The Recommendations from The McDaniel Report have now been placed in a separate file in a form that can be printed out, signed, and sent directly to NASA officials. You can access the form by clicking Recommendations.
It is not the purpose of this newsletter to focus on, or discuss generally, UFO issues. However,
we have recently learned of a development that may be significant and we felt it is worth
conveying to our readers. Metallic debris alleged to be from the UFO crash at Roswell New
Mexico has been sent to Mr. Art Bell, host of the Art Bell show. Although our reading of the
letter accompanying the debris explaining its origin was that it has the appearance of a hoax,
according to Art Bell the metals show characteristics that are extremely unusual and perhaps
beyond our technology. The investigation of this material is ongoing. Details are available
on the Art Bell page.
Mr. Patrick Kelly, whose Mars Face bus bench has caused quite a stir (see below), is organizing a call-in campaign. Mr. Kelly has asked that we print the following message, and we are glad to oblige:
The Face and associated objects have only a moderate to low ranking for high resolution
imaging during the Mars Global Surveyor mission -- which means NASA won't try very hard
to get these photos. Let's change that. Call the following numbers and insist on the Face
(and its vicinity) being given high priority ranking.
We would like to add this note to Mr. Kelly's suggestion: If you make these calls, reference the recommendations in this newsletter (in the article "Mars Global Surveyor Priorities." We would also appreciate feedback regarding the response to such calls. Contact Professor Stanley V. McDaniel.
"There do appear to be...a face and pyramids on Mars...fashioned by intelligent beings."
The message will remain on the bench from June 7 to December 7, 1996 and will be visible to JPL employees during the preparation for and launch of the Mars Global Surveyor. We will publish a photo of the bench as soon as one is available.
Mr. Kelly, an activist who participated in the demonstration in front of JPL at the time of the Mars Observer failure, has paid for the considerable cost of this advertisement out of his own pocket. Anyone wishing to contribute to defray a portion of the cost of Mr. Kelly's endeavor may write to Patrick Kelly, 1700 S. Mayflower Ave., Arcadia CA 91006.
Below is a brief summary of his paper provided for this Newsletter by Dr. Carlotto:
"Three types of evidence are presented which support the hypothesis that the objects in question are artifical...Using a simple probability model and assuming the above sources of evidence are mutually independent we show that a body of evidence exists that strongly supports the hypothesis that these objects are artificial. The alternative hypothesis, that these objects are natural geological formations, is also considered...The presentation concludes with a discussion of possible reasons why this phenomena was originally overlooked and is apparently not being considered seriously by the planetary science community."
Dr. Carlotto's paper includes a mathematical calculation of the probability that some of the Cydonian objects may be artificial, based on the convergence of various pieces of evidence. His calculations indicate a "better than 30 to 1 odds in favor of artificiality." He concludes
"It is thus the quantity and diversity of all the evidence, rather than any one piece, that suggests the possibility that these objects on Mars are artificial. The alternative hypothesis is, of course, that they are simply naturally-occurring geological formations. However no convincing geological mechanism(s) have been put forth that are capable of explaining the diversity of forms, the patterns of organization, and the subtleties in design exhibited by this collection of objects."
An article "The Face on Mars" by Malcolm Smith of Canterbury, England has been published in the British magazine Amateur Astronomy and Earth Sciences. This article is an excellent introduction to the subject and is on the Web at http://www.CityScape.co.uk/users/iy12/aaes/mars.htm. The article includes some very fine images, including a color perspective view of Cydonia by Dr. Mark J. Carlotto.
Sculptor Kynthia, whose detailed model of the Face on Mars was described in an earlier edition of this newsletter, has opened a Web site listing a variety of sources for information on Mars anomaly research: http://www.planetarymysteries.com.
Author and scientist Dr. Brian O'Leary has recently published a new book, Miracle in the Void, which discusses "Free Energy, UFOs and other Scientific Revelations." His book includes numerous references to the Mars anomaly research, as well as a fine collection of photographs of major Free Energy researchers. Also included is a photograph of Professor Stanley V. McDaniel, author of The McDaniel Report, taken at Dr. O'Leary's former residence in Ashland, Oregon. For more information link to http://www.maui.net/~kamapuaa/.
And be sure to check out cartographer Erol Torun's new Web page (mentioned elsewhere in this Newsletter) at http://www.well.com/user/etorun/pyramid.html. This page contains the revised text of Torun's paper, "The Geomorphology and Geometry of The D&M Pyramid."
A lecture on the Mars anomalies was given by Ananda Sirisena, editor of Mars Results, at a UFO conference in Newcastle on April 6th. Mr. Chris O'Kane, a member of the UK Mars Network, presented an exhibit on the Mars anomalies at the Center for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow, Scotland, from Feb. 3 to March 10. Mr. O'Kane gave a presentation recently on this topic at the Edinburgh Science Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland.
To contact the UK Mars Network, write Ananda Sirisena, P.O. Box 1814, Buckingham MK 18 3ZZ, ENGLAND.
