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From: Lan Fleming <apollo18@swbell.net>
Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 09:09:09 -0600
Fwd Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 20:24:07 -0400
Subject: Petition To Image Cydonia Draws 2900 Signatures In


A petition sent to NASA requesting the re-imaging of Cydonia by
the Mars Global Surveyor on the May 7th overflight got 2,910
signatures in only one week. This suggests that JPL's attempt to
manipulate public opinion with their phony Catbox "enhancement"
of the 1998 Face image has failed.

According to John Mercica, it took several months for him to get
only 1000 signatures on a petition to image Cydonia back before
the MGS mission. So it appears there may be more people
interested in Cydonia now than ever before. The latest petition
was initiated by a newly-formed Formal Action Committee for
Extra-Terrestrial Studies (FACETS) . Davic Jenks, who started
the group, directed me to a web site giving the results of the
petition at:

http://www.infosourceresearch.com/current/occupations.html

There is also an article on the petition drive at:

http://www.caus.org/pn051100.htm

What is even more encouraging than the number of signatures is
the backgrounds of the people who signed. There were significant
percentages of people in technical professions, including
astronomy and aerospace. While I'm sure that the petition drew
its fair share of "New Agers," the signatories came from all
walks of life.

Naturally, JPL has not acknowledged the petition or said whether
an image was acquired at all, consistent with their usual
furtiveness and the now-routine violation of their stated
"position" on Cydonia to announce all imaging opportunities in
advance. This must be making some of the politicized scientists
at JPL sweat, after thinking they had "scotched this thing for
good," as one of them said triumphantly after they dumped the
Catbox on the public in 1998. So many lies. So little to show
for it.