Aliens On Earth.com Resources for those who are stranded here UFOs | Paranormal | Area 51 People | Places | Random Top 100 | What's New Catalog | New Books Search... for keyword(s)   in Page Titles in Book Title/Author in Contents of Pages ---other searches--- Metacrawler Yahoo FAST Search Google Altavista Dogpile Inference Find Northern Light IWon.com MSN Search Las Vegas Sun Our Bookstore is OPEN Mothership -> UFO -> Updates -> 1997 -> Sep -> Here

From: RSchatte@aol.com
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 23:35:00 -0400 (EDT)
Fwd Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 01:46:36 -0400
Subject: NASA's Mars Images May Show Archeological Site


---------------------
Forwarded message:
Subj:    NASA's Mars Images May Show Archeological Site' Say SPSR Scientists
Date:    97-09-12 19:53:14 EDT
From:    AOL News

SANTA ROSA, Calif., Sept. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- A scientific
research organization, whose members have been studying
the Cydonia area of Mars for up to twenty years, today
praised NASA for its announcement Thursday that NASA's
Global Surveyor spacecraft, which arrived at Mars on
Thursday, would "definitely" take detailed pictures of
the controversial region on the Red Planet.

While NASA has downplayed any particular significance to
the site on the Northern plains of Mars, the research
group, headed by Professor Horace W. Crater of the
University of Tennessee Space Institute, has recently
published several peer-reviewed scientific papers on the
subject.

Professor Stanley V. McDaniel of Sonoma State University
and spokesman for the Society for Planetary SETI
Research (SPSR) said, "Our research has produced evidence
that strongly suggests this area may contain ruins of
artificial structures."

According to McDaniel, separate statistical studies by
Crater, imaging expert Dr. Mark J. Carlotto, and
archaeologist Dr. James F. Strange of the University of
South Florida, have shown a "reasonably high probability"
in favor of some of the objects turning out to be
artifacts designed by intelligent beings.

Among the controversial objects is the famous "Face on
Mars." Although often a subject of ridicule, this object
has been carefully analyzed by SPSR scientists and found
to contain a remarkable symmetry and a wealth of detail
that make it hard to dismiss as an accidental formation,
McDaniel said.  He stressed that the researchers'
interests are not especially focused on the so-called
"Face," but rather on several sharply angled features in
the surrounding terrain that are difficult to explain in
purely geological terms.

"We are looking forward to the American public getting
same-day release of high-quality Cydonia images as soon
as Surveyor can take them," said McDaniel.

"Our major concern," he continued, "is to ensure that
NASA will photograph the entire Cydonia area, not just
the 'Face,' with the intermediate resolution capability
of the camera."  He stated that the intermediate
resolution, five times better than that of the existing
Viking spacecraft images taken in 1976, could take
continuous images of a long strip of terrain and thus
increase the chances of obtaining photos of the most
important objects.  In contrast, a single high
resolution photo of the 'Face' alone may be far more
difficult to obtain.

However, the Camera contractor, Dr. Michael Malin, has
indicated that he will attempt to photograph the tiny
Pathfinder Lander.  If this can be done, he should be
able to use this capability to provide equally detailed
images of several of the controversial objects at
Cydonia, McDaniel stated.  "This would be the frosting
on the cake," he said.  "With this level of resolution,
we could probably know conclusively whether there are
ancient structures on Mars."

Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory expect
photographic reconnaissance of the planet to begin next
March.

      CO:  Society for Planetary SETI Research
      ST:  Illinois
      IN:
      SU: