security. In reality it was nothing more than a random jumble of five English letters. However, they always made it a recognizable English word simply so people would remember it easily. NEXUS. What the hell is that anyway? Something binding. An important link or connection…Gibberish. Meaningless gibberish. Anyway…
Korbett placed the cup back onto the table and turned to focus his attention on the document. His mind cleared of all thoughts, he began. It read:
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TOP SECRET NEXUS
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EYES ONLY
The White House
External Anomalous Affairs
Copy 1 of 5
To:Major General William A. Korbett
Dr. Eli Maislin
Dr. Rula Koslovsky
Dr. Anton Vandergrif
Mr. Willard Darbury
Subject: Project Assignment—OPERATION ROOKERY
Date: 4 February 20--
Priority: 1-A
(Note: This document is prepared as a full briefing and should be regarded as operational instructions to initiate project.)
AUTHORIZATION:
OPERATION ROOKERY is a Top Secret research operational project responsible directly and only to the President of the United States. All operational tactics will be carried out and are under the control of External Anomalous Affairs (hereafter the Department). The project will be headed by Major General William A. Korbett. List of field operatives to be forwarded to the Department by General Korbett NLT 5 February.
OBJECTIVE:
The objective is to establish the source or origin of several artifacts that have been recovered from an ice field in Antarctica and which are suspected to be of possible alien origin.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
On 24 January 20--, a team of scientific researchers (Dr. Hilliard Grimes, Dr. Robert Donne, Dr. Walter Tracey, Dr. Juan R. Mendoza, Dr. Aaron Rosensweig, Dr. Jason Buckingham [accompanied by mountaineers Michael W. Ruger and Lars Jorgensen]), who are attached to the National Science Foundation (NSF) through the University of Pittsburgh and the Smithsonian Institution, were conducting field activities in the Fallon Hills region of the Transantarctic Mountain Range. In this region there are numerous flat plains composed of glacial ice continually moving through the mountain valleys. Scientific teams based at the U.S. McMurdo Station are routinely flown in and out of the region by specially equipped LC-130 Hercules transport aircraft currently operated jointly by the U.S. Navy and U. S. Air Force. The Fallon Hills area is located approximately 300 air miles from McMurdo Station.
While conducting search for meteorites (this type of scientific field activity is common on the Antarctic continent), between 24 January and 29 January the researchers retrieved a number of objects which at first were thought to be of man-made origin. The objects were returned to McMurdo Station by the team for further study. By coincidence, Departmental personnel stationed there immediately recognized the significance of the find. The NSF was directly relieved of responsibility for the objects, all of which were immediately forwarded to the Department where further assessment was made over the past two days. Following is a description of the objects.
Artifact No.1 (AR-1) is a dull black metallic rectangular container (see Attachments ‘A’ through ‘E’) measuring 29.6 cm x 15.3 cm x 15.3 cm and weighing 1,298.35 grams. The only visible outside marking was an apparent “seam” running the perimeter of the object bisecting the container along its greatest perimeter (to be further discussed below). AR-1 has an extremely low albeido and has a hardness greater than that of carborundum but slightly less than diamond. The above information was initially determined by the research team in their laboratory at McMurdo Station and later confirmed by the Department.
Artifacts No.2 through 4 (AR-2, AR-3, AR-4) are presently thought to be broken segments of a much larger object (see Attachments ‘F’, ‘G’, ‘H’). It is believed the object prime may
Korbett placed the cup back onto the table and turned to focus his attention on the document. His mind cleared of all thoughts, he began. It read:
***********************
TOP SECRET NEXUS
***********************
EYES ONLY
The White House
External Anomalous Affairs
Copy 1 of 5
To:Major General William A. Korbett
Dr. Eli Maislin
Dr. Rula Koslovsky
Dr. Anton Vandergrif
Mr. Willard Darbury
Subject: Project Assignment—OPERATION ROOKERY
Date: 4 February 20--
Priority: 1-A
(Note: This document is prepared as a full briefing and should be regarded as operational instructions to initiate project.)
AUTHORIZATION:
OPERATION ROOKERY is a Top Secret research operational project responsible directly and only to the President of the United States. All operational tactics will be carried out and are under the control of External Anomalous Affairs (hereafter the Department). The project will be headed by Major General William A. Korbett. List of field operatives to be forwarded to the Department by General Korbett NLT 5 February.
OBJECTIVE:
The objective is to establish the source or origin of several artifacts that have been recovered from an ice field in Antarctica and which are suspected to be of possible alien origin.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
On 24 January 20--, a team of scientific researchers (Dr. Hilliard Grimes, Dr. Robert Donne, Dr. Walter Tracey, Dr. Juan R. Mendoza, Dr. Aaron Rosensweig, Dr. Jason Buckingham [accompanied by mountaineers Michael W. Ruger and Lars Jorgensen]), who are attached to the National Science Foundation (NSF) through the University of Pittsburgh and the Smithsonian Institution, were conducting field activities in the Fallon Hills region of the Transantarctic Mountain Range. In this region there are numerous flat plains composed of glacial ice continually moving through the mountain valleys. Scientific teams based at the U.S. McMurdo Station are routinely flown in and out of the region by specially equipped LC-130 Hercules transport aircraft currently operated jointly by the U.S. Navy and U. S. Air Force. The Fallon Hills area is located approximately 300 air miles from McMurdo Station.
While conducting search for meteorites (this type of scientific field activity is common on the Antarctic continent), between 24 January and 29 January the researchers retrieved a number of objects which at first were thought to be of man-made origin. The objects were returned to McMurdo Station by the team for further study. By coincidence, Departmental personnel stationed there immediately recognized the significance of the find. The NSF was directly relieved of responsibility for the objects, all of which were immediately forwarded to the Department where further assessment was made over the past two days. Following is a description of the objects.
Artifact No.1 (AR-1) is a dull black metallic rectangular container (see Attachments ‘A’ through ‘E’) measuring 29.6 cm x 15.3 cm x 15.3 cm and weighing 1,298.35 grams. The only visible outside marking was an apparent “seam” running the perimeter of the object bisecting the container along its greatest perimeter (to be further discussed below). AR-1 has an extremely low albeido and has a hardness greater than that of carborundum but slightly less than diamond. The above information was initially determined by the research team in their laboratory at McMurdo Station and later confirmed by the Department.
Artifacts No.2 through 4 (AR-2, AR-3, AR-4) are presently thought to be broken segments of a much larger object (see Attachments ‘F’, ‘G’, ‘H’). It is believed the object prime may
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