1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,440 In 1976, the Viking mission to Mars sent back the first high-resolution photographs ever 2 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:10,240 taken of the Martian surface. 3 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:15,440 Since then, two additional missions have attempted to get even closer, but both have failed. 4 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:20,080 In 1990, a Russian Mars probe named Phobos disappeared. 5 00:00:20,080 --> 00:00:26,640 And in 1993, a U.S. probe, the Mars Observer, met a similar fate. 6 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:32,640 The unmanned Mars Observer carried some of the most sophisticated equipment ever sent into space. 7 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:39,440 The Observer's mission was to conduct a comprehensive photographic survey of Earth's nearest planetary neighbor, Mars. 8 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:44,080 But while on approach to the Martian surface, the Observer failed. 9 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:51,840 Curiously, one area the probe was supposed to be photographing at the time was a controversial region called Sedonia. 10 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:57,520 Pictures taken in 1976 seem to show artificial structures in this area. 11 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:03,600 Just when the Observers seemed to be moving in for a closer look, NASA said technical malfunction. 12 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:05,040 No more pictures. 13 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:11,840 It's quite possible that NASA knows more about anomalous structures on Mars, possible extraterrestrials, 14 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:16,000 even structures on our moon that they're not telling us about. 15 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:23,600 There is sufficient evidence to indicate that some of the objects on Mars may possibly be artificial. 16 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:27,600 NASA's position is that nothing has been constructed on the surface of Mars. 17 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:34,720 The face and pyramids that appear in the 1976 pictures are just tricks of light and shadow. 18 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:39,440 But these computer-enhanced 3D images seem to disprove NASA's claims. 19 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:45,920 They show that the face on Mars is clearly visible, no matter where it is in relation to the Sun. 20 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:52,160 I was quite interested with the first photos and release of the face on Mars. 21 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:56,640 But particularly, I thought it was interesting the pyramidal structures. 22 00:01:56,640 --> 00:02:03,200 Some of these pyramids appear to have even a central stairway running up and down them. 23 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:09,200 The more we look at these structures, the more we can see that there's something amazing here. 24 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:15,600 Some researchers believe that NASA is withholding important photos and data taken in the Sedonia region. 25 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:23,920 They suggest NASA created the Observer malfunction story to hide what could be the greatest archaeological discovery of all time. 26 00:02:23,920 --> 00:02:28,800 Some people want to go far beyond the edge of what's accepted in terms of imagery. 27 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:34,560 Sea patterns on the rocks of Mars or on the moon or in the rings of Saturn. 28 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:40,560 My view to that is mausoleum tough. Go ahead, do it. Try it out. Make your proposals. 29 00:02:40,640 --> 00:02:46,720 Stan McDaniel is a retired professor who has conducted an in-depth study of the Mars structures. 30 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:52,160 He is intrigued by the seemingly deliberate placement of the face in relation to the pyramids. 31 00:02:52,160 --> 00:03:00,400 These objects, if you measure carefully from the tops of the five that surround this city square point, 32 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:03,920 you find an almost perfectly symmetrical pentagon. 33 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:09,680 If NASA does have new information about these reportedly artificial structures on Mars, 34 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:12,640 why are they hiding it from the public? 35 00:03:12,640 --> 00:03:18,560 An advisory report from the Brookings Institution, a Washington DC-based think tank, may hold the answer. 36 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:27,760 There is a section on what might occur if evidence of extraterrestrial existence was found on other planets. 37 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:35,360 They said that NASA or the government might want to consider keeping the information from the public. 38 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:42,320 The reason being that it could cause widespread social unrest and possible deterioration of government control. 39 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:46,640 The official NASA position is that there is no cover-up. 40 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:51,840 They insist Mars observers suffered a catastrophic electrical failure, rendering it inoperable. 41 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:58,080 It did not lose transmission. They turned it off. 42 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:05,600 They turned it off after the instructions for going into orbit had been uploaded to the spacecraft. 43 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:11,200 It was possible then that the spacecraft would go ahead, follow out those instructions, and go into orbit. 44 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:16,000 Before we start saying how these rocket scientists messed up, and they did mess up, 45 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:19,600 we have to keep realizing just how tough these projects are. 46 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:23,600 That we're doing things out there in space every time we do it. 47 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:28,400 That no one even thought was possible a few years or decades ago. 48 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:31,280 These are really incredibly tough missions to accomplish. 49 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:37,520 The debate may end in 1996, when NASA plans on launching a new Mars probe. 50 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:44,640 This may be the second chance ufologists are hoping will prove the existence of an ancient civilization on Mars. 51 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:51,600 In addition to the formations on Mars, one research group is studying what appear to be 52 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:53,920 strange structures on the surface of the moon. 53 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:58,800 This photograph of the lunar surface shows two geometric shapes. 54 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:06,640 The circle could be a crater, but the triangle seems unlike any other naturally occurring formations that we know on the moon.