The Place Where the Ones are Kept Safe

Private Live Chat
October 6, 2026

MEntity: Hello to you, Connor. We are here, now. We can begin.

ConnorB:

Hello again, Michael.

I recently stumbled across a transcript from 2011 in which Martha asked you about her incarnational history in the Sirius System. In response, you briefly described her first three lifetimes. Martha’s third incarnation, in your words, lived “in part of a large, rather secret (or ignored) sanctuary for the species. This sanctuary came to be from where about two-thirds of the surviving population were transported.”

“Approximately 3500 were rescued and approximately 1500 actually made contact with Earth,” you told Jeroen in 2019, which amounts to a 57% casualty rate. If you still stand by that number, that would mean 2,300 or 2,400 of those initial survivors came from one specific sanctuary. Without them, the Caretaker fleet would have launched with only around 1,200 of us aboard, of whom perhaps five or six hundred might live to see Earth, assuming the casualty rate remains similar. 

I can’t say whether or not the transfer to Earth could have succeeded without this sanctuary being in play, but somehow I doubt it. This ‘secret sanctuary’ was clearly pivotal to our survival as a species. Can you tell me its story?

MEntity: 

Yes, we think your assessment of the sanctuary's importance is valid, though we would caution against applying the later casualty figures as some kind of uniform percentage to every group involved. The numbers are approximate and losses occurred at different stages of extraction, transport, stabilization, and adaptation. The sanctuary itself was not created by the Caretakers. It began earlier as a protected region for members of our species who had become unwanted, marginalized, or marked for removal by the dominant civilization. It was not entirely secret so much as deliberately ignored. Its relative isolation, combined with the belief that its population was insignificant, allowed it to endure longer than many other settlements.

Overtime, it became a refuge for scattered families and individuals moved there through informal networks. Those within it preserved family groups, learned survival behaviors, social bonds, vocal and gestural patterns, caregiving practices, environmental knowledge, and the beginnings of shared traditions. For an emerging Sentient species, these would have been enough to carry forward a recognizable way of living together even as no real level of civilization had developed yet.

This is what made it pivotal because before the sanctuary was identified, the Caretakers were attempting to locate and retrieve small, dispersed groups. The sanctuary suddenly provided a concentrated population with enough genetic variation and social cohesion to make larger-scale preservation possible. In that sense, much of the gathering had already been done before the Caretakers intervened.

The evacuation occurred in stages and under increasing pressure. Some residents understood they were leaving their world but others believed they were moving to another refuge. Some refused to leave, some stayed behind to help others reach an extraction point, and some were lost. The sanctuary became a place of refuge but also a place of farewells.

Without it, the transfer to Earth may still have been attempted, but the surviving population would have been far smaller and less genetically secure. Whether that reduced group could have remained viable is uncertain. So yes, it is fair to say that the sanctuary was likely one of the decisive factors in the survival of our species. What is most significant though is that those who created it did not know they were preserving the future of Human Sentience. They simply chose to protect lives that others had decided were expendable. The later rescue was possible because someone had already made a place where the unwanted could survive.

ConnorB: What did the sanctuary look like? Was it on an island, or in the middle of a forest somewhere, or sequestered within a city? Was it kind of like a nature reserve?

MEntity: 

We think a nature reserve is a reasonably useful comparison, but not exactly. The sanctuary was not embedded within a city and was not an island. It was a broad, relatively isolated region with natural boundaries that made access difficult and observation limited. There were dense wooded areas, open ground, water sources, and sheltered terrain. Its protection came from geography and neglect.

There were several small habitation areas rather than one large settlement. These were spread across the region and connected by familiar routes used by those who lived there. The population lived close to the land, with similar shelters and gathering places adapted to the environment rather than imposing on it.

You could think of it as something between a refuge or a protected habitat and reserve. The important consideration here is that its inhabitants were not being preserved as specimens. They were being given space in which to continue living with minimal interference. Its relative invisibility came from the fact that few considered the population there important enough to warrant much attention. That indifference, at least for some time, became protection.

ConnorB: 

How did they evacuate all those people?

