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How strong is the case for artificiality at Cydonia? Refer
to these links when debating the Artificiality Hypothesis
After reviewing the links on this page, it may be difficult for even
the staunchest skeptic to maintain that "there is no evidence"
for artificiality at Cydonia. At the very least, a reasonable scientist
will conclude that NASA's
official position on the "face" and other features there is
woefully inadequate. At most, the impartial observer might conclude that
NASA's position vis-a-vis Cydonia is downright disingenuous...a gross failure
of proper scientific process.
The following links represent the best available evidence for the Artificiality
Hypothesis. Bookmark this page for simple, immediate access to the wide
variety of scientific research available on the possibility of artificiality
at Cydonia.
- The Society for Planetary
SETI Research (SPSR) Web Site - Various authors
- Summary: Scientific papers on the artificiality question
- The
Unmasking of Middle Butte - Lan Fleming, engineer, NASA contractor
- Summary: Discussion of NASA's invalid comparison of the Face with an
alleged analogue on Earth
- What the Mars Global Surveyor MOLA Reveals about the Mars Face
(and what it reveals about JPL)
- Lan Fleming, engineer, NASA contractor - Summary: Discussion of
NASA's inappropriate use of laser altimetry data to "disprove"
artificiality hypothesis
- The Mars Face at High Resolution: Possible Evidence of Porous
Structure and an Artificial Substrate - Lan Fleming,
engineer, NASA contractor - Summary: Discussion of 2001 Cydonia high
resolution "face" image acquisition prompted by FACETS reimaging
request
- Decade-Old Hominid-Lion Prediction Confirmed by 2001 Face Image? - Richard C. Hoagland, former science advisor to Walter Cronkite,
director of The Enterprise Mission - Summary: Photographic interpretation
showing predicted leonine characteristics of the "face on Mars"
- Preliminary Analysis of 2001 April 8 Cydonia Face Image - Dr. Tom Van Flandern, former director of the Celestial Mechanics
branch of the U.S. Naval Observatory - Summary: Preliminary analysis
of FACETS-prompted reimagery of the "face on Mars"
- Proof that the Cydonia Face on Mars is Artificial, and New
Evidence of Artificiality at Cydonia on Mars - Dr. Tom Van Flandern,
former director of the Celestial Mechanics branch of the U.S. Naval Observatory
- Summary: Updated survey of the evidence for artificiality at Cydonia
- The
MGS Face Image in a Different Light, Lan Fleming, engineer, NASA contractor - Summary: Discussion
of Cydonia high resolution "face" enhancement (see above article)
- How
To Make A Catbox, Lan Fleming, engineer, NASA
contractor - Summary: discussion of likely fraudulent nature of the
1998 NASA "face" image
- Analysis of Global Surveyor Imagery of the Face on Mars, Dr. Mark Carlotto, formerly of The Analytical Sciences Corporation
(TASC) - Summary: image restoration and enhancement, fine detail features
of the "face" add support to Artificiality Hypothesis
- Evidence in Support of the Hypothesis that Certain Objects on
Mars are Artificial in Origin, Dr. Mark Carlotto,
formerly of The Analytical Sciences Corporation (TASC) - Summary: overview
of anomalous character of several Cydonian features, extensive discussion
of non-fractal nature of "face" and other features
- Digital Imagery Analysis of Unusual Martian Surface Features, Dr. Mark Carlotto, originally published in peer reviewed journal
Applied Optics - Summary: 3-D analysis of "face"
- Analysis of Unusual Martian Surface Features: Enigmatic Geology
or Archaeological Ruins?, Dr. Mark Carlotto, formerly
of The Analytical Sciences Corporation (TASC), presented to the American
Geophysical Union - Summary: overview of Cydonia features, emphasis
on nearly perfect symmetry of the "face"
- Mound
Configurations on the Martian Cydonia Plain, Dr.
Horace Crater (University of Tennessee Space Institute) and Stanley V.
McDaniel (Professor Emeritus, Sonoma St. Univ.) - Summary: shows Cydonia
"mound" arrangement statistically unlikely to be random
- The
"Message of Cydonia": First Communication from an Extraterrestrial
Civilization? Richard C. Hoagland, former science
advisor to Walter Cronkite, and the Defense Mapping Agency's Erol O. Torun
- Summary: possible geometric symbolism and reference to geophysical
processes in arrangement of Cydonia landforms
- The
D&M Pyramid of Mars, Erol O. Torun, formerly
of the Defense Mapping Agency - Summary: "D&M Pyramid"
embodies unique geometry unlikely to occur by chance
- Examining the Cydonia Region of Mars,
Dr. Tom Van Flandern, former director of the Celestial
Mechanics branch of the U.S. Naval Observatory - Summary: Analysis and
comparison of Mars Global Surveyor and Viking images of Cydonia
- New Evidence of Artificiality on Mars,
Dr. Tom Van Flandern, former director of the Celestial Mechanics branch
of the U.S. Naval Observatory - Summary: "face" passes eight
tests of artificiality
- Evaluation of the "Eye" and "Mouth" features
of the Face Mesa, Lan Fleming, Engineer, Johnson
Space Flight Center - Summary: key features on the "face"
are probably not caused by "tricks of light and shadow," as originally
supposed by NASA.
- Newly
Discovered Anomaly From Orbit 1: Unexplained "Tracks" Found South
of Face, Stanley V. McDaniel, Professor Emeritus,
Sonoma St. Univ., with input from geologist Harry Moore - Summary: parallel
"tracks" and high albedo "mounds" defy prosaic geologic
explanation.
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