )hi#h
itself mi!ht (e said to (e dead*
/ut from the point of +ie) of examinin! the dimensions of
the lunar #o+er5up- it is )orth)hile reprisin! #ertain aspe#ts of
the 3ead Boon #harade offi#ially promul!ated and maintained for
so lon!*
As announ#ed (a#, in %&9%- the maJor Spa#e A!e !oal )as to
!et to the Boon and #oloniGe it for the purposes of ere#tin!
Boon(ases as a step to)ard penetratin! deeper into outer spa#e*
This o(+iously )as a s#ientifi# and military !oal*
Another maJor !oal "no) #ompletely for!otten$ #onsisted of
e#onomi# opportunism* The Boon pro(a(ly had useful resour#es
that #ould (e mined for the (enefits of Earthside #api t a l isti#
+entures*
These t)o maJor !oals )ere impressi+e ones that #ould- and
did- arouse mu#h enthusiasm for the lunar o(Je#ti+es- and )hi#h
)ere extraordinarily #ostly*
Another fa#tor needs to (e #onsidered* On#e ha+in! !otten
to the Boon- the #onditions of ha(itat )ould (e important*
It seems lo!i#al to assume that any lunar fa#tor that mi!ht
help ease lunar ha(itat pro(lems )ould ha+e offi#ially (een
emphasiGed 5 in order- at least- to further in#rease the enthusiasm
of taxpayers )ho )ere the ones a#tually fundin! the #ostly lunar
expeditions*
:or example- the lunar )ater Hdis#o+ered % D in %&&' )as
#ertainly present (a#, in %&9% at the start up of the lunar
&0
expeditions* The undenia(le presen#e of the lunar atmosphere had
(een dis#o+ered- and #onfirmed- se+eral de#ades (efore the ad+ent
of the lunar expeditions*
Indeed- (e!innin! in the late nineteenth #entury- there #ame
into existen#e a #ontinuity of +ery #ompetent o(ser+ations a(out
the Boon that #learly indi#ated any num(er of helpful lunar
#onditions that )ould ease the ultimate ha(itat #on#erns*
Simply put- )ater- atmosphere- +oluminous #a+es "i*e*- the
ne!ati+e mas#ons$ to reside in- minerals- et#*- )hat #ould (e more
)onderful at hand )ith re!ard resol+in! at least some of the
lunar ha(itat pro(lemsF
/eyond all this- then- and #onsiderin! the ex#ellen#e of
human !enius and in!enuity- the only remainin! REA= pro(lem- if
there WAS one- )ould #onsist of )hat mi!ht (e #alled
Ho##upational haGardsD of a ,ind Earthside !enius and in!enuity
mi!ht ha+e REA= pro(lems dealin! )ith*
There no) remain t)o additional fa#tors to (e #arried in
mind*
:irst of all- )ith the ad+ent in %&9% of the a#ti+e measures
se!ment of the lunar expeditions- the offi#ial stan#e re!ardin! the
Boon ele#ted to reinfor#e the ne!ati+e 3ead Boon 3i#tumD
3oin! so (ro,e the #ontinuity of earlier o(ser+ations a(out
the Boon- o(ser+ations that positi+ely foreshado)ed relati+ely
easy #oloniGation o+ertures*
Se#ond- the lunar fly5(ys- Or(iters- =anders and manned
Apollo landin!s lasted approximately ele+en years 5 after )hi#h
the t)o !reat Earthside superpo)ers- the .nited States and the
So+iet .nion- #ompletely a(andoned tre,s to the lunar satellite*
After this a(andonment- offi#ial propa!andiGin! sou!ht to
stimulate s#ientifi# and pu(li# enthusiasm for the proposed
)onders of spa#e stations that )ere to or(it Earth- not the Boon*
All thin!s #onsidered- it is possi(le that the #om(ined
!enius and in!enuity of the t)o superpo)ers en#ountered #ertain
lunar o##upational haGards that )ere diffi#ult to deal )ith 5
deterrents )hi#h must ha+e (een of su#h impressi+e Kuality that
they disrupted the (est laid plans for the proJe#ted lunar
#onKuests*
So- the t)o superpo)ers- te#hni#ally still in old War )ith
ea#h other- de#ided to #ooperate- of all thin!s- on (uildin! an
Earth5or(itin! spa#e station**
Whate+er the #om(ined and undou(tedly enormous #osts of
this parti#ular effort- or(itin! spa#e stations )ill al)ays (e Kuite
fra!ile as #ompared )ith Boon(ases 5 and )hi#h mi!ht ha+e (een
routinely a#hie+ed (y the early %&'4s*
In order to help #onstru#t some ,ind of format re!ardin!
the lunar #o+er5up- )e #an (enefit from (a#,tra#,in! to the
&8
(e!innin! of the t)entieth #entury to W* H* Pi#,erin!- a Har+ard
professor and an a##epted authority on the Boon*
As he noted in his hi!hly professional (oo, The Boon
"%&48$- the +ie) that the Boon is a dead un#han!in! )orld is so
)idespread and firmly rooted in minds that not only the !eneral
pu(li#- (ut the astronomi#al )orld as )ell- are united in this
unanimous opinion*
He !oes on to state that the unanimous opinion is (ased on
the most inadeKuate ne!ati+e e+iden#e*
He refers to hundreds "or thousands$ of teles#opi#ally
o(ser+ed Boon #han!es- and indi#ates that the only plausi(le
explanations of the #han!es is that they in+ol+e the presen#e of
air and )ater*
He then )ent on to identify a situation that most are not
a)are of- and )hi#h in+ol+es seleno! rap hers 5 those )ho
s#ientifi#ally study the physi#al features of the Boon*
HThe ar!uments on the t)o sides of the #ase are extremely
simple* The astronomers )ho are not seleno!raphers de#lare that
there is no atmosphere or )ater on the Boon- and that- therefore-
#han!es are impossi(le* The seleno!raphersD reply is simply that
they ha+e seen the #han!es ta,e pla#e*H
Ho)e+er- in spite of many !reat seleno!raphers- the Boon
thereafter offi#ially remained )ithout atmosphere for a(out ten
de#ades 5 e+en thou!h t)o noted and #ompetent astronomers
pu(lished e+iden#e to the #ontrary* /oth astronomers )ere a(le
to #on#lusi+ely do#ument the existen#e of the lunar atmosphere
(ased on %24 years of s#ientifi# re#ords and teles#opi# studies*
One of those astronomers )as B* ?* ;essup- )ho had tau!ht
astronomy and mathemati#s at the .ni+ersity of Bi#hi!an- and
)ent on to (uild the lar!est refra#tin! teles#ope in the southern
hemisphere*
His (oo, a(out the Boon )as pu(lished in %&21 "please note
the date$ under the title- (elie+e it or not* The Expandin! ase
for the .:O 5 and )hi#h presuma(ly !ot him in deep do5do )ith
se+eral layers of Earthside #rypto#ra#y*
The other #oura!eous )riter )as E* A* :irsoff )ho )as
a#,no)led!ed at the time to (e the top s#ientist and authority on
the Boon* His %&2& (oo, "please note the date$ )as entitled
Stran!e World of the Boon*
/oth oU these (oo,s presented e+iden#e "not easy to
#ontradi#t s#ientifi#ally$ of a lunar atmosphere and the hi!h
pro(a(ility of re!ional )ater and +e!etation*
The only real result of these t)o (oo,s )as that they )ere
Kui#,ly #aused to (e out of print- et#*- and (e#ame hard to lo#ate
5 as they still are today*
&7
The existen#e of the atmosphere- ho)e+er- #ould (e
determined (y the )ay stars are Ho##ultedH )hen the Boon passes
o+er them*
If the Boon had no atmosphere- they )ould simply +anish
instantaneously as the lunar (ody mo+ed in front of them*
Ho)e+er- if there is a !aseous layer- an atmosphere- then the
stars (e!in to fli#,er (efore they pass (ehind the Boon*
Stars fli#,er as they (e#ome o##ulted (y the Boon 5 leadin!
to the !eneral #on#lusion that the lunar atmosphere is a(out three
miles thi#,- and more dense near the lunar surfa#e* The lunar
atmosphere also pro+ides suffi#ient fri#tion for HSashesH as small
meteors (e#ome in#andes#ent upon passin! throu!h it*
)hen the first manned mission "Apollo B$ landed- the MfhYfh LL
astronauts planted a fla! and filmed this triumphant e+ent* D
Shortly after the astronauts planted the fla!- and )hile the
on5site TE #amera )as runnin!- an errant !ust of )ind #ame alon!
and (illo)ed the fla! out)ard-
William /rian- author of Boon!ate6 Suppressed :indin!s of
the .*S* Spa#e Pro!ram "%&'0$- o(tained a #opy of the film* It
sho)ed that the astronauts )ere not #lose to the fla! )hen it
started )a+in!* /ein! nearer the #amera- (oth ran to (lo#, its
lens )ith their arms and hands*
NASA #ould not (e en#oura!ed to #omment* /ut )hen fla!s
)ere thereafter planted on the Boon- they )ere ri!!ed )ith )ires
and mesh so that they stayed ri!id at all times* This in#ident
)as ultimately for!otten* /ut )ind needs the presen#e of
atmosphere in order to (lo) fla!s this )ay and that**
The presen#e of an atmosphere on the Boon HpermittedD
the real existen#e of the lunar mists- fo!s and #louds )hi#h many
hundreds of +ie)ers (e!an to noti#e after a(out %188 ")hen
proper teles#opes (e!an to (e in+ented*$
The nineteenth #entury )as parti#ularly ri#h re!ardin!
lunar atmospheri# phenomena )hen the art of (uildin! lar!e
refra#tin! teles#opes rea#hed a Genith (en#hmar,*
In any e+ent- all lunar phenomena that #ouldnAt (e fitted
into the dead Boon di#tum )ere ex#luded from mainstream
s#ientifi# )or,in!s* With the da)n of the Spa#e A!e- ho)e+er-
somethin! alon! the lines of a !o+ernmental spa#e a!en#y )as
reKuired*
In the .nited States*- this need e+ol+ed into the National
Aeronauti#s and Spa#e Administration "NASA$ )hi#h #ame into
offi#ial existen#e on O#to(er %- %&2'*
In offi#ial literature- NASA is des#ri(ed as a #i+ilian a!en#y
of the .* S* :ederal !o+ernment )ith the mission of #ondu#tin!
resear#h and de+elopin! operational pro!rams in spa#e exploration-
satellites and ro#,etry*
One of the first maJor o(Je#ti+es of NASAAs spa#e exploration
mandate )as in t)o parts6 "%$ to !et to the 3ead Boon@ and "0$
&2
to la,e possession of it and #oloniGe it )ith Boon(ases (efore the
fearsome So+iets did*
No)- this 3ead Airless Boon tar!et )as the same Boon that
)as ?NOWN (y %&28 to ha+e mists- fo!s and #louds* Bists- fo!s
and #louds #learly refer to some ,ind of lunar )eather- e+en if it
is not a,in to Earthside )eather*
It thus needs to (e emphasiGed that (efore %&2'- thousands
of histori#al reports existed re!ardin! lunar anomalies "in#ludin!
)eather phenomena*$
The sum of these thousands of reports #learly esta(lished
that the Boon )as NOT dead and depri+ed of a#ti+ity*
It is- of #ourse- Kuite ridi#ulous to thin, that NASA
personnel did not examine in ex#ru#iatin! detail this mass of
histori#al reports*
As it )as- the existen#e of a H)ea,D lunar atmosphere )as
finally Hdis#o+eredH in %&&1* /ut there )as little #ommentary
a(out )hat the atmosphere permitted 5 su#h as the +e!etation
here and there on the lunar surfa#e- to say nothin! of the #louds-
et#*
&9
hapter %&
BOON5ST>=E O.PATIONA= HASAR3S
It is to (e expe#ted- one #an suppose- that layers of se#re#y
mi!ht (e employed re!ardin! lunar matters- military or e#onomi#*
After all- it is rather a permanent aspe#t of human nature to se#retly
stri+e for ad+anta!es in (oth arenas*
An analysis of the offi#ial se#re#y re!ardin! the Boon re+eals that
#o+ert methods )ere employed to hide the existen#e of lunar )ater-
atmosphere and se+eral other ameliorati+e phenomena made possi(le (y
them*
One of these additional phenomena is that seeds sprout and !ro)
Kuite )ell in lunar soil )hi#h is ri#h in nutrients5 This indi#ates the
possi(ility that lunar #oloniGers from Earthside mi!ht someho) !ro)
their o)n food supplies on the Boon*
All of these are (eni!n phenomena- su!!esti+e of easier ha(itat
fa#tors than if the lunar satellite WAS a#tually dead L dry- airless- and
formida(le*
In this re!ard- efforts ha+e (een underta,en to assess these
lunar #onditions outside of the offi#ially maintained #o+er5up*
These estimates more or less #on#lude that d)ellin! on the Boon
)ould resem(le d)ellin! in the hi!her Andes or Himalayan mountains-
(ut that healthy and +i(rant Earthsiders )ould a##limate Kuite )ell to
su#h #onditions*
In a push- nati+es (orn in the hi!h Andes or in Ti(et #ould (e
re#ruited for Boon ha(itation and trained for military or e#onomi#
purposes*
What an analysis of the offi#ial se#re#y thus re+eals is that the
se#re#y )as ne+er really ne#essary in the first pla#e 5 if only the
elements dis#ussed a(o+e )ere in+ol+ed*
Indeed- those (eni!n elements )ould ha+e (enefited the Boon
missions if they had (een pu(li#ly dis#losed* :or one thin!- +enture
#apitalists #ertainly )ould ha+e in+ested in stratospheri# fundin!*
omin! dire#tly to the point- the #o+er5up se#re#y does not itself
re+eal )hy the t)o Earthside superpo)ers a(andoned the Boon after
ha+in! instituted su#h a +i!orous- #ostly and hi!hly pu(li#iGed start to
!et there*
On O#to(er %0- %&27- a(out six years (efore President ?ennedy
announ#ed the !reat Ameri#an effort to pla#e a man on the Boon- an
&1
On O#to(er %0- %&27- a(out six years (efore President ?ennedy
announ#ed the !reat Ameri#an effort to pla#e a man on the Boon- #in
astronomer )as utiliGin! the teles#ope at the Edin(ur!h O(ser+atory to
examine the Boon-
He )as a(le to o(ser+e Ha dar, sphere tra+el in a strai!ht line
from the #rater Ty#ho to the #rater Aristar#husH 5 (oth of these
#raters other)ise demonstratin! numerous li!ht phenomena of one ,ind
or another*
The distan#e #o+ered (y the sphere too, Ha period of t)enty
minutes- and this rou!hly #al#ulated to a speed of nearly 9-444 miles per
hour*H
In Septem(er of the same year- a sirolar o(Je#t had (een si!hted
(y t)o men usin! a 95in#h teles#ope* :or o+er forty minutes they
)at#hed it lea+e the northern area of Bare Hum(oldtianum and mo+e
up)ard out of the lunar atmosphere into spa#e*
It is important here to re#all that small5s#ale teles#opi# resolution
reKuires lunar o(Je#ts to (e +ery lar!e s#ale in order to (e per#ei+ed*
The spheri#al o(Je#ts must ha+e (een Kuite lar!e- say a(out one to four
or fi+e miles in dimension5
Indeed- many reports of Hanomalous (la#, (odiesH #rossin! the
surfa#e of the Boon are on histori#al re#ord- some of them #astin! their
shado)s on the lunar surfa#e as they expeditiously mo+e alon! in )hat
#an only imply dire#ted fli!ht* Additionally- similar (ut mu#h smaller
self5!lo)in! o(Je#ts ha+e (een espied flyin! in formation in and out of
this or that #rater*
None of these o(Je#ts )as in#luded amon! the 21& anomalous
phenomena listed in NASAAs %&9' hronolo!i#al atalo! of Reported =unar
E+ents*
E+en so- su#h #raft may ha+e had somethin! to do )ith )hy the
Ameri#ans and So+iets de#ided to #ease puttin! their men on the Boon-
and transfer their efforts to spa#e stations #loser to Earth*
:or all their dramati# ex#ellen#e- manned lunar =anders must (e
#onsidered as Kuite )impy #ompared to a rather stal)art #raft of a(out
four miles )ide and #apa(le of a#hie+in! 9-444 miles per hour*
Indeed- su#h #raft- or at least their personnel- mi!ht #onstitute
somethin! of a lunar o##upational haGard 5 at least in terms of
o##upyin! the Boon*
T)o NASA photos sho)in! extraordinary #rafts seem to ha+e
es#aped #ensorship and air5(rushin!*
The first of these #omes from Apollo %%- )hen- in ;uly- %&9&- its
#amera inad+ertently #aptured a really neat and #lear photo of a
!lo)in!- #i!ar5shaped o(Je#t #lose to the lunar surfa#e* Sin#e the
photo re+eals a +apor trail- the #raft must ha+e (een tra+elin!
