D51 Scepticism of the recipients. Forthcoming telephone call

UMMOAELEWE

Language Spanish

No. of Copies 2

Date: 10-XI-1966

Mr Enrique Villagrasa Novoa

 

Mr Enrique Villagrasa Novoa: It is very likely that the statement set out below will fill you with perplexity. It is quite possible that you will immediately adopt a sceptical or at least a reticent attitude.

 

We come from a distant star. A planet called by us with the phonic expression UMMO, located at an approximate distance from Earth (Apparent distance) That is, the one that would be followed by a coherent beam of electromagnetic waves in three-dimensional space.

 

d = 14.4368 ± 0.06 light-years.

 

We are fully aware of the transcendence that an assertion such as this may have for you. You must not be surprised, then, sir, that when reports and notes like these have been delivered to men of various Earth nations, at different intellectual levels (Scientists, Priests, Writers, Thinkers, Technicians, Employees), their normal reactions have shown an evident repressive tone towards the truthfulness of our testimony.

 

This radical stance of scepticism, of out-and-out incredulity, is obvious. The human intellect reacts with well-defined psychological defence mechanisms to a constellation of illusory perceptions which may very well have been generated by a mythomaniac, a psychopathic personality, an intelligent individual whose sense of humour finds this original way of channelling his desire to amuse himself at the expense of the naivety of his brothers.

 

If one day Linus Pauling were to knock at your door and, on your receiving him in your Hall, were to blurt out without further preamble that his profession lay in the field of Physical chemistry. Nobody could reproach you for the possible gesture of going to the telephone with some excuse to call for the services of a psychiatric establishment.

 

Sir: Sporadically we are getting in touch with various persons in various countries of the Earth. Specifically, in Spain two persons have been chosen these days whose curiosity and interest in habitability at different points of our galaxy are known to us. One of them is the playwright Alfonso Paso, the other You.

 

We greatly fear that a mocking smile on reading these lines may frustrate our good wishes towards you. We will call you again by telephone. We do not yet have permission to converse with you. Simply tell us what you think about this matter. Do so frankly, nobly. If, despite appearances, your objectivity and realism place you in a stance of analysis, before risking a dogmatic judgement, before definitively classifying us as madmen or pranksters, as ingenious publicists, ask us over the telephone for information on a scientific, religious, philosophical, etc. subject that is especially dear to you.

 

Written by dictation to the typist

DA 3 son of HEYEA 502

subordinate in Spain to DEI 98 son of DEll 97

subordinate to YU 1 daughter of AIM 368 in Australia.

 

A similar report was sent simultaneously to Mr Alfonso Paso Gil.