From the unexplained to the mundane, come join
us on a Journey to the Fringe. Hello and welcome
to Journey to the Fringe, where it's Serpo, Serpo,
Serpo, all the time, time, time. We are your
podcast hosts, Taylor and Chelsea, here today,
reaching back on an old topic that we have done
two episodes on on the past. Chelsea, are you
ready for it? It's Serpo. Oh, I'm excited. Okay.
Revisiting this, what, over a year ago? Over
a year ago, yes. Oh, those were great episodes.
For those of you that can't be bothered to go
back, these are fantastic episodes. I highly
recommend going and re -listening to them because
they are a lot of fun. But Cole's Notes, there's
papers out there that say that a group of 12
humans were sent on a 10 -year galactic trip
to a planet named Serpo and they came back after
12 years. Only 8 of them came back alive. and
everything was hidden. At the end of it, it looks
like Richard Doty just made up the whole thing,
but there's a whole story behind it. Project
Camelot's involved. There's a lot of fun and
shenanigans. So I highly recommend re -listening
to it. And Chelsea, I just want to start this
episode off. Do you remember how we left Serpo
.org off last time around? The website was not
being paid for, if I remember correctly. I didn't
actually, I re -listened to it, but I didn't
actually make it to the end of this. Hilariously,
there was a notice for whoever owns this website,
please pay for it because you have to pay it
in months, and we're not gonna host it anymore
until you pay for it again. Yeah, okay, my memory
was, oh good, I'm glad my memory's not going.
Okay, great. I had to do everything through the
Wayback Machine, which I still do have to do,
but Chelsea, I want you to go to Serpo .org now.
Yes! I was waiting for it. Because something
has changed in the meantime and it was very recent
like I was on here about a month ago and it was
still the same. What is this? It is now a conference
for Serpo. This seems so fake. and we're just
going to read through it together. Does this
seem like AI? It definitely seems like AI. So
we're going to start off. It just says Serpo.
It has a few different things to click on the
top and it says, welcome to our conference on
the top secret exchange program of 12 US military
personnel to Serpo Planet Zeta Reticuli between
1965 and 1978. Conference organizers, John Harris,
Bryce Meade, Marsha Coleman. Can't click on their
names. These are such generic names that you
can't Google them. They don't look like real
people, do they? No. They don't. These look like
AI generated images. They look like stock images.
John Harris definitely looks like AI. I don't
know. Maybe. Yeah, he does. Okay. And then there's
an about section. We are pleased to welcome you
to a conference on one of the most mysterious
and controversial topics in history, the Serpo
Exchange Program. Between 1965 and 1978, 12 US
military personnel entered into a top secret
deal with the planet Zeta Reticuli, embarking
on a journey that has been the subject of rumors
and myths for years. This conference is an attempt
to uncover the truth surrounding this amazing
story. We have gathered leading experts, researchers,
and scholars to sort out the details and bring
you the most reliable sources of information.
What will you learn? At this conference, exchange
operation details. You'll hear firsthand accounts
from those involved in the program and learn
how they left Earth and what happened to them
on Serpo. Right there is a huge red flag. Even
if you believe the story of Serpo, they've all
died. There are no firsthand accounts anymore.
They all died by 2002. Okay. Historical context.
We will look at the history and political circumstances
that led to the program and try to understand
its significance in the context of the Cold War
and the space race. Evidence analysis. Experts
will analyze the available evidence and testimony
to sort out the truth and falsity of various
aspects of the story. Discussion and questions.
You will be given the opportunity to ask questions
and participate in discussions with the experts
to gain a fuller understanding of the topic.
We believe that the story of Serpo Exchange represents
a pivotal moment in human history, and our goal
is to uncover this story and all its complexity
and mystery. Join us at the conference to delve
into a world of mystery and discovery together.
