1965 - 1978: Project Serpo - Human and Alien

1965 - 1978: Project Serpo - Human and Alien Exchange Program - Part 3

Posted On: July 12, 2022

The following story is either the greatest kept secret of all time or a complete fraud. You decide. In this chapter we will hear all about how the US government selected twelve team members to live on Serpo for an unknown period of time.

This presentation is of the information posted on the website: serpo.org, from a retired senior government official. The website was intended to facilitate the gradual release of confidential documents pertaining to a top-secret exchange program of twelve US military personnel to Serpo, a planet of Zeta Reticuli, between the years 1965-78.

Chapter 3

EXCHANGE TEAM.

The Ebens sent back a message indicating they would return to Earth on a particular number date and location that we chose. The date was April 24th, 1964, and the location was in the southern sector of White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.

Our Government officials met in secret to plan the event. Decisions were made, then changed and then changed again. We had just about 25 months to plan for the event. Special teams, mostly military, were formed to plan the event.

Several months into the planning process, President Kennedy decided to approve a plan to exchange a special military team. The USAF was tasked as the lead agency. The USAF officials picked special civilian scientists to assist in planning and crew selection.

3.1 Preparations.

The Team Member selection process was the hardest to accomplish. Several plans were suggested in the make-up of the team. It took several months for the planners to decide on criteria for each Team Member. They decided that each Team Member must be military. They must be single, with no children. They must be career military, (over four years of service). They must have special skills.

They must have cross-trained skills, meaning that they must have more than one speciality. They must be entirely "sheep dipped" and cleared of any identification problems that would haunt them while on the trip. One suggestion was to list all members as being dead. This was thrown around until it was decided each Team Member selected would be listed as "missing" on the official records and discharged on the unofficial records. That way, all connections between the team and their individual service was covered.

Every single record on each Team Member selected was purged, including their Social Security records, Internal Revenue tax returns, medical records, military records, and any other identification records were either destroyed or collected and placed in a special storage location. Originally, about 56000 files were screened for possible selectees. The screening process finally got down to 12. These were the best of the best. During training, which lasted roughly six months, there were 16 going through training. The four were replacements just in case one of the originals was injured or released for some other reason.

Why were only two females taken? If one considers the monumental problem associated with picking a team of 12 people, where each person must be totally erased from the military system, no family ties, no spouses and no children, one can see the difficulty that the selection group had. The selection group picked the best team members from a limited pool of military people.

The original selection group picked 158 people. The final 12 were selected from that number. If you consider the psychological, medical and other tests that had to be administered, the final 12 were the best qualified from the original number. Why they chose two females was never written. Apparently, those two females were the best qualified in their individual specialty: a doctor and a linguist.

Each Team Member was not identified by name. Once the final 16 were selected, (remember, we had four alternates), each Team Member got a number (three digit). From that point on, they were identified by number only. Even each Team Member identified the others by their three-digit number. They were never to use their real names. Once they left planet Earth and traveled on to Serpo, they gave each other nicknames.

For example, the Team Commander was identified as, "Skipper," the medical officers were identified as "Doc-1" and "Doc-2," the pilots were identified as, "Sky-King" and "Flash-Gordon." Even though it wouldn't make any difference if they used their real names on Serpo, they were disciplined enough to continue either using the nicknames or the three-digit numbers. There were two females, one being a doctor and the other being a linguist.

Team Commander 102.
Assistant Team Commander 203.
Team Pilot #1 225.
Team Pilot #2 308.
Linguist #1 420.
Linguist #2 475.
Biologist 518.
Scientist #1 633.
Scientist #2 661.
Doctor #1 700.
Doctor #2 754.
Security 899.

3.2 Training

After the extensive selection process, each Team Member had to demonstrate their abilities to endure hardship, which included a battery of psychological tests, medical screenings and a PAT (Positive Attitude Tests which is a military test given to pilots and special forces personnel).

The training consisted of the following:

Introduction to Space Exploration (taught by NASA personnel).
Astronomy, identification of stars, use of telescopes and general astrophysics.
Eben anthropology (information received from Ebe #1).
Eben History (basic information received from Ebe #1).
U.S. Army Field Medical Training (trauma care). This was given to the non-medical personnel on the Team.
High Altitude training – parachute and weightless/zero oxygen environment training.
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 4-week U.S. Army Ranger Course).
Intelligence Gathering Course.
Space Geology – collection methods and use of specialized geological equipment.
Physical Stress Training.
Methods to cope with confinement/isolation.
Nutrition course.
Equipment use training.
Individual speciality training.
Basic Biology.
Other training which is still considered extremely highly classified even after 40 years [1965 - 2005].

Each Team Member had to endure extreme psychological and physical training. In one training test, each Team Member was locked inside a 5' x 7' box buried seven feet underground for five days, with just food and water, no contact with anyone else and in total darkness. This tested several factors.

Each Team Member also took a "pill" with them. The pill was standard issue for intelligence agents operating behind enemy lines. The pill could end their life if, for some reason, the Ebens turned out to be hostile.

Several selected Team Members (pilots) were trained on flying an Eben craft, one of which was the one captured near western New Mexico in 1949. The plan called for these selected few to fly the craft back to Earth in case of an emergency.

There were four pilots on the team. These four spent many weeks at the Nevada complex learning to fly the recovered Eben alien craft. It wasn't hard to fly, once one could understand the operation of the controls. I'm sure many of the UFO sightings back in 1964/'65 around the West could be attributed to these test flights by our Team Members.

