Secret Journey to Planet Serpo (22 page)
A SCI-FACT FILM
It is very evident from all this that Spielberg must have had a “Deep Throat” giving him detailed information about Project Serpo. And, because of the timing, it is also clear that this was not part of an official public acclimation plan intended to condition the mass consciousness, but rather a deliberate leak by a rogue insider who wanted the public to know what was going on. It is now known that there are many in high military ranks who are in this category. But this particular leak probably originated in the Defense Intelligence Agency, because only they knew all these details about the program, and Anonymous, who ultimately released the story on the Internet in 2005, was a retired DIA official. Since Anonymous appears to have been dedicated to getting this information out to the public, quite possibly he was the one who gave the story to Spielberg thirty years earlier! He would, at that time, have been actively involved in the project. In any case, most likely, an idealistic, disaffected, top DIA official came to Spielberg, because of his success with
Jaws
, and offered him the story of a lifetime. The young Spielberg, already a science-fiction film enthusiast, seized the opportunity and made a sci-fact film dressed in science-fiction apparel.
Close Encounters
was Spielberg's first venture into the world of government UFO/ET secrets, and it was definitely not officially sanctioned at any level. Both the Air Force and NASA refused to cooperate in the making of the movie. It grossed almost $300 million internationally, and it saved Columbia Pictures from insolvency. Ray Bradbury pronounced it the greatest science-fiction film ever made. It was nominated for nine Oscars at the fiftieth Academy Awards in 1978. In 2007,
Close Encounters
was declared “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” by the U.S. Library of Congress and was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. It was only after the spectacular success of this movie that top military and intelligence officials evidently took notice of Spielberg, and realized that he was the perfect choice to make future films for the public acclimation program.
Spielberg might have learned from his DIA contact that it was President Kennedy who had issued the edict for Project Crystal Knight, and that he was assassinated only five months before the first landing. That much is known. But he might have also been informed that Kennedy, who detested government secrecy, had planned to make the story public, and possibly have the landing televised. And Spielberg, who was seventeen when Kennedy was killed and was probably crushed by the assassination, as we all were, might have then made up his mind that he would carry out, if only as a staged version, what our dead, beloved president had intended. That, of course, is speculation. Regardless, thanks to Steven Spielberg, we got to see it after all.
APPENDIX 1
TEAM TRAINING CURRICULUM
This training program was sent to Anonymous by list member Gene Loscowski (see the introduction) in the interest of adding more specificity to the released information. Anonymous then reproduced the list and submitted it as part of Posting 10.
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Obviously, Loscowski was involved with Project Serpo, but it is not known whether or not he was a DIA official.
- Introduction to Space Exploration (taught by NASA personnel)
- Astronomy, identification of stars, use of telescopes and general astrophysics
- Eben anthropology (information received from Ebe1)
- Eben history (basic information received from Ebe1)
- U.S. Army field medical training (trauma care). This was given to the nonmedical personnel on the team.
- High-altitude trainingâparachute and weightless/zero oxygen environment training [probably given at Tyndall AFB in Florida]
- Survival, escape, and evasion training
- Basic weapons and explosive training (six pounds of C-4 [Composition-4] was taken)
- Psychological operations training and anti-interrogation preparation
- Small unit tactical training (mini-week U.S. Army Ranger course)
- Intelligence-gathering course
- Space geologyâcollection methods and use of specialized geological equipment
- Physical stress training
- Methods to cope with confinement and isolation
- Nutrition course
- Equipment use training
- Individual specialty training
- Basic biology
- Other training that is still considered extremely highly classified even after 40 years [1965â2005].
APPENDIX 2
SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT
This list was submitted to the e-mail network on April 3, 2006, by Anonymous as “Posting Eighteen,” with the following message: “Victor: The following information pertains to the equipment our Team took to Planet SERPO. All of the military equipment was real . . . at least back then.” By “real” Anonymous evidently means that it was operational. Evidently, this information was included in the debriefing document.
1) MUSIC; The Team members took the following types of music:
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Elvis Presley
Buddy Holly
Ricky Nelson
The Kingston Trio
Brenda Lee
The Beach Boys
Bob Dylan
Peter, Paul & Mary
The Beatles
Loretta Lynn
Simon & Garfunkel
The Hollies
Chubby Checker
Bing Crosby
Dinah Shore
Vera Lynn
Tommy Dorsey
Ted Lewis
Ethel Merman
The Everly Brothers
Lesley Gore
Marlene Dietrich
The Platters
Doris Day
Connie Francis
The Shirelles
Frank Sinatra
Dean Martin
Perry Como
Guy Lombardo
Glenn Miller
Rosemary Clooney
Al Jolson
Christmas Music
U.S. Patriotic Music
Classical Music:
Mozart
Handel
Bach
Schubert
Mendelssohn
Rossini
Strauss
Beethoven
Brahms
Chopin
Tchaikovsky
Vivaldi
Indian Chanting Music
Tibetan Chants
African Chants [these last three for the intended benefit of the Eben hosts]
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2) CLOTHING; The team members took the following clothing:
24 pairs of specialized flight suits
112 pairs of underwear (pants/shirts)
220 pairs of socks
18 hats, including jungle-style and regular ball caps
50 different types of footwear
military clothing, load bearing belts and harnesses
military backpacks
30 pairs of civilian casual pants
shorts
sleeveless shirts
15 pairs of athletic shoes
100 pairs of athletic socks
eight (8) athletic supports
24 pairs of thermal underwear
24 pairs of thermal socks
six (6) pairs of cold weather boots