Kelsey, I don't think I need to ask you, but
that does sound very AI. written does it not
I can't even form a thought on this what is going
on I don't know the next part it says register
now to uncover a mysterious chapter of history
when you click on the contact button you can
enter your name your email the subject your message
which is optional that's all it says and it gives
you a phone number which is an area code 901
and a location which is 875 Burton Avenue Memphis
that's not even a full address I'm currently
sending a message because I I don't feel like
it gives us details on how to sign up. It does
not. Do I sign up? I'm sending a message. But
I do know that it is going to happen at the end
of April. I think it's April 25th to 28th. It
doesn't say 2025, but it's likely 2025. I just
sent a message. It has not submitted yet. I just
love they have an outline of the first three
days to the three days. So here's first day,
nine to nine thirty registration of participants
and welcome coffee. 930 to 10, conference opening,
opening remarks by the organizer and introduction
to the topic. 10 to 1130, history of circle exchange
program, examination of the historical context
and major events of the period 1965 to 78. 1130
to 1230, key participants and their roles, introducing
the key figures involved in the program, analyzing
their roles and contributions. 1230 to 2, lunch
break, and then workshops. Documentary evidence
from 2 to 330, an exploration. of the documents
and archives presented related to the Serpo exchange
program 330 to 5 dealing with the sensational
evidence practical cases for analyzing and interpreting
testimonies of program participants 7 to 9 projection
of a documentary film about the Serpo exchange
program followed by discussion that just is so
vague i don't even know who's presenting like
they haven't said that i don't think they say
that any of the days They do have testimonials,
I don't know how because this hasn't happened
yet, but Richard Laffoon said this conference
proved to be an incredible immersion into the
historical context and details of the top secret
surplus exchange program. I was amazed at the
level of detail provided by the speakers and
I am sure I learned a lot about the government's
covert operations. Rebecca Mullen says Wonderful
conference listening to the program participants
stories related to the Serpo exchange program
was fascinating. Gave me an in -depth look at
events I had previously only heard about in rumors.
The organizers did a great job bringing together
so many experts on the topic. Curtis Morales
says It was an amazing event full of interesting
facts and fascinating stories. I am deeply impressed
with how the organizers were able to gather such
a variety of perspectives on the topic of the
top secret exchange program at Serpo. Each speaker
added something unique to this fascinating mosaic
of history. That's the end of the testimonials.
And I have to say, each person has their own
picture. Again, could be very clearly stock footage.
Not one of them happened to mention any of these
great speakers, who they were. And then Chelsea,
once you get to that point, there's a blog with
some things. But below that, there is nothing
but casino advertisements. Just Google this 875
Barton Street in Memphis. It's just a residential
neighborhood. Oh, man, I need to see this. This
is the weirdest. like there's not even sidewalks
and I sent a message to see how do I sign up
and it doesn't submit huh well yeah this is weird
and I just I don't know if this is no I can't
call the United States can I well you can but
like don't call right now Why? They do have an
entire articles they've posted on this website,
but I wasn't going to focus on these. I just
found this so interesting that somebody has taken
over the Serpo website and decided to do like,
I don't know, it seemed like maybe an AI scam,
but like, what are they scamming? Are they just
trying to get people to those casinos at the
bottom? because there's way easier ways to get
people to click on casino ads than to create
this entire fake conference and then put casino
ads at the bottom. It's clearly all EI. Well,
and first and foremost, the first casino is safecasinos
.com. So, you know, actually, never mind that
this is legit. Dress and the foot. That has to
be it. It has to be. Yeah, there's 18 casino
links. Copyright 2025 Serpo All Rights Reserve.
And if you click on Serpo, it takes you back
to this page. Just another bizarre thing. Yeah,
I can't submit anything to find out how to attend
the conference. But anyhow, it says it's April
26th to 28th. It doesn't have a year. There are
testimonies about how good it was in super vague
terms, so maybe it's already happened. I don't
know. If you guys happen to be in the Memphis
area, if you could check this out for us, I would
be super interested if you could kind of dig
into it, because we're too far away and lazy
to look into this. Well, I think we've looked
at it enough. This is I wouldn't recommend anybody
going to this 875 Barton Street. They're just
waiting there to stab people. They might get
a lineup, April 26th, who knows? What a weird
thing though. Oh man, sorry, I had to Google
Maps this really quick. Please, take a look.
