The "ARIEN" (Alien) - The Arecibo Incident

"The 'ARIEN' (Alien) - The Arecibo Incident" follows the fictionalized narrative of a UFO/UAP craft drawn to the beacon signal that emanated from the Arecibo Radio Telescope in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, sent outbound on November 16, 1974. After the craft is downed by the US Military, the subsequent crash site investigation and retrieval takes place in El Yunque Tropical Rain Forest in Puerto Rico. Major M. performs the autopsy of the Alien and explains the non-carbon-based biology, pathophysiology, and more. Much of the work; especially regarding ancient and unexplained artifacts, archeology, and key incidents in ufology within the Ten Chapters and Epilogue; is fact-based, a primer of ufology.

Encountering an Alien, extraterrestrial interstellar species would indeed be an extraordinary, monumental, and transformative historical event in human history. Speculation of such an encounter encompasses short and long-term surmised scenarios, especially the implications for science, military preparedness, planetary security, and national sovereignty. There are invariably technological, and communication-linguistic challenges as well as societal and religious aftermath consequences. The encounter was perhaps predicted to occur through signal detection via advanced Radio Telescopes or by direct visitation to Earth by an Alien, extraterrestrial species, or interdimensional travel. What's more, the "First Contact" circumstance would hypothetically range from a peaceful encounter to accidental confrontation (due to misinterpretation or misunderstanding) or even to a deliberate encounter (possibly an outright aggressive, hostile interaction, provoked, or unprovoked). The tranquil night was accentuated by the indigenous coqui frog's serenade, whose sound punctuated the air surrounding the Arecibo Observatory, the World's largest (1000 meter diameter) Radio Telescope nestled in the northwest corner area of Puerto Rico. On November 16, 1974, the Radio Telescope had whispered a siren song cryptically into the cosmos, transmitting Radio signals that danced across the cosmic expanse. Little did humanity realize those signals would later beckon visitors as a directional beacon from beyond the stars. It was an ordinary Sunday evening at the Observatory until the monitoring systems detected an anomaly - a signature unlike any cosmic, Earth-based, or satellite noise hitherto ever recorded. The readings displayed a peculiar inflection tracing originating from a distant corner of the galaxy, the Globular star cluster Messier 13 (M13) Hercules constellation. The transmission partly matched the complex pattern of signals the project sent from Arecibo over three decades earlier to the very same constellation. The signal received was a message sent back from a dark void of the universe... It wasn't an echo or background terrestrial or satellite noise. The message had been (intentionally) modified! "Hay un mensaje…" The message forecast the actual UFO/UAP arrival and eventual downing by the US Military, sending the Alien, extraterrestrial craft, and fuselage debris toward El Yunque Tropical Rain Forest. The Alien, extraterrestrial craft site investigation, retrieval, and the finding of a non-biologic entity (NBE) would lead to an Autopsy. The EPILOGUE of this work, importantly, provides a history of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) project and lists the key accomplishments of the SETI Arecibo Radio Telescope Observatory.

Dr. Jerry J. Marty received his medical degree (MD) in 1976 from Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan. After that, he completed his postgraduate years of training at Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Strong Memorial Hospital/University of Rochester Medical Center, and Internal Medicine at Saint Joseph's University Hospital-VA Medical Center/Creighton University School of Medicine. Earlier in his postgraduate training, he participated in an eight-week fellowship in Forensic Pathology under Dr. Werner Spitz. He later undertook a Visiting Fellowship in Clinical Cytology and Fine Needle Aspiration under the World-renowned Dr. Torsten Lowhagen at the Karolinska Hospital and Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. A Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree was completed at George Washington University, School of Business (GWSB), Washington, D.C., and was conferred in 2009. The author is Board-certified in Anatomic, Clinical, and Cyto-Pathology with a sub-specialization in Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) Cytology. He has authored several publications in peer-reviewed medical journals, held teaching positions at CWRU and NEOMED in Ohio, and most recently served as Chairman of Pathology and Medical Director of Laboratories at Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center - Maryland. Dr. Marty spent many of his early years in Puerto Rico and later had a home in northwest Puerto Rico, close to the Radio Telescope Observatory facility in Arecibo. Dr. Marty is based in the United States and enjoys travel, photography, and chess.