Section IV: The Origins of “Project CRYSTAL KNIGHT”: The Forerunner to The “Project SERPO” Exchange Mission
-- As Relayed by a Decorated USAF Major via The DIA --
1) Briefing Notes: From a Retired USAF Major
2) I became involved in “Project CRYSTAL KNIGHT” in the summer of 1958. I was assigned to Holloman AFB where I was briefed into a program that involved communication with an extraterrestrial race known as the Ebens. I had known about Roswell as part of an earlier briefing in 1952. Although I had never had any contact with Ebe #1, I did view photographs and a film showing the creature and its handler. This would be the same film shown to others who were similarly briefed into this very special program.
3) During the summer of 1958, I was called to Sandia Base (Kirtland AFB) for a top secret meeting. There were command officials present. General Charles Cabell, USAF was in charge of a group who would eventually control "Crystal Knight." Other members in the group, were: Phil Howell, George Simler, Miles Doyle, Bob Hall, Curtis Frisbie, Harry Robb, Earl Butts, Richard Hamaski and Jack Thomas. All were members of the USAF, while most were in AF Security Groups (AF Intelligence back then). A presentation was given on an extraordinary planned event involving contact with an extraterrestrial intelligence located on another planet. The project called for several levels.
First, establishing a series of communication relay stations around the world that would receive signals from this ET civilization and relay it to a central location -- Sandia Base. Sandia Base (Kirtland AFB) had recently (in the late 1950s) established a space dish at XXXXX (these are XXXXX's words), that could gather signals from outer space. The group was also told that a very sophisticated communications system was found on the ALIEN spacecraft recovered near Roswell, and that this communications system was actively in contact with this ET civilization.
The 2044th Communication Squadron (AF) was responsible for operating the communications system, along with personnel from the U.S. Army Communications Service, and a selected number of civilians from the Los Alamos National Laboratory. The live ALIEN -- who was captured near Roswell – provided the technical information and know-how on how to operate and make functional the sophisticated communications system.
Three (3) members of the 2044th were trained in the technical means to work the ET system. The system was extremely complicated and required a special power source that was found inside of the crashed Roswell ALIEN spacecraft. Once the 2044th technicians learned the system, the communication apparatus was ready to operate. However, the single biggest problem was understanding the language of the ALIENS. The communication system worked with the ALIEN language only, which only one (1) or two (2) USAF officers, who worked with the ALIEN, knew. But it got more complicated as the communication system worked on a written ALIEN language, which the AF officers did not know. From 1952 through 1958, language specialists [linguists from both the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force] worked on translating the written ALIEN language.
However, without some sort of base language codes, that proved to be very difficult. The live ALIEN provided the ALIEN alphabet, but the ALIEN did not have enough prior knowledge nor the requisite English language development skills to translate the alphabet from his language to English. He did manage to crudely provide some basic comparison between the two (2) languages, but not enough to allow us to fully understand their language. Apparently, the communications system was functioning because the 2044th were receiving signals on the communication system. But no one could translate them. The signals came through on a screen, similar to a small television monitor, but they came through in the ALIEN language.
All we could do was copy the symbols of the ALIEN language and hope to translate it someday. I thought that someone probably back during the time the ALIEN was living had done some type of testing on the communication system because two (2) people knew something about it and how it functioned. They also knew some key symbols from the ALIEN language.
Finally, after some concerted, focused efforts by some very smart people, we were able to translate the language, but only about 70% of each message. But that gave us enough information to understand what the ALIENS were sending. The ALIENS wanted to return to Earth and pick up their comrades. Our mission was to plan the event and provide all of the necessary logistics to pull this huge event off.
4) Somewhere along the way, one of the AF communications specialists decided to send an English message to the ALIENS. Now, this would be difficult since the ALIEN communications system did NOT have English letters. But our AF ingenuity came into play. Utilizing a newly created classified military communications system (TAC-STAR), we were able to somehow (I never understood how) wire in the keyboard of a TAC-STAR. This would enable us to type English letters into the ALIEN communication system. I guess it took some time and effort, but it worked. We sent messages in English, along with our alphabet and numbering system. Amazingly, our numbering system was similar to that of the ALIENS. Although our number designations were different, we were able to use lines to indicate the corresponding number.
After several exchanges of messages, the ALIENS got ours before we got theirs. It was obvious to us, we were dealing with a highly advanced civilization. From about June 1960 on, we began receiving messages in English from the ALIENS. They did NOT send/transmit complete sentences, but they did send enough for us to understand the meaning of their message. From that point on, we communicated only in English except for numbers. We grasped their numbering system pretty quickly and used their numbering system since we did not want to provide them with the wrong landing coordinates.
