Secret Journey to Planet Serpo (15 page)

I SAW THE DARK SIDE OF THIS CIVILIZATION

We walked down another hallway, through a room, down a ramp, into another room. We came into a room that looked like a hospital room. There were many beds, or at least sometime [
sic
] of bed, Eben style bed. I described them before. In each bed was a living being, as the doctor called it. The doctor told us that each being was alive and well cared for. 700 asked the doctor if these beings were ill or sick. Ebe2 had to translate that, but the doctor said, no, they are being lived. The three of us [102, 754, and 700] seemed really stunned by that word lived. I asked Ebe2 what the doctor meant. Ebe2 exchanged words with the doctor. Ebe2 then used the word grown. 700 asked the doctor if these were the cloned beings that he mentioned before. The doctor said, yes that each being was being grown, using the same word as Ebe2 just used. 754 asked the doctor if these beings were being grown like a plant. The doctor said yes that is a good comparison. 700 asked the doctor how are they grown. The doctor said that certain parts of other beings were used to grow these beings. The doctor said he could not explain the process in English because he didn't know the words. 700 then asked Ebe2 if she could explain the growing process. Ebe2 said she did not know the English words. Ebe2 said that parts of the blood and other organs are used to mix a substance that is placed inside the bodies of these beings. That was all Ebe2 could explain in English. I told 700 to go back and get 420 and bring them [him] back. While we waited for 420, we looked at these beings. They were breathing. They looked like humans, most of them. Two of the beings on the end looked like humans with dog heads. These beings were not awake. They were either sleeping or drugged. 420 returned. I told 420 to see if he could translate the method used to grow these beings. 420 then spoke with Ebe2. 420 is really good. However long we have been hear [
sic
], some guess about eighteen months earth time, 420 learned the language well. 420 then said that the growing process involved cells taken from other
beings, grown and mixed with chemicals and then inserted into the bodies of other beings. That was about all 420 could explain. 420 did not know the words Ebe2 used. But the word cells were [was] used. Ebe2 then told me that some things were taken from inside the cells. 700 and 754 then asked if the item[s] take[n] from inside the cells were cell membranes or identification markers for the cells. Ebe2 translated that to the doctor. Both seemed confused and said they could not explain the process because they did not know the English words for it. 700 used the word advance biological extraction of the cell membranes. But neither Ebe2 or the doctor knew anything about that process. I asked 754 if he might understand what they were doing. 754 said that human cells contain smaller substance[s] that can identify the structure with the membranes of the cell. This isn't something that earth technolog y has advance but 754 has read about it prior to leaving. But 754 doesn't think that earth technolog y can be used to grown living cells into what the Ebens have done. The Ebens must have found a way to grow cells and to make them into living beings. 700 and 754 said nothing like his [this] is known on Earth. I then asked the doctor if 308s body was used to create a being. The doctor said yes, and showed us the being. I was shocked, as was 700 and 754. This being, with our teammates blood and cells, looked like a large Eben. But the hands and legs were similar to humans. How could they have grown this being so quick. Obviously, this is well above our intelligence. I saw all I wanted to see. I told the doctor that we would like to leave. Ebe2 saw that I was upset and touched my hand. Instantly, I felt concern. Ebe2 was really concerned about what I saw. Ebe2 said we leave. We traveled outside this building, a building that I did not wish to see again. I saw the dark side of this civilization. The Ebens are not the humane civilization we thought they were. But I must say they didn't hide anything. The doctor spoke straight to us. Just like the Ebens. They don't know how to lie. Seeing what we saw will change our impression of the Ebens as long as we stay on this planet.

The two doctors, 700 and 754, were beginning to understand what was going on when they asked if the items taken from inside the cells were cell membranes or identification markers for the cells. And then when 754 said that “human cells contain smaller substance[s] that can identify the structure with the membranes of the cell,” he was describing DNA without being aware of it. The commander goes on to say, “This isn't something that earth technology has advance[d to], but 754 has read about it prior to leaving. But 754 doesn't think that Earth technology can be used to grow living cells into what the Ebens have done . . . 700 and 754 said nothing like this is known on Earth.” The doctors basically understood what was happening, but DNA biotechnology on Earth was not yet being used to duplicate living beings or grow organs. They must have obtained a quick education about this when they saw the hybrid creature that had been created using 308's DNA.

Evidently, the Ebens have the same capabilities as the Greys. Their ongoing alien genetic engineering program has been proceeding since the 1950s in underground laboratories, such as at Dulce in New Mexico. Various whistle-blowers have reported seeing the genetically engineered “freaks” in these locations. We have, no doubt, learned a lot from these alien experiments, and now, with our well-developed DNA knowledge, we basically understand, at least theoretically, what the Ebens and Greys are doing. Whether or not we have attempted to duplicate any of their monstrous experiments is, of course, unknown. That may be one reason for the continuing secrecy.

HOW DO WE EXCHANGE SCIENCE?