Each Team Member selected was sent to a special facility located at Camp Perry, Virginia. This was an intelligence training location. We took over a complete complex inside Perry. Most of the training took place there, but some special training was accomplished at Sheppard Air Force Base, Wichita Falls Texas; Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota; Dow AFB, Maine; and isolated locations in Mexico and Chile. The training lasted for 167 days. The Team was allowed about 15 days off during this time period, but they were closely guarded. Just prior to their trip, each team member was transported to the United States Disciplinary Barracks, Ft. Leavenworth, KS and confined in locked cells. This prevented them from communicating with anyone from the outside world and kept each under close watch.

However, there was a change in plans. We received a message from the Ebens stating that they did not wish to make the exchange during their initial visit to Earth. They wanted to meet first and then plan the exchange in person. This created many problems since our Team was ready for the exchange. We sent a return message, but we did not receive a reply.

In December 1963, the Eben's sent a message confirming the time, date and location of their landing. The message stated that two crafts were enroute to Earth and would make the appropriate landing at the pre-arranged location.

However, our government was suffering from the loss of President Kennedy during this time period. Some on the project wanted to cancel the exchange because of his death. But President Johnson was briefed and decided to continue the event, although, it was noted, that Johnson didn't really believe it would happen.

Our Team planned for two locations. One "cover" location on Holloman Air Force Base near Alamogordo, New Mexico and the other, which would be the actual landing location, was west of Holloman near the southern entrance to White Sands Army Post.

3.3 The Exchange.

The first Eben craft entered our atmosphere during the afternoon of April 24, 1964. The Eben craft landed at the wrong location, near Socorro, New Mexico. Our team was in place at White Sands. We were able to communicate a message to the Eben craft that they landed at the wrong location. The second Eben craft picked up the message and landed at the correct location.

The Eben craft landed exactly at the location we sent. There were 16 senior U.S. Government officials on the ground. Some were political and some were senior officials, including military officers. The Ebens exited their craft and walked under a pre-located canopy. The Ebens gave gifts of their technology. The Ebens had a crude translator device. It appeared to be some sort of microphone with a read-out screen.

The senior U.S. official was given one of the devices and the Eben kept the other one. The officials spoke into the device and the screen showed a printed form of the voice message, both in Eben and English. It was crude and hard to understand everything that was said. The exact transcript of the meeting won't be discussed at this time. The Ebens decided to make the exchange, but not until the following year. July 1965 was set and the location decided upon was the Nevada Test Site. Planners did not wish to keep the same location for fear that something might leak.

The Team Members were kept at Ft. Leavenworth until May 1964. They were transported to Camp Perry. The Team was isolated for the next six months, going over the same training they received. They fine tuned their individual skills and learning some newer skills. This gave the team an opportunity to better understand the Eben language. Although most team members had difficulty learning the language, the two linguists on the team were able to hone their language skills.

In April 1965, the team was transported to Ft. Leavenworth and confined until July 1965, when they were transported to Nevada. During the exchange, only a selected few officials were present, other than the preparation crew for the exchange team. The Eben craft landed and our Team was placed on board. The amount of supplies loaded on board the Eben crafts was 90,500 lbs of equipment.

LIST OF SUPPLIES TAKEN BY "Project CRYSTAL KNIGHT" Team Members [which was later renamed "Project SERPO" once the seven (7) Team Members returned in 1978 and the report was finalized in 1980]:

1) MUSIC – The Team Members took the following types of music:

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, Everly Brothers, Lesley Gore, Marline Dietrich, The Patters, Doris Day, Connie Francis, Shirelles Lyrics, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Perry Como, Guy Lombardo, Glenn Miller, Rosemary Clooney, Al Jolson, Christmas Music, U.S. Patriotic Music, Classical Music, Mozart, Hansel, Bach, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Rossini, Strauss, Beethoven, Brahms. Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi, Indian Chanting Music, Tibetan Chants, African Chants [these last three (3) for the intended benefit of the Eben hosts].

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 pre-packed medical kits for advance trauma care (military-style battle field medical kits), examination scopes for the stomach, bladder and rectum, eye examination equipment, 120 pre-packed surgical kits (military style), 120 pre-packed 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 pre-packed medical testing kits (military style), 50 pre-packed 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) 100cc tractors, four (4) 100cc digging tool tractors, 10 pre-packed military Soil Testing Kits, 16 astronomical telescopes, two (2) Military Star Stations, four (4) military power generators (1-10,000 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 pre-packed military radio repair kits, 1,000 different frequency tubes, 30 pre-packed military 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 pre-packed military combat deployment kits, 80 pre-packed military combat tent kits, four (4) military mobile kitchen deployable kits, six (6) military survival stations –warm weather, six (6) military survival stations –cold weather, 2 military weather stations – combat style, 50 military weather balloons, 24 military handguns, 24 military rifles (M-16s), six (6) M-66 weapons, two (2) M-40 grenade launchers, two (2) military 60mm motor tube (30 rounds), 100 military air burst flares, 5,000 rounds of .223 ammunition [M-16 assault rifles], 500 rounds of .45 ammunition, 60 M-40 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) pre-packed military deployment combat field living platforms, 250 different style padlocks, 6,000 feet of different types of rope, 24 repelling 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 M-151 Jeeps, three (3) military trailers, 10 Military repair kits for jeeps, 10 Military repair kits for the motorcycles, one (1) Military lawn mower, 1,500 gallons of fuel for all of the above items.

7) FOOD – The Team Members took the following food items:

C-Rations, 25 pre-packed containers, 100 pre-packed 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.

SOURCE: serpo.org via Maurice Osborn.

My Take: There is a lot of detailed material here. I don’t not know if I would have wanted to be chosen for this mission. You might never return alive. But on the other hand, it would have been the most exciting adventure of all time. Stay tuned for Part 4 which will be in one week.

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