It looks like a big building. Oh no, it's not,
wow. Not its house. Yeah, that one page definitely
described it in a different way. Oh yeah, it's
not a nice neighborhood either. Doesn't seem
like it, but I don't know anything about it.
Is it a different Memphis? Does it specifically
say Memphis, Tennessee? No, it says Memphis.
It does say Memphis. But this is where it took
me on Google Maps, so I assume that's the right
place. I don't know. weird thing yeah anyhow
that actually has nothing to do with the story
i was going to do today i just thought it was
crazy that there has been that update on the
web page I'm glad you went and looked as soon
as you said that I was like I'm gonna go look.
No what we're gonna do is I thought it would
be fun just because the entire story of Serpo
was leaked to a UFO email group back in the early
2000s and it was leaked over the course of about
three years so I thought it would be fun to just
go through and read some of the leaks and the
stories that were coming out about Serpo around
that time because we gave a brief idea but I
thought it'd be fun to get more into the detail
and whenever we're just kind of feeling like
it, we can read some of the Serpo stories. So
let's return to Serpo with some of these stories.
Kelsey, I wanted to start with about the team
and their selection process. This was posted
originally November 29th, 2005. It was the eighth
posting by Anonymous. I decided to concentrate
this release on the team and their selection
process, communication problems, and the final
exchange. There have been many questions pertaining
to these issues. background. EB -1, for those
that need a bit of background on it, the EBs
were what they called the aliens. They're not
grays, but they're basically grays. EB -1 provided
a communication device that allowed us to contact
SERPO. This communication device was on board
the EBEN spacecraft that crashed in July 1947
near Corona, New Mexico. EB -1 showed us the
proper use of this communication device prior
to his death. However, the device did not function
properly and no contact could be made with SERPO.
Just prior to EB -1's death, an American scientist
from Los Alamos figured out the device worked
and connected an energy source found in the even
craft to the communication device. With EB -1's
assistance and language input several signals
were sent during the summer of 52. In early fall
of 52 we received several signals on the device.
EB -1 translated the messages and provided us
with that information. EB -1 sent six messages.
The first message was just letting his planet
know he was alive. Second message explained the
crash in 47 and the death of his crew. The third
message asked for a rescue craft for him. The
fourth message suggested a formal meeting with
leaders of Earth. The fifth message suggested
an exchange program. Which, that seems like a
very weird way to communicate everything, does
it not? Yeah, oh yeah. I'm alive. Everybody else
is dead. Please come rescue me. Do you want to
meet the people who I'm with? And then, hey,
let's create an exchange program. I mean, the
fifth one seems right. Yeah, it really escalates
quickly. Should you not immediately say, hey,
come rescue me? Like, it seems weird that they
waited until the third message to do that. And
why would they want to create an exchange program
without vetting people that they're, you know,
exchanging with? Yeah, it's a weird circumstance.
We are awful people. Yeah. Jokes on them. Then,
of course, the sixth message provided landing
coordinates for any future rescue or visitation
missions to Earth. The incoming message gave
a time and date and confirmed a landing location.
However, once the message was translated by EB1,
it was determined that the date was over 10 years
away. Fearing that EB1, who was sick at this
point, did not translate the message correctly,
our scientists began to translate the message
based on the even language that was taught to
us by EB1. No, he was a mechanic, not a scientist.
