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This came in from P3N, and it includes an interesting piece on the MGS Project (Mars Global Surveyor).
Subject:Anomalistic Observational Phenomena
Date:26 Aug 1999 03:14:41 -0000 Status:Normal
From:"Paranormal News" editors@paranormalnews.com
Subject: Anomalistic ObservationalPhenomena
Sender: Paranormal News - http://www.paranormalnews.com
Anomalistic Observational Phenomena
Written By: Jeff Behnke
Posted: August 25, 1999
Let's say that someone tried to measure out a square plot of land to
create a house, but were unsure if the house would fit in the area they
had chosen. So they decide to take some measurements. They jam a stake in
the ground, hook up a tape measure, and start walking. It's reasonable to
assume that they might discover the plot of land is not big enough, and as
a result, they pick up their measuring tape, leave the stakes in the
ground, and walk away.
Hundreds of years later a farmer walks across this same plot of land and
sees an unusual object sticking up. If he has the mindset that there was
no one else there before him he would probably try to take some guesses as
to how it got there. He might then conclude that a tornado or hurricane or
a mere wind gust came by and deposited the stick there, thus declaring
that the mystery has been solved.
But let's say that this same farmer was to walk across to the other end of
his field and find the exact same type of stick with the exact same shape,
bearing the same markings. Being rather curious, he takes the initiative
and walks to the third end of his field and finds a stick there as well.
Will he still say that a tornado did it?
For starters, he has to investigate. He has to perhaps take out a
measuring tape of his own, lay it across the field and determine the
distance between each of the stakes. He has to see if the stakes line up
in an unusual or well-thought out pattern. He has to possibly compare the
stakes to other branches and trees in the area to see if they are alike.
And after all of his research is said and done, he could finally state, "I
have to say that it seems that someone has been here before me."
But what could discourage him from doing this?
Let's say that in a nearby area where his farm is located is a guy who
says, "I've spent a lot of time scanning this area with my ham radio, and
I have no evidence that anybody else besides me and you are here or have
ever been here. My radio proves it."
Would the farmer accept this as a fact and say, "Well I guess I'm wrong.
This must have been caused by a tornado after all." Or would he say, "What
the hell do you know? You're scanning with a damn radio and I've got these
sticks laid out in a pattern. They've got markings on them which say 'made
in Taiwan.' How do you explain that?"
"Well you obviously must have placed them there yourself to cause an
uproar in the community and to raise your property value."
"Hell no!" says our farmer. "The last thing I need is for someone to think
I'm a liar. No one will do business with me. I found these sticks here,
they weren't made by me or anyone else in the community. I mean, what is
Taiwan?"
"I'll tell you what," states the man with the radio, "You keep the
scanning to me. If there's someone else here or if there has ever BEEN
someone else here, I will let you know." At which point he walks away.
What a strange thing seeking the truth has done to our farmer. He was
ridiculed and branded as a liar, all because our radio operator 'didn't
find any proof' that anything else was out there.
Could it be that this same mindset has befallen our own planet? Our own
solar system? We're relying so much on the SETI organization to prove the
existence of extra terrestrials that we are overlooking OTHER MEANS of
proving their existence.
What if, for instance, we set up a research organization that scanned the
skies, not for radio signals, but for physical remains of intelligent
beings? Mars sure has a number of interesting artifacts. Are they
extraterrestrial? Why hasn't an organization been set up to study this? We
could have proof right in front of our very eyes that yes, someone was
here before us and possibly still is, but we continue to rely on a method
that is yielding no official results. Science itself teaches us that if
one method is not working we should try another method, but when it comes
to the great search, we're continuing to rely on an inefficient data hunt.
In the few years that we have embarked in space exploration, we've gotten
to the point where we can send probes off to other planets to gather
needed data. Isn't it possible with a civilization that is billions of
years older than us that they have done the same thing and sent out probes
to find new planets with new life forms? These probes could be all around
us. Physical evidence. Not 'electromagnetic signals.' We're talking the
real deal. Will we just sit back and let the radio operator tell us what
is and isn't a fact?
There are so many other methods out there for seeking the truth about
extra terrestrial intelligence, some of which could take place on our very
planet. We could, perhaps find 'stakes made in taiwan' right in our own
communities. Could these be what crop circles are? How will we know if we
don't look?
In fact, AOP (Anomalistic Observational Phenomena) research has asked
these very same questions but public knowledge of them is inexistent.
Their teams lack funding, and they lack researchers. They are attempting
to do what our radio operators are not: expanding our horizons and
suggesting new means of acquiring data, new means of answering questions
that we all have had: Is there something out there?
This research needs to be done. SETI @ Home has logged over a million
users, and this alone implies great public attention. Now we must broaden
our horizons, look through our microscopes, telescopes, ancient burial
sites, and surrounding planets so that we can honestly and objectively
say that we, as a human species, are not at the top of the civilized
ladder. Why? Because there's something out there, and we need to know what
it is.
