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From: Jorgen Westman <wufoc@wufoc.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 12:54:57 +0300
Fwd Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 15:02:33 -0400
Subject: Mars-probe pictures 'explained' by RSSI/IKI

ALEXEY KUZMIN AT RSSI/IKI ANSWERS WUFOC

In my quest for answers to the akwardness=20
surrounding the two Mars-probes that the USSR=20
had taking pictures of Mars, an its two
Moons, and some strange cigarr-shaped shadows=20
a.s.o. at the end of the 80's, where finally=20
one probe mysteriously disappeared, finally led=20
me to the man that was responsable to  handling=20
of the information during the mission. At the RSSI
department of High Energy Astrophysics department=20
at the IKI, Moscow, I found - Alexey Kuzmin.=20

By
<A HREF=3D"mailto: west@wufoc.com">Jorgen Westman.</A>

>>>Picture1 - the shadow<<<

Alexey Kuzmin was responsable of the process=20
with photo-information that was gathered in 1988 during=20
the "Phobos International Space Project", that later has=20
been used as support by conspiracy-followers to the idea=20
of previous/still life on Mars. A number of TV-shows were=20
produced in Russia about Alexey Kuzmin and the Phobus-
project, but none of these managed to cross the western=20
border.=20

I started out by asking Alexey Kuzmin how the cigarr-
shaped shadow=20
http://www.wufoc.com/issue_4/kuz_uk.html (See Picture)
did appear. This picture was taken by the Phobus-2 probe=20
just before groundcontrol lost contact  with it and it was=20
lost. Alexey speaks, almost, fluent English, so I have kept=20
his words intact.=20

=AD The cigar shape shadow is the probe shadow on the Martian
surface. It has such shape and size because of the scanning
mode of the instrument produced by. The instrument is the
scanner with the slow scanning rate and it scans the surface
with using a probe moving. Therefore the cigare is so big.=20

=AD Most of the people consider the Phobos-2 was lost because=20
of the mistake in the control and because of imperfect=20
intellegence of the on-board computer. I think the same.=20
But there are the persons who consider the probe was lost=20
because of UFO influence. There is no complete conclusion.=20

Who belived that a UFO was the reason to the loss of the=20
Phobus-2 probe?=20

=AD I don't know the belivers in UFO around Mars in IKI,=20
there were the guys, but they are not in IKI now.

>>>Picture 2 - "the pole" by Dejmos.<<<

So what about the pole-shaped object by the other
Mars-moon Dejmos?

http://www.wufoc.com/issue_4/kuz_uk.html (see picture)


=AD I have an explanation to your picture with Phobos,
because it's me who produce it. The light vertical line is
a defect of CCD matrix - the sensor for the used TV
system. One bright point is the hot pixel the CCD
element with the wrong sensetivity. The other bright dot
could be Dejmos (the scientists calculate it should be
somethere at this place).=20


=AD I have no explanations for the other strange effects,=20
it could be artificial UFO, but they can be the other kind=20
of things. The situation in IKI (our institute) is difficult=20
enouth (as well as for the whole space research in Russia)=20
to work on the problems without the cocrect results. Some=20
of Russian probes were lost in the Earth orbit without=20
detailed explanation, but it's normal for the incidents
with the complex devices.

>>>Cydonia<<<

In the USA there is a man named Richard C. Hoagland=20
who claims, in lectures and books, that there are=20
artificial structures on Mars. Have you heard of him=20
or the issue?=20

=AD I didn't heard about C. Hoagland book before,=20
I'll try to get it via Internet!=20

Have the USSR/Russia taken any pictures of the=20
Cydonia-area on Mars?=20

=AD Not that I know of.=20

End of article.


This is a news telegram from the incident:=20

THE FOLLOWING NEWS ITEM APPEARED ON AP
 (ASSOCIATED PRESS) AT 4:41 PM EST MARCH 30, 1989:=20

"SOVIET RESEARCH CENTERS ARE NOW TRYING TO
INTERPRET SO FAR 'UNEXPLAINED OPTICAL PHONOMENA'
ON THE PICTURES OF THE MARTIAN SURFACE. THE
PICTURES SHOW AN INIGMATIC STRIP 23-25 MILES WIDE
AND A LARGE SPINDLE-SHAPED FORMATION."=20

According to NASA liason spokepersons in Moscow,=20
the Soviets had not turned on their camera and WERE=20
NOT even taking pictures of the Martian surface. This=20
is the information which was relayed only a few weeks=20
ago. AP also stated that the Soviet news program "Vremya"=20
showed a detailed map of Mars "compiled from photos taken=20
during the mission." It DOES now appear that the Soviets=20
WERE taking pictures and furthermore, it looks like they
may have found something in those photographs which is=20
quite interesting.


This article and others can be found in the free UFO-
Magazine "Narkontakt", at:
<A HREF=3D" http://www.wufoc.com ">www.wufoc.com</A>=20