The Archquliod, per Project Serpo: engineered by the Ebens, but from a separate home planet nearly 2,000 light-years away.
THINK ABOUTIT’S ALIEN TYPE SUMMARY – Archquliod
Correction Notice: This entry contained a factual error, not just missing context — it listed the Archquliod’s home system as tied to Zeta Reticuli (the Ebens’ system), when the actual Project Serpo source names a different planet entirely, Pontel, near the Cygnus Arm. That’s corrected below. Project Serpo itself is a set of anonymous, unverified internet claims dating to 2005, whose own original promoter later distanced himself from the material — context previously omitted and restored here.
Per the source material, the Archquliod isn’t from the same system as the Ebens who created it — it’s from a separate world nearly two thousand light-years away, in a different part of the galaxy entirely. That’s the kind of detail easy to lose track of in a sprawling, decades-long internet mythology like Project Serpo, and it’s exactly what happened here.
Name: Archquliod (also spelled Archquloid)
AKA: Archquloid; described in the source as one of the “Big Nosed Grays”
Location – Home System: Planet Pontel, near the Cygnus Arm of the Milky Way — a separate system from the Ebens’ Zeta Reticuli, per the source
Distance from Earth: Approximately 2,000 light-years, per the source’s stated distance to the Cygnus Arm region containing Pontel. (The commonly circulated “38.4 light-years” figure belongs to the Ebens’ Zeta Reticuli system, not to Pontel, and has been corrected here.)
Attitude: Described in the source as highly disciplined and physically imposing under normal conditions; the sole detailed account (the “Gate 3 Incident”) describes a breakdown under confinement stress rather than baseline temperament
Motives: Per the source, provided by the Ebens to U.S. personnel so that the Archquliod’s biology and behavior could be observed and studied
Physical Appearance: Per the source: a tall, gray or brownish creature with large, black, slanted eyes, a “mushroom”-shaped head, four long fingers, yellow eyes with vertical pupils, and a large, beaked nose.
- Average Height: 5’6″, per the source
- Average Weight: Undocumented
- Body Temperature: Undocumented
- Pulse/Respiration: Undocumented
- Blood Pressure: Undocumented
- Life Expectancy: Undocumented
- Hair: Not mentioned in the source
- Skin: Gray or brownish/tan, per the source
- Eyes: Large, black, slanted; separately described with yellow coloring and vertical pupils, per the source
- Sex: Undocumented
Other Physical Information: Four long fingers and a large, beaked nose, per the source
Special Traits and Abilities: None specifically documented beyond the physical description in the source
Communication Type: The source states the Archquliod involved in the Gate 3 Incident was unable to communicate in English
Origin: Planet Pontel, near the Cygnus Arm; genetically engineered/cloned by the Ebens, per the source
Life Form Type: Described in the source as genetically engineered by the Ebens and provided to U.S. personnel for study
Subspecies: Undocumented; a “Standard/Heavy” variant distinction has no basis in the source
Most Common Species: Undocumented
Level of Species: Undocumented; no formal classification appears in the source
Habits: Undocumented beyond the confinement and eventual breakdown described in the Gate 3 account
Transportation Type: Undocumented
Witnesses Reports: This entry derives entirely from “Project Serpo,” a series of anonymous email postings that began circulating online in 2005, claiming to describe a secret 1965–1978 U.S.–Eben personnel exchange program. Within that material, the “Gate 3 Incident” describes an Archquliod, held in confinement at a secret facility, reportedly killing a security guard during an escape attempt in April 1983 before being shot, recovering, and dying roughly a year later. Project Serpo’s authenticity has never been independently verified, and it is widely disputed even within ufology; Bill Ryan, who operated the serpo.org website that first hosted much of this material, later distanced himself from vouching for its authenticity.
Special Features/Characteristics: The source lists the Archquliod alongside four other claimed engineered or catalogued species (Ebens, Quadloids, Heplaloids, Trantaloids), each assigned a different claimed home planet and distance
Summary/Description: A creature described in the Project Serpo material as a “Big Nosed Gray,” engineered by the Ebens and involved in a violent 1983 escape incident at a secret U.S. facility. Project Serpo’s claims are anonymous, unverified, and disputed even by researchers who initially promoted them.
Source: “Project Serpo” anonymous online postings, beginning 2005 (Release 23 and related material)
Related Cases: Other Project Serpo-catalogued species (Ebens, Quadloids, Heplaloids, Trantaloids) — each with its own separate claimed origin and should not be conflated with the Archquliod’s
DETAILED REPORT
The Archquliod entry is a good example of how a location error can slip into a page even when the underlying source is being consulted directly. The Project Serpo material is explicit and internally consistent on this point: the Archquliods come from Pontel, near the Cygnus Arm, roughly 2,000 light-years away — a completely different part of the galaxy from Zeta Reticuli, the Ebens’ home system. The previous version of this page conflated the two, likely because the Ebens’ 38.42-light-year distance is the most frequently repeated figure across the broader Serpo material.
It’s also worth stating plainly what Project Serpo actually is: a set of anonymous email postings, with no verified author, no corroborating document, and a track record that led even its earliest and most sympathetic promoter to step back from endorsing it. That doesn’t mean the material isn’t worth documenting — it has a real and lasting influence in ufology circles — but it should be labeled clearly as unverified rather than presented as established.
RESEARCHER’S NOTES
Two Thousand Light-Years Apart — Archquliod and a Location Correction
- Source Chain Assessment: Project Serpo material is internally consistent about the Archquliod’s origin (Pontel/Cygnus Arm) across multiple independent postings and mirror sites, making this a straightforward correction rather than an ambiguous one.
- Factual Error, Not Just Omission: Unlike most corrections on this site, this wasn’t primarily about adding missing context — the home system and distance were simply wrong, likely from conflating the Archquliod with its creators, the Ebens.
- Credibility Context: Bill Ryan’s later distancing from Project Serpo is directly relevant and was previously omitted entirely.
- Fabrication Scope: Biometrics beyond height, a formal classification tier, and a scout/security subspecies split were all added with no basis in the source.
WRAP-UP PARAGRAPH
Corrected to its actual source, the Archquliod is a minor but specific figure within one of ufology’s more elaborate — and more disputed — internet mythologies. Getting its home planet right matters less for the truth of the underlying claim, which remains unverified either way, and more for representing the source accurately on its own terms.
QUOTE FROM THE POST
The source describes the creature as “one of the ‘Big Nosed Grays.'” (Project Serpo, Release 23)
REMOVED CLAIMS (Archived for Reference)
These details appeared in an earlier version of this page and are incorrect or unsupported per the actual source. Archived here rather than deleted.
- Home system “P-45,” tied to Zeta Reticuli: incorrect; the source places the Archquliod’s home planet, Pontel, near the Cygnus Arm, roughly 2,000 light-years away — an entirely different system from the Ebens’ Zeta Reticuli
- Distance of “38.4 light-years”: this figure belongs to the Ebens’ Zeta Reticuli system in the source material, not to Pontel
- Biometric data (weight, body temperature, pulse, blood pressure, life expectancy) — no source
- “Grade 2 – Engineered Biological Servant Class” classification — no source
- “Standard” and “Heavy” subspecies distinction — no source
- Omission of Project Serpo’s disputed status — restored above, including Bill Ryan’s later distancing from the material
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