some)hat )ithin the lunar atmosphere* "NASA photo No* %%5815278'*$
In ;uly- %&10- the Hassel(lad #amera of Apollo %9 re#orded yet
another #i!ar5shaped o(Je#t* This o(Je#t )as Kuite lar!e* It seems to
ha+e (een some)hat !lo)in! )hite "ioniGin! the atmosphere dire#tly next
to it$- (ut )as #lose enou!h to the lunar surfa#e to #ast its eKually
elon!ated shado)- "NASA photo No* %95%&08'*$
&8
E+erD Zr@Dr the t)o Earthside superpo)ers did not return to the
Boon- teles#ope enthusiasts around the )orld ha+e #ontinued to o(ser+e
and do#ument air(orne +ehi#les tra+elin! in proximity to the lunar
surfa#e- a(o+e its atmosphere- or departin! or arri+in! from spa#e*
Espe#ially impressi+e in this re!ard are the ;apanese enthusiasts
)ho ha+e #aptured teles#opi# TE foota!e of the HanomalousH phenomena-
)hi#h has (een +ie)ed )orld5)ide*
There are multitudes of reports of this ,ind5 And interested
readers should #onsult the (i(lio!raphy for sour#es that re+ie) the
stru#tures more in5depth5
The (i!!er Kuestion is- WHAT the lar!er- offi#ial o(Je#ti+e of the
Earthside #o+er5up seems to (e preo##upied )ith #o+erin! up*
It is apparently oE su#h a nature as to ma,e se#reti+e Earthside
po)ers thin, t)i#e a(out #oloniGin! the Boon- or perhaps e+en
returnin! to it until thin!s !et (etter sorted out5
Whate+er it is- it is not lunar )ater- atmosphere- minerals- or
li!hts per se* Why )ould anyone )ant to #o+er up )ater on the Boon*
/ut there mi!ht (e HhaGardsH utiliGin! the )ater there- and the
HhaGardsH mi!ht need to (e #o+ered up 5 espe#ially if Earthside po)ers
didnAt ,no) ho) to deal )ith them*
One possi(le spe#ulation a(out the real nature of the #o+er5up is
that someone on the Boon ,i#,ed Earthside ass and seems to ha+e
Hsu!!estedH that it not #ome (a#,*
Any reader truly interested in the a#tuality of the #o+er5up mi!ht
)ish to tra#, do)n a (oo, )hi#h (y no) is truly rare*
It )as first pu(lished in %&1' in :ran#e- then translated into
En!lish* It )as )ritten (y one Bauri#e hatelian- )ho in %&22 #ame to
the .nited States from "then$ :ren#h Boro##o*
His (oo, )as entitled Our An#estors ame from Outer Spa#e- (ut it
in#ludes Kuite a num(er of fa#toids su#h as6 HWhen Apollo %% made the
first landin! on the Sea of TranKuility- and- only moments (efore
Armstron! stepped do)n the ladder to set foot on the moon- t)o .:Os
ho+ered o+erhead*H
hatelain later #ommented that6 HThe astronauts )ere not limited
to eKuipment trou(les* They sa) thin!s durin! their missions that
#ould not (e dis#ussed )ith any(ody outside NASA* It is +ery diffi#ult
to o(tain any spe#ifi# information from NASA- )hi#h still exer#ises a
+ery stri#t #ontrol o+er any dis#losure of these e+ents*DD
While many ha+e lau!hed- or remained mute- re!ardin! hatelain-
he #onstitutes a parti#ular pro(lem a!ainst )hi#h the #o+er5up
#rypto#ra#y #an do little else than say HNo #omment*H
:or Bauri#e hatelain haft (een pla#ed in #har!e of desi!nin! and
(uildin! the Apollo #ommuni#ation and data5 pro#essin! system for NASA*
Earlier- he had (een in #har!e of en!ineerin! ne) radar and
#ommuni#ations systems for Ryan Ele#troni#s in the late %&24s* He had
re#ei+ed ele+en patents- in#ludin! an automati# radar landin! system
used in the Ran!er and Sur+eyor Boon fli!hts*
In other )ords- Bauri#e hatelain )as a #rypto#ra#y INSI3ER- and
to some de!ree at least he must ha+e ,no)n )hat he )as tal,in! a(out*
&&
T)o more se#re#y tid(its from hatelain6
It seems that all Apollo and Gemini fli!hts )ere follo)ed *** (y
spa#e +ehi#les of extraterrestrial ori!in*
Rumors )ithin NASA )ere that Apollo %8 #arried a small nu#lear
#har!e5 It )as desi!ned to (e set off on the Boon for seismi# testin!*
/ut the #raft (arely mana!ed to return to Earth 5 after (ein! disa(led
(y a .:O that seemed intent on prote#tin! some Boon(ase Hesta(lished
there (y extraterrestrials*H
There is mu#h more that #ould (e said re!ardin! the Boon* /ut
IAll end this se#tion )ith the o(ser+ation that (a#, in %&12 )hen Br*
Axelrod first #onta#ted me- he ,ne) all of this 5 and pro(a(ly B.H
more*
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PART THREE
EARTHSI3E TE=EPATH>
+ersus
SPAESI3E TE=EPATH>
%4%
hapter 04
IN:ORBATION PA?AGES ?EPT APART
It #an easily (e esta(lished that some ,ind of offi#ial #o+er5up
re!ardin! the Boon )as put in pla#e lon! a!o and has (een maintained
all alon!* /ut the nature and dimensions of the #o+er5up are a lot less
#lear- and it is this la#, of #larity that introdu#es #onfusion into the
situation*
ontri(utin! to the #onfusion is that )hen some ,ind of
penetration into the #o+er5up does ta,e pla#e- the offi#ial or!aniGations
in+ol+ed simply mar#h on any)ay- and the #o+er5up remains lar!ely
undistur(ed*
There ha+e (een +ery many penetrations of this ,ind- )ith the
information do)nloadin! from them endin! up in (oo,s* Some of the
(oo,s- of #ourse- are some)hat o+er(a,ed or sli!htly hysteri#al* /ut
many of them are #almly or!aniGed and Kuite )ell do#umented*
The re+elations (y Bauri#e hatelain earlier referred to are (ut
one example* hatelain )as a strate!i# NASA insider- and must (e
a##epted as ha+in! (een )ell5informed*
En#ounters )ith Spa#esiders must therefore (e a##epted as
fa#tual- and those )ho #an tolerate the impli#ations ha+e done so*
It is helpful alon! these lines to (riefly turn attention a)ay from
)hat is (ein! #o+ered up- and to !i+e some attention to ho) #o+er5ups
are made to )or,*
Of #ourse- the (est possi(le ,ind of #o+er5up has to do )ith
installin! +ery ti!ht se#re#y around somethin!* This #an (e su##essful-
to the de!ree that outsiders ha+e no a)areness that anythin! is !oin!
on*
/ut the Boon #annot (e surrounded )ithin su#h ti!ht se#re#y 5
(e#ause there it is- in the s,y for e+eryone to see5
So- the Boon itself #anAt (e #o+ered up* /ut a#ti+ities on it #an*
This is to say that if there are lunar a#ti+ities- and if the #o+er5up
in+ol+es those a#ti+ities- then the (est )ay to institute the #o+er5up is
to esta(lish the 3ead Boon 3i#tum- to !i+e the 3i#tum #ultural and
s#ientifi# authenti#ity- and to tea#h the 3i#tum in s#hools*
Then )hen people loo, up at the Boon- there it is 5 and
per#eptions of it are surrounded in the disarmin! !lory of the 3ead
Boon 3i#tum* Aside from an o##asional li!ht on the lunar surfa#e-
people #anAt see anythin! else*
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Ho)e+er- some people pur#hase teles#opes* These are not +ery
D5 hi!h5resolution teles#opes- to (e sure* /ut throu!h them- many of them
report seein! thin!s that #anAt exa#tly (e fitted into the 3ead Boon
3i#tum*
And so the pro(lems of mana!in! the #o+er5up (e#ome a little
more intri#ate*
In the first instan#e of this- ho)e+er- there is an easy solution at
hand* This simply #onsists of offi#ially trashin! those teles#opi#
o(ser+ations of the Boon that #anAt (e fitted into the 3i#tum*
Thus- outsiders )ho pur#hase teles#opes #an see )hate+er they
do- (ut this really doesnAt matter (e#ause the (i! fists of mainstream
offi#ialdom are )hat #ount*
In the se#ond instan#e of mana!in! the #o+er5up- +arious lunar
a#ti+ities espied outside of offi#ial auspi#es #an either (e explained a)ay
or simply- and expediently- i!nored* :or example- most of the (oo,s
listed in the (i(lio!raphy are simply i!nored 5 at offi#ial- mainstream
le+els- any)ay*
Returnin! to the (i!!er pi#ture of the lunar #o+er5up- if one
patiently sifts throu!h all a+aila(le information- it mi!ht appear that the
#o+er5up has only to do )ith natural phenomena of the Boon 5 )ith the
existen#e of lunar atmosphere- )ater- +e!etation- et#*- ho)e+er minimal
those mi!ht (e*
Indeed- in the fa#e of e+iden#e to the #ontrary- the existen#e of
lunar atmosphere and )ater "only re#ently admitted as existin!$ )ere
denied for a lon! time- )hile the denial itself )as #learly part of the
#ompli#ated #o+er5up*
/ut one mi!ht )onder WH> natural lunar phenomena needed to (e
#o+ered up- or denied* .nder usual #ir#umstan#es- the )orld )ould
ha+e (een en#hanted to find that the Boon )as not 3ead*
:urther- this )onderment needs to (e #ompared to the intensity of
the #o+er5up 5 for offi#ial denials of anythin! stran!e or surprisin!
a(out the Boon ha+e (een enormous and endurin!- almost in an o+er5,ill
)ay*
As a !eneral rule of thum(- natural phenomena are not usually
#o+ered up "at least for +ery lon!$ unless there is a +ery !ood reason
for doin! so* And so- many ha+e )ondered if somethin! (eyond natural
lunar phenomena is the a#tual o(Je#ti+e of the #o+er5up*
In the li!ht of the a(o+e- #o+er5ups do (enefit from #onfusions
proliferated and maintained at offi#ial le+els- in that the on5!oin!
effi#ien#y of the #o+er5up #an (e maintained (y proliferatin! the
#onfusions*
Indeed- disinformation experts ha+e e+ol+ed ela(orate and effi#ient
methods for #on#ealin! somethin! (y surroundin! it )ith #onfusions*
One )ay to help maintain #onfusions is to ,eep separated +arious
,inds of information pa#,a!es that are entirely rele+ant and e+en
ne#essary to ea#h other*
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Su#h information pa#,a!es need to (e #om(ined- or Juxtaposed- in
order to ma,e sense out of )hat other)ise remains a #onfusion that #an
(e #apitaliGed upon for the deli!htful (enefit of #o+er5up5
One method of di!!in! into the nature and dimensions of a #o+er5
up is someho) to simplify the #onfusions in order to see )hat #an (e
seen (eyond them*
This helps different information pa#,a!es to (e#ome some)hat
+isi(le- or to stand out more #learly* It also helps in the pro#ess oU
dis#o+erin! )hat information pa#,a!es are remainin! in+isi(le or
untou#hed- and )hi#h are not (ein! fa#tored into #onsiderationD
Sometimes ere#tin! a simple #hronolo!y of e+ents and
de+elopments is useful alon! these lines* 3oin! so helps thin!s fall into
#onse#uti+e pla#e*
Althou!h some (oo,s do)nloadin! !ood- e+en pro+a(le information
rele+ant to the #o+er5up #ontain a )ealth of meanin!ful fa#toids- the
)hole of the do)nloadin! is none the less heaped and t)isted to!ether
in su#h a )ay as to #on+olute the fa#ts rather than ali!nin! them*
The Ne) olum(ia En#y#lopedia ":ourth Edition- %&12$ has a rather
ni#e entry for AASpa#e Exploration-H and from it I ha+e deri+ed the (rief
#hronolo!y that follo)s*
I ha+e la#ed the #hronolo!y )ith #ertain omments that (elon!
)ith it time)ise- (ut )hi#h of #ourse are not mentioned in the
En#y#lopedia*
The entry (e!ins )ith a definition of spa#e exploration- )hi#h
#onsists of the in+esti!ation of physi#al #onditions in spa#e and of
stars- planets- and their moons throu!h the use of artifi#ial satellites-
spa#e pro(es- and manned spa#e#raft*
It is further indi#ated that althou!h studies from Earth usin!
opti#al and radio teles#opes had a##umulated mu#h data on the nature of
#elestial (odies- it )as not until after World War II that the de+elopment
of po)erful ro#,ets made dire#t exploration a te#hni#al possi(ility*
It no) needs to (e pointed up that the En#y#lopedia refers to
opti#al teles#opes +ia )hi#h it #an (e presumed +arious ,inds of
information pa#,a!es "a(out the Boon- for example$ )ere a#Kuired*
Ho)e+er- as has (een outlined in hapter %9- the matter of the
teles#opes has ne+er surfa#ed as a strai!htfor)ard one 5 in that the
lar!er teles#opes ha+e (een seKuestered under offi#ial #ontrol- and this
on a )orld5)ide (asis*
OBBENT6 ommon sense tells us that lar!e teles#opes )ere
utilised to spy on the Boon as early as the %&04s* >et- it should (e
noted that no do)nloadin! of information from these teles#opes has e+er
des#ended into pu(li# #o!nisan#e* It is therefore possi(le to assume
that elements of the #o+er5up had emer!ed as early as the %&04s*
What )as dis#o+ered and determined +ia the lar!er opti#al
teles#opes has (e#ome a permanently missin! information pa#,a!e-
O#to(er 7- %&21* The .SSR laun#hed the first Earth 5or (itin!
