CapellaThe Observers
Capella is the brightest star in Auriga, a system of two giant stars. Beings from Capella appear only in sparse channelled and speculative writing, where they are cast as quiet observers. The Atlas records the archetype with its thin provenance.
At a glance
- Home system
- Capella (Auriga)
- Avg. height
- 5′11″ – 8′2″
- Appearance
- Elegant, light golden skin
- Reported lifespan
- 400 – 800 years (lore)
- Social structure
- Described as scholarly
- Technology
- Described as observational
- Primary traits
- Intuitive, peaceful, watchful
- Relationship to Earth
- Described as distant watchers
Physical profile
The Capellan of sparse channelled reference is a tall, elegant humanoid with warm golden skin, pointed ears in some renderings, and refined, slightly elongated features. The type is described as quiet and watchful. There is no detailed witness description because there is no witness tradition; the image is assembled from a few passing mentions in channelled cosmologies.
Reported origin
Capella is the brightest star in Auriga and the sixth-brightest in the night sky, about 43 light-years away. It is a system of four stars: two yellow giants orbiting each other closely, and a distant pair of red dwarfs. As a bright, familiar northern star it has attracted the same kind of lore that Arcturus and Sirius have, though far less of it.
Culture
Described, where it is described at all, as scholarly and observational: a people who watch rather than intervene.
Technology
Observational; not otherwise specified.
Craft
Not described.
Communication
Channelled references only.
Earth encounters
There are no encounter cases. Capellans are mentioned in passing in lists of 'star nations' within the channelled literature, without a founding text of their own.
Lore & history
The Capellan is an example of the lore's tendency to populate every bright star. XenoAtlas includes it as a speculative entry so that the archive reflects the full map that the literature draws, with its thin provenance stated plainly.
Capella's four-star system was itself only fully resolved in the twentieth century; the two red dwarfs were confirmed in 1936. The star's lore is as thin as its astronomy is rich.
Source notes
- Channelled literature (sparse references) · spiritual lore
- Jerome Clark, The UFO Encyclopedia (2018) · referenceFind on Amazon
- Leslie Kean, UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record (2010) · journalismFind on Amazon
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Related species
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