He was still able to teach us some of the even
language and according to the dogmas which I
read we translated about 30 % of the even language
complex sentences and numbers could not be recognized
oh man so they got the idiot yeah even though
they all have really high they all have really
high IQs except for the mechanic who apparently
got a concussion when they crashed totally forgot
all language yes no no he had 30 % of it You
gotta love that. And that is one of the parts
of the story I love, that they're all geniuses,
except they don't understand English. Like, no
way of understanding it. Except for, like, in
most things. Except for when they can. EB1 assisted
as long as he was alive, but once he died, then
we were on our own. We sent several messages
over a six -month period, but we did not receive
any messages. We fine -tuned our efforts over
the next 18 months and finally sent two messages
in 55 to receive double our pie. We were able
to translate about 30 % of the message due to
that idiot mechanic. Sorry, I had to add that
part. We turned to several linguist specialists
with - Why are they only now turning to the linguists?
Oh god. We turned to several linguist specialists
from several US universities, even several from
foreign universities. Finally, we were able to
translate most of the messages. We decided to
reply in English and see if the evens could translate
our language easier than we could theirs. Approximately
four months later, we received a reply in broken
English. Sentences contained nouns, adjectives,
but no verbs. It took us several months to translate
the messages, and then we sent Even our typed
English lessons. Six months later, we received
another English message. This time it was clearer,
but not clear enough. Evens were confusing several
different English words and still failed to complete
a proper sentence. They're judging them based
on this? Not only that, they said they could
- Because we won't even try their language. But
it said we figured - it out but we figured it
out finally we were able to translate most of
their messages but we were cited to reply in
english but isn't that a weird way to reply like
or make note of which is the whole serpo papers
like they replied and no what was it no verbs
yeah they replied with no whatever it is yeah
like that doesn't that make sense to you i don't
think it makes sense to me that they're just
not replying with one very specific part of speech
and that specific part of speech is very important
to being able to convey any material you can't
convey information without an action like that's
just like such a fundamental part of communication
that we can't even do a sentence without No.
Actions, yeah. Because actions would be universal,
you would think. Yeah, it would be like Fluffy
Kitty something. Kitty tower. I don't know. That's
it. You wouldn't even get that they were talking,
really. No. And it's obviously part of their
speech because they wanted to have an exchange
program. So it's a part of their speech. Why
wouldn't they be able to grasp that part, even
if they were just like trying to shoot the other
link? It's just one of the dear parts of the
story. They're just like, yeah. English seems
really stupid, we're not gonna learn it. We're
too smart for you idiots. It seems like a stupid
detail to put in there for somebody who's putting
too much detail into something that they're making
up. Just like all the servo stuff. But we were
able to provide the basic skill level for them
to communicate in English. In one message they
provided us with a form of the even alphabet
with the equivalent English letters. Our linguist
specialist had a very difficult time figuring
this out. That doesn't seem hard to figure out.
it doesn't because they gave the translation
they gave the literal translation written even
language was simple characters and symbols but
our linguist specialist had an extremely difficult
time comparing the two written languages over
the next five years we were able to perfect our
understanding of the even language in brackets
somewhat we're all mechanics Even our smartest
linguists are mechanics. And the evens were able
to better understand English. However, we had
a major problem trying to coordinate a date,
time, and location for an even landing on Earth.
Even though we could basically understand some
even and the evens could understand some English,
we could not understand their time and date system,
and they could not understand ours. Well, that
makes sense. We sent them our Earth rotation
schedule, revolution, date system, et cetera.
For some reason, the evens never understood this.
Can I just get this straight? Basically just
texting back and forth and based on like a hey,
how are you doing? They're expecting to like
learn a whole other thing Or are they actually
like speaking with each other to try and teach
the language? Well, you got to remember that
I think serpos like 33 light -years away This
is not like a meat. Sorry They haven't actually
explained the time difference between the two
now that I'm thinking about it in theory It should
take like 33 years to get communications But
it doesn't seem to be taking that time at all.
It's like a text message right now. It seems
like a detail somebody didn't think of. But to
me, the way I'm interpreting this is they're
just like, hey, we want to have an exchange program.
And based on that, they're just, let's see if
they respond to us in English. And they're like,
they'll just learn English based on this text
message. And we easily learn Serpo. Serponese.