artifi#ial satellite* Sputni, I* The dormant .*S* pro!ram is there(y
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spurred into a#tion- leadin! to international #ompetition- popularly
,no)n as the Hspa#e ra#eL
OBBENT6 The Hspa#e ra#eH for )hatF As early as %&9%- it had
(een #learly esta(lished in the open media as #onsistin! of )ho )as to
(e the first to a#Kuire suprema#y in spa#e- )ith parti#ular emphasis on
#oloniGin! the Boon*
In fa#t- the Ameri#an effort )as !al+aniGed into fe+erish a#ti+ity
(e#ause of the fear that the So+iets )ould a#Kuire the suprema#y*
This parti#ular fa#toid is omitted from the En#y#lopedia 5 and is
li,e)ise omitted from all materials pu(lished A:TER the .nited States
desisted from further Boon explorations in 3e#em(er- %&10D
;anuary 8%- %&2'D Explorer I- the first Earth5or(itin! Ameri#an
satellite is laun#hed*
Ha+in! indi#ated this mu#h- the En#y#lopedia !oes on6 Althou!h
Earth5or(itin! satellites ha+e (y far a##ounted for the !reat maJority of
laun#hes in the spa#e pro!ram- e+en more information on the Boon and
other planets- and the Sun- has (een a#Kuired (y unmanned spa#e
pro(es and manned spa#e#raftD
In the de#ade follo)in! Sputni, I- the .nited States and the
So+iet .nion (et)een them laun#hed a(out 24 unmanned spa#e pro(es to
explore the BOON*
The first pro(es )ere intended either to pass (y #lose to the
Boon "fly(y$- or to #rash into it "hard landin!*$
Septem(er- %&2&5 The .SSR =una 0 made a hard lunar landin!*
No+em(er- %&2&* =una 8 too, pi#tures- for the first time e+er- of
the BoonAs far side5
:e(ruary %&995 =una & a#hie+ed the first lunar soft landin!*
April %&99* =una %4 or(ited the Boon5
/oth =una & and %4 sent (a#, many tele+ision pi#tures to Earth*
The En#y#lopedia !oes on to state that Ameri#an su##esses
!enerally la!!ed (ehind So+iet a##omplishments (y se+eral months- (ut
pro+ided more detailed s#ientifi# information*
OBBENT6 A rather stran!e fa#tor no) needs to (e interJe#ted
re!ardin! the TAmore detailed s#ientifi# information*D It is permissi(le to
assume that at least some detailed information mi!ht +astly #han!e the
stereotyped 3ead Boon pi#ture5 And indeed many s#ientists not only
a#,no)led!ed the existen#e of su#h information- (ut )rote and pu(lished
papers re!ardin! it* >et nothin! that seriously #onfli#ted )ith the 3ead
Boon 3i#tum )as offi#ially a#,no)led!ed to the pu(li# or inte!rated into
standard a#ademi# or media sour#es*
The En#y#lopedia #ontinues6 In the .*S* pro!ram- the early
Pioneer laun#hes )ere lar!ely failures- as )ere the first fi+e laun#hes
of the Ran!er series- )hi#h attempted semihard landin!s of ru!!ed
instruments* Su(seKuent Ran!ers #arried only tele+ision #ameras and
impa#ted at full speed*
%42
/e!innin! in ;uly- %&97- Ran!ers 1- ' and & transmitted thousands
of pi#tures- many ta,en at altitudes less than % mile Just (efore impa#t
and sho)in! #raters of only a fe) feet in diameter-
;uly- %&99* Sur+eyor % tou#hed do)n* In addition to tele+ision
#ameras- it #arried instruments to measure soil stren!th and #omposition*
OBBENT6 Pu(li# #o!niGan#e )as duly informed a(out lunar soil
stren!th and #omposition* Whate+er else the tele+ision #ameras mi!ht
ha+e filmed )as ne+er #ommented upon*
Au!ust- %&99* The .nited States su##essfully laun#hed the first
=unar Or(iter- )hi#h too, pi#tures of (oth sides of the Boon as )ell as
the first pi#tures of Earth from the Boon f s +i#inity* The primary
mission of the Or(iter pro!ram )as to lo#ate suita(le landin! sites for
Apollo- the manned spa#e#raft pro!ram*
OBBENT6 The landin! sites sele#ted for the Apollo missions
turned out to (e some of the most featureless- arid- desolate lo#ations
on the Boon- and )ere in proximity to the lunar EKuator* There is no
pu(li#ly a+aila(le e+iden#e that either the So+iets or the Ameri#ans e+en
sent a tele+ision #amera into- say- the #raters Plato or Aristar#us 5
other)ise ,no)n for #opious lunar anomalies- some of )hi#h are
des#ri(ed as (ein! Kuite lush*
/et)een Bay %&99 and No+em(er %&9'- the .nited States laun#hed
se+en Sur+eyors and fi+e =unar Or(iters to photo!raph and map the
Boon*
OBBENT@ Ho)e+er@ it seems that none of the photo!raphin! and
mappin! in#luded any areas noted for their anomalies*
Also in %&9'- NASA released its hronolo!i#al atalo! of Reported
=unar E+ents* The stran!eness of this #atalo! has already (een
dis#ussed in Part T)o* H=unar e+ents-H of #ourse- should (e read as
Hlunar anomalies*H The #atalo! listed multitudes of li!hts and other
phenomena ta,in! pla#e in #ertain Kuite lar!e lunar #raters*
NASA ne+er pu(lished any follo)5ups on the lunar anomalies- e+en
thou!h it mi!ht ha+e done so (y +irtue of the enormous amounts of
information deri+ed from the Sur+eyors and Or(iters*
When the manned Apollo #rafts 3I3 finally arri+e at the Boon- all
of the lo#ations sele#ted for the tou#hdo)ns )ere far distant from any
of the se#tors that had al)ays yielded hi!h in#iden#e of anomalous
a#ti+ity*
The follo)in! manned Apollo #raft landed on the Boon6
;uly 04- %&9&6
Apollo %%*
No+em(er %&- %&9&6
Apollo %0*
:e(ruary 2- %&1%6
Apollo %7*
;uly 84- %&1%6
Apollo %2*
;uly 84- %&1%6
Apollo %9*
3e#em(er %%- %&106
Apollo %1*
IQ9
The So+iets sent to the Boon the follo)in! unmanned =una #rafts6
Septem(er 04- %&146 =una %9*
No+em(er %1- %&146 =una %1-
:e(ruary 0%- %&106 =una 04*
;anuary %9- %&186 =una 0%*
Au!ust %9- %&196 =una 07*
Re!ardin! the line5up a(o+e of the Ameri#an and the So+iet
expeditions to the Boon- the olum(ia En#y#lopedia states6
H.ntil late %&9&- it appeared that the .SSR )as also )or,in!
to)ard a manned lunar landin!* * * * After Apollo %%- ho)e+er- the
.SSR apparently a(andoned the !oal of its o)n manned lunar
exploration* * - * After the Apollo pro!ram- the .nited States #ontinued
manned spa#e exploration )ith S,yla(- an earth 5or(itin! spa#e station
that ser+ed as )or,shop and li+in! Kuarters for three astronauts*H
The trusty En#y#lopedia does not #ome dire#tly out and SA> that
the .nited States a(andoned its o)n Boon ex#ursions after Apollo %1 in
3e#em(er %&10- /ut su#h is the dire#t impli#ation*
Thereafter- pu(li# attention )as dire#ted to the a)esome potentials
of S,yla(- and to spa#e #raft laun#hed- in %&1%- to the planet Bars*
The possi(ility of Boon (ase Kui#,ly- and too Kuietly- re#eded from
pu(li# #o!niGan#e*
Indeed- fe) )ere a)are that manned ex#ursions to the Boon had
#eased* I- myself- until sometime after my en#ounter )ith Br* Axelrod in
%&12- did not noti#e that su#h ex#ursions had #eased*
If the (rief #hronolo!y outlined a(o+e is ta,en at fa#e +alue- it
appears to hold )ater* /ut if one attempts to identify )hat information
pa#,a!es are missin! from it- then the #hronolo!y (e#omes Kuite )o((ly*
One of these missin! information pa#,a!es mi!ht #onsist of a
#ompanion #hronolo!y of .:O a#ti+ity* As it turns out- the Earthside
spa#e effort is NEEER dis#ussed )ithin the #ontexts- or the #hronolo!y
of- .:O a#ti+ity 5 and )hi#h- to all apparent purposes- is Spa#eside
spa#e a#ti+ity*
:or #larity- the information pa#,a!e of Earthside ex#ursions into
spa#e is ne+er dis#ussed alon!side information pa#,a!es of Spa#eside
ex#ursions into Earthside spa#e "=e*- our planet and its Boon*$
IAll no) redu#e the a(o+e Earthside spa#e ex#ursions into a Kuite
simple #hronolo!y*
"%$ As of a(out %&2'- Earthsiders proposed to !et to and #oloniGe
the Boon )ith Boon(ases@
"0$ Earthsiders first !ot to the Boon )ith TE #ameras and
sensiti+e instruments- and (et)een %&9& and %&10 physi#ally landed on
it@
"8$ After a#hie+in! this mu#h- Earthsiders shifted fo#us a)ay
from the Boon@
%41
"7$ The Boon )as ne+er offi#ially heard of a!ain until the early
%&&4s )hen the .*S* Army laun#hed proJe#t lementine 5 a lunar or(iter
)ith three ,inds of #ameras #apa(le of hi!h resolution of the ,ind that
#an read from spa#e a (u((le5!um )rapper in a Ne) >or, ity !utter*
"2$ Hi!h resolution photos from lementineAs a)esome spy5in5the5
s,y #ameras ha+e not (een released 5 althou!h many photos of lesser
resolution ha+e (een pu(lished*
Why the Boon )as a(andoned is a reasona(le Kuestion- espe#ially
after the earlier enormous enthusiasm and (illions of dollars poured into
attempts to !et there*
Well- Earthsiders !ot there* /ut they ne+er )ent (a#,*
In the sense of all of the a(o+e- then- there are se+eral rather
lar!e information pa#,a!es floppin! around* Why )e ne+er )ent (a#,
to the Boon is #ertainly one of them5 In this sense- )hy one does NOT
!o somepla#e if one (uilds the #ostly eKuipment to !et there is- after
all- somethin! to (e )ondered a(out*
%4'
hapter 0%
THE PRO/=EB O: INTE==ET.A= PHASE =O?ING
It is Kuite easy to assume that there is an Earthside #o+er5up
re!ardin! some ,ind of Spa#eside fa#tor that seems to ne#essitate the
#o+er5up- at least in the minds of those insider offi#ials )ho mi!ht ha+e
a##ess to A== rele+ant information pa#,a!es*
On the other hand- Just outside the mar!ins of the #o+er5up an
entire #ounter5#o+er5up industry has #ome into existen#e em(odied in
thousands of (oo,s and arti#les a(out WHAT the #o+er5up is #o+erin!
up*
In this )ay- a +ery #ompli#ated relationship has de+eloped
(et)een the #o+er5up for#es and the #ounter5#o+er5up re+olutionaries*
It is- of #ourse- easy to identify the o(+ious fa#tors of this #ompli#ated
relationship*
Ho)e+er- if the issue in+ol+ed only the o(+ious fa#tors- then the
#o+er5up #ould not )or, for +ery lon!*
As it has transpired- the #o+er5up mi!ht ha+e had Kuite fine le!s
to stand upon durin! the %&24s* As time )ent on- thou!h- the #o+er5up
has literally (e#ome Kuite flimsy*
/ut it #ontinues in po)er any)ay* WH> it #ontinues in po)er is
diffi#ult to arti#ulate*
One #an really (e!in to )onder if- in its (i!!er 5pi#ture sense- the
#o+er5up is #o+erin! up the a#tuality of Spa#eside a#ti+ity of numerous
,inds 5 one ,ind (ein! the +i+id and +ery freKuent appearan#e of .POs
that are +isi(le )orld5)ide to EarthsidersD
The Earthsiders )ho #han#e to )itness .:O a#ti+ity are- of
#ourse- outside of dire#t #o+er5up #ontrol parameters )hose insider
personnel or!aniGe and promul!ate intelle#tual reasons (y )hi#h the
.:O )itnesses #an not ha+e seen or experien#ed )hat they did*
The )hole of this #ertainly seems a,in to a rather silly (ut
remar,a(le re+ol+in! door )hi#h (oth spits out and #he)s up
information- amon! other thin!s*
It also see,s to distort and to desta(iliGe the reality #onfiden#e
fa#tor not only of the thousands of )itnesses- (ut of the !eneral
Earthside populations as )ell*
Thus- the #ounter5#o+er5up industry see,s to re+eal the fa#ts
a(out WHAT the #o+er5up is #o+erin! up 5 and in this re!ard #opious
amounts of deli#ious data ha+e (een presented for those interested in
tra#,in! it do)n*
%4&
In this sense then- the #ounter5#o+er5up enthusiasts )or, to
demo(iliGe the #o+er5up (y attemptin! to put the lie to the #o+er5up*
Ho)e+er- this in turn means puttin! the lie to the offi#ial e#helons
)hi#h ha+e promul!ated the #o+er5up 5 and #ontinue to do so
re!ardless of the a+aila(ility of #ounter5#o+er5up information*
In this )ay- a po)erful di#hotomy has #ome into existen#e*
3IHOTOB> is defined as a di+ision or the pro#ess of di+idin! into t)o
5 espe#ially into t)o mutually ex#lusi+e or #ontradi#tory !roups- or into
t)o #ontradi#tory information sets*
Althou!h the !reat uninitiated masses mi!ht not understand it
+ery )ellL there is a famous di#tum alon! these lines #alled 3i+ide and
Rule*
At first si!ht- one mi!ht thin, this has nothin! at all to do )ith
the #o+er5up and #ounter M#o+er5up fias#o- (ut there are se+eral
elements of 3i+ide and Rule that #an (e#ome apparent if one patiently
#onstru#ts a lar!er pi#ture of )hat is in+ol+ed*
Rulership throu!h di+idin! reKuires that the di+idin! first result
in rather hefty and perpetuatin! #onfusions 5 (ehind )hi#h- and
throu!h )hi#h- the rulership #an (e effe#ti+e*
As it is- the #ounter5#o+er5up enthusiasts tend to fo#us on the
extraterrestrial details )hi#h are (ein! #o+ered up- many details of
)hi#h #an (e #ompletely do#umented as fa#t*
The #o+er5up for#es #ontinue to HruleH any)ay 5 lar!ely- it mi!ht
seem- (e#ause the fa#ts apparently donAt matter on the one hand- )hile
on the other hand the resultin! #onfusions seem to aid and a(et the
#o+er5up*
This ,ind of rather astonishin! situation su!!ests that if the
#o+er5up )as to (e su(mitted to le!al pro#edures and dra!!ed into
#ourt )here not insi!nifi#ant amounts of e+iden#e )ould (e #onsidered-
the most pro(a(le out#ome mi!ht (e that the #o+er5up )ould under!o
indi#tment*
The #o+er5up- ho)e+er- is not su(mitted to le!alisti# inspe#tion*
Instead- it is AAsu(mittedD to s#ien#e- and to s#ientifi# o+ersi!ht 5 and
the )hole of )hi#h not only pompously #omes do)n )ith a mainstream
(an! on the side of the #o+er5up- (ut #an (e seen as !i+in! sustenan#e
and artifi#ial life5support to it*
As (ut one easily a##essi(le example of this- the atmosphere of the
Boon had (een identified as early as the %&04s- and- as )ell- identified
(y prominent s#ientists of that de#ade*
With the ad+ent- ho)e+er- of the Earthside spa#e ra#e to #oloniGe
the Boon- the pre+ailin! )isdom of S#ien#e o(stinately do)nloaded into
pu(li# #o!nisan#e the authenti#ity of the airless 3ead Boon 3i#tum*
The airless 3ead Boon 3i#tum )as maintained in pla#e (y SIENE
until %&&1- )hen S#ien#e then#e Hdis#o+eredH the lunar atmosphere*
With this announ#ed %&&1 dis#o+ery- the dire#t meanin! is that the
Apollo astronauts 3I3 NOT land on an airless Boon as +i+idly pro#laimed
5 for if the lunar atmosphere )as there in %&&1- it )as #ertainly also
%%4
there (a#, in %&14- and )as #ertainly there )hen it )as first espied
and identified (a#, in Q&04- or earlier*
Pre+ious to the %&&1 Hdis#o+ery-H ho)e+er- the #ounter 5#o+er5 up
)or,ers had pu(lished in +ery numerous (oo,s enormous Kuantities of
Boon atmosphere e+iden#e- the authenti#ity of )hi#h should automati#ally
reinstate the many authors as ha+in! (een fa#tual all alon!D
As it )as- an information pa#,a!e re!ardin! the existen#e of the
lunar atmosphere had (een a+aila(le all alon!* And itfexisten#e had
(een do#umented )ell (efore anyone a#tually thou!ht of #oloniGin! the
Boon (efore the So+iets did*
The existen#e of the lunar atmosphere information pa#,a!e )as
s#ientifi#ally denied- and the s#am of the airless 3ead Boon 3i#tum
pa#,a!e )as- as it no) must (e said- :OISTE3 into pu(li# #o!niGan#e
and a##eptan#e*
We #ould #ir#ulate throu!h all of the o(+ious and su(tle issues
in+ol+ed (y no)* :or example- the reason WH> the lunar atmosphere
)as announ#ed in %&&1- )hen it #ould ha+e (een announ#ed in %&2'
)hen the lunar #onKuest pro!ram !ot under)ay*
Sin#e the %&&1 announ#ement #learly do)nloads not from s#ien#e
per se- (ut from the from the #o+er5up strata that in#orporate s#ien#e-
there must (e a !ood reason for it* Whate+er it is- ho)e+er- remains
opaKue*
In any e+ent- an effe#ti+e #o+er5up s#am reKuires a )ide latitude
of ere#ted #onfusions in order to su##eed*
The #onfusions ha+e to do not )ith fa#ts- (ut )ith ho)
Earthsiders thin, of them- or ho) they #an (e en#oura!ed to thin, of
them* Earthsiders- of #ourse- thin, (y pro#essin! pa#,a!ed information
rather than (y pro#essin! random data that has not yet (een
en#apsulated into a pa#,a!ed form*
The distin#tion (et)een random and pa#,a!ed information is that
the former has not a#hie+ed mu#h in the )ay of meanin!- )hile meanin!