In this diary entry, the Commander wrestles with teaching Earth science to some Eben students:

It was difficult to speak science to the Ebens. How do we explain Einstein? How do they explain their Einstein? We had a difficult time relating our science to them. However, they seemed to understand our physics and chemistry quicker than we can. We managed to observe some strange things about their technology. First, we
took apart one of the locators they placed on our belts. It wasn't easy. There were no screws or bolts holding it together. We had to break the thing. The electronics inside was nothing we have ever observed. There were no transistors, tubes, rectifiers, coils, or other electronic components like our technology. This thing just had wires and some bulges in the wires at certain points. There was two components, which none of use [
sic
] had ever seen. We could not use our frequency counter to determine the frequency it transmitted and received. It was out of our range. 633 and 661 used some other equipment to analyze the thing but couldn't understand it. We asked the Eben Scientist, who we called Ebe4. The problem was the translation Ebe2 had to translate because Ebe 4 didn't speak English. A [lot] was lost in translation even though Ebe2 does a pretty good job with English.

We showed Ebe 4 one of our portable radios. The Motorola FM radio was pretty complex to us. It was new and contained four channels. 661 took apart the radio in front of Ebe 4, explained the parts and the different crystals we use for frequency. Ebe 4
couldn't understand it. He seemed as lost with our radio as we did with theirs. Ebe2 told us that Ebe 4 couldn't understand the radio or how it worked. So that was our dilemma. How do we exchange science Each of our civilizations must learn from the other. So we decided to begin a school. Our first days were pretty tough. We started with simple things, which we thought would be similar to what they would know. We chose light. 661, who did some teaching before, started with wavelengths. 661 started with nonvisible light and the different angstroms. Then 661 showed them the spectrum of light [see
plate 18
]. 661 showed them cosmic rays and how we measured them. Then he went to gamma rays, x-rays and ultraviolet light. 661 explained that light was what we called electromagnetic waves. Over a period of eben days, 661 explained everything he knew about light, frequencies and a description of the frequency bands.

1960s-era military-style Motorola FM field radio

AN EBEN EINSTEIN

During this time, several other Ebens came in and listened. Ebe2 was extremely tasked with translating this. Ebe2 had a difficult time explaining everything 661 said because she didn't know the Eben words for everything. But she did an outstanding job of describing what 661 was saying. I don't think Ebe 4 got everything 661 said but it didn't take long for Ebe 4 to realize what 661 was describing. 661 then showed Ebe 4 a repair manual for one [piece] of our test equipment. Since everything, or almost everything we brought was military, it was a military manual. The manual contained schematics of the circuits. Ebe 4 was completely lost. But eventually figured out what 661 was showing him was the inside of the test equipment.
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661 then started showing the basics of electricity. Ohms laws, different formulas to figure voltage and amperes. Ebe 4 was confused, to say the least. But one of the other Ebens who had come in to listen grasped the idea quickly. We called this Eben Ebe 5 or the Einstein. This Eben was smart, exceptionally smart. After three years, we finally meet an Eben who can grasped [
sic
] our science. The only problem is he couldn't speak English. But he asked questions, which Ebe 4 didn't really do. Although it took several lessons to teach Ebe 5 what each letter meant in a formula, Ebe 5 finally realized what we were saying. This Eben must have an IQ of 300. Ebe5 actually solved some simple problems set up by 661. Basic electricity, solving for the amount of resistance in a circuit, simple things like that. It was a remarkable scene. Ebe 5 became our ace student. We couldn't get rid of the guy. He followed us around and asked questions through Ebe2. When Ebe2 wasn't available, he would simple [
sic
] point and shrug his shoulders. We'd speak to him in English or have 420 or 475 translate to him. But only 420 could understand most of what Ebe 5 was saying.

EFFICIENT MANUFACTURING

This come [
sic
] to another interesting point. Ebe 5 looked a little different than the rest of the Ebens. During the last several years, we have noticed some of the Ebens, especially the ones who live up North, look different. There [
sic
] heads seem to be bigger. They have a more weathered looking face. Ebe 5 is from the north. He lives in the second village to our north. The distance is approximately 5 kilometers. . . . I drew the map in entry 4432, showing all the villages in the north. I'm sure they have more villages farther away but we haven't visited them yet. Ebe 5 also does not have a mate. This is strange but not totally uncommon. We have found several Ebens without mates. We haven't delved into the personal life of Ebe 5 but 518 wants to. I explained in one entry about the Eben technology when it comes to screws, bolts, etc. They don't have any. Everything they make is sealed with some sort of solder or melting method. When we visited their manufacturing plant, we were amazed at how efficient they were with manufacturing furniture, their helicoptersor flying devices. We still
haven't seen their main spacecraft manufacturing plant.
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It must be in the far west and south. I'm sure we will visit the place someday. We still have seven years, or at least seven earth years left. As I mentioned before, we have totally lost track of Earth time. We gave that up many of our years ago. We have gauged our time on Eben time, which is extremely complex, as I mentioned before.

