Return of Enki
The Return of Enki is a claimed series of contact events in which Enki — the Anunnaki prince identified with the Sumerian figure Ea — allegedly re-entered Earth's solar system in physical form circa 2022 and communicated with contactee Elena Danaan, bearing what he described as a gift of the original human Adamic DNA blueprint. The encounter is documented in the 2022 book The Seeders.
Background: Enki and the Anunnaki
In this contact model, the Anunnaki comprise two principal factions whose rivalry has shaped human history. Enki (also called Ea) is credited with originally engineering Homo sapiens as a hybrid species by adding his own DNA to a pre-existing hominid genome, while his half-brother Enlil subsequently worked to limit human potential. According to Alex Collier, who claims contact with the Andromedans, the Anunnaki under Enlil's direction deactivated the third strand of human DNA in pregnant females so that subsequent offspring would be more controllable:
Yes, Enki gave us part of his own DNA... He and his brother didn't get along a lot. That's a fact and it's recorded. What's also interesting is that Enlil tried to drown the human race at least once.
After Enki's faction lost its political struggle with Enlil, Enki was compelled to leave the solar system. Enlil's group departed as well but left behind hybrid administrators — identified in this model with the deep state — to manage Earth's population on a course of engineered dependence and suppression.
The meeting with Enki
In The Seeders, a meeting with Enki is described during which he announced he had returned bearing the original genetic sequence for humanity — a restoration he called "the Grail":
I brought back the Grail. Elena, the original DNA sequence... the chalice of the original unspoiled Terra human lineage, the unaltered original genetic sequence. There are more strands in the Terra human genome that need to be reactivated and the original sequence key will do this when transferred onto the altered pattern. DNA is a currency for it carries the formulas required to replicate other forms of intelligence throughout the universe.
— Enki, as quoted in The Seeders and relayed by Michael Salla
A subsequent communication from Galactic Federation contact Thorn described a transfer operation aboard a Nabu vessel. Thorn was observed watching GFW personnel learning to operate new holographic medical technologies in a cargo bay, prior to transporting them to Luna (the Moon), which is being developed into a medical hub.
DNA activation and twelve-stranded genome
Central to the Return of Enki narrative is the claim that the full human genome contains twelve strands of DNA, of which only two are presently active. The Enki gift is described as providing the "original sequence key" needed to reactivate the remaining strands, beginning with the third.
Within a broader exopolitical framework, once the third strand is activated, the human body would progressively adapt to higher densities on its own. Humanity's current twelve-strand potential is what made early Homo sapiens "royalty" among galactic species and attracted numerous soul groups to incarnate in human form.
According to Salla, a consequence of the alleged DNA reactivation is the restoration of extended human lifespans. Salla draws a connection to biblical patriarchs — Adam, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, and Noah — who are recorded in religious texts as living for approximately a thousand years, treating this as a historical memory of pre-alteration human longevity:
It will probably add hundreds of years to our lifetime, our lifespans, so that we can continue to evolve spiritually without the body giving out.
Holographic medical technology and the Earth Alliance
The DNA blueprint is said to have been passed by Enki to the Galactic Federation of Worlds, which in turn transferred it to the Earth Alliance. According to Salla, the Earth Alliance is mass-producing holographic medical technology in retrofitted facilities on the Moon (Luna) with the intent of eventually making it available to the general human population. Release of the technology is described as contingent on the removal of the deep state from positions of power.
Collier, when asked whether the DNA activation could be achieved through spiritual means alone, indicated uncertainty, citing cumulative chemical damage to the genome from environmental toxins, water supply contamination, food additives, and pharmaceutical products. According to Collier, technological assistance might be necessary if the damage were too extensive for organic epigenetic practices to reverse:
If he gave the Alliance the original blueprint — which was who we were before he made his modifications, and who we are after he made the modifications — if they're building technology to do it, then they know that spiritually we may not be able to make the jump.
Laura Eisenhower's critique
In 2025, Laura Eisenhower offered a sharply contrasting reading. Per Salla's summary of her position, Enki "is the archetype of false light disguised as wisdom... he offers upgrades, sacred geometry, and spiritual technology that mimic truth, but it's a mimicry. He was a master at implanting synthetic systems that feel empowering but ultimately divert people from the organic path of full soul sourced embodiment." Eisenhower argued that those carrying "fragments of Anunnaki-coded DNA, especially from Enki-engineered templates," are subject to "an unconscious resonance or loyalty to the very beings who tampered with their divine inheritance," the result of "deep genetic and karmic manipulation." An additional question is whether Enki "dumb[ed] down humans from a twelve strand DNA... close to perfect human" rather than upgrading primitive hominids — a reading consistent with Eisenhower's testimony — and noted that "many sources have pointed to Enki having returned" amid ongoing debate over whether his return should be welcomed or treated with caution.
Enki's record in ancient texts — including the Atrahasis epic, in which Enki opposes Enlil's plan to destroy humanity — as evidence against a "Trojan horse" reading of the gift. Paul Wallis's book Escaping from Eden documents multiple instances in which the Elohim moved to suppress human development, and that Enki was either absent from or opposed to those episodes.
Public dissemination
The account entered public circulation through Elena Danaan's 2022 book The Seeders, in which she recounts her direct meetings with Enki aboard his vessel. Michael Salla disseminated and elaborated on these claims through his EXOPOLITICS TODAY podcast in two October 2022 episodes: one (8 October) consisting of an extended interview with Alex Collier covering the Anunnaki history, DNA suppression, and Collier's own prior knowledge — via his Andromedan contacts — that Enki would return; and a second (13 October) in which Salla read passages from The Seeders directly, relayed Danaan's written update about the Thorn/Nabu technology transfer, and presented Collier's assessment of the DNA activation question. Danaan also published a video on her YouTube channel on 9 October 2022 expanding on the Thorn contact message.