has (een attri(uted and assi!ned to the latter* As it is- Earthsiders
are not all that interested in data that- to them- do not mean +ery
mu#h*
Thus- more pre#isely defined- pa#,a!ed information is meanin!5
mana!ed information 5 (e#ause of )hi#h- and out of )hi#h- intelle#tual
phase5lo#,in! amon! (iolo!i#al separate indi+idual #an ta,e pla#e*
Bore simply put- if !roups oU Earthsider indi+iduals #an (e
(rou!ht- one )ay or another- into a!reement a(out the meanin! of
somethin!- then their #ommunal intelle#tual pro#esses )ill phase5lo#,
)ith ea#h other*
Group5thin, #an then (e formed )ith respe#t to this or that
information pa#,a!e 5 resultin! in that intelle#tual phenomenon earlier
referred to as mindsets*
The most immediate result is a ,ind of !roup5mind thin!*
If one ta,es time to #onsider the lo!i#al emanations of this- the
(asi# purpose of the Spa#e A!e #o+er5ups has NOT simply (een to deny
#ertain fa#tors in the fa#e of e+iden#e that supports to them*
Ill
It is far more li,ely that a #on#erted- and rather su##essful-
attempt )as underta,en )ith re!ard to TWO prin#ipal fun#tions6
"%$ To in#rease rather than de#rease spa#e a!e #onfusions- so as
(etter to promul!ate and rule +ia disinformation pa#,a!es@
"0$ To ere#t and reinfor#e a parti#ular ,ind of planet5)ide
intelle#tual phase5lo#,in! lhat is data defi#ient )ith re!ard to the
meanin! not of Earthside affairs- (ut )ith re!ard to the meanin! of
Spa#eside a#ti+ities*
Anyone )ho has read any of the #ounter5#o+er5up materials )ill
re#o!niGe that the #o+er5up has (een ex#eedin!ly su##essful )ith
re!ard to "%$ a(o+e*
/ut althou!h some fe) mi!ht intuiti+ely respond to "0$ a(o+e- the
enormous hu((u( of "%$ has #ompletely o(literated the BEANING of
Spa#eside a#ti+ities 5 and )hi#h is so lo) as to (e nil*
The most pro(a(le )ay "0$ has (een a#hie+ed is (y ,eepin!
separate +arious ,inds of information pa#,a!es 5 )hi#h- if inte!rated-
mi!ht #ontri(ute to at least some dis#o+ery re!ardin! su#h meanin!*
As it is- Earthsiders are #ompletely mallea(le re!ardin! "0$ a(o+e-
in that (y histori#al ha(it they intelle#tually phase5lo#, on limited
num(ers of information pa#,a!es 5 and eJe#t those that donAt fit into
the phase 5lo#,in!*
Thus- the )hole "so to spea,$ of all possi(le information pa#,a!es
is ,ept (ro,en apart* And THIS- of #ourse- is Kuite #on+enient to the
time5tested 3i+ide and Rule pro#edure*
It should (e pointed up here that this understandin! is not no+el
or ori!inal to this )riter* Others ha+e similarly identified it- al(eit
under the different nomen#lature of the indi+idualAs Hlo#al realitiesD
+ersus Hnon5lo#al realitiesL
The latter- of #ourse- refers to realities that are lar!er and more
en#ompassin! 5 e+en to the de!ree of (ein! uni+ersal in their #ontexts*
This is to say that Earthsiders do not thin, outside of Earthside
lo#al realities*
This is further to su!!est that the realities of Spa#esiders mi!ht
not fit into AN> re#om(ination of Earthside information pa#,a!es 5 and
espe#ially so I: Earthside intelle#tual phase5lo#,in! is defi#ient )ith
re!ard to any Spa#eside realities ex#ept those offi#ially admitted to (y
S#ien#e*
And here it must (e pointed up that the Earthside S#ien#es are
fo#used only on the physi#al aspe#ts of )hate+er is in spa#e*
While almost all Spa#eside realities #onstitute nothin! less than a
#omplete mystery- there is at least one of those realities that #an easily
intelle#tually phase5lo#, )ith one Earthside reality*
/ut in attemptin! to ela(orate on this- )e )ill en#ounter )hat
amounts to an Earthside reality that in itself is deeply mysterious*
%%0
hapter 00
THE HTE=EPATHIH ONNETIONF
By first en#ounter )ith Br* Axelrod in the under!round pla#e
too, pla#e in %&12- This )as approximately three years after Apollo %1
had +isited the Boon- after )hi#h .* S5 interest in #oloniGin! the lunar
satellite seems to ha+e e+aporated*
I- ho)e+er- )as not then a)are of the e+aporation 5 (elie+in!- as
most did- that the lunar #onKuest )as someho) on5!oin!*
=i,e)ise- I thou!ht the airless dead Boon )as in fa#t Just that* I
did not (e!in to a##umulate the information in Part T)o until the mid5
%&'4s*
It )ill (e re#alled that Br* Axelrod and I dis#ussed telepathy- and
that he ultimately as,ed me to Jot do)n my thou!hts in that re!ard* At
the time- I didnAt !i+e this reKuest mu#h thou!ht- more or less thin,in!
that it )as Just a natural part of dis#ussin! ESP in !eneral*
T donAt remem(er exa#tly )hat I )rote do)n- (ut I do remem(er
that Br* AxelrodAs fa#e lost its perpetual #on+i+iality at this topi#- his
lips dra)in! into somethin! of a thin line*
I assumed that the Axelrod affair )as #ompletely o+er and done
)ith until the inad+ertent e+ent in =os An!eles )hi#h in#luded the
o+erly sensual female- my ultimate !oose(umpish response to her- and
the si!htin! of the t)ins*
Without the si!htin! of the t)ins- I )ould #ertainly ha+e
attri(uted any ET fa#tor to my ima!ination 5 lar!ely (e#ause )hat
Earthsiders #annot explain )e allo#ate to that )idely 5shared intelle#tual
phase5lo#,in! #alled Hfantasy*H
The next thin! that happened )as Br* AxelrodAs telephone #all to
me in Grand entral station "of all pla#es$ 5 durin! )hi#h Axelrod
pumped me for information a(out )hether the female had psy#hed me
out*
When thereafter my some)hat o+er)or,ed synapses had #ooled
(a#, into some ,ind of )or,in! order- it slo)ly (e!an to da)n on me
that Axelrod )as a#tually in an uproar o+er )hat )e Earthsiders refer
to as telepathy 5 not on my part- (ut on the part of the female5
The fa#t that Axelrod )as Kuite serious )ith his inKuiries seemed
to imply that the female- or extraterrestrial- had a SERIO.S type of
telepathy #apa(le of somethin! dire* A type of telepathy plus- as one
mi!ht suppose- a type )hi#h (eyond (ein! a #hannel for information
%%8
ex#han!e mi!ht also a#hie+e somethin! alon! the lines of mind (endin!
and fried (rains*
Ho)e+er- it )as only Br* AxelrodAs emphati# #on#ern that shifted
this into the fa#t that it )as later to (e#ome in my o)n appre#iation of
thin!sD
He ,ne) They existed- that at least some of them )ere d)ellin!
Earthside- and that They WERE in possession of telepathy plus*
Thereafter- )hen time permitted- I expended effort to not only
understand more a(out telepathy- (ut to try to thin, of it outside of
the standard intelle#tual phase5lo#,in! typi#al of the modern a!e*
Althou!h I donAt remem(er mu#h of )hat I noted do)n for Br*
Axelrod a(out telepathy in %&12- I )ould ha+e in#luded #ertain
#on#lusions I had already #on#retiGed*
% )ould ha+e indi#ated that telepathy must (e inherent in our
spe#ies- and not simply a matter of #ertain uniKue indi+iduals seemin!ly
spe#ially !ifted )ith it* After all- some of the most )ell 5do#umented
#ases of telepathy in+ol+e spontaneous experien#es at the mass le+el*
What I )ould not ha+e in#luded )as an understandin! I #ame to
mu#h later* This in+ol+es the matter of the nature of #ons#iousness as
)ill (e dis#ussed 5 not indi+idual #ons#iousness- (ut ons#iousness as a
uni+ersal premise and life for#e*
As to telepathy plus- I didnAt ha+e mu#h reality on )hat THIS
)ould #onsist of 5 until in %&'& )hen I (e!an in5depth studies of HI
GONG* THEN I (e!an to ha+e some idea of )hat telepathy plus WO.=3
#onsist of*
The fa#t that telepathy plus IS possi(le for Earthsiders is the
fundamental fa#t that has #aused me to )rite this (oo,*
Althou!h my ,no)led!e a(out telepathy has a !ood )ay yet to !o-
I no) ,no) mu#h more a(out it 5 a(out (oth )hat it must #onsist of-
and )hat it doesnAt #onsist of*
In a##umulatin! this information pa#,a!e- it (e#ame possi(le for
me to ma,e the follo)in! and Kuite (asi# o(ser+ation- an o(ser+ation
that is easy enou!h to su(stantiate*
Telepathy is the most for(idden element of Earthside
#ons#iousness* Indeed- so for(idden that S#ien#e )ould rather a##ept
rein#arnation- the existen#e of the soul- and life after death 5 PROEI3E3
those situations 3I3 NOT in#lude any telepathi# possi(ility*
WH> this is the #ase is (ut a small tip of a !i!anti# i#e(er!*
%%7
hapter 08
TE=EPATH> 5 THE PREEBINENT PENETRATION BO3A=IT>
Whate+er may or may not (e said re!ardin! telepathy- t)o +ery
#lear and unam(i!uous statements #an (e made a(out it*
:irst- it AN (e said that IP telepathy exists- then it )ould (e of
su#h o+errea#hin! and extraordinary importan#e that all Earthside
institutions )ould ha+e to (e Hreor!aniGedH in the fa#e of it*
Se#ond- if a )ide enou!h o+er+ie) is a##umulated a(out telepathy-
and a(out ho) it is !enerally treated (y Earthsiders- it is one human
fa#ulty that has a most ex#ellent #han#e of (ein! summarily shot do)n
(efore it has a #han#e to open and )in, its all5seein! eye*
The most +isi(le explanation for this is that telepathy penetrates
BIN3S 5 and so its de+elopment is definitely #ast into trou(led )aters
)here any format or element of mental se#re#y mi!ht (e in+ol+ed*
It must (e more or less admitted that most Earthside human
a#ti+ities #annot really !et any)here unless they are mounted upon this
or that format of moti+ational se#re#y or hidden a!endas*
.sin! this situation as a simple rule of thum(- one #an then easily
!rasp the extent and nature of the a nti5 telepathi# antipathies that #an
(e !enerated and exerted from the top of so#ietal pyramids do)n into
the populations (eneath them*
I ha+e no hesitation in statin! the a(o+eL (e#ause a full part of it
is a fallout (ased on real experien#es of mine* As (ut one si!nifi#ant
example- for fifteen years I )as in+ol+ed in se#ret de+elopmental Psi
)or, at the presti!ious Stanford Resear#h Institute* The )or, "in
de+elopin! remote +ie)in!$ )as lar!ely funded (y the .*S* intelli!en#e
a!en#ies*
/e#ause of this- many Washin!ton types and many noted s#ientists
+isited SRI* Eery many of them met only )ith my #ollea!ues- and
refused to meet little Bai- so mu#h so that they )ould not e+en ta,e
lun#h )ith me5
The reason6 H;esus- he #an read my mindC I #anAt let him !et
any)here near me*H This Kuote is NOT paraphrased*
One of the amusin! aspe#ts of this is that I: telepathy is )hat it
is- then one not need to (e in the proximity of a telepath in order to
ha+e their mind penetrated*
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Another amusin! aspe#t is that the fundin! a!en#ies did sponsor
the se#ret de+elopmental )or, in remote +ie)in! 5 some)hat on the
!rounds that it penetrates thin!s- not minds*
This is to say that remote +ie)in! pertains to penetration of
Hphysi#alsL not to penetration of Hmentals*D %
In any e+ent- the prin#ipal reason )hy A== formats of Psi
resear#h are mar!inaliGed- treated to ener!eti# diminishment- or
suppressed alto!ether is that those formats do in#lude potentials too
near the hated and un)anted telepathi# fa#ultiesD
So- the )hole (arn of psy#hi# resear#h must (e (urnt do)n as
Kui#,ly as possi(le- ma,in! sure that the telepathi# horses donAt es#ape*
There is one nota(le ex#eption to this- and one utiliGed for
#reati+e #o+er5up purposesD This ex#eption in+ol+es the dis#o+ery of
approa#hes to telepathy most noted either for the fa#t that they 3O NOT
)or,- or (e#ause they ser+e to disorient and defeat approa#hes that
BIGHT )or,*
Thus- the #on#ept that telepathy is a mind5to5mind thin! in+ol+in!
a sender and a re#ei+er has (een !i+en extraordinary pu(li#ity DO and
has in fa#t (e#ome the prin#ipal Earthside #ultural model for it*
Intelle#tual phase5lo#,in! into this non5produ#ti+e model is so
intense and so )idespread that Earthsiders literally #annot thin, of
telepathy in any other )ay*
With the ex#eption of some fe) experiments in the former So+iet
.nion- and in the Peoples Repu(li# of hina- the sender 5re#ei+er model
has not yielded anythin! more than sli!htly a(o+e5#han#e resultsD
E+en if the sli!htly a(o+e #han#e statisti#s are Jer,ed around a
little- none of them approa#h anythin! li,e telepathy plus*
And yet the sender5re#ei+er model of telepathy has (een #lun! to
for a little o+er a hundred years*
As my o)n information pa#,a!e a(out telepathy in#reased- it )as
lo!i#al enou!h to first assume that sin#e telepathy #ould (e seen as a
threat to all sorts of Earthside se#re#y fa#tors- those same se#re#y
fa#tors )ould not- )ith any sense of humor- loo, upon the de+elopment
of truly effe#ti+e penetrati+e types of telepathy*
This pro(a(ility still remains paramount- and #learly has an
Earthside (asis that #an easily (e esta(lished as su#h*
/ut if one approa#hes the #on#ept that extraterrestrial
intelli!en#es mi!ht indeed (e in possession of telepathy plus- then the
Earthside pi#ture- that seems so #ertain all (y itself- #an easily ta,e on
some lar!er and astonishin! dimensions-
Earthsiders #an thin, that if Spa#eside entities exist- then they
are possessed of intelli!en#e- and the same Earthsiders #an indeed
assume that alien intelli!en#e to (e- as often stated- HsuperiorH to
human intelli!en#e*
After all- the Spa#eside entities #an (uild #raft ex#eedin! the
limits of Earthside s#ientifi# ,no)led!e* And so not only their
te#hnolo!y- (ut their HmindsD as )ell B.ST (e superior*
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E+en so- the only mind5models Earthsiders ha+e for HmindD are
their o)n rather limited +ersions of )hat mind #onsists of 5 and from
this Earthside model has (een sanitiGed all fa#tors that Earthsiders
themsel+es donAt )ant to #onsider or put up )ith*
Thus- Earthsiders proJe#t THEIR minds as #on#eptualised upon all
potential extraterrestrial entities*
In this sense- the intelle#tual phase5lo#,in! re!ardin! mind is
planet )ide- )ith the final situation (ein! that the further one mo+es
up)ard in Earthside po)er stru#tures the more #onstri#ted that phase5
lo#,in! (e#omes*
Thus- there is some pun!ent and meanin!ful ,ind of hidden story
here* /ut )hate+er it is- it #learly (e!ins )ith the fa#t that Earthside
s#ien#e- philosophy- reli!ion- so#iolo!y and psy#holo!y 3O NOT sponsor
resear#h into )hat #an #olle#ti+ely (e #alled Psi 5 )hile those same
no(le institutions are rather noted for #ondemnin! it*
The modern Spa#e A!e fa#ilities need not (other )ith the
existen#e of extraterrestrial minds (e#ause those same fa#ilities insist
that nothin! of the ,ind exists 5 near Earth- any)ay*
Bost surprisin!ly- one mi!ht thin, that .folo!ists )ould #onsider
mental pro#esses of extraterrestrials- sin#e they are so ener!eti#ally
in+ol+ed )ith extraterrestrial eKuipment and te#hnolo!y*
None of the a(o+e )ill tou#h the topi# of Psi )ith a ten5foot pole-
and all of the a(o+e protest any feasi(le- positi+e ne#essity for a#tin!