In the following entry in the Commander's diary, we begin to appreciate how an alien civilization could have achieved a technology so advanced that they can travel through time to distant stars, create something as wonderful as the Yellow Book, and can clone complex organisms, and yet is not aware of the elementary principles of electricity that would appear to be the essential prerequisites of such technology. As with the Eben doctors who seemed to have a monopoly on advanced bioscience, it is probable that the scientists who understand space travel and navigation are also a small elite clique. In other words, the Ebens apparently reserve higher science and technology for a limited few, and do not share this knowledge with the masses. They may even have initiation rites for these selected individuals. This is reminiscent of ancient Egyptian civilization, where only the high priests were taught hieroglyphics, the language of the hierophants, and of modern America, where advanced science is contained within the classified world of “black projects,” available only to those who have passed complex background checks, and so have been admitted to the ranks of the scientific “elite.” This seems to be a method of social control and manipulation not limited to Earth. The fact that the sophisticated technology based on advanced physics and chemistry does not trickle down to the masses is exemplified by this statement by Anonymous, “The Ebens had no forms of refrigeration, except in industry.” In other words, the Eben civilization is basically a military-industrial oligarchy. The population is divided into two groups—the elite controllers who jealously guard science and technology, and the masses, who are manipulated and kept in the dark, but to whom are doled out, in a highly controlled manner, some of the fruits of the advanced technology. This became confirmed when the team learned more about the Eben government.

The conclusion that the Eben masses are strictly controlled is supported by the following remarks by Anonymous:

Athough [
sic
] the Eben civilization had no televisions, radios, etc., each Eben had a small device belted to their waists. This device gave orders to perform a particular task, news of pending events, etc. The device displayed a screen, similar to a television screen but in a 3D style format. Our team brought back one of these devices. (I think today, we could compare it to a palm pilot.) [This parenthetical remark by Anonymous was made in 2006. Today, it would be comparable to a smartphone.]

Anonymous continues:

The visitors [the Ebens, since they originally visited Earth] were extremely disciplined in their daily lives. Every visitor worked on a schedule, which was not by a clock, but by the movement of their sun. Each little community had a large tower, which filtered the sun through. When the sun was at a particular point on the tower, it meant the visitors had to do a particular thing.

Since they had no planetwide communications access, the Ebens amused themselves with locally based, simpleminded games and distractions. Anonymous says:

There were no televisions, radio stations, or anything like that. The Ebens played a game, something like soccer, but with a larger ball. The object was to kick the ball down a field into a goal. The game had very strange rules and [was] played for long periods of time. They also had another game, mostly played by the children, that consisted of making formations with groups of Ebens. They seemed to really enjoy the game, but our team found little understanding of the game . . . Every Eben was issued what they needed. No stores, malls, or shopping locations. There were central distribution centers where Ebens went to obtain items of need. All Ebens worked in some capacity.

We learn more about Eben government from these statements by Anonymous:

The Ebens had no single ruler. There was a Council of Governors, which the team named. This group controlled every single action on the planet. The members of the council seemed to have been around for a long time . . . There were leaders, but no real form of government. There was virtually no crime seen by the team. They had an army, which also acted as the police force. But no guns or weapons of any type were seen by our team. There were regular meetings within each small community. There was one large community, which acted as the central point of the civilization. All the industry was at this one large community. There was no money.

Evidently, the actions of every Eben were controlled by orders or directions from a central authority via the device worn on the belt, and by the movements of the sun. The central authority is apparently an agency of the Council of Governors, so named by the team. This makes the Eben populace almost robotic. It would even be appropriate to use the term
enslaved.
They certainly aren't catered to. All their basic needs are met, but they are not really free. They live very uniformly Spartan lives. Anonymous says:

The individual Eben family lived a simple life. Their homes were constructed of clay, some type of material similar to wood, and some metal. The houses all looked the same. They appeared to be something from the Southwest, looking like adobe. The interior of the house consisted of four rooms. One sleeping room where all Ebens slept in the same room on mats, a food preparation room (kitchen), a family room (the largest in the house), and a small waste room.

Not only did they all act and live alike, they also looked alike. Anonymous says:

Everyone looked the same initially to our team. But after some time, the team members learned to identify different Ebens by their voices.
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The picture of Eben civilization that emerges from this information is one that resembles the future society in
The Time Machine
by H. G. Wells, where the Eloi populace was indoctrinated by the Morlocks to believe that they were free, but were actually hypnotically controlled to go through robotic activities and to periodically become food for their underground masters. This is also reminiscent of Nazi Germany where the people were not permitted to listen to foreign radio broadcasts so that they wouldn't be able to learn what life was like outside of Germany, and could thus be completely controlled by propaganda. At the same time, their elite SS masters were developing space-age technology and an advanced society in Antarctica, which the German populace knew nothing about.