Feel free to redistribute anything written by our staff.
This was the post from Paul Anderson, in TMP's newsletter: Paul is also the director of CPR-Canada. UFORC thanks Paul Anderson and The Millenium Project for this report:
Subject:TMP News: Next Opportunity for MGS to Image the "Face on Mars" on August 27
Date:Tue, 24 Aug 1999 23:59:29 -0800
From:Paul Anderson - TMP / CPR-Canada psa@direct.ca TMP News
News and Updates from The Millennium Project
http://persweb.direct.ca/psa
Next Opportunity for MGS to Image the "Face on Mars" (is) on August 27
Editor: Paul Anderson Director of The Millennium Project
The next opportunity for the Mars Global Surveyor to take
new images of the controversial "Face on Mars" and other
objects in the Cydonia region of Mars, with unparalleled
resolution, takes place on August 27, 1999. After that, the
next time is not until November. Now is the crucial time to
pressure NASA to keep to its publicized commitment to
continue to take new images until the matter is settled (or
will it ever be?). TMP considers this to be a very important
issue, which NASA has neglected for far too long now.
Link to report on The McDaniel Newsletter web site:
http://www.mcdanielreport.com/flyby.htm
THE MILLENNIUM PROJECT
Suite 202 - 2086 West 2nd Avenue
Vancouver, BC V6J 1J4
Canada
Tel / Fax: 604.731.8522
E-Mail: psa@direct.ca
Web: http://persweb.direct.ca/psa
© The Millennium Project, 1999
So I E-mailed Paul, inquiring as to where we can send our letters regarding MGS: This is the E-mail that I had sent him:
Subject:Re: TMP News: Next Opportunity for MGS to Image the "Face on Mars" on August 27 From: uforc@wa.freei.net
Paul; Good day, sir! You mentioned that we need to get on NASA about this matter (with MGS)
Any chance you know where to e-mail them regarding the MGS mapping issue?
I would like to suggest that we create a document that is linked to their site
by e-mail, so that concerned citizens of planet earth can send a strong a clear
message to them that we won't take know NO for an answer in a convenient way, that we
can distribute through our global contacts.
Sir Peter of CAUS may also like this idea,
and he has thousands of small links. I have some heavy hitters on mine.
Let's all work together on this one. eh? Let me know what you think!
Sincerely,
Sir Christopher of U.F.O.R.C.
Christopher Montgomery
This was the reply that I'd received from Paul Anderson, who sent this to his egroup listings:
Subject:TMP News: Addendum - Fax Numbers for NASA and CNN
Date:Thu, 26 Aug 1999 00:23:42 -0800 Status:Normal
From:Paul Anderson - TMP / CPR-Canada
(psa@direct.ca)
TMP News; News and Updates from The Millennium Project
Addendum - Fax Numbers for NASA and CNN
August 26, 1999
Editor: Paul Anderson, Director; The Millennium Project.
A brief addendum regarding the previous report yesterday on the next opportunity for the Mars Global Surveyor to take new images of the "Face on Mars" on *August 27*, during its current mapping mission.
Here are fax numbers (more effective for this kind of thing than
e-mail) for NASA (Dan Goldin) and CNN, which were missing
from yesterday's e-mail update:
NASA (Dan Goldin)
202.358.2810
CNN
404.681.3578
Let them know that you want the Face and Cydonia reimaged,
and the raw images released *without delay*. There will be
another pass by the spacecraft over the region in November. Link to report on The McDaniel Report Newsletter web site
http://www.mcdanielreport.com/flyby.htm
TMP will be adding more information, findings and links
relating to this issue in Special Research Projects
(http://persweb.direct.ca/psa/srp.html) on the web site:
http://persweb.direct.ca/psa/cydonia.html
TMP welcomes your reports and submissions. Forward all
correspondence to:
THE MILLENNIUM PROJECT
Suite 202 - 2086 West 2nd Avenue
Vancouver, BC V6J 1J4
Canada
Tel / Fax: 604.731.8522
E-Mail: psa@direct.ca
Web: http://persweb.direct.ca/psa
© The Millennium Project, 1999
Here is the news letter that we received from CAUS. They repost Pauls original announcement and alerted their egroup members via the CAUS newsletter: Here, he joins Paul's addendum with his original news post. UFORC thanks Caus for their stand on this issue..
From: UFOLAWYER1@aol.com
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 21:41:56 EDT
Subject: CAUS Bulletin - Re-imaging Mars
Sender: owner-caus-l@rowlandnet.com
Reply-To: UFOLAWYER1@aol.com
Dear CAUS Members: Due the time limits (tomorrow) I have decided to send this out as a special
announcement. Hopefully each of you can take a few minutes tonight or
tomorrow and send a fax expressing your feelings about the need for the
truth, wherever it may be found...in this case on Mars.