any other )ay 5 althou!h some psy#holo!ists studyin! a(du#tion
phenomena ha+e (e!un to noti#e the telepathi# fa#tor*
At least t)o o(ser+ations #an (e made rele+ant to the a(o+e*
:irst- one mi!ht #onsider that the Earthside retreat from Psi is
somethin! a,in to protestin! too mu#h*
Se#ond- if I )ere an ET )ith hi!hly de+eloped Psi s,ills "and
)hi#h mi!ht ha+e led in the first pla#e to the e+olution of superior
te#hnolo!y$- I )ouldnAt parti#ularly )ant Earthsiders to de+elop Psi
fa#ulties*
And if telepathy )as an element in- say- #ons#iousness uni+ersal-
IAd soon fi!ure out ho) to telepathi#ally impre!nate Earthside human
#ons#iousness )ith intelle#tual phase5lo#,in! that )as detrimental to
positi+e telepathi# plus de+elopment*
The reason mi!ht (e +ery o(+ious* After all- )hat ET )ould )ant
Earthside telepaths penetratin! Spa#eside affairs- espe#ially- perhaps on
the Boon so near to themF
Thus- in this- at least- Spa#esiders and Earthsiders mi!ht ha+e
somethin! in #ommon 5 the Telepathy War- )on hands do)n so far (y
the Spa#esiders*
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hapter 07
THE EARTHSI3E ONEPT O: TE=EPATH>
In the pre+ious #hapter- I pointed up that the modern #on#ept of
telepathy has not produ#ed mu#h in the )ay of e+iden#e for telepathy
mu#h a(o+e some +ery lo) threshold a#ti+ity*
In other )ords- human telepathi# fa#ulties are ,no)n to exist*
/ut- )ith the ex#eption of spontaneous examples of telepathy- it does not
fun#tion in a hi!h5sta!e )ay*
There #ould (e any num(er of reasons for this5 /ut one reason
is that the #on#ept is at odds )ith )hat telepathy really #onsists of*
/e#ause that #on#ept is assumed to (e so #orre#t- it is ne+er Kuestioned
5 resultin! in failure to mo+e (eyond it*
This is the same as sayin! that the #on#ept is so )ide5spread
that stron! intelle#tual phase5lo#,in! of the #on#ept has ta,en pla#e*
3urin! modern s#ientifi# times- the standard ima!es of telepathy
usually pi#ture t)o heads or (rains fa#in! ea#h other* The t)o heads
or (rains are meant to represent t)o BIN3S* /ut sin#e no one seems to
ha+e fi!ured out ho) to render a mind into a pi#torial ima!e- an ima!e
of a head or (rain stands in for one*
/et)een the t)o heads or (rains are usually pla#ed somethin! li,e
sKui!!ly lines*
The sKui!!les are meant to (e su!!esti+e of +i(rations or )a+es
tele pathi#all y tra+elin! from one mind to the other mind* Sometimes one
of the t)o heads is indi#ated as Hsender-H the other as Hre#ei+er*H
Sin#e telepathy is identified )ith thou!hts- the sKui!!ly lines are meant
to represent them*
The modern idea fundamentally holds that telepathy is BIN35TO5
BIN3- and that the (rain- or at least the head- is assumed to (e the
Seat of the mind or the mind itself* This fundamental idea seems
entirely lo!i#al*
Ho)e+er- the a(o+e only represents the #hief THEORETIA= model
of telepathy as en+isioned (y some early psy#hi#al resear#hers a(out a
hundred years a!o*
/ut (e#ause of its apparent lo!i#- the theory )as assumed to (e
the truth of telepathy*
Sin#e the theory seemed so lo!i#al- the mind5to5mind #on#ept
Kui#,ly under)ent )ide5spread intelle#tual phase5lo#,in! to the de!ree
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that it soon o(tained the planetary5)ide status of unKuestioned and
un#hallen!ed #onsensus reality*
Whether thin!s are true or not- #onsensus reality usually #asts
them into #ement* Thereafter- it is +ery diffi#ult to tamper )ith a
#onsensus reality 5 espe#ially one that has H!one planetary-H so to
spea,D
/ut if the modern #on#ept of telepathy is some)hat dispassionately
examined- then- as )e )ill shortly see- the first and maJor pro(lem
en#ountered relates to )here and to )hat the mind is 5 and to I: it is*
/eyond that- )e #an see that the modern #on#ept of telepathy has
hardly any lon!5term histori#al tradition )hi#h )ould esta(lish it as a
natural #onstituent of our spe#ies*
So one has to rumma!e around in early history in a ,ind of
ar#haeolo!i#al di! in order to dis#o+er )hat there )as in the )ay of
ante#edents to telepathy*
The an#ient Romans identified t)o maJor terms )hi#h apparently
referred to t)o different ,inds of thou!ht pro#esses* We #ontinue to
use them t)o today- (ut in Kuite different )ays*
The =atin INTE==ET.S referred to the pro#esses of thin,in!
)hile in the a)a,e state* The thin,in! )as (ased on the physi#al
senses- (ut in#luded the senses of emotional feelin!- the )ill- and
de#ision 5ma,in! (ased on per#ei+ed e+iden#e*
The =atin INT.IT.S )as ta,en to refer to anythin! that did not
fit into the parameters of INTE==ET.S- (ut )hi#h any)ay influen#ed
persons AN3 )hat happened or )as to happen to them*
It )as #onsidered that INT.IT.S )as !reater than indi+iduals- (ut
that indi+iduals had a ,ind of intuiti+e thou!ht pro#essin! #apa(ility*
Some had more of this INT.IT.S than others- and so INT.IT.S )as a
Roman extension of the !reat traditions in antiKuity re!ardin! shamans-
ora#les and seersD
This !reat tradition )as )orld5)ide- and far antedated e+en the
an#ient Romans and Gree,s* In this +ery an#ient tradition- it is Kuite
pro(a(le that )hat )e no) spe#ify as #lair+oyan#e- intuition and
telepathy )ere all housed )ithin the same #on#ept and not identified
separately*
The usefulness of INT.IT.S )as that it pro+ided information to
users- and they didnAt mu#h #are ho) it )as !otten- only that it )as*
We ha+e only to add our #ontemporary idea of mentally pro#essin!
information to the #on#epts of INTE==ET.S and INT.IT.S- and )e #ome
up )ith a rather #lear pi#ture of the past*
/ut li,e the an#ients- )e )ould ha+e to spe#ify different mental
pro#esses for different ,inds of information*
We do this (y indi#atin! that there is a differen#e (et)een6
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"%$ information deri+ed from immediately o(Je#ti+e sour#es@ and
"0$ information su(Je#ti+ely deri+ed from sour#es that are not
immediately o(Je#ti+e5
The only real differen#e (et)een the an#ient and the modern ideas
of intelle#t and intuition is that )e today thin, of them as THINGS 5
)hile the an#ients #onsidered them as information5a#Kuisition pro#esses
or fun#tions*
/ut there is one more Kuite su(tle differen#e* When )e thin, of
intelle#t and intuition as thin!s- )e )ill then try to use our thin!s as
tools to a#Kuire information* In this senseL )e first position the tool
ahead of the information it is supposed to deal )ith*
Sin#e )e thin, of intelle#t and intuition as thin!s- )e suppose
that the an#ients did li,e)ise*
/ut the e+iden#e is Kuite stron! that they first positioned the
information to (e a#Kuired (y )hate+er means- and didnAt really
#on#eptualiGe thin!5li,e tools needed to a#Kuire it*
This su(tle tradition still !oes on- al(eit outside of modern s#ien#e
and psy#holo!y* Bany hi!hly fun#tionin! people )ant information 5 and
they still donAt parti#ularly #are ho) they !et it as lon! as they do !et
it*
We )ell understand that (et)een intelle#t and intuition Kuite
different thou!ht pro#esses are in+ol+ed*
Ho)e+er- sin#e in our modern times )e donAt ,no) )hat intuiti+e
thou!ht pro#essin! #onsists of- )e attempt to utiliGe intelle#tual thou!ht
pro#essin! to a#hie+e intuiti+e results*
The results a#hie+ed (y this mismat#hin! are not mu#h (etter
than #han#e expe#tation*
It )as not until the sixteenth #entury that the #on#ept of
#lair+oyan#e made its appearan#e in :ran#e* This #ommen#ed the
distin#tion of separate INT.IT.S fa#tors*
In :ren#h- the term )as first utiliGed in the #ontexts of ,een
insi!ht- #learness of insi!ht- insi!ht into thin!s (eyond the ran!e of
ordinary per#eption* These :ren#h definitions are approximate to the
early Roman idea of INT.IT.S*
The emphasis- of #ourse- )as on INSIGHT*
The route of the :ren#h =AIREO>ANE into En!lish is not #lear-
(ut it seems it )as not adapted into En!lish usa!e until a(out %'71*
When it did appear in En!lish- it #arried a sli!htly different
definition6 a supposed fa#ulty of some persons #onsistin! in the mental
per#eption of o(Je#ts at a distan#e or #on#ealed from si!ht*
.nless the differen#e is pointed up- it pro(a(ly )onAt (e noti#ed*
There is a strate!i# differen#e (et)een the #on#ept of insi!ht and the
#on#ept of per#ei+in! o(Je#ts at a distan#e or #on#ealed from si!ht*
Within the #ontext of this (oo,- the definitions of INSIGHT are
some)hat amusin!6 the po)er or a#t of seein! into a situation@
%04
penetration@ the a#t of apprehendin! and penetratin! into the inner
nature of thin!s or seein! intuiti+ely*
The use- in En!lish- of the term =AIREO>ANE ser+ed to deta#h
it from insi!ht- and then to esta(lish a spe#ial #ate!ory limited to the
Hseein!D THINGS*
The emphasis thus shifted to)ard a spe#ialty interest only as
re!ards mental me#hanisms +ia )hi#h #lair+oyan#e mi!ht fun#tion*
With the En!lish #on#ept of #lair+oyan#e thus esta(lished as
seein! THINGS "not seein! insi!ht- as it )ere-$ it then (e#omes o(+ious
that a #ompanion #ate!ory ha+in! to do )ith penetratin! minds )as
ne#essary* After all- human experien#in! IS in+ol+ed )ith thin!s AN3
mental a#ti+ities*
O1
This spe#ial #ate!ory already existed )hen the En!lish #on#ept of
#lair+oyan#e #ame into existen#e*
The #ate!ory )as #alled THO.GHT5REA3ING- and had a history
!oin! (a#, for some #enturies* The history )as rather )o((ly- thou!h-
sin#e thou!ht5readin! had (een used as a form of entertainment- and
)as thus hea+ily o##upied (y frauds* -
h
The only #on#ept of real thou!ht5readin! that has sur+i+ed do)n
until today is expressed as someone Hreadin!H someone elseAs H(eadsH 5
there(y !ainin! insi!ht- et#* ) [
In any e+ent- the parameters of )hat mi!ht #onstitute thou!ht5
readin! )ere +a!ue 5 and also #arried the disad+anta!e of (ein! related
to the idea that thou!ht5readin! #ould (e Hpi#,ed upH in !roup ,inds
of )ays*
Su#h spreadin! a(out #ould- (y some un,no)n su(liminal means-
result in infe#tious hysteria of )hat )as latter termed Hmo(
psy#holo!y*H
What )as )anted in order to (rea, a)ay from thou!ht5readin!
)as a #on#ept that spe#ifi#ally identified Hdire#t a#tion of one mind on
another- independent of the ordinary senses*H No su#h restri#tions
#ould (e applied to thou!ht5readin! (e#ause of its some)hat notorious
!roup5lin, #hara#teristi#s*
To fulfill the idea of dire#t a#tion of one mind on another- the
#on#ept of THO.GHT5TRANS:ERENE appeared in En!land (et)een %'19
and %''%*
Ho)e+er- this #on#ept )as short5li+ed- (e#ause it remained
some)hat #luttered )ith a #onfusion re+ol+in! around the idea that some
,ind of tran#e5li,e rapport )as in+ol+ed re!ardin! the transferen#e of
thou!hts and emotions* The transfer of emotions )as still Kuite #lose to
!roup responsi+eness +ia some ,ind of entrainment*
All of these pro(lems )ere !otten around "or so it )as thou!ht$
)ith the #oinin!- in a(out %''0- o the term TE=EPATH> (y the psy#hi#al
resear#her- :* W* H5 Byers*
One of the most #o!ent summaries of telepathy is found in the
%&04 En#y#lopedia of the O##ult #ompiled (y =e)is Spen#e*
%0%
Therein )e read that HThe idea of inter 5#ommuni#ation (et)een
(rain and (rain- (y other means than that of the ordinary sense5
#hannels- is a theory deser+in! of the most #areful #onsideration5A
.
ompa#ted this )ay for resear#h purposes- HThe idea 5 sounds
a(solutely !reat- doesnAt itF
Well- as already mentioned- HThe ideaH represents the #hief horror
of all horrors 5 in that +ery fe) humans relish the idea of ha+in! their
(rains penetrated in this )ay at all*
As =e)is Spen#e "amon! other of his #ontemporaries$ noted in
%&04- inter 5#ommuni#ation (y means other than that of the ordinary
sense 5#hannels is somethin! deser+in! of #areful #onsideration *
/ut this implies that there )ould ha+e to (e a desire to #ommen#e
the #onsideration in the first pla#e* After all- one has to esta(lish the
need or )illin!ness to #onsider somethin! (efore one #an !o ahead and
H#arefullyD #onsider it*
Sin#e the idea of telepathy is some)hat in #onfli#t )ith preser+in!
the idea of se#reti+e po)er- the road of telepathy (e!un in %''0 )as to
find itself filled )ith maJor so#ial (lo#,a!es*
In any e+ent- Byers esta(lished a rather pre#ise definition for the
ne) term6 Ha #oin#iden#e (et)een t)o personAs thou!hts )hi#h reKuires
a #ausal explanation*H
The H#ausal explanationD )as theoriGed as (ein! li,e radio
(road#astin! H)a+esD )hi#h )ere sent and dupli#ated (y re#ei+ers
,no)n as radios*
TE=EPATH> repla#ed the earlier term- THO.GHT TRANS:ERENE-
lar!ely (e#ause the latter did not a+ail itself of the radio5)a+e
hypothesis as THE #ausal explanation* Thereafter- the ima!e of
telepathy IA+e outlined at the head of this #hapter has held #omplete
s)ay*
Ho)e+er- and as esta(lished- sin#e telepathy #annot really exist
)ithout its maJor su(stan#e 5 thou!hts 5 the telepathy situation still
re+ol+es around thou!hts and their dire#t transfer from one (rain to
another*
We no) en#ounter the first of the maJor stum(lin! (lo#,s*
E+eryone realises that a thou!ht #ontains information* And so here )e
are in the +i#inity of a Kuite !ood analo!y 5 a (ottle of )ine* Thou!hts
are the )ine* /ut )hat does the (ottle #onsist ofF
THO.GHT is one of those terms that ha+e many definitions 5 too
many to (rin! any #larity to the issue*
THO.GHT6 the a#tion or pro#ess of thin,in!@ serious
#onsideration@ re#olle#tion@ reasonin! po)er@ the po)er to ima!ine@
somethin! that is thou!ht@ the indi+idual a#t or pro#ess of
thin,in!@ intention@ plan@ the intelle#tual produ#t of or!aniGed
+ie)s and prin#iples of a period- pla#e- !roup- or indi+idual@
#hara#teriGed (y #areful reasoned thin,in!*
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As an addendum to the a(o+e definitions of THO.GHT- some- (ut
not all- di#tionaries also atta#h the term BIN3:.=- the prin#iple
definition of )hi#h is Hin#lined to (e a)are*H
So- one #an read all of the ele+en definitions of THO.GHT 5 and
o(ser+e that thou!ht5a#ti+ity of any or all of them O.=3 pro#eed
)ithout any professed in#lination to (e a)are of anythin!*
In the e+ent of this- ho)e+er- only the most !ross #ases mi!ht
(e#ome noti#ea(le* They )ould (e du((ed as BIN3=ESS 5 that term
referrin! to Hinattenti+e- destitute of a)areness- mind- or
#ons#iousness5H
All of the a(o+e mi!ht seem li,e extraneous ex#ursions into )ords*
/ut a#tually- one mi!ht )ell )onder if someone )ould telepathi#ally pi#,
up someone elseAs mindless thou!hts 5 su#h as utiliGin! rather mindless
and dull #ards of sym(ols and #olor shapes to test for telepathy*
As it )as (a#, in the nineteenth #entury- most of these
definitions for THO.GHT- and the #onfusions they #arried- )ere easily
a+aila(le* And so Why5O5Why that term )as seiGed upon at all as
relati+e to telepathy is +irtually inexpli#a(le*
A +astly more #o!ent term )ould ha+e (een IN:ORBATION
TRANS:ERENE-
As to TE=EPATH>- this )as a neolo!ism put to!ether from t)o
terms6 TE=E meanin! a#ross@ and EBPATH> traditionally referrin! NOT
to thou!ht- (ut to Hthe #apa#ity for parti#ipatin! in anotherAs feelin!s
or ideas as a result of (e#omin! infused )ith them*H
IN:.SE is ta,en to mean to pour in- to introdu#e into- to
insinuate- inspire- and to animate-
D
If the reader has found all of the a(o+e to (e more than a little
#onfusin!- )ell- donAt )orry*
The #on#ept of telepathy ma,es perfe#tly lo!i#al sense O I: it is
dis#ussed WITHO.T in#ludin! its attendant diffi#ulties*
If the attendant diffi#ulties are mentioned- then +arious #o!niti+e
pro(lems (e!in to arise 5 lar!ely (e#ause the assumed lo!i# of the
telepathy model 3OES NOT #onsider the H(ottleH that #ontains the )ine
"thou!hts$*
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hapter 02
EARTHSI3E GRO.P5THIN?