We're not gonna use it. It seems stupid. Yeah,
based on, like, it just seems like one message,
and they're like, they'll get it, and then they
respond without verbs, and they're like, these
idiots clearly don't understand English. They're
clearly all mechanics over there. It seems like
they've just sent one test. Also, how did they
know he's a mechanic? He didn't speak English.
That's a fairly complicated word for him to know
in the 30 % of the language he knew. Again, just
seem - In return, the evens sent us their system,
which was difficult for our scientists to understand
because we had no reference to their planet.
The evens did not explain any astronomical data
of Serpo or their system. We then decided to
just send pictures showing Earth landmarks in
a simple numbering system for time periods. The
evens 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 the southern sector
of a White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. Which,
they're having trouble understanding, like, astronomical
coordinates, but they can tell April 24th, 1964?
Yeah. Obviously, you figured it out in time.
Now 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 United States Air
Force was tasked as the lead agency. The Air
Force officials picked special civilian scientists
to assist in planning and crew selection. The
team member selection process was the hardest
to accomplish. Several plans were suggested in
the makeup 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 a career military over
four years of service. They must have special
skills. It just has special skills. I'm glad
they agreed. I'm just like really good at cat's
cradle. This guy's double jointed. This guy can
do a backflip. This guy's really good at hula
hooping. And what's the 50s? They must have cross
-trained skills, meaning that they must have
more than one specialty. They must be entirely
sheep -dipped and cleared of any identification
problems that would haunt them while on the trip.
I don't know, but it's in quotation marks. One
suggestion was to list all members as being dead.
This was thrown out 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 surface
was covered. I gotta share my screen. Did you
google sheep dick? And while there was a more
fitting answer, I'm showing you the other one.
Oh no, is this where they get rid of pests on
them by dipping them in this liquid? I don't
fucking know. Yep, they're getting rid of the
pests on the sheep. but hold on there was a more
fitting answer practice within the intelligent
community of assisting to agents non -intelligence
or military jobs in order to disguise their source
agency okay so they they couldn't know each other's
background i guess i guess i think it comes up
later that that's basically what it was right
underneath there's the actual sheep getting dipped
again okay it's weird that they would try to
hide the identity of everybody when they're going
to be together for 10 years. How is that going
to work and you have no coverage for it? That's
true and you're going to be sharing things when
you know you have no family, no anything. Inherently
you have to, yes. Yeah, like it's a human thing.
And the thing that I find funny about this is
with the Serpo papers, there's so many obscure
details that are given without any actual like
it doesn't make sense. And I remember a lot of
somewhat of an understanding of how the military
works, but like vaguely just like used as a credence
and not actually within the story. seems like
actual military lingo like who else would know
a word like sheep dipping just sprinkled within
which i believe we saw last time but we saw a
lot of contradictory things a lot of things that
don't even make sense like what we were just
talking about they learned the entire english
language with like one message but they also
can't ever learn english Like, that's over 10
years of knowing them, they don't learn English.
And again, that's the contradictory thing, and
then you see a whole bunch of, like, weird military
things thrown in. But I'm getting carried away
again, because it's the circle papers. 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 56 ,000 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.
That's a weird way, Chelsea, I just wanna say.
They said they were gonna list these people as
first as dead, and then they said no, let's list
them as missing. and then they're gonna destroy
every record of this person existing is that
it's another that seems like a terrible way to
do that because if somebody's missing somebody
might actually look into them and then find it
really weird that they don't seem to exist they
only said that they couldn't have children they
didn't say that they couldn't have families so
that doesn't yeah not make sense to that they're
assuming nobody's gonna be looking for them and
especially oh they're missing oh okay i'm just
gonna stop looking Whereas if you actually list
them as deceased, maybe, yeah, they'll actually
stop looking for them. Yeah, like your brother
or sister or whatever goes missing, and then
you're like, oh, there's no record of them ever
being alive. Well then, I guess I was the greasy
one. Yeah. Oh, well. I guess that answers that.
