STARCHILD
UPDATE
September 10, 2003
Everyone:
The promised "Official Report" from the geneticists regarding the
DNA testing is now posted on the website for your perusal (www.starchildproject.com/DNAreport).
I encourage you to at least browse through it to see for yourselves the seriousness
with which these gentlemen approach their work. Also recall that they stand
ready to follow up with further testing when the primers--their principle tool
of recovery--become sensitive enough to reach the Starchild's nuclear DNA and
retrieve whatever is there. Then the fun will truly begin....
Meanwhile, I'm having a difficult time getting the bone itself analyzed in every
way it possibly can be. This is critical to building our case because, for example,
there might be some outrageous percentage of boron in it, or beryllium, or anything
else. Given how much harder it is than normal human bone, a number of possible
explanations spring to mind. The trick is finding out for certain what might
cause the wide difference between human bone and the Starchild's bone. Here
is where I've hit another of the endless speed bumps that keep delaying this
process. Here, too, is where some of you reading this might be able to help
me out.
The problem is that I've been unable to find a laboratory in the U.S. willing
to do the work we require. The only lab in the world I have found that can do
it, and is willing to do it, is Kureha in Japan. If you care to see what services
they offer, go to http://www.kureha-special-labo.com/bone_c.html. If you don't
want to go to that much trouble, here it is in a nutshell: (1) preparation of
bone and tissue samples; (2) measurement of bone mineral composition; (3) measurement
of bone density; (4) measurement of bone strength [very important to us!]; (5)
bone morphological analysis; (6) bone histomorphometrical analysis.
What's happening is exactly what happened when I tried to get scientists to
analyze the skull in the first place, and then again when we tried to find a
lab to analyze its DNA. They don't want to get involved because of what it might
do to their reputations if they become entangled with such a "disreputable"
subject. Now, it's pointless to argue about the pros and cons of their position,
but it IS their position and we have to work with that. What is even more difficult
about the bone analysis situation is that senior scientists who have found out
what we want from their field seem to be working behind the scenes to make sure
nobody here in the U.S. will help us. So we are being forced offshore by nothing
more than a few determined people playing serious hardball.
I'm confident we can find a way to go to Japan if we have to. We don't have
the money, or anywhere near it, at the moment, but we will simply have to pull
together and find a way. However, I don't intend to take that step unless I
absolutely have to, so this is where one or more of you might be able to help.
Maybe you know a friend or relative who works in a lab that does the kind of
detailed bone analysis we're seeking. If you do, or think you do, please forward
our requirements (listed above) and ask if they would consider doing these tests
for us. (Not for free, of course; we are prepared to pay the going rate.) Tell
them we're also looking for another dating test that's not Carbon-14 (we've
already done that). If anyone is interested, please have them contact me at:
lloydpye@cox.net or lloyd@lloydpye.com. They work equally well.
Next, let me offer you all a friendly warning. By posting the Starchild Fund
bank account # on the Starchild Project website, I opened it up to attack by
hackers. Sure enough, last month the account was dipped into for $200. When
I got my monthly statement I noticed it because no one but me should be removing
anything from the account. I called my bank, which gave me the phone numbers
of those who accessed the account. They were billing agencies for porno websites.
When I called those billing agencies, they immediately refunded the ill-gotten
gains. When I asked them what they intended to do about it, they said they would
deny future access to the account holder. When I asked what would keep that
account holder from opening a new account, or from having, say, ten accounts
with them, I was told that nothing could prevent it. I asked them why they didn't
just report this to the police, and they said, quote, "We bill for porno,
man! We're not going to the police!"
Please take this as a cautionary tale in your own lives. Pay close attention
to your monthly statements from your bank. Be alert for something that will
look just like a charge from some kind of internet or otherwise cyberspace account.
If you buy regularly on the internet, it will be indistinguishable from "regular"
purchases. Fortunately, I have never bought anything on the internet, so the
charge jumped out at me. If you go over your last few statements, you might
find you've already been hit. I was told by my bank they've had "hundreds"
of such complaints in the past six months. It's a burgeoning problem we are
ALL subject to.
Lastly, and frankly, the air is out of the Starchild's balloon. Contributions
have dwindled to almost nothing. We do have enough to pay for bone testing in
the U.S., but not enough if a trip to Japan is required. For those wondering
why such a trip might become necessary, understand that getting someone to agree
to do the testing is half the battle. The other half is getting someone we can
trust to give honest, truthful answers. That's why we were so lucky to get the
geneticists we found. They both have the proper scientific attitude of "Yes,
this is an interesting situation...let's work to get to the bottom of it."
So SOMEBODY has to go make certain that those doing the actual work are motivated
to produce a valid result. I don't think that can be done over the phone or
by email. I think it requires taking someone's measure eye-to-eye to be confident
we'll get what we pay for. So please be advised that if it comes down to having
to go to Japan, it won't be me. Instead, I'll send a close associate who happens
to be fluent in Japanese. If I went, entirely too much could be lost in translation.
Needless to say, there is now a new Starchild Fund account number that I won't
be making public. Anyone wishing to support our ongoing efforts (the air is
definitely NOT out of OUR balloon!) should send a check, money order, or bank
draft made out to "The Starchild Fund" (not to me), and send it to:
Lloyd Pye
6805 Veterans Blvd.
# L-3
Metairie, LA 70003
Thanks for making it with us this far. If any of you have any bright ideas about
how to get past the logjam we're facing with the detailed bone analysis, please
don't hesitate to contact me. We're all in this together....
Lloyd Pye
lloyd@lloydpye.com