military-style hot weather clothing
60 pairs of gloves military work-style
10 containers of military-style sanitary gloves
six (6) pairs of cold weather gloves
10 laundry bags
disposal surgical gloves
military-style warm weather jackets
military-style cold weather jackets
civilian-style warm and cold weather jackets
10 pairs of warm weather sandals
24 military safety helmets
24 military-style flight helmets
1,000 yards of fabric for the repair and making of clothes
3) MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; The team members took the following medical equipment:
Portable X-ray machine
100 prepacked medical kits for advance[d] trauma care (military
style battlefield medical kits)
examination scopes for the stomach, bladder, and rectum
eye examination equipment
120 prepacked surgical kits (military-style)
120 prepacked military field medicine kits (containing various medicines)
30 military-style field medical sanitation kits
75 water-testing kits (military-style)
50 water-testing kits (civilian)
75 FAST kits
1,200 food-testing kits (military-style)
500 pieces of miscellaneous surgical tools
5,000 packages of insect repellant (military-style)
250 medical intravenous kits, with fluids
16 prepacked medical testing kits (military-style)
50 prepacked medical testing kits (civilian)
five (5) military Medical Portable Hospital Tents with base
two (2) Military Medical Portable Deployment Kits
18 Military Medical Blood testing kits
three (3) portable military chemistry testing stations
two (2) Advanced Biological Testing Kits (civilian version)
15 Military Radiation Treatment Kits
1,000 pounds of miscellaneous medical equipment
4) TESTING EQUIPMENT; The team members took the following testing equipment:
100 pieces of geological testing items
2 military soil testing stations
two (2) chemistry testing stations (civilian)
six (6) radiation testing meters
two (2) military radiation testing stations
two (2) biological testing stations (civilian)
two (2) 100-cc tractors
four (4) 100-cc digging-tool tractors
10 pre-packed military Soil Testing Kits
16 astronomical telescopes
two (2) Military Star Stations
four (4) military power generators (1â10,000 watts)
four (4) civilian power generators
experimental solar collecting equipment (military)
50 portable two-way radios with FM frequencies
six (6) military combat radio platform kits
50 prepacked military radio repair kits
1,000 different-frequency tubes
30 prepacked military-style electrical testing and repair kits
three (3) solar-testing stations (military)
one (1) experimental solar testing station
10 solar collection panels with collector containers
10 air sample collection kits (military)
five (5) air sample collection kits (civilian)
six (6) diamond drills
10 military special access kits
1,000 pounds of C-4 explosives with 500 blasting caps
detonating cord
time fuse
Military shape charges
one (1) Nuclear Detonating Kit
5) MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT and ITEMS; The team members took the following miscellaneous equipment/items:
100 military blankets
100 military sheets
24 prepacked military combat deployment kits
80 prepacked military combat tent kits
four (4) military mobile kitchen deployable kits
six (6) military survival stations warm weather
six (6) military-style survival stations cold weather
2 military weather stations combat style
50 military weather balloons
24 military handguns
24 military rifles (M16s)
six (6) M66 weapons
two (2) M40 grenade launchers
two (2) military 60 mm motor tubes (30 rounds)
100 military air-burst flares
5,000 rounds of .223 ammunition (for M16 assault rifles)
500 rounds of .45 ammunition
60 M40 rounds
15 Freon dispersal containers
15 compressed air dispersal containers
20 tanks of oxygen gas
20 tanks of nitrogen gas
20 tanks of miscellaneous gases for cutting equipment and testing
75 military-style sleeping bags
60 military-style pillows
55 military-style sleeping platforms
six (6) prepacked military deployment combat field living platforms
250 different style padlocks
6,000 feet of different types of rope
24 repelling [
sic
] kits
10 seismic deep-hole drills
1,000 gallons of fuel
four (4) military-style phonographs
10 Military cassette players
10 reel-to-reel tape players
60 belts
10 military sound collection equipment kits
25 military Intelligence Collection Kits
1,000 other miscellaneous items
6) VEHICLES; The team members took the following vehicles:
10 military-style combat motorcycles
three (3) military M151 Jeeps
three (3) military trailers
10 Military repair kits for Jeeps
10 Military repair kits for the motorcycles
One (1) Military lawn mower
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1,500 gallons of fuel for all of the above items
7) FOOD; The team members took the following food items:
C-Rations
25 prepacked containers
100 prepacked containers of freeze-dried food items
100 cases of various canned food items
seven (7) years worth of vitamins
100 containers of energy bars/snack items
1,000 gallons of water
150 military survival food kits
16 boxes of various alcoholic wines
150 cases of drinking fluids
Chewing gum, lifesaver candy and various other miscellaneous food items
8) MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS; The Team Members took 2,000 pounds of various other items.
APPENDIX 3
SERPO STATISTICS
Anonymous submitted these statistics as “Posting Three” on November 7, 2005, with the following introductory message: “Statistics on the Eben planet was [
sic
] collected by our team. Here is the pertinent data for your UFO thread list:” Evidently, these data were gathered by team members while on Serpo.
| Diameter: | 7,218 miles |
| Mass: | 5.06 x 1024 |
| Distance from Sun 1: | 96.5 million miles |
| Distance from Sun 2: | 91.4 million miles |
| Moons: | 2 |
| Surface gravity: | 9.60m/s |
| Rotation periods: | 43 hours |
| Orbit: | 865 days |
| Tilt: | 43 degrees |
| Temperature: | Min: 43°/Max: 126° |
| Distance from Earth: | 38.43 light-years |
| Planet named by team: | SERPO |
| Nearest planet: | Named: OTTO |
| Distance: | 88 million miles (colonized by Ebens with research base, but no natural inhabitants on planet) |
| Number of planets in Eben Solar System [Zeta Reticuli 2]: | Six |
| Nearest inhabited planet: | Named: SILUS |
| Distance: | 434 million miles (made up of creatures of various types, but no natural inhabitants on the planet) |
