From: John Joseph Mercieca

IMPORTANT

On November 6, 1996 NASA is going to launch the Mars Global Surveyor, which will reach the red planet in September 1997. This spacecraft is an Orbiter and is equipped with a CCD camera similar to the one on the ill-fated Mars Observor "lost" in 1993, 3 days before insertion into orbit around Mars.

On November 16, 1996 Russia is going to launch Mars 96 which will also reach Mars in September 1997. This spacecraft consists of an orbiter, 2 small ground stations and 2 penetrators.

On December 2, 1996 NASA is going to launch Mars Pathfinder which will consist of a lander and a micro-rover (1 foot long vehicle) named Sojourner. This tetrahedron-shaped craft will be landing at 19.5 degrees N latitude, 32.8 degrees W longitude.

OPERATION : REPHOTOGRAPH THE FACE ON MARS

Though thousands of people have shown interest in the Face on Mars and other anomalous features in the Cydonia Mensae region of Mars since their discovery in 1976 by NASA employees, and later studied intensively by a group formerly known as the Mars Mission and now known as the Enterprise Mission, NASA has constantly repeated that it will NOT raise the priority of Cydonia in its Mars Global Surveyor target database.

Strangely enough, what could be the first physical evidence of intelligent life having once lived on (or at least visited) our neighbouring planet is being ignored by NASA who says that they "may" rephotograph the features, if the spacecraft "happens" to orbit over them .. they "may" release these photographs SIX MONTHS AFTER they have been received and studied by NASA.

Therefore Operation : Rephotograph the Face on Mars has been started. This is a petitioning effort to cause NASA to reconsider its attitude on the Cydonia structures and most notably the Face on Mars, raise the priority to the very top of places to photograph from the Mars Global Surveyor and release those pictures acquired in real-time through TV transmission and immediate posting on the Internet.

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

For more information on how you can participate in this petition go to :

http://www.waldonet.net.mt/~mufor/rephoto.html

There you will find a form which you can print out, as well as the address to send it to on completion. To date over 200 signatures have been collected. Thank you for your help!

Please feel free to drop me a line and tell me what you think at UFO Folklore !

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