We eventually provided them with the latitudes and longitudes of Earth. We also provided them with our military coordinate system used by our pilots (back in the early days). Sometime in 1962, we figured out how to send photographs in message form. Don't ask me how they did this; I wasn't technically inclined enough to know how they did this. But we did send them black and white photographs of Earth and landing locations.
This was another difficult decision to make. Where do they land? We needed to have a remote landing location which would not result in any adverse publicity. There were literately hundreds of locations selected and analyzed. Most of the locations first selected were remote islands. But there were logistical problems with those locations. We would have to sail ships to these remote locations and that just might give us away. We had to choose a location that would not be suspicious, but still be remote. The group decided on a location west of Holloman AFB near Alamogordo, NM. They actually decided on two (2) locations.
One was a fake landing location on Holloman AFB and then the actual landing location at White Sands, NM. Sometime in late 1962, we all met again this time at a very secure underground facility at Los Alamos. We got some real startling news: Our U.S. government planned to exchange a U.S military team with the ALIENS! I don't remember all of the details, but I remember a lot of key officials at the meeting who thought that this was a bad idea. The reasoning behind their skepticism was this: We knew virtually nothing of this ALIEN race, except for what one (1) surviving ALIEN had told us. How could we trust sending a team of people to another planet?! We knew very little about the planet except that it was about 40 light-years away [38.42]. How long would the trip last and how could our team prepare for such a trip?
These were questions all of the members asked. But the powers that be, mainly General Cabell, said all of that had been worked out. How?! I guessed that somehow, we established better communications with the ALIENS. I was never briefed on everything and I doubted that most of the members knew it all. A lot of the "Project CRYSTAL KNIGHT" program was highly compartmented, so that not any one person knew the scope and breadth of the entire project. I surmised that maybe the ALIENS landed prior to the scheduled 1964 date and possibly exchanged information. But I never had any official knowledge nor confirmation of this.
5) The next big problem was selecting the team. Bob Hall, the commander of a space flight training squadron, was in charge of this level. We also had CIA people and some people from the newly created DIA on board. It took months of deciding on just how to do that. Finally, a plan was put into place to “sheep-dip” ALL of the Team Members. An advertisement was sent out asking anyone interested in volunteering for a space program to apply; it was a semi-classified announcement.
The guise was that the USAF was selecting a special team to travel to the Moon and these people must undergo special training and a special selection process. NONE of the military people trying out for this team knew the real mission. About 500 people applied and that was then narrowed down to about 160. But there was a problem. Some specialties required on this mission were missing. Besides, the requirement called for each Team Member to be single, never married, NO children and if possible, be ORPHANS.
The AF had to go out and recruit two (2) doctors and several other specialties. Finally, after several months of the selection process, 16 (sixteen) Team Members were selected. Twelve (12) who would go on the exchange and four (4) alternates. Once the team was selected, they underwent about six (6) months of extensive training at various locations around the world. Their identities were removed from all agencies, including the IRS, Social Security Administration, military and hometown records. They became "no-named" people. Each was given a 3-digit number. They utilized this number from the first day of training until after the mission was completed – 13 years later in 1978.
There was another very curious thing each member had to do. They signed an agreement (remember they didn't know the specific mission at this point) that if any of them dropped out of the mission for whatever reason, they would agree to be confined until the entire mission was completed. This meant that any member, including the four (4) alternates, would have to be confined for the duration of the mission. At this point, the major didn't know the exact length of the mission. Most of the training was done at the Camp Perry, Virginia facility. I was present during several phases of training at Camp Perry. The exact mission of the team was not disclosed until during the final phase of the training.
6) TRAINING: Each selectee went through the most difficult, grueling and demanding training in the world. Most of it was similar to astronaut training. There was a lot of physiological stress training, high altitude training and parachute training at Ft. Bragg. Each member went through weapons and combat training and the possibility of capture by going through survival, evasion and escape training. Since we had a captured ALIEN spacecraft, every single Team Member was trained on how it functioned and how to fly it just in case they had to escape in one. They also learned the basic ALIEN language, alphabet and phrases. Now this was difficult since the ALIEN spoke in a tonal dialect, basically like singing in a high-pitched voice. Most had extreme difficulty learning this, but the two (2) linguists on the team learned it quickly. During the training, one member decided he could not go on such a dangerous mission. After learning that he would be confined at Ft Leavenworth, KS, until the duration of the mission, the man decided to go on the mission.
7) The landing date was set for Friday, April 24, 1964. The entire group assembled at the White Sands Missile Range, under a cover. We posed as inspectors for a no-notice inspection of Holloman AFB. There was a mistake by the first ALIEN craft entering the area as it apparently got the landing coordinates wrong and landed near Socorro, NM [the Lonnie Zamora incident]. The second craft landed at the correct location.
There were members of the Johnson administration along with the special group. The ALIENS exchanged some gifts and we were able to communicate with them through a translator "wand" given to us by the ALIENS. The meeting lasted about four (4) hours. It was decided that the exchange would NOT occur until the following year. Our team was present and ready to go, but the ALIENS decided to wait until next year.