I ha+e outlined the theoreti#al #on#ept of telepathy as a mindPtoP
mind thin! made possi(le (y somethin! a,in to radio (road#astin!
)a+es* I ha+e also pointed up that that model is uni+ersally a##epted
e+en today as THE #orre#t and only model of telepathy5
And I ha+e more or less #hallen!ed the authenti#ity of that model
5 lar!ely (e#ause nothin! has e+er de+eloped out of it* >et- in spite of
its demonstrated un)or,a(ility- the model is stu((ornly #lun! to (y
Earthside !roup5thin, on a )orld5)ide (asis*
The reader mi!ht assume that my #hallen!e to its authenti#ity
ori!inates )ith me5 /ut this is not the #ase at all*
The #on#ept of telepathy as mindPto5mind #ame into existen#e in
%''0- and )as Kuite inspirational* /e#ause of )hat )as in+ol+ed- it )as
!i+en a +ery thorou!h )or,in! o+er durin! the follo)in! t)enty5fi+e
years*
On the one hand- no real ad+an#es )ere a#hie+ed- )hile on the
other hand e+iden#e mounted indi#atin! the theory )as neither #orre#t
nor appli#a(le*
The latter situation )as summariGed in %&%& (y ;ames Henry
Hyslop- a former Professor of =o!i# and Ethi#s at olum(ia .ni+ersity-
and one of the most distin!uished Ameri#an psy#hi#al resear#hers*
Hyslop pu(lished a len!thy re+ie) of pre+ious telepathy resear#h-
and ended up )ith a s(#5part statement that HThere is no s#ientifi#
e+iden#e for any of the follo)in! #on#eptions of it*H
"%$ Telepathy as a pro#ess of sele#tin! from the #ontents of the
su(#ons#ious of any person in the presen#e of the
per#ipient@
"0$ Telepathy as a pro#ess of sele#tin! from the #ontents of the
mind of some distant person (y the per#ipient and
#onstru#tin! these a#Kuired fa#ts into a #omplete simulation
of the !i+en personality@
"8$ Telepathy as a pro#ess of sele#tin! memories from any li+in!
people to impersonate the dead@
"7$ Telepathy as implyin! the transmission of the thou!hts of
all li+in! people to all others indi+idually- )ith the sele#tion
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of the ne#essary fa#ts for impersonation from one indi+idual
(y another indi+idual@
"2$ Telepathy as in+ol+in! a dire#t pro#ess (et)een a!ent and
per#ipient@
"9$ Telepathy as explanatory in any sense )hate+er- implyin!
\in+ol+in!] any ,no)n #auZe*
Thus- the ne)s that the theory of telepathy didnAt )or, )as
a+aila(le in %&%&- Why this e+iden#e )as trashed- and )hy Earthside
!roup5thin, #ontinued to ad+o#ate the un)or,a(le telepathi# theory is a
Kuestion that fe) ha+e e+er #onsideredD
It is perhaps unfortunate that Professor Hyslop pu(lished the six
findin!s listed a(o+e in his %&%& (oo, entitled onta#t With The Other
World* This topi# indeed pla#ed him outside of s#ien#e and philosophy
proper*
At it )as- #ontinuin! #onfiden#e in the un)or,a(le telepathy model
)as so hi!h that its enthusiasts ha+e simply pro#eeded ad+o#atin! it
do)n until the present*
One hypotheti#al ans)er as to )hMy Earthside !roup5thin, has
#ontinued to (e infe#ted )ith the un)or,a(le model of telepathy is that
it 3OES NOT )or,*
As lon! as Earthsiders are intelle#tually phase5lo#,ed into the
assumption that an un)or,a(le model is none the less authenti#- )ell-
Earthside se#rets )ill remain unpenetrated (y telepathi# modalities*
If this is the #ase- than it is not the failed model of telepathy
that is important- (ut rather the Earthside !roup5thin, that promul!ates
a##eptan#e of its authenti#ity *
Here- then- is a re#o!niGa(le #ase of information pa#,a!e
mana!ement to defeat the de+elopment of Earthside telepathy* It does
so merely (y institutin! an information pa#,a!e from )hi#h telepathy
doesnAt stand a #han#e of (ein! de+eloped*
THIS is li,e pla#in! and reinfor#in! a mental s#reen seemin!ly so
lo!i#al that it o(s#ures its o)n illo!i#*
We #an see that this type of s#reen )ould (e thou!ht of as
ad+anta!eous to Earthsiders )ho )ould not (e thrilled if their se#reti+e
a#ti+ities )ere to (e telepathi#ally penetrated*
One mi!ht hypotheti#ally also #onsider that the ET mi!ht li,e)ise
NOT (e thrilled for mu#h the same Earthside reasons* Thus- Earthside
telepathy may (e dou(ly dammed- hypotheti#ally spea,in! of #ourse*
In any e+ent- the nature of Earthside !roupMthin, is Kuite
interestin!- in that really effe#ti+e mana!ement of information pa#,a!es
#an ta,e pla#e only if !roup5thin, truly exists and that it does ha+e
some ,ind of telepathi# (asis*
Other)ise- attempts to mana!e information pa#,a!es on an
indi+idual (asis )ould (e Kuite la(orious*
Group5thin, is a#,no)led!ed as existin!* It #an (e seen in the
)ay orporations see, to H#onditionD their employees on (ehalf of (ein!
enthusiasti# a(out the orporate stru#ture and its !oals*
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Additionally- the #on#ept of !roup5thin, and the #on#ept of
intelle#tual phase5lo#,in! seem to ha+e somethin! to do )ith ea#h other*
/oth !roup5thin, and intelle#tual phase5lo#,in! appear to (e
extensions of the a!e5old axiom that (irds of a feather So#, to!ether 5
)hile THIS is assumed to (e an a#ti+e element of human nature*
If the existen#e of !roup5thin, and intelle#tual phase5lo#,in! is
a##epted- then the only remainin! pro(lem- or opportunity- is )hat
information pa#,a!es are to (e inserted into them and thereafter
mana!ed for one end or another*
Ho)e+er- in the li!ht of the a(o+e the existen#e of !roup5minds
#annot (e es#aped*
And if anyone )ants to dis#o+er one sin!le topi# that is
#onstantly (leeped- a+oided and suppressed- you only ha+e to #onsider
the nearly #omplete a(sen#e of this one*
To !et into this- e+en if only partially- it is ne#essary to start (y
#onsiderin! the nature of )hat Earthsiders ha+e ele#ted to identify as
#ons#iousness*
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hapter 09
IS ONSIO.SNESS IN3IEI3.A= OR .NIEERSA=
If one (e!ins to examine the Earthside se#re#y re!ardin! .:Os
that is (y no) apparent almost on a daily (asis- it is appropriate to
first fo#us on exa#tly )hat is (ein! ,ept se#ret*
If one thereafter pro!resses (eyond the o(+ious- one soon finds
that not only is information (ein! ,ept se#ret- (ut that disinformation is
(ein! supplied from +ery hi!h le+els to disa(le and #o+er up
information that #anAt (e ,ept se#ret*
Thus- the .:O situation is #hara#teriGed (y se#re#y (arriers and
(y #o+er5up strata!ems*
There are t)o fa#tors a(out this dou(le situation that are
remar,a(le- (ut )hi#h seldom are #ommented upon*
The first fa#tor has to do )ith the so#ial dimensions in+ol+ed* It
is Kuite fair to say that the dimensions are )orld5)ide- or- put another
)ay- planetary*
This fa#tor leads into the se#ond one- the fa#t that an enormous
#ooperation is reKuired to ,eep the se#re#y and the #o+er5up in pla#e
throu!h the de#ades in )hi#h (oth ha+e (een implemented and
maintained*
The )hole of this- of #ourse- is somethin! of a #harade in that
.:Os ha+e (een seen- photo!raphed and +ideo5taped all alon!* Thus- as
this #hapter is (ein! )ritten in %&&'- the !eneral pu(li# d)ellin! in
most nations thorou!hly realiGe that .:Os exist- and that they are
operated (y intelli!en#e*
If one meditates on all of the a(o+e- it #an (e#ome some)hat #lear
that the existen#e of the .:Os is not )hat is (ein! #o+ered up 5
(e#ause they ARE seen- photo!raphed and +ideo5taped*
Additionally- the idea that the #raft are the produ#ts of an
intelli!en#e #anAt (e #o+ered up 5 lar!ely (e#ause the idea that they
are NOT the produ#t of an intelli!en#e is ludi#rousD
After )endin! oneDs )ay throu!h the mysteries in+ol+ed- one #an
(e left )ith the rather stunnin! Kuestion6 WHAT IS IT that is a#tually
(ein! #lothed in se#re#y and #o+er5upF
After all- the .:Os are +isi(ie planet5)ide "and a#tually on a daily
(asis if one reads the )ee,ly .:O .pdate no) a+aila(le +ia the
Internet*$ Additionally- the se#re#y and the #o+er5up are tren#hantly
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+isi(le- for they ha+e (een adeKuately exposed in a !reat num(er of
(oo,s*
In the li!ht of this- a(out the only pla#e the se#re#y and #o+er5
ups are (ein! effe#ti+e is amon! those responsi(le for (oth* This is to
say- amon! !o+ernment- militaryL s#ientifi# and media hierar#hies 5 all of
)hi#h remain Kuite mum a(out )hate+er it is those authoritarian
stru#tures are remainin! mum a(out*
* And )hat this IS] not #lear at all*
QJfM To emphasiGe6 o+erin! up the o(+ious is an oxymoroni# exer#ise*
/ut #o+erin! up somethin! A/O.T the o(+ious that is not readily
apparent +ia the o(+ious e+iden#e #ould ma,e sense out of )hat is
other)ise only a silly #harade*
E+ery aspirin! intelli!en#e analyst proposin! to )or, )ithin
se#ret a!en#ies learns that one )ay to (rea, a mystery that )onAt yield
to easy explanation is to loo, around for mysteries that are someho)
similar*
In this #ase- the se#re#y and #o+er5ups are (ein! maintained-
rather /i! Time- (y !o+ernment- military- s#ien#e and media
#olla(oration* Therefore- it is useful to loo, around for another example
)hi#h those /i! :our entities A=SO #olla(orated in #o+erin! up*
One example alon! these lines #omes to mind* This in+ol+es an
issue that is a little diffi#ult to arti#ulate (e#ause it is as ener!eti#ally
suppressed and #o+ered5up as is the issue of ET +isitations and
intelli!en#e*
A tip of this parti#ular i#e(er! first surfa#ed in %&21 )hen the
)riter Ean#e Pa#,ard pu(lished a (oo, entitled Hidden Persuaders* The
ori!inal meat for Pa#,ardAs (oo, is !i+en as follo)s*
In the early %&24s- the o)ner of a mo+ie theater in Ne) ;ersey
had apparently learned somethin! a(out su(liminal su!!estion* He
#ontri+ed to (riefly flash the )ords H3rin, o#a5olaD o+er ?im No+a,As
fa#e* This resulted in a 2' per #ent in#rease in o#a5ola sales o+er a
six5)ee, period*
Pa#,ardAs Hidden Persuaders !a+e depth and su(stan#e to this
phenomenon- and des#ri(ed ho) lar!e !roups of human minds #ould (e
influen#ed (y )ords or ima!es flashed so Kui#,ly that the intelle#t
#ould not per#ei+e them- (ut that the su(#ons#ious did* Indeed- the
fa#t of su(liminal #ommuni#ation and per#eption )as o(+ious*
E+en so- the resultin! (rouhaha )as a(solutely enormous- and the
/i! :our #ooperated in esta(lishin! ne!ati+e information pa#,a!es the
purpose of )hi#h )as to #ondition pu(li# a)areness a)ay from the
reality of su(liminal a#ti+ities*
If the #onditionin! steps are examined- it #an (e seen that they
)ere not entirely unli,e those (ein! promul!ated re!ardin! the .:O
#o+er5up situation* I*e*- to deny- dis#redit- and de#rease #onfiden#e*
There are se+eral )ays to assess the Ean#e Pa#,ard situation*
Eldon Taylor examined it in his (oo, Su(liminal ommuni#ation "%&''$*
%0'
As Taylor )rote6 HPa#,ard presented a #ase for persuasion throu!h the
art and s#ien#e of moti+ational analysis- feed(a#,- and psy#holo!i#al
manip ulation *
HHidden Persuaders )as the first open attempt to inform the
!eneral pu(li# of a potentially Or)ellian means to ensla+e the mind and
to do so surreptitiously5H
It )ould ha+e seemed that Pa#,ardAs (oo, #ould ha+e (een ta,en
#ulturally in stride sin#e it )as no se#ret "%$ that minds #ould (e
influen#ed- and "0$ that they )ere influen#ed (y art- literature-
intelle#tual su!!estions- and edu#ational #onditionin!*
After all- the maJor !oal of any so#ial !roupin! is to a#hie+e
(road intelle#tual phase5lo#,in!- so as to (enefit from melded !roup5
mind responses and there(y maintain the #ontours and )or,a(ility of
the so#iety*
As it )as- the /i! :our #arried on in )ays that amounted to a
rampa!e a!ainst su(liminal per#eption 5 and the issue )as there(y
slo)ly re5su(mer!ed (eneath the a)areness of pu(li# #o!niGan#e*
/i! Pour outra!e surfa#ed a!ain in the early %&14s
)hen yet another (oo, appeared entitled Su(liminal Sedu#tion- authored
(y one Wilson /ryan ?ey* This (oo, Kui#,ly under)ent se+eral
printin!s (y +arious pu(lishin! housesD
So an extra5lar!e dose of ne!ati+e de#onditionin! response
emer!ed from the /i! :our* The !eneral tenor of the /i! :our
de#onditionin! responses +er!ed on apoplexy- )hi#h may ha+e indu#ed
mu#h the same in the pu(li# mind 5 i*e*- sudden diminution or loss of
#ons#iousness- sensation- and +oluntary (rain motion5
E+en so- the /i! :our rea#tions )ere so lar!e that many (e!an to
suspe#t that )here there )as so mu#h #o+er5up smo,e that there must
(e a !oodly fire* And so the (oo, (e#ame mu#h in demand*
?eyAs (oo, pro+ided su(stantial e+iden#e that su(liminal sedu#tion
)as (ein! utiliGed (y (i!5time Badison A+enue ad+ertisers in a
#ons#ious effort to influen#e the pu(li# mind in order to in#rease sales
of +arious produ#ts throu!h the inte!ration of hidden messa!es*
:or example- it had (een learned that em(eddin! su(liminal
Hmessa!esH in ad illustrations (y )ay of +ery su(tle ima!es of na,ed
)omen or the )ords :.?- S.?- TITS or /A==S- indeed in#reased sales
of )hat )as (ein! ad+ertised*
The su(tle em(eds do not )or, )ith re!ard to #ons#ious
per#eption- (ut rather stimulate a#ti+ity in the su(#ons#ious le+el )here
dri+es or ur!es for somethin! ori!inate* This results in per#eption
)ithout a)areness*
Tt )as ultimately #onfirmed that su(liminal Hmessa!esDD #ould
indu#e a#ti+ation or deadened pu(li# responses to Just a(out any issue*
In any e+ent- the so5#alled H#ontro+ersyH )ent (ananas* It )as
summed up in a +ery hefty and s#ientifi#ally respe#ta(le (oo, entitled
Su(liminal Per#eption@ The Nature of a ontro+ersy "%&1%$- authored (y
sM
%0&
Norman :* 3ixon- then at the .ni+ersity olle!e- =ondon* 3ixonAs (oo,
)as ne+er pu(lished in the .SA as far as I ,no)*
Aside from the eliteAs o(+ious effi#ien#y in mana!in! the Hpu(li#
mindH this )ay or that- the issue of su(liminal sedu#tion is #learly
atta#hed to the issue of the !roup5mind* :or the Hpu(li# mindD is-
after all a !roup ,ind of mind*
The pu(li# mind- as a !roup ,ind of mind- also is referred to as
mass #ons#iousness or mo( #ons#iousness*
If one then expends the time and effort to troll for information
a(out mass #ons#iousness- one )ill en#ounter a +ery stran!e fa#tor
re!ardin! #o+er5ups of information pa#,a!es*
This must (e pre#eded (y mentionin! the o(+ious desire of pu(li#
mana!ers to understand Hhuman (eha+iorH and ho) mass human
#ons#iousness fun#tions 5 in order to (etter mind5#ontrol the pu(li#
mind this )ay or that*
It is thus unthin,a(le that no resear#h alon! these lines has e+er
(een underta,en*
By o)n resear#h into this area re+ealed that mass #ons#iousness
or mo( #ons#iousness resear#h #ame to an a(rupt end in a(out %&885
%&82* This is to say- that it #ame to an end as far as pu(li# a##ess to
it is #onsidered*
It ended (e#ause of a set of dis#o+ered #on#lusions* Amon! them-
that mo( #ons#iousness responded #olle#ti+ely NOT to rational intelle#tual
perspe#ti+es- (ut to some ,ind of emotional empathy that )as someho)
su(#ons#iously TRANSBITTE3* This- ho)e+er- #ould not (e explained
unless the #on#ept of telepathy )as (rou!ht into #onsideration*
And THAT )as the end of THAT ,ind of resear#h*
/ut here is a rather remar,a(le lin, of some ,ind* If the
existen#e of de+eloped telepathy is put do)n and #o+ered up (y elitist
Earthside for#es- then if there mi!ht (e a telepathi# Spa#eside
#onne#tion- the existen#e of that parti#ular fa#toid )ould need to (e
#o+ered up*
It is )orth repeatin! that psy#hi#al and parapsy etiolo!i#al
resear#h more or less (it the dust /EA.SE it proposed to resear#h
telepathy 5 the one human attri(ute that many Earthside po)er
stru#tures prefer NOT to (e de+eloped*
Ho)e+er- in order to !et Just a (it deeper into this possi(le
issue- it needs to (e approa#hed from a sli!htly different an!le* This
in+ol+es the matter of #ons#iousness*
There are so +ery many definitions of ONSIO.SNESS that they
alto!ether assume the !uise of a #o!niti+e sumF*R /ut e+en so- there is
an offi#ial definition of it- and it is this ofte5f#hit the /i! :our more or
less #lin! to*
This definition- in its se+eral parts- is found in The En#y#lopedia
of Philosophy- pu(lished in %&91* The definition is not o(solete-
ho)e+er- sin#e it remains more or less in for#e today*
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The definition (e!ins )ith a referen#e to ;ohn =o#,e "%9805%147$-
the reno)ned En!lish philosopher and founder of /ritish empiri#ism*
=o#, defined ONSIO.SNESS as Hthe per#eption of )hat passes
in a manAs o)n mind * * 5 \as the pro#ess] of a personAs o(ser+in! or
noti#in! the internal operations of his mind5 It is (y means of
#ons#iousness that a person a#Kuires the ideas of the +arious operations
or mental states- su#h as the ideas of per#ei+in!- thin,in!- dou(tin!-
reasonin!- ,no)in!- and )illin! and learns of his o)n mental states at
any !i+en time*H
The En#y#lopedia then !oes on to #larify that althou!h the term
ONSIO.SNESS has many definitions- it Hhas a (road use to desi!nate
any mental state or )hate+er it is a(out a state )hi#h ma,es it mental*
*** It is #ons#iousness )hi#h ma,es a fa#t a mental fa#t*D %
onsiderin! the many am(i!uous and #onfusin! definitions of
ONSIO.SNESS- the a(o+e offers a #lini#al effi#ien#y that #an hardly
(e dou(ted* Thus- most )ould ta,e it at its apparent- and important-
fa#e +alue*
/ut the definition esta(lishes a parameter that is Kuite
interestin!L on#e it is pointed up*
:or the definition #onsi!ns the definition of ONSIO.S to existin!