Team Training 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 complex inside Perry. Most of
the training took place there, but some special
training was accomplished at Shepherd Air Force
Base, Wichita Falls, Texas, Ellsworth Air Force
Base, South Dakota, Dow Air Force Base, Maine,
and isolated locations in Mexico and Chile. Why?
I didn't know about those last ones. 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, Fort Leavenworth,
Kansas, and confined in locked cells. This prevented
them from communicating with anyone from the
outside world and kept each under close watch.
Why would you give them 15 days off if you're
just gonna put them in jail before they leave?
Yeah. just do it now is this the overseer of
it i can't remember who's writing this they don't
say they're no it's anonymous that's the whole
thing about this one he certainly knows a lot
about everything like every single move of this
program though including what happens on the
planet yeah Yeah, including things that probably
not any one person would know things about. Yeah.
Like everything, every single detail. Change
of plans. We received a message from the Ibans
stating they did not wish to make the exchange
during their initial visit to Earth. They wanted
to first meet 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. That actually
is very logical from the Ibans. They were gonna
get catfished on that first date right there.
Oh, they sure were. The landing. In December
of 63, they even sent a message confirming the
time, date, and location of their landing. The
message stated that two crafts were en route
to Earth and would make the appropriate landing
at the pre -arranged location. Note, during this
time period, our government was suffering from
the loss of President Kennedy. Some on the project
wanted to cancel the exchange because of his
death. President Johnson was briefed and decided
to continue the event, although it was noted
that Johnson didn't really believe it would happen.
Fair enough, President Johnson. Our team planned
for two locations, one cover location at Holloman
Air Force Base near Ala Magordo, 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. The first
Eben's craft entered our atmosphere during the
afternoon of April 24, 64. 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 in line at the
correct location. Meeting. The even craft landed
exactly at the location we sent. There were 16
senior US government officials on the ground.
Some were political and some were senior officials,
including military officers. The evens exited
their craft and walked under a pre -located canopy.
The evens gave gifts of their technology. The
evens had a crude translator device. It appeared
to be some sort of microphone with a readout
screen. Why the hell would they need to bring
that? We've already figured it out. Yeah, they
already figured it out by the text messages that
we were... sending one or two that said ASL.
The C -2 US officials were given one of the devices
that Eben kept the other one. The officials spoke
into the device and the screen showed a print
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 Eben's decided
to make the exchange, but not until the following
year. July of 65 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 Fort Levin until May of 64. They were transported
to Camp Perry. The team was isolated for the
next six months, going over the same training
they received, fine -tuning their individual
skills and learning some newer skills. This gave
the team an opportunity to better understand
the even 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 of 65, the team was
transported to Fort Leavenworth and confined
until July of 65, when they were transported
to Nevada. During the exchange, only a select
few officials were present other than the preparation
crew for the exchange team. The evencraft landed
and our team was placed on board. That's the
end of that one. It seems like they spent like
three months in jail at the end of their time
on Earth. What did they tell their actual families
as they were going? They didn't because they're
missing. But they also got 15 days leave during
that first six month period and then they didn't
talk at all about leave on that second six month
period. Somebody's really bad at storytelling.
And just so we're on the same page. 165 days
is not six months. Six months would be about
184 days, so it's like almost exactly five months.
I guess you could add those 15 days, but it said
it was included in that period. But again, Richard
Doty said he's not good at math. I still love
that the evens poop like that. They are great
poopers. Okay, we'll move on to the next one.
This was the ninth posting by Anonymous on November
30th, 2005. Each team member had to endure extreme
psychological and physical training. In one training
test, each team member was locked inside a five
by seven 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. That's a list of factors.
Oh my God. So these people were actually kidnapped
and wiped off the face of the earth to be tortured?
Yeah. Okay. I just want to emphasize this tested
several factors. That is the whole sentence.