The date was set for July 1965. The major was present during this meeting, but in the background.
Everything said and done during this meeting was recorded by audio tape and film.
Artist photoshopped presentation of how the Friday, April 24, 1964, at the White Sands Missile Range may have appeared to lucky insiders who witnessed the event; the meeting between both worlds lasted four (4) hours where gifts were exchanged between representatives of the Johnson administration and the Eben society
This is how the departure of the 12 “Project SERPO” Team Members may have looked on Tuesday, July 16, 1965 at the Nevada Test Site as they prepared for their 9-month journey, 10-year mission to Planet SERPO/Reticulum IV in the Zeta I and II twin-star system 38.42 light-years away; eight (8) safely returned 13 years, 1 month later in August 1978 at the exact same location: Area 51 "DreamLand" at the NTS
8) The delay presented a problem for our team. What do we do with them for the next 15 months? The team went back into training for about 12 months. The last few months were spent locked up at the U.S. Military Prison, Ft. Leavenworth, KS.
9) We had to decide on another location for the exchange. During the April 1964 meeting, we did not provide another pick-up location. We informed our ALIEN visitors that a location would be selected and they would be informed through the communication system. We finally decided on a remote location at the Nevada Test Site. Since we had hundreds of people employed at that location, we could move almost anything into that area without anyone becoming suspicious. We had a good counterintelligence program in place that would mask the landing and provide plausible stories about the temporary build up at NTS. To cover any possible strange sightings in the area, we increased the number of U-2 and SR-71 flights in the area. We even increased our low-level flights, just to give the residents (the few who did live in the area) enough to see that once the ALIEN craft arrived, they would not think anything was out of the ordinary.
10) On Tuesday, July 16, 1965, the ALIENS landed at exactly the precise location at the NTS. It was a low-level meeting. Only a few members of the Johnson administration were present. The selected group was present and the exchange took place without any hitches nor problems. We had equipment in place for the team, approximately 40 tons. The ALIENS had no problem carrying all of this on the two (2) crafts which landed. It was later learned that the two (2) crafts that landed were only shuttle crafts. The much larger craft was located somewhere between our Moon and Mars. Our team later told us (during the debriefing) that the ALIEN "mother" spacecraft was enormous.
11) We maintained contact with our Team Members by use of the ALIEN communication system during the space trip, which lasted about nine (9) months. Once they landed, we continued contact, but only on an irregular time schedule. Our team of 12 Team Members went to the Eben planet for 13 years. The original mission called for a 10-year stay. However, because of the strange time periods on their planet, the team stayed an additional three (3) years.
12) The team returned in August 1978 at the exact location. Eight (8) Team Members returned on the seven (7) month trek home. Team Member #308 (Team Pilot #2) died of a pulmonary embolism en route to SERPO on the 9-month journey; 11 arrived safely. One (1) died on the planet – and both of their bodies were returned to Earth – while two (2) others decided to remain on the ALIEN homeworld of SERPO.
The eight (8) Team Members were isolated for one (1) complete year at a special facility located at Los Alamos. After the one (1) year of isolation and intense debriefing, they were given new identities, a large pay bonus and the offer to return to military service or retire. Six (6) decided to retire and two (2) opted to remain on active duty.
13) Of the eight (8) who survived, seven (7) have since died. One remaining team member is still alive and lives somewhere in the southwest [Arizona]. [“Mr HERO” passed away in December 2014.]
14) I do NOT believe all of the information supplied by Mr. Anonymous. Mr. Anonymous has several discrepancies in the training, selection process, communication sequence and the females on the team. I do not remember ANY females going on the mission. Although all members were given 3-digit numbers during training, I saw the team at Camp Perry and did not remember any females on the team. Most of what Mr. Anonymous said was factual, but nonetheless there are some discrepancies.
15) I do NOT wish any special attention be given to me regarding this matter. I am a private person who has never gone public before with this nor any other information regarding UFOs or the U.S. government's involvement with the investigation of UFOs.
Artist rendering of how the nightly testing of the so-called “sports model” from the Zeta Reticuli I and II twin-star system might look to an observer at Papoose Lake/Area S4 located13 miles SSW of the main Area 51 facility
Based on all of the available information, this is how Area S4 located near Papoose Lake would appear; recovered/captured/donated ALIEN spacecraft are test flown on almost a nightly basis out of hangars that are built into the mountain's natural slope to camouflage its activities; these ALIEN craft included the so-called “sports model” [see previous photo] which theoretical physicist Bob Lazar claims to have worked on as part of an ongoing project to reverse-engineer the ALIEN technology; Lazar took a blacked-out bus from the main Area 51 work site13 miles SSW to the Area S4 work site
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