Time shift
Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2026 9:06 pm
Contact 39 as of Wednesday, 3rd December 1975
Billy:
Hmmm, then we can still talk some more. I have enough questions in stock. Something is just a bit fishy to me with this journey, namely the time. I am now already about two hours away from home, and I should still stay away for another two days. At the same time, I simply do not understand how one would not notice my absence. This is something that just does not make any sense to me. These time shifts quite simply go beyond my “spiritual” horizon. These little time cramps really do not make me any wiser. I understand what really happens, but how everything is connected together, this is a sevenfold mystery to me.
Semjase:
203. Accept my consolation, because I do not understand any more than you.
204. Even our best scientists know only very few secrets of these matters.
205. They do, indeed, know the how, when, and where, etc., but they do not know the basic causes of the process.
206. Therefore, do not think about it too much, for it would be pointless.
207. I can, however, explain to you what happens, in order for you to be able to have two days with us.
208. It is the simplest possibility for us.
209. You will be with us for two days, while on Earth, only two hours will pass.
210. These two hours, however, are only the length of time that you needed to come to the contact place, arrive here with me, and then go home again.
211. It…
Billy:
But these two hours are, nevertheless, already over and are even exceeded by more than about 40 minutes.
Semjase:
212. Sure, I just wanted to explain that to you.
213. Your way from your house to the contact place, our greeting, and the flight here lasted only 45 minutes.
214. You will also need this time for the return.
215. Besides this, what you do not know is that on the flight here from Earth, I leaped about two days into the past.
216. You do, indeed, know how easy this is.
217. Hence …
Billy:
Girl, now I understand, I …
Semjase:
218. You do not understand, because we have not done a normal leap into the past.
219. It is a time shift that is still unknown to you.
220. You now live twice, namely once here and once down there on the Earth.
Billy:
Now I really do not understand.
Semjase:
221. Understand yet:
222. We do, indeed, live here at present, but we are, at the same time, two days in the past.
223. For us, it is now, indeed, Wednesday, but on Earth, it is now only Monday.
Billy:
I really do not understand. According to your statement, I would now have to be down there on Earth and would be going straight to bed, because on Monday, I did not go to bed until morning. So we are now having Monday there on the Earth, as you say; nevertheless, I am here and, thus, am not climbing into bed. This is, therefore, not clear.
Semjase:
224. You understand everything very well; you just do not want to accept it because you find it too fantastic.
Billy:
Well, well, you claim, then, that I am here in my normal present and, at the same time, two days in the past. I already lived these two past days on the Earth below – as seen from my present. But since I am now moved two days back, I should first start to live these two days down there, or rather live through them, while I will, in reality, first live through these two days with you yet. This is, nevertheless, crazy. Now, according to your statement, I would actually have to exist twice, namely down there on Earth, where I am going straight to bed, and once here. Thus, I could now visit myself down there, eh?
Semjase:
225. Sure, if we would now return to the Earth, then you could – theoretically or practically, depending on the case – talk with yourself.
Billy:
Aha, I could, therefore, go to my own front door and knock until the door would be opened for me. And who would open for me, eh? I for myself, in my own person. Man, girl, I would just like to see my dumb face once, when I suddenly stand before me and even say “hello” to myself. At the same time, it just does not make sense to me that in the normal time, only two hours pass, while the past requires two days for it?
Semjase:
226. That is regulated by a time manipulation.
Billy:
I understand, one of those accursed theories of relativity, which are no longer theories for you. Just listen to me, girl, let these explanations be, for I am too dumb to understand it. My head is already smoking.
Semjase:
227. As you wish, but maybe you do, nevertheless, want to visit yourself in the past sometime?
Billy:
I still want to consider that first, although it excites me to see my own dumb face before me and even talk with myself once.
Billy:
Hmmm, then we can still talk some more. I have enough questions in stock. Something is just a bit fishy to me with this journey, namely the time. I am now already about two hours away from home, and I should still stay away for another two days. At the same time, I simply do not understand how one would not notice my absence. This is something that just does not make any sense to me. These time shifts quite simply go beyond my “spiritual” horizon. These little time cramps really do not make me any wiser. I understand what really happens, but how everything is connected together, this is a sevenfold mystery to me.
Semjase:
203. Accept my consolation, because I do not understand any more than you.
204. Even our best scientists know only very few secrets of these matters.
205. They do, indeed, know the how, when, and where, etc., but they do not know the basic causes of the process.
206. Therefore, do not think about it too much, for it would be pointless.
207. I can, however, explain to you what happens, in order for you to be able to have two days with us.
208. It is the simplest possibility for us.
209. You will be with us for two days, while on Earth, only two hours will pass.
210. These two hours, however, are only the length of time that you needed to come to the contact place, arrive here with me, and then go home again.
211. It…
Billy:
But these two hours are, nevertheless, already over and are even exceeded by more than about 40 minutes.
Semjase:
212. Sure, I just wanted to explain that to you.
213. Your way from your house to the contact place, our greeting, and the flight here lasted only 45 minutes.
214. You will also need this time for the return.
215. Besides this, what you do not know is that on the flight here from Earth, I leaped about two days into the past.
216. You do, indeed, know how easy this is.
217. Hence …
Billy:
Girl, now I understand, I …
Semjase:
218. You do not understand, because we have not done a normal leap into the past.
219. It is a time shift that is still unknown to you.
220. You now live twice, namely once here and once down there on the Earth.
Billy:
Now I really do not understand.
Semjase:
221. Understand yet:
222. We do, indeed, live here at present, but we are, at the same time, two days in the past.
223. For us, it is now, indeed, Wednesday, but on Earth, it is now only Monday.
Billy:
I really do not understand. According to your statement, I would now have to be down there on Earth and would be going straight to bed, because on Monday, I did not go to bed until morning. So we are now having Monday there on the Earth, as you say; nevertheless, I am here and, thus, am not climbing into bed. This is, therefore, not clear.
Semjase:
224. You understand everything very well; you just do not want to accept it because you find it too fantastic.
Billy:
Well, well, you claim, then, that I am here in my normal present and, at the same time, two days in the past. I already lived these two past days on the Earth below – as seen from my present. But since I am now moved two days back, I should first start to live these two days down there, or rather live through them, while I will, in reality, first live through these two days with you yet. This is, nevertheless, crazy. Now, according to your statement, I would actually have to exist twice, namely down there on Earth, where I am going straight to bed, and once here. Thus, I could now visit myself down there, eh?
Semjase:
225. Sure, if we would now return to the Earth, then you could – theoretically or practically, depending on the case – talk with yourself.
Billy:
Aha, I could, therefore, go to my own front door and knock until the door would be opened for me. And who would open for me, eh? I for myself, in my own person. Man, girl, I would just like to see my dumb face once, when I suddenly stand before me and even say “hello” to myself. At the same time, it just does not make sense to me that in the normal time, only two hours pass, while the past requires two days for it?
Semjase:
226. That is regulated by a time manipulation.
Billy:
I understand, one of those accursed theories of relativity, which are no longer theories for you. Just listen to me, girl, let these explanations be, for I am too dumb to understand it. My head is already smoking.
Semjase:
227. As you wish, but maybe you do, nevertheless, want to visit yourself in the past sometime?
Billy:
I still want to consider that first, although it excites me to see my own dumb face before me and even talk with myself once.