THINK ABOUTIT’S ALIEN TYPE SUMMARY

Negumak

This is the entry that actually holds the real “Independence Day” claim — the one this archive’s own Matrax page had mistakenly borrowed. Santori’s Alien Races Book credits the Negumak, also called the Gnomopo, as the real-world inspiration for that film’s alien creatures, describes them as ancient but newly arrived on Earth, and notes that most human governments fear them. What it does not describe is a Beta Scorpii insectoid war-species with bio-sonic weapons and a “Fear-Frequency” — the only physical description on record is two words: “tall and large.”

Name: Negumak (Negumak Gnomopo)

AKA: Gnomopo — their original name, per the secondary source

Location – Home System: Named for their home planet, Negumak, described as part of the “Antarian system,” itself placed within the Scorpius constellation. No specific star (such as Beta Scorpii) is named in either source; that level of specificity does not appear anywhere in the material reviewed.

Distance from Earth: Undocumented

Attitude: Highly feared by other races and not part of the Galactic Federation of Worlds, per the secondary source

Motives: They abduct humans and employ mind control before releasing their captives; the reason for this is unknown in both sources

Physical Appearance: The primary source states only that they appear “insect-like.” The secondary source adds a single further descriptor: “tall and large.” No biometric detail, exoskeleton, or compound-eye description is documented in either source.

Average Height: Undocumented beyond “tall”
Average Weight: Undocumented beyond “large”
Body Temperature: Undocumented
Pulse/Respiration: Undocumented
Blood Pressure: Undocumented
Life Expectancy: Undocumented
Hair: Undocumented
Skin: Undocumented
Eyes: Undocumented
Sex: Androgynous. They reproduce by laying eggs, which are fertilized once the eggs reach a certain level of maturity — not the asexual, “Brood Mother”-based cloning cycle previously described on this page.

Other Physical Information: Undocumented

Special Traits and Abilities: Reportedly able to “terrorize everyone… just by thinking about them” — an unspecified psychic effect, not a named “bio-sonic” weapon or “Fear-Frequency” mechanism as previously described here

Communication Type: Undocumented

Origin: Their home planet, Negumak, part of the Antarian system, within the Scorpius constellation

Life Form Type: Insect-like in appearance; no formal biological classification is given in either source

Subspecies: None documented

Most Common Species: Undocumented

Level of Species: Undocumented

Habits: Abduct humans and use mind control before releasing captives, for reasons unknown. They are described as one of the oldest recorded races generally, while being recent arrivals to Earth specifically, with their first visit here dated to 1989.

Transportation Type: Ships made of dark, glossy metal in very elaborate shapes; no further detail on construction, propulsion, or dimensions is given in either source

Witnesses Reports: None named in either source. No source reviewed connects the Negumak to a 1947 Siberian SMERSH incident, a Gobi Desert “Brood Vault,” or Ancient Indian Vimana texts.

Special Features/Characteristics: Reportedly the real-world inspiration for the alien creatures in the film Independence Day, per the primary source — a claim that had previously and incorrectly been attached to a different entry on this site (Matrax) and has been corrected there. They are also described as powerful enough that they could reportedly wipe out the “Reptilian” race entirely, despite being highly feared and excluded from the Galactic Federation of Worlds. One source notes that unnamed others are “still, to this day, trying to figure out how to win their alliance,” without specifying who.

Summary/Description: The Negumak, also known by their original name Gnomopo, are described as an ancient, insect-like race, considered newcomers to Earth with a first recorded visit in 1989, and credited by the primary source as the real inspiration for the alien creatures in the film Independence Day. They abduct humans and use mind control before releasing captives, for reasons unknown, and are said to be tall, large, androgynous, and egg-laying. Though not part of the Galactic Federation of Worlds and widely feared — reportedly powerful enough to wipe out the “Reptilian” race — some unnamed party is said to still be trying to win their alliance.

Source: Santori, Alien Races Book (ARB), 2011, p. 61; Elena Danaan, A Gift from the Stars, 2020, pp. 268–269 — both as presented and cross-referenced in Jake Muller, A Guide to ETs/Star Nations and Beings (M–Z), Vol. 2, 2024, pp. 79–80.

Related Cases: None documented. Note: this is the correctly attributed source of the “inspiration for Independence Day” claim, which had previously appeared in error on this site’s Matrax entry; that page has been corrected.

DETAILED REPORT

Santori’s Alien Races Book gives no constellation or star system for the Negumak, also known as the Gnomopo, and offers only one physical description: that they appear “insect-like.” It states that they are among “one of the oldest races,” while also noting that they are recent arrivals to Earth specifically, with their first visit here dated to 1989. The ARB credits them as the real inspiration for the alien creatures in the film Independence Day — a detail that this archive’s Matrax entry had previously and mistakenly claimed for itself. The ARB further states that the Negumak abduct humans and use mind control before releasing their captives, for reasons that remain unknown, and notes that they are one of the races “most Human governments fear,” without further detail.

A second source, contactee-author Elena Danaan, repeats much of the ARB’s material without crediting Santori, but adds several new details. She clarifies that Gnomopo is the Negumak’s original name, and that their home planet, Negumak, is part of what she calls the “Antarian system,” itself within the Scorpius constellation. She describes them physically only as “tall and large.” She states that they are androgynous and reproduce by laying eggs, fertilizing them once they reach a certain level of maturity. She adds that they can “terrorize everyone… just by thinking about them,” that they are highly feared and not part of the Galactic Federation of Worlds, and that they are powerful enough to potentially wipe out the “Reptilian” race entirely. She notes, intriguingly and without further explanation, that unnamed others are “still, to this day, trying to figure out how to win their alliance.” She describes their ships as made of dark, glossy metal in elaborate shapes.

No named human witness, sighting report, or documentary evidence is offered by either source for any of these claims.

RESEARCHER’S NOTES

The Negumak — The Real Home of a Misplaced Claim

Classification Correction: This entry previously described a Beta Scorpii insectoid-reptilian war species with a full biometric panel, named castes (Drones, Warriors, Overseers), a species tier (“Level VIII”), named weapons (“bio-sonic attacks,” a “Fear-Frequency”), and a 1947 SMERSH recovery incident. None of this appears in either source, both of which describe the Negumak in only the sparsest physical terms (“insect-like,” “tall and large”) and give their home star system only generally, as part of the Antarian system within Scorpius rather than at a named star like Beta Scorpii. All fabricated detail has been removed.
Source Chain Assessment: The ARB and Danaan’s account together provide a reasonably specific, if still thin, profile for the Negumak — considerably more than the near-total absence of description seen in some other entries in this archive. Even so, neither source offers any named witness, date beyond 1989, or documentary evidence, and both should be treated as unverified secondary compilations.
Pattern Context / Comparative Cases: This entry is directly linked to a correction made elsewhere in this archive: the claim that this species inspired the film Independence Day belongs here, to the Negumak, and had been mistakenly attached to the separate Matrax entry on this site. That error has been corrected on the Matrax page, and the claim is properly restored here, where it actually belongs.
Physical Evidence / Evidentiary Weight: No named witness, military record, or documentary source supports the claimed 1989 first contact, the abduction and mind-control claims, or the assertion that the Negumak could destroy the “Reptilian” race. All rest entirely on the two secondary sources’ uncorroborated assertions.

What the sources actually support is a sparsely described, ancient, insect-like, egg-laying species, newly arrived on Earth in 1989, feared enough to sit outside the Galactic Federation of Worlds, and genuinely credited — in the one detail that checks out — as the real-world inspiration behind Independence Day’s aliens. Everything more specific than that, down to their exact home star, was invented.