)ithin the me#hanisms of the indi+idual5 This is to say- that althou!h
ea#h person has #ons#iousness- it is none the less indi+idual to that
person* :or in#reased #larity- ea#h person has #ons#iousness- and thus
ea#h is- so to spea,- an island of #ons#iousness amon! multitudes of
other islands of the same*
If- then- information is transferred (et)een the islands- it has to
(e a##omplished (y o(Je#ti+e means*
No)here in the En#y#lopedia entry is there any hint that
#ons#iousness is anythin! other than indi+idual*
Thus- (ut )ithout sayin! so- telepathy as the meldin! of
#ons#iousness independent of o(Je#ti+e means of transfer is for(idden*
There is no entry for TE=EPATH> in the En#y#lopedia* /ut there
is a rather fair synopsis of ESP PHENOBENA- in )hi#h telepathy is
referred to as a Hspe#ies of ESP-H (ut )ithin )hi#h nothin! is learned
a(out it 5 ex#ept an admission that it exists*
As it is- telepathy #annot exist- mu#h less (e explained- I: the
parameters of #ons#iousness are limited to the mental eKuipment of the
(iolo!i#al indi+idual*
Sin#e information is Hex#han!edD or Ha#KuiredH (et)een human
indi+iduals in the a(sen#e of any o(Je#ti+e methods to do so- and in
that the information so ex#han!ed results in mental per#eption of it- it
is o(+ious that a format of #ons#iousness exists that is independent of
ea#h (iolo!i#al human unit*
The En#y#lopedia definition thus seems !ood as far as it !oes- (ut
is nonetheless in#omplete*
And that definition has defi#ien#ies* :or example- it stipulates
that #ons#iousness is mental a)areness* /ut lon! (efore the
%8%
En#y#lopedia )as #ompiled in %&91- the real existen#e of the
su(#ons#ious )as #onfirmed5 The prin#ipal definition of the
S./ONSIO.S holds that it is a)are of information that the mental
a)areness is not a)are of*
Not only that- (ut that the su(#ons#ious #auses the (io5mental
or!anism to RESPON3 to information that the mental a)areness is not
a)are of5 And indeed- THIS is the )or,in! hypothesis that leads to the
effi#ien#y of su(liminal Hmessa!es*H
Additionally- the early mo( #ons#iousness resear#h resulted in the
#onsidered estimation that information WAS transferred and ex#han!ed at
some emotional su(5mental5a)areness le+el*
As a result- some ,ind of su(5mental union or (ondin! resulted in
)hat #ould only (e thou!ht of as an un,no)n ,ind of telepathy that
ser+ed to indu#e (eha+ior of a !roup5mind for#e*
One of the #on#epts that #an #ome out of this is that althou!h
ea#h indi+idual may (e an island of #ons#iousness- all su#h islands
mi!ht (e residin! in a !reater o#ean of #ons#iousness )hi#h exists
independently of ea#h human life unit*
In this re!ard- the En#y#lopedia definition esta(lishes that
#ons#iousness IS only )hat the indi+idual (e#omes mentally a)are of*
/ut stri#tly spea,in!- the definition is des#ri(in! a :.NTION of
#ons#iousness- not- so to spea,- the Hsu(stan#eH of #ons#iousness itself*
And )ith this- )e #ould no) plun!e into the intri#a#ies of
mysti#ism )hose #hief proponents ha+e al)ays held that #ons#iousness is
a uni+ersal su(stan#eL and that ea#h human is only a small manifestation
)ithin it*
/ut IAll shift dire#tion here- in order to !et (a#, to the point of
this #hapter- and indeed this (oo,*
If Spa#eside extraterrestrials do exist- and there is plenty of
Earthside e+iden#e of them- then one has to )onder a(out THEIR
#ons#iousness* :or example- is their #ons#iousness the same uni+ersal
stuff of human #ons#iousnessF
We mi!ht also ha+e to )onder if THEIR #ons#iousness is more
Hte#hni#ally ad+an#edH 5 say- somethin! alon! the lines of their
Had+an#ed material te#hnolo!y-H so ad+an#ed- indeed- that their #raft
easily diso(ey the ,no)n la)s of Ne)tonian- atomi# and Kuantum
,no)led!e on Earthside*
We mi!ht e+en (e inspired to )onder if- in their ad+an#ed
#ons#iousness te#hnolo!ies- they )ould remain as ,lutGy as Earthsiders
re!ardin! ESP and telepathy*
We mi!ht also ha+e to )onder if their telepathy is a de+eloped
+ersion of a telepathi# Hlan!ua!eH that is uni+ersal )ithin uni+ersal
#ons#iousness*
Others (efore me ha+e indi#ated that if #ons#iousness exists- then
it must ha+e operati+e Hla)s-H and #annot possi(ly #onsist only of )hat
a !i+en- indi+idual (io5mind Earthside entity (e#omes mentally a)are of*
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If this #onsideration is !i+en enou!h extrapolation- ho)e+er- it
#ould in#rease the possi(ility that it mi!ht (e to someoneAs (enefit to
utiliGe the la)s of ad+an#ed #ons#iousness te#hnolo!y to ensure6
"%$ that Earthside entities IQ$ NOT (e#ome mentally a)are of a
lot of thin!s- and
"0$ that Earthside entities 3O (e#ome #onditioned to (e mentally
a)are only of )hat someone )ants them to (e a)are of*
The a(o+e t)o possi(ilities are only +ery spe#ulati+e- of #ourse*
/ut if su#h Earthside mental mana!ement )as indeed fa#tual- then any
ostensi(le su##ess )ould depend on 3E=ETING "or at least #onfusin!$
#ertain fa#tors from human mental a)areness*
There may (e many of su#h needed deletions* If I )anted to
a##omplish "%$ and "0$ a(o+e- IDd delete #on#epts of #ons#iousness that
extend (eyond indi+idual fun#tionin!*
IAd also delete- or at least suppress- the Earthside dis#o+ery and
effi#ient appli#ations of su(liminal messa!es and su!!estions*
After all- their rele+ant te#hniKues are effe#ti+e to)ard !roup5
mind mana!ement and !roup5thin, parameters 5 and espe#ially )ith
re!ard to )hi#h information pa#,a!es should or should not (e
intelle#tually phase5lo#,ed upon*
It )ould also (e useful to ensure that different !roups of
Earthsiders intelle#tually phase5lo#, on different and #ontrastin!
information pa#,a!es* This )ould not only ,eep the !roups #onfused (y
ea#h other- (ut mi!ht e+en ,eep them anta!onisti#* And so the #on#ept
of 3i+ide and Rule )ould then (e a pie#e of #a,e*
All Earthside efforts to)ard dis#o+erin! and de+elopin! AN> ,ind
of telepathy )ould ha+e to (e +i!orously stunted from the !et !o 5
(e#ause if Earthside telepathy #an penetrate Earthside minds- then there
is no reason )hy Spa#eside HmindsD #annot (e penetrated as )ell*
Ha+in! esta(lished su#h !oals- IAd then ha+e to fi!ure out ho) to
implement them Earthside- )hile at the same time ensurin! that the !oals
(ein! implemented Earthside remain thi#,ly #o+ered up*
:ortunately in this re!ard- Earthsiders intelle#tually phase5lo#,
Kuite easily- often in a massi+e )ay*
If I )ere a Spa#esider doin! this- T )ould ha+e a##ess to
telepathy plus*
And so all that )ould really (e needed are a fe) su(tle tele5
po)ered messa!es that enter su(liminally into the rather (a#,)ard
order of unde+eloped Earthside #ons#iousness*
As t)o additional (lessin!s for Spa#esiders- Earthsider elites are
usually intelle#tually phase5lo#,ed on the thrill of ha+in! se#rets- and
so they ,eep e+erythin! as se#ret as they #an* This automati#ally leads
to the ne#essity of #o+erin! up their se#rets*
And so- as a !eneral prophyla#ti# measure- they usually #o+er up
e+erythin! they #an*
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The fore!oin! is- of #ourse- a foray into !ross spe#ulation 5 and
has- as it does- many holes in itD
/ut (a#, in Earthside realities- there runs one #onsistent theme
throu!hout* This is the perpetuatin! disenfran#hisement of telepathy
and all that its penetratin! aspe#ts it mi!ht imply*
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POSTSRIPT 5 =OTS O: WATER ON THE BOONC
3urin! %&&'- )hile this (oo, )as (ein! produ#ed- t)o maJor
s#ientifi# de+elopments )ere announ#ed #on#ernin! the
Hdis#o+eryD of )ater and atmosphere on the Boon*
It is important to mention these (e#ause they are #ertainly
rele+ant to this (oo,- and (e#ause in some Kuarters they ha+e
a!ain aroused enthusiasm a(out the possi(ility of #oloniGin! the
lunar satellite*
These re#ent de+elopments are momentous and )onderful- to
(e sure* The Boon is no lon!er the dead- arid- airless and
uninha(ita(le satellite that A== offi#ial sour#es sin#e the %&04s
ha+e insisted it )as*
Not only is the 3ead Boon 3i#tum no) almost ma!i#ally and
a(ruptly o+erturned- (ut these t)o lunar de+elopments ma,e it
seem as thou!h offi#ial s#ien#e is mar#hin! on)ard in some ,ind
of full 5dis#losure fashion*
Ho)e+er- one must ,eep in mind that this is the same Boon
that )as the expensi+e #oloniGin! tar!et of the Ameri#an and
So+iet %&94s Spa#e A!e efforts- the same Boon that )as freKuently
or(ited- upon )hi#h men )al,ed- and the same Boon no one )ent
(a#, to*
And if one ,no)s somethin! of the BoonAs many sho#,in!
oddities and anomalies- it is #lear that there are numerous lunar
fa#tors still lin!erin! in the #o+er5up s#enarios*
As )e ha+e seen- those fa#tors are not insi!nifi#ant*
olle#ti+ely a##umulated (y numerous unoffi#ial o(ser+ers utiliGin!