"PARANORML NEWS NETWORK (P3N)
Next Opportunity for MGS to Image the "Face on Mars"
on Friday August 27..." CAUS thanks Paul Anderson for alerting CAUS to this opportunity: The next opportunity for the Mars Global Surveyor to take new images of the controversial "Face on Mars" and other objects in the Cydonia region of Mars, with unparalleled resolution, takes place on August 27, 1999. After that, the next time is not until November. Now is the crucial time to pressure NASA to keep to its publicized commitment to continue to take new images until the matter is settled (or will it ever be?). TMP considers this to be a very important issue, which NASA has neglected for far too long now..." *snip*
Let them know that you want the Face and Cydonia reimaged,
and the raw images released *without delay*. There will be
another pass by the spacecraft over the region in November. Thank you. Peter A. Gersten Director
And here is the newsletter that U.F.O.R.C. is sending to its egroup. The following was posted in that newsletter, Vol. IV, 8-99. It contains a linkback to this page, from the newsletter. If you receive our newsletter, you have probably already read the introduction to this, and so I post it here for reference purposes only. The official U.F.O.R.C. response follows, along with a Unified Resource Locator (URL) to contact your local senator or congressman.
THE CYDONIA REGION AND THE MGS RE-IMAGING PROJECT
Word travels fast on the world wide web. The Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft
is about to make its next pass over the Cydonia region on Mars in November.
Fearing that NASA may not perform a re-imaging of this area, UFO researchers
are canvassing the 'net for political supporters. The staff at the
UFO Resource Center is asking that you will get in contact with
your senator or congressmen and stress the importance that the re-imaging
of Cydonia occurs during the Mars Global Surveyor's scheduled pass over that region.
Because NASA is funded in part by taxpayer money, we feel that
it is the right of every citizen to access and enjoy any and all raw,
un-edited images taken during the re-imaging of Cydonia, MARS.
The next
opportunity to view this area is during a flyby that is
scheduled in November, 1999. It is this next mission that we at U.F.O.R.C. are focusing in on, so that there will be plently of time to settle this issue with our Congress and Senate.
What we want is for Congress and the Senate to oversee the handling of
this phase of the MGS project, to insure that NASA conducts
a re-imaging of the Cydonia region. It is imperative that NASA does
not corrupt this mission data. We want them to insure that when the
MGS spacecraft re-images the Cydonia region of Mars, NASA shall
allow the public un-resrtricted access to those images.
Please join in our fight to prevent cencorship by the U.S. Government and protect the rights of US citizens.
Help us to eliminate any secrecy surrounding the Mars Global Surveyor
project. You can copy and paste the following form letter and send an E-mail
to your local representative. The on-line web page where you can E-mail your local representative is posted below.
Dear Congressman (or) Senator (or) NASA Representative;
The Mars Global Surveyor project involves the imaging and mapping of
specific region on Mars. As you probably know, there are
specific areas on the surface of this planet that suggest that
there may have been some form of Intelligent life there
at one time. The Cydonia region is one such area, which may
present possible evidence of an ancient Martian civilization.
We are calling on our representatives to intervene on behalf of all
US Citizens, to lobby NASA to conduct a re-imaging of the
Cydonia region of Mars during its next pass over that area in
November of 1999.
It is now time to act and call upon NASA and those
agencies governing this project to give a full account to Congress and the
Senate to enable the citizens of the United States of America to have an
opportunity to study images from Cydonia, Mars. The best case scenarion
would be that all of the images are made accessible in such a way as to allow
a continuity of evidence before any alterations or enhancements can be made
and to offer those raw images to the public for review and inspection.
We are asking that the Congress and the Senate of the United States of America
select a panel of overseers through random election to monitor the results
of the MGS re-imaging project. They would act as mediators between the
public and NASA to insure that there is a continuity of
evidence before, during and after the mapping and re-imaging of
the Cydonia region.
We are asking that any and all previous
data pertaining to the imaging of the Cydonia region be made available to
this panel, to conduct a thorough investigation into claims
that NASA has altered previous images made by the MGS
spacecraft before making them publically available.
Future publication of raw imaging
data and related material should occur before any analysis, enhancements or
alterations have been published as raw data. This would enable a careful,
scientific review by NASA and their peers before any changes are made.
Evidence for life on Mars would present sufficient proof to validate
continued missions. Continued spacecraft exploration must
continue until such time as NASA can prove conclusively that there is'nt
life on Mars. Evidence of water on the red planet suggests that there
may have been carbon-based life forms there at one time.
If this is indeed the case, then a future manned Marian mission
should not be ruled out.
Sincerely, (your-name-here)
Include name, address, phone, E-mail, web site, etc.
The web address where you can E-mail your letter is located at:
http://www.paranormalnews.com/USSenatorEmail.html
