Operation Handshake
Transcripts of Operation Handshake Sessions (edited)
On 4 FERRUARY OSI/SOG-18 initiated OPERATION HANDSHAKE. Special operators were enlisted to attempt contact with the subterranean xenomorph. Sessions were conducted around the clock utilizing tele-clairvoyant operators (“remote viewers” or “channelers”) on loan from PROJECT OZMA.
OPERATOR 1
9 FEBRUARY 04:13 hrs. Operator achieved contact for 19 seconds. Operator then terminated due to massive cerebral hemorrhage. Verbal transcript follows.
I AM I AM I AM …
Operator: Who are you?
3 sec pause
(unintelligible) MFRAGLM … ULUTHUL … NIX … LUXASTORA …
6 sec pause
THAT WHICH IS BELOW AND BETWEEN …
I AM I AM I AM AWAKENED …
HEAR ME …
3 sec pause
Operator screams
OPERATOR 2
13 FEBRUARY 14:23 hrs. Operator established prolonged communication which included receiving of visual information. Operator lost consciousness upon receiving visual information. Post-recovery operators provided detailed description of visual transmission. Transcripts follow.
I AM AWAKENED …
3 sec pause
HEAR ME …
6 sec pause
I AM THAT WAS AND WILL BE ...
3 sec pause
I AM WILL THAT IS MY OWN MY OWN THAT IS MINE WILL I AM WILL …
3 sec pause
Operator: What is your will?
3 sec pause
I AM THAT MY WILL IS THAT I AM
6 sec pause
Operator: What is your location?
3 sec pause
I AM THAT I AM ALL THAT I AM ALL THAT IS
6 sec pause
Operator: Can you show me your location?
3 sec pause
Operator: I think I'm getting something...
3 sec pause
Operator: Oh god...
Excerpt of Operator Debriefing, 14 February 1965
Operator: “After I asked it to show me its location, my mind was flooded with images. Most of them were what I'd call ordinary scenes. Scenes from life all around the world. It was like thumbing through the pages of every National Geographic magazine ever published. Then it was like pictures from history, only moving images, as if someone was screening those old movies you can see on Sunday afternoon television. All of this was happening very quickly. There was enough information that it should have taken several minutes or hours to transmit. The very last thing was this impression of ... I don't know what word to use but vastness. Like the first time you ever saw the ocean, if you can remember that. The first time my parents took me to the ocean, I fainted, it was so big. Bigger than anything I've ever seen. The feeling that I got was like that. The entity is vast.”
OPERATOR 3
19 FEBRUARY 17:13 hrs. Operator established prolonged communication which included receiving of visual information and limited interactions. Operator lost consciousness upon receiving visual information but recovered after 8 hours of rest. However within 24 hours of recovery operator was no longer viable. Transcripts follow.
I AM I AM I AM …
I AM WILL THAT I AM ...
I WILL I AM THAT I WILL I AM ...
Operator: We would like to understand and know you.
3 sec pause
Operator: We intend you no harm. Our intentions are peaceful. Will you communicate with us?
6 sec pause
I AM WILL THAT WILL NOT BE KNOWN …
I AM BECOME AND UNDONE …
I AM WITHIN AND BETWEEN …
I AM BENEATH AND ABOVE …
Operator: We would like to pursue diplomatic relations with you.
3 sec pause
Operator: Do you understand me?
I AM WILL THAT I AM AND KNOW THAT I WILL ALL THAT I AM
Operator: A simple yes or no will suffice.
6 sec pause
Operator: Do you understand?
3 sec
I AM ALL THAT IS AND ALL THAT WILL BE
Operator: Would it be possible for you to designate a human representative with whom we might establish more coherent contact?
6 sec pause
I AM ALL THAT IS AND ALL THAT WILL BE
Operator: This is bullshit. Look, motherfucker. Do you want to parlay or not?
3 sec pause
Operator: I'm getting something …
6 sec pause
Operator: Holy mother of voodoo …
Operator begins laughing, then loses consciousness.
Excerpt of Operator Debriefing, 19 February 1965
Operator: “Visual transmission? Hell, it was more than that. More than just visual. I could smell and feel things, man. I don't think I was just seeing it, you know? It was like I was there.”
Interviewer: You were present in the chamber at all times. Your vital signs were monitored.
Operator: “I know. Sure. But one of the scenes, I could smell bacon cooking and could feel the heat of the day one time and smelled burning skies in another one. If it was a transmission, it was more than visual. I've never had one like that. I've remoted in all over the goddam planet and I've never smelled anything.”
Interviewer: We have reason to believe the xenomorph is a powerful psionic.
Operator: “No shit. This thing gave me a headache that won't quit. If I didn't know better, I'd swear the motherfucker is still in there. In my head, you know? Like some kind of goddam echo. I ain't going back in there. You might as well send me back to Oz, my brother. I'd rather freeze my dick off on the ice than talk to that thing again.”
Interviewer: Did you receive any information that could confirm its physical location?
Operator: “Location? It's everywhere, brother. It's everywhere and everything, you know?”
Interviewer: Could you be more specific?
Operator: “Not really.”
Interviewer: “Did you get any impression as to its size? Would you use the words “vast” or “vastness” to describe it?
Operator: “Vastness, yeah. That's a good word. Did the other operators say that? It's big alright. Bigger than just the earth. Not just vast or big. But the essence of vast or big. So, vastness. Yeah, baby. It's huuuuuuuuuge! But not just big! Goddam, my fucking head hurts, man. Can't you give me some morphine or something?”
Interviewer: And its location? Were you able to gather more detail it's location?
Operator: “It ain't got no location. It's here. It's over there. It's everywhere. Here, there, and everywhere!”
Operator begins singing “Here, There, and Everywhere.”
Operator: “It likes music. Somewhere it is singing.”
Operator begins singing “The Sound of Music.”
Operator: “Can you hear the music? I hear the music now. I never heard the music before. We'll all be hearing the music soon. Face the music! Pack up your troubles! We've got high hopes!”
Operator begins singing “High Hopes,” then segues into “Pack Up Your Troubles.”
Operator: “Kit bag, kit bag. Carried me pack all over the outback.”
Operator begins singing “Waltzing Matilda.”
Operator: “Gotta get me a wallaby, baby. Go down under and get outta Dodge!”
Operator begins chanting in unknown language.
Attempted transcription:
- MWU GAWA LLITHEM YANA
- MWU GAWA TUTUL LAMATHA
- FOON GULLA TATHA WAHAYLA
- MWU GULLA GAWA TATHA
End Transcript.
See also
Termination of Operation
On 23 FEBRUARY PROJECT HANDSHAKE was terminated (STATUS F-AP/R).