offi#ial do#uments- e+iden#e for them is #opious- dire#t and Kuite
#ompellin!*
As to the )ater- it is said to (e in the form of i#e- mostly
at the poles and (uried a(out half a meter (eneath the lunar
surfa#e*
The estimates are impressi+e re!ardin! ho) mu#h of it there
is6 some six (illion metri# tons* This is said to (e enou!h to
sustain up)ards of %44-444 lunar #olonists for a #entury and also
pro+ide a fuel sour#e of oxy!en and hydro!en for Boon(ases and
spa#e tra+el*
While this is ex#itin! ne)s- if the e+iden#e is ta,en into
a##ount for earlier5,no)n lunar #louds and mists #learly +isi(le in
some offi#ially released photos of the %&94s- then one #annot thin,
that A== of the lunar )ater is only in the form of su(5surfa#e
i#e*
%82
As any di#tionary or en#y#lopedia )ill #onfirm- a #loud is
defined as Ha +isi(le mass of parti#les of )ater in the form of
fo!- mist- or haGe suspended at some hei!ht in air or
atmosphere*H Thus- if the Boon did not ha+e an atmosphere-
the mass of )ater parti#les )ould ha+e nothin! in )hi#h to
suspend*
As to the lunar atmosphere- the Ameri#an Geophysi#al .nion
re#ently indi#ated that althou!h H#on+entional )isdom says the
Boon is de+oid of atmosphere- and in laymanAs terms this may (e
#lose enou!h to the truth- the spa#e Just a(o+e the lunar surfa#e
is not a total +a#uum*H "See6 AGO Release No* &'509- %1 Au! &'$*
There is- of #ourse- no dou(t that the lunar atmosphere is
not li,e EarthAs* /ut e+en if more tenuous and not as thi#,- the
lunar atmosphere no) O::IIA==> exists- as does the lunar )ater*
Thus- the .NO::IIA= sour#es of the past that referred to
the existen#e of lunar )ater and atmosphere ha+e turned out not
only to (e #orre#t- (ut ironi#ally +indi#ate their authors*
One of the sardoni# fallouts of this is that the materials-
in#ludin! offi#ial NASA photo!raphy- pu(lished (y the unoffi#ial
sour#es "see (i(lio!raphy$ mi!ht (e read )ith rene)ed interest*
Offi#ial NASA photos that #learly sho) lunar #louds and
mists ha+e (een a+aila(le all alon! 5 datin! espe#ially from the
days of the =unar Or(iters and manned Apollo #raft*
The presen#e of #louds and mists is an undenia(le indi#ator
of a+aila(le )ater +apor and atmosphere* So one #an )onder WH>
their existen#e )as uneKui+o#ally denied (y offi#ialdom in the
dire#t fa#e of the a+aila(le photos*
Only the amounts of the )ater and atmosphere )ould ha+e
(een in Kuestion* >et the offi#ial stan#e held that there )as none
of either*
One #an hypotheti#ally dedu#e- as almost all ea!le5eyed
unoffi#ial analysts did- that the lunar )ater and atmosphere
#o+er5up )as not in the name of s#ien#e*
It o(+iously in+ol+ed other fa#tors 5 )hi#h- themsel+es-
must ha+e had some ,ind of strate!i# importan#e re!ardin! )hy a
#o+er5up should exist in the first pla#e and then (e maintained
for o+er sixty years*
Indeed- if one thin,s this throu!h- there )as no NEE3
durin! the %&94s Spa#e A!e to #o+er5up )ater and atmosphere-
sin#e these )ould ha+e added a !reat deal to the enthusiasm to
#oloniGe the Boon-
;ust (eneath the surfa#e of the irony- thou!h- are a num(er
of fa#tors that pro(a(ly )ill (e smoothed o+er- if not #ompletely
erased from lunar history*
The e+iden#e for lunar )ater )as s#ientifi#ally noted and
)ritten a(out (y the early seleno! rap hers of the latter part of
the nineteenth #entury and early de#ades of the t)entieth* =ater-
the analyses of the seleno!raphers )ere #onfirmed (y offi#ial
NASA photo!raphs*
%89
To emphasiGe- as most of the unoffi#ial analysts pointed up-
lunar #louds and mists droopm! o+er #rater rims #an (e seen in
numerous offi#ial NASA photo!raphs that )ere a#hie+ed durin! the
%&94s5
And so it is to (e rapidly #on#eded "or should ha+e (een at
least$ that )here there are #louds- then )ater and air are not far
off* After all- it ta,es air and )ater to ma,e #louds*
As (ut three examples of NASA photos sho)in! #louds- the
follo)in! ha+e (een pu(lished in se+eral unoffi#ial sour#es6
An unmista,a(le Ba#,erel type #loud (an, #an easily (e
identified Just off the #rater Eitello WNASA =unar Or(iter E photo-
No* BR %9'$*
A +ery lar!e #loud (an, han!s o+er the rim of a #rater in
Bare Bos#o+ien#e on the BoonAs (a#,side "NASA =unar Or(iter E
photo- No* HR %488$*
Ho)e+er- the same photo sho)s )hat seem (e t)o #i!ar5
shaped air(orne o(Je#ts #astin! shado)s on the surfa#e* The
photo also sho)s a +ery lar!e- #ir#ular dome 5 of )hi#h the Boon
is ,no)n to ha+e many- some of )hi#h appear and disappear*
T)o lar!e #loud (an,s are seen hu!!in! the ed!e of #rater
=o(a#ha+s,y "NASA Apollo %9 photo- No* %9512'$*
/ut most remar,a(le and Kuite #lear in this photo is a
lar!e- undenia(ly round o(Je#t poised near the top of the #rater
)all- and #astin! a dar, shado) do)n5slope*
This is not a dome that mi!ht (e a natural formation* It is
a round o(Je#t- or stru#ture- #ir#ular in all dimensions* It
reminds one of a !olf (all sittin! neatly on a tee*
)hate+er it is- it must (e extremely lar!e sin#e it is #learly
distin!uisha(le in the rather lo)5resolution photo!raph* So one
)onders if the hi!her resolution lenses of the military lementine
#raft Goomed onto THIS parti#ular Hstru#ture*H After all- it is
said that lementine HmappedH most of the Boon*
Ho)e+er- any hi!h resolution lunar e+iden#e of any ,ind
remains a(sent* Of #ourse- dete#tin! i#e /ENEATH the lunar
surfa#e does represent some ,ind of hi!h resolution #apa(ility* It
therefore seems lo!i#al to thin, that )hat is ON the surfa#e mi!ht
(e dete#ted- too*
And so on#e a!ain )e are (rou!ht (a#, to the #onfli#tin!
nature of the offi#ial and unoffi#ial +ersions of the Boon*
The O::IIA= +ersions emanated from the #om(ined auspi#es
and !ar!antuan systems of !o+ernment- s#ien#e- a#ademe and
maJor media* The offi#ial +ersions lon! held that there #ould not
(e )ater "or atmosphere$ on the Boon* So all offi#ial reports to
the pu(li# )ere !eared to reinfor#e the idea of the a(sen#e of
)ater*
The .NO::IIA= +ersions emanated from numerous
indi+iduals 5 some of )hom o(+iously spent #onsidera(le resear#h
time- effort and money to produ#e their (oo,s and arti#les*
%81
Amon! these L for example- )as :red Ste#,lin! "see
(i(lio!raphy$- )hose %&'% (oo, detailed the existen#e of lunar
)ater "and mu#h more- su#h as +e!etation and artifi#ial
stru#tures$*
The unoffi#ial +ersions )ere of #ourse trashed (y +arious
and sometimes nefarious a#ti+ities of offi#ialdom*
No) that the existen#e of lunar )ater has (een #onfirmed-
the (etter of the unoffi#ial sour#es are +indi#ated 5 at least as
far as )ater and atmosphere are in+ol+ed*
Ho)e+er- if the unoffi#ial ea!le5eyes #ould dete#t e+iden#e
for lunar )ater as early as %&'%- then it is almost #ertain that the
same eyes #an dete#t OTHER lunar fa#tors- too- and dra)
appropriate #on#lusions a(out them*
:or example- e+en offi#ial lo)5resolution photos a#Kuired
from NASA sho) many massi+e !olf (all Hthin!sD in the most
unli,ely lunar pla#es* These and the lar!e domes that appear and
disappear- are not as hard to dete#t in the offi#ial photos as is
the )ater*
This author is not the first to noti#e that +oya!in! to the
Boon a(ruptly #eased some t)enty 5fi+e years a!o 5 and did so
after the utterly enormous expenditures of !ettin! there in the
first pla#e*
In attemptin! to identify offi#ial explanations for this Hloss
of interest in the Boon-H the one most freKuently en#ountered is
"(elie+e it or not$ that THE ABERIAN P./=I had (e#ome
disen#hanted )ith #osts and results of the NASA Boon pro!ram*
It is true that the Ameri#an pu(li# SOBETIBES #an influen#e
maJor affairs* /ut the So+iet .nion also stopped !oin! to the
Boon* In the former So+iet .nion )hat the So+iet pu(li# thou!ht
a(out anythin! did NOT matter at all* Any)ay- as it turned out
on the Ameri#an side- NASA stopped its expensi+e Boon #oloniGin!
!oal 5 (ut promptly undertoo, e+en more #ostly spa#e a!e
proJe#ts in different dire#tions*
Thus- the Boon disappeared into anonymity (ehind all of the
other spa#e a!e proJe#ts 5 e+en thou!h s#ien#e- NASA and
!o+ernment insiders #ertainly did ,no) of the )ater and
atmosphere potentials that made the Boon ultraMripe for
#oloniGation*
It #ertainly ta,es a rather simplisti# !ulli(ility to a##ept
that the Ameri#an efforts to #oloniGe the Boon )ere a(ruptly
#an#eled (e#ause the pu(li#- of all thin!s- had lost interest*
Indeed- durin! the %&94s t)enty manned Apollo #raft and
laun#h eKuipment had (een planned- ea#h paid for at !reat #ost-
ea#h (uilt and relati+ely ready to !o*
>et- only se+enteen Apollo missions lifted off- )hile the
remainin! three )ere a(ruptly terminated*
%8'
So- )ater and atmosphere on the Boon* We had landed
there se+eral times 5 al(eit in lo#ations )here nothin! more than
the soil and ro#, immediately (eneath #ould (e seen* No hi!h5
resolution photos of lunar +istas as seen from the lunar surfa#e
)ere e+er released* Great foota!e- thou!h- of the sand in )hi#h
the :la! )as planted- the one )hi#h inad+ertently started flappin!
in the lunar (reeGes*
/uried in the #o+er5up are THREE unused Apollo #rafts* It
is perfe#tly lo!i#al to )ant to find out )hy they )ere left to rust
and rot- and )hy a t)el+e5year- multi5(illion dollar effort should
a(ruptly (e a(andoned 5 on the rather ridi#ulous ex#use that the
pu(li# had (e#ome disinterested and non5supporti+e*
Indeed- the disinterested pu(li# )as NEEER informed that )e
)ould not !o (a#, to the Boon* Instead- the Boon- fully supplied
)ith )ater and atmosphere- )as simply #aused to fade a)ay into
offi#ial o(li+ion*
And there the matter )ould ha+e rested 5 ex#ept for the
emer!en#e of unoffi#ial +ersions of the Boon- its anomalies- and its
#uriosities D and all of )hi#h ha+e turned out to (e #orre#t
re!ardin! lunar )ater and atmosphere*
If one ta,es the interest and time to read some of these
unoffi#ial sour#es "perhaps (e!innin! )ith :red Ste#,lin!As
#ompetent %&'% (oo,$- then one possi(le reason hoo+es into +ie)*
As (ut t)o histori#al examples that help !i+e reality to this
reason- the follo)in! photos "a#Kuired durin! the %&94s and
identified here (y NASA referen#e num(ers$ unam(i!uously sho)
Hair(orneH o(Je#ts near the lunar surfa#e6
NASA Apollo %% photo- No- %%58152788 5 #learly sho)in! a
luminous #ylindri#al5shaped o(Je#t in fli!ht a(o+e the
lunar surfa#e and exhi(itin! an hi!h 5altitude #ontrail*
NASA Apollo %9 photo* No* %95%&08' 5 #learly sho)in! a
rather enormous- luminous #i!ar5shaped or #ylindri#al
o(Je#t #astin! its shado) on the lunar surfa#e*
The #ylindri#al o(Je#t in the NASA photo ta,es on added
interest for the follo)in! reason* 3urin! Septem(er %&&'- the
#a(le station TNT aired a Kuite !ood do#umentary entitled
HSe#rets of ?G/ .:O :iles*H
It #ontained some espe#ially impressi+e foota!e "a#Kuired
#ir#a the late %&94s$ of So+iet BIGs en#ounterin! .:Os*
The foota!e )as a#Kuired +ia noseM#ameras of the BIGs sent
aloft to inter#ept unidentified o(Je#ts intrudin! into So+iet air
spa#e* Amon! the se+eral .:Os photo!raphed (y nose5#ameras
)as a lon! #ylindri#al o(Je#t mo+in! rapidly a(o+e an Earthside
#loud formation*
When the o(Je#t sensed it )as spotted- it rapidly put on
speed and +astly out5distan#ed the BIGs #hasin! it* The TNT
do#umentary indi#ated that the o(Je#t had to rea#h speed of
%8&
BAH58 in order to do this5 BAH58 is EER> fast- and no
Earthside #raft is any)here #apa(le of it*
The siGe of the fast5mo+in! #ylinder )as estimated to (e
t)o or three times that of the So+iet BIG #raft* It almost exa#tly
mat#hes the one in the earlier NASA photo- (ut )hi#h seems to
ha+e (een mu#h lar!er*
/ut )e need not lean on histori#al NASA photos for e+iden#e
of this ,ind- or e+en on past unoffi#ial +ersions or (oo,s*
Turn to the Internet- and espe#ially to the )ee,ly .:O
RO.N3.P )hi#h pro+ides a day5(y5day listin! of Earthside .PO
si!htin!s that are reported )orld5)ide to this remar,a(le Internet
pu(li#ation*
Or a##ess NI Ne)s- a t)i#e5monthly Internet ne)s Journal
addressin! .:O phenomena- spa#e exploration and related issuesD
These t)o ex#ellent Internet sour#es re+eal an almost
o(s#enely lar!e num(er of .:O #ylinders- #i!ar5shapes- trian!les-
(oomeran!s- dis#s some of them luminous* All of them are Kuite
(usy doin! )hate+er they are doin! in EarthsideAs atmosphere-
and sometimes Just a(o+e tree tops*
After the sin!le- most o(+ious impli#ation of these Internet
sour#es sin,s in- I: it does- one mi!ht )onder )hy luminous .:Os
are found in the +i#inity of (oth Earth and the Boon*
Another Internet approa#h is to a##ess the !eneral topi#s of
BOON or BOON STR.T.RES or BOON /ASES in the InternetAs
sear#h en!ines* One an #ome a#ross- for example- an arti#le
entitled HAstonishin! Intelli!en#e Artifa#ts"F$ :ound On Bysterious
:ar Side Of The Boon-H authored (y ;eff Rense- ")ith #omputer
enhan#ements (y =is Ed)ards of Wonder Produ#tions*$
Indeed- the mar+elous sear#h en!ines of the Internet )ill
lead one thither and yon throu!h all ,inds of lunar fa#ts and
fa#toids 5 of )hi#h only one5tenth are needed to help fill out a
+ery pro(a(le reason for NOT !oin! (a#, to the BoonD
That reason is more a)esome than six (illion tons of lunar
)ater in the form of su(5surfa#e i#e*
Apparently that reason has (een existin! for a lon! time-
)as dis#o+ered to (e existin! durin! the lunar ad+entures and
misad+entures of the %&94s- and is still existin! today*
And (ehind all the offi#ial s#enes and #o+er5ups- that
reason seems to (e !ettin! more #ompli#ated and extensi+e than
e+er (efore* And it is (oth ridi#ulous and hilarious that
mainstream offi#ialdom still pretends it doesnAt exist- and still
stru!!les to maintain the #o+er5up*
One of the stran!est fa#tors a(out all of this is that the
topi#s of lunar .:Os and stru#tures are seldom inte!rated into
the o+erall Earthside .:O situation and its +ery many (oo,s and
dis#ussions* Indeed- in spite of #opious lunar .:O e+iden#e-
.:Olo!ists seems to a+oid the Boon li,e the pla!ue5
As (ut one re#ent example- a ne) (oo, #ame out in early
%&&'- entitled .:O HeadKuarters6 In+esti!ations on urrent
Extraterrestrial A#ti+ity- (y Susan Wri!ht*
%74
This (oo, is Kuite ni#e (e#ause for those not saturated )ith
the .:O information a+aila(le- it (riefly redu#es massi+e amounts
of #onfusion into somethin! easy to read and #omprehend*
Ho)e+er- it ma,es no mention of the Boon 5 e+en thou!h
there are +ery many a+aila(le sour#es re!ardin! it5
It )ould seem that the phrase EQTRATERRESTRIA= ATIEIT>
mi!ht in#lude ET lunar a#ti+ity 5 in that if ETs do exist- then
#ertainly !ettin! to not only to EarthAs s,ies (ut to the Boon
"and e+en perhaps #oloniGin! it and its )ater$ )ould not (e
impossi(le for them*
And I: they are loiterin! in the lunar en+ironment- perhaps
they #an #hase a)ay 5 )ell- NASA efforts- of all thin!s*
%7%
SE=ET /I/=IOGRAPH>
NOTES6 The topi# of Boon anomalies "in#ludin! #on+in#in!
e+iden#e for artifi#ial stru#tures$ is #ompli#ated (y #o+er5up a!endas
that many do not #are to infrin!e upon* Thus L the topi# is shunted
aside from lar!er se#tors of inKuiry 5 su#h as s#ien#e- spa#e studies-
#on+entional lunar studies- mainstream media and .folo!y*
E+en so- #ertain unoffi#ial sour#es are replete )ith )ell5
interpreted e+iden#e- do#umentation- and Kuite ex#ellent (i(lio!raphies
that #an a#t as !uide to more extensi+e information* These unoffi#ial
sour#es are indi#ated (y an asteris, "D$*
With re!ard to telepathy- hardly any sour#es ha+e addressed it in
other than superfi#ial )ays* Althou!h many a(du#tees ha+e indi#ated
that extraterrestrials #ommuni#ate +ia some telepathi# form that is non5
lan!ua!e dependent- I ha+e de#ided not to in#lude referen#es to the
a(du#tee literature )hi#h is Kuite lar!e and easily a+aila(le*
A lar!e and +i+id +a#uum of information exists re!ardin! the
phenomena of !roup mind and su(liminal !roup #ons#iousness
mana!ement that mi!ht (e in+asi+ely influen#ed (y +arious means su#h
as forms of supertelepathy as yet una#,no)led!ed as existin!*
Sele#ted Internet addresses re!ardin! .:Os and unusual lunar
phenomena ha+e (een introdu#ed into this (i(lio!raphy*
Andre)s- Geor!e - Extra 5Terrestrial :riends and :oes* "=i(urn-
Geor!ia6 IllumiNet Press- %&&8$*
/erelson- /ernard- and Steiner- G*A5- Human /eha+ior6 An In+entory of
S#ientifi# :indin!s* "Ne) >or,6 Har#ourt- /ra#e- and World- %&97$*
D/er!Kuist- N* 4*- The Boon PuGGle* "openha!en6 Grafis, :orla!- %&27$*
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