And then the next paragraph begins after that
that says each team member also took a pill with
them. We don't know what factors that tested,
but it was several. Several of them. Of course.
It would. It would. It sure would. How much poop
they could make in a box over a seven day period.
For one. That's one factor. Oh dear god. Each
team member also took a pill with them. Pill
is in quotation marks for some reason. The pill
was standard issue for intelligence agents operating
behind enemy lines. The pill could end their
life if, for some reason, the events turned out
to be hostile. Okay. Several selected members,
brackets pilots, were trained on flying an Eben
craft, one of which was the one captured near
western New Mexico in 49. The plan called for
the select 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 6465
around the West could be attributed to these
test flights by our team members. Selected team
members carried small containers of liquid nitrogen.
Ebens were vulnerable to extreme cold. In case
the Ebens turned hostile, the liquid nitrogen
could be used to neutralize Ebens during an escape
attempt. The team members were instructed to
spray the substance directly into the face of
an E -bend. EB1 was found to be vulnerable to
this. Oh man. I really don't like the thought
that they just sprayed EB1, just this idiot mechanic
that didn't even know English, in the face with
liquid nitrogen several times just to make sure
he was vulnerable to it. And it wasn't just a
one -off. He wasn't just like having a allergic
reaction or something. They probably asked him
to translate something. He's like, I don't fucking
know. I'm an idiot. And then they sprayed him
in the face while he was looking at it. As for
the liquid nitrogen matter, the liquid nitrogen
was placed in a special container. Just like
we do today. The briefing document doesn't state
the type of container. Just that each member
had a small container. And this pillow that'll
kill him. It takes some months to get to Thurpo.
So like this had to keep liquid nitrogen safe
and stable for months. and that would be like
for the one -off chance like immediately upon
their arrival they needed to escape the funny
thing is they're just like right away without
knowing who these people are they're just like
yep let's have an exchange program also let's
psychologically traumatize the people we're gonna
send there and give them suicide options and
options also harm anyone around them Really good
options to harm anyone around. Let's fuck them
up and give them PTSD and then unleash them onto
another society. Of the time of them training
and waiting to go, like 40 % of it is spent in
isolation or in a box underground. It probably
wouldn't go good, actually, as these papers suggest
when they go out there. They're like playing
baseball, pooping a lot. and sometimes so little.
It just seems like something that wouldn't actually
be done if they were, you know, had so much psychological
damage prior to training to leave Earth. They
might be a whole lot of fucked up in there. However,
during the return debriefing, the team found
the Evians to be so docile, each team member
quickly discarded these bottles of liquid nitrogen
when they arrived on Serpo. The Evian realized
the team had the substance, but never questioned
the reason for bringing it. As with weapons,
each team member had a handgun and rifle. The
Evians realized these were weapons, but again
never questioned why the team members were bringing
them along. But each team member never carried
the weapon except during the exploration of Serpo,
and then only certain team members carried them.
That's the end of posting nine. You think it'd
be weird seeing them, like, just pour out this
liquid that does this stuff to the ground? If
they were to just pour it out, though, wouldn't
it still have, like, you know how you cut onions
real close to you? It makes your rice water.
Would it not? No, it wouldn't freeze the things
right around it. If you've ever seen people use
liquid nitrogen, you can get pretty close to
it without feeling its effects. And I don't think
they poured it out in, like, say, an Eevee's
face. Yeah. I find it funny that that's what
they brought, not like bear spray or something.
Yeah! It would be liquid nitrogen. They found
that most effective against EB1, which maybe
this is why he only knows 30 % of the language.