You said in stages, yes, but there came a point when the Pleiadians got wise to what was happening, and they launched an attack on the evacuation ships.

So any evacuations prior to that point must have been clandestine, and 2000+ humans seems like a difficult thing to move without attracting attention.

MEntity: 

Oh yes, the difficulty you describe is valid. The evacuation was clandestine for much of its duration, and this is one reason it could not be accomplished quickly.

The population was not moved all at once or directly from the sanctuary into large visible vessels. Smaller groups were first moved from different parts of the sanctuary to temporary collection points beyond the most closely monitored regions. From there, they were transferred in limited numbers to larger transport sites. Some of these movements occurred extended periods, allowing the disappearance of dozens at a time to resemble ordinary population loss, relocation, or administrative removal rather than an organized extraction.

The Caretakers were also working with individuals within the surrounding civilizations who could alter records, redirect patrols, delay inspections, or classify missing populations in ways that reduced scrutiny. This did not make the operation invisible, but did help disguise its scale. The Pleiadians were not initially looking for an evacuation because they did not believe such a coordinated rescue could possibly be underway.

By the time that changed, a substantial portion of the sanctuary population had already been removed. What exposed the operation was not simply the number of missing humans, but the pattern. Too many disappearances began pointing toward the same protected population and the same periods of unusual activity.

The final stages became much more dangerous. Extraction had to accelerate and larger groups had to be moved which made concealment much less effective. This is when the evacuation shifted from covert removal into something like an emergency withdrawal. The vessels involved became vulnerable to interception and attack.

ConnorB: Did this sanctuary have a name?

MEntity: We think that would be something like Sha-Ren-Ah, or "the place where the ones are kept safe".

ConnorB: Were the sanctuary's original creators part of the Storge people?

MEntity: No, we would not say that the sanctuary was founded exclusively by those you have come to identify as Storge, but there does appear to have been Storge involvement among those who helped establish and protect it. The sanctuary grew from efforts of several individuals and groups who objected to the treatment of our species and who were willing to provide refuge, food, protection, and continued care. The Storge role were more a people who helped create the conditions in which the sanctuary could continue. They supported routes into the refuge, helped sustain those already there, and contributed to the network of protection that later became important during evacuation.

ConnorB: Also, last question, were felines and canines evacuated with us? Or did that happen much later?

MEntity: The population was already difficult enough to evacuate without adding other species. Other animals and plants associated with our original environment were not transported as companions in any meaningful numbers. Dogs and cats came into the story much later.

ConnorB: Thank you. Excellent work, as always ♥

MEntity: We must conclude here for today. We have exhausted the focus of our channel. Good day to you, Connor. Goodbye, for now.

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Our understanding of the events culminating in our expulsion from the Sirius System continues to deepen. But there is still so much we do not know. And that is okay. It's not really okay, that's just something people say. I'm dying of thirst, here. If knowledge about our origins is water, then I am eternally parched.

I wish I could ask about my own Essence's involvement, but alas, I never reached any sanctuary. My history in the Sirius System mostly sucks. My first lifetime was a panic attack on legs who got eaten by a large reptile. My second lifetime was more fun, but also got eaten by a large reptile. My third lifetime was born into captivity, probably because I thought it would help me avoid getting eaten by yet another large reptile. Whoops. That lifetime was murdered during childhood as part of the Culling. Kidnapped, sedated, and incinerated. Lovely story, that. For my fourth life, I incarnated briefly aboard one of the Caretaker ships during the transit, and that ended poorly. By my fifth life, I think I was just trying to get some roots down in any soil I could find. This was my first lifetime on Earth, and I spent much of that life clinging to familiar people whom I may have felt would be torn away if I let go, as had happened already.

Every now and then, I feel a bit jealous of others who reached the ships and got off-planet. I'm particularly jealous of Jeroen, who managed to befriend a Caretaker child while onboard one of those ships, resulting in a bond that will reunite them millions of years later. How cool is that? And I missed it! Ah well. It's a very silly thing to feel any amount of jealousy over, but I suppose there is a part of me who never fully got over it.