" Wes Bateman is a telepath in direct contact with extraterrestrials from the open state, a state in which they are not subject to Earth's Frequency Barrier. He has accumulated 35 years' worth of information on the Frequency Barrier, the mysterious "Federation," the history of Earth's region of the galaxy, scientific and technical matters, and more. This book reflects the personal views of a number of different types of ETs regarding the state of our local solar system and the Earth-plus an expos, of the ostensible SETI project."