It could only be liquid nitrogen, and you guys
get a suicide pill. The thing that can't be stable
for more than a year in a bottle. It's gonna
be tight, but... just in case you get off the
aircraft and we realize you get those bad vibes.
or you know that anxiety is overwhelming not
being in a confined space for more than a day
but i think this is where i'm gonna end it off
i think we've been going about an hour so i think
this is a good spot to end because the next one's
looking fairly long yeah i think this is a fun
thing to return to every now and then because
these are just these are beautiful it is beautiful
it couldn't have been better if david wilcox
was narrating it Can I just read? Did we read
part of a blog from Serpo .org? No, I didn't
read any of them. Are they very fake? Can we
just end off with some poetry here? From Serpil
to Innisfil, intergalactic relocation secrets
unveiled. It does seem like they're picking up
on the vibes of Serpil. And this one seems to
be written by a Walker Jeff. Walker Jeff, gather
round youngsters and let this old timer spin
you a yarn that'll make your head spin faster
than a UFO doing loop -de -loops over Area 51.
It's a tale of cosmic proportions spanning from
the far reaches of space to the serene shores
of Lake So, grab yourself a cup of joe, settle
in, and prepare for a journey that'll take you
from the mysterious planet Serpo to the charming
town of Innisfil, Canada. The Serpo Saga, a cosmic
exchange program. Now, back in my day, we didn't
have fancy smartphones or internet doohickeys,
but we did have secrets, big ones, and none were
bigger than the hush -hush exchange program that
sent 12 brave US military personnel to a planet
called Serpo in the Zeta Reticuli star system.
This wasn't no ordinary field trip, mind you.
It was a top -secret mission that lasted from
1965 to 1978, longer than some folks' marriages.
These courageous souls embarked on a journey
that would make Neil Armstrong's moonwalk look
like a stroll in the park. They packed their
bags, said goodbye to Earth, and hopped aboard
an alien spacecraft faster than you can say,
beam me up Scotty, for 13 long years. These intrepid
explorers live among the even aliens, learning
their ways, studying their technology, and probably
trying to figure out how to use an extraterrestrial
toilet. Now, I know what you're thinking. Gramps,
have you finally lost your marbles? But let me
tell you, the story's got more layers than your
great aunt Mildred's seven -layer dip. The circle
exchange program has been the subject of heated
debates, whispered conversations, and enough
conspiracy theories to fill a library. So you
might be wondering what What in tarnation does
this interstellar hellabaloo have to do with
Innisfil Canada? Well, hold on to your hat because
I'm about to connect the dots faster than you
can say alien abduction. You see, after spending
more than a decade on a distant planet, those
brave souls who returned from Serpo had a hankering
for something different. They'd seen the stars
up close, walked on alien soil, and probably
tasted some mighty peculiar space food, but now
they yearned for a place that combined the best
of both worlds. The excitement of a new frontier
with the comforts of home. And that's where Innisfil
comes in, like a shining beacon of hope in the
vast Canadian landscape. This charming town nestled
along the western shore of Lake Simcoe offers
a slice of paradise that's out of this world,
but not too far out. It goes on and on. It is
really long. It goes on. It's definitely AI.
Oh, yeah. Listen to this one. The cosmic terrestrial
balance. Why Innisfil feels like home. Number
one, natural beauty. Number two, peace and quiet.
Number three, community spirit. Number four,
room to grow. Number five, modern amenities.
And it goes on and on from there. And it even
has a link to Innisfil real estate. Huh. I'm
just looking, this is like an hour and a half
outside of Toronto. gives me a feel like it's
a bot that just looks for websites that are expired.
Interesting. But the weird thing about it is
that it kind of has an idea about what Serpo
is. And it's trying to make money off it, too.
This is definitely AI. Definitely. Oh, yeah.
Like the fact that it's trying to be an old person,
but hip in its writing style. Yeah, like it's
so weird. But I just thought that I read a little
bit of that because that's fucking weird. That
is great. We will include a few of those in the
next one too. I don't know which is better, the
AI stuff or the actual Serpo papers. I think
both are equally good. Because the Serpo papers
are definitely not AI. They're definitely Richard
Doty. Who definitely is not an AI. He is a very
real individual. Yes, and he sucks at telling
stories. In any event, I have been Taylor, here
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