[This text was written by Vincent DiPietro, one of the original
discoverers of the "Face on Mars" and a serious scientist who has
argued for nearly two decades that the Cydonia landforms may be
evidence of advanced intelligence beyond Earth. Here, DiPietro
describes work done by himself and several other reputable scientists
which showed as early as 1975 that Mars rocks contain signs of life,
and that some regions of Mars may still be able to support life.
ISCNI*Flash thanks Vincent DiPietro for permission to print this
material.]
by Vincent DiPietro
There is nothing new about the carbonaceous meteorites disclosed
recently by NASA. It is time that credit due to Dr. Bartholomew Nagy
is properly given.
Dr. Nagy (pronounced NAAAG) of the University of Arizona announced his
discoveries in 1975 from a culmination of work as far back as 1966 (30
years ago). He published a book, "Carbonaceous Meteorites," (ISBN
0-444-41189-5) in 1975 (prior to the Viking spacecraft's encounter
with Mars) which describes his findings of the meteorites from
Orgueil, Ivuna, Revelstoke and other areas on Earth. What appear to
be fossil remains of creatures including cellular structure have been
found and pictured in the book. Dr. Nagy believes that the meteorites
have their origin from extraterrestrial sources.
Dr. Nagy did very good work, but it was not considered "good Science"
because the meteorite from France -- Orgueil -- was contaminated with
Earth biological entities. Therefore, the entire work was cast aside,
and has remained this way for 30 years. Dr. Nagy passed away this
year, and is not able to defend his pioneering effort, but Dr. John
Brandenburg managed to converse with Dr. Nagy several times. Dr. Nagy
insisted up until his death that he did indeed show that the fossils
that he found were from other than this Earth. To quote Dr. Nagy:
"Perhaps it is well not to draw conclusions, but it appears most
likely that the carbonaceous compounds and small carbonaceous objects
found in these meteorites would be confidently assumed to be of
biological origin if found on earth."
There have been several significant discoveries which point to the
possibility that intelligent ancient life may have existed on Mars
about 1.5 billion years ago. There are several research papers and
discoveries to back up this claim.
Dr. Ian Wright has analyzed SNC meteorites taken from the Antarctic
region of the Earth. The general opinion of many scientists around
the world is that these meteorites are now believed to have come from
Mars. Within the meteorites, Dr. Wright also found traces of ORGANIC
CARBON. The organic carbon has been dated at 1.5 billion years old.
Dr. Wright has published his findings in "NATURE," volume 340, dated
July 20, 1989, pages 220-222.
Dr. Leonard Martin of the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona
discovered a large water spout erupting in two images in 1980, and was
published in the NASA Activities, Dec. 1980, vol. 11, no. 12. The
images -- 775A10 and 775A11 -- are included in the referenced book,
"Unusual Mars Surface Features." If NASA is serious about retrieveing
"possible LIVE" specimens from Mars, this is the place to go.
Peroxides cannot exist in this warm wet environment, but mold,
bacteria and other "buggies" can and probably do. There were two
overlapping photos taken 4-1/2 seconds apart which clearly show this
geyser eruption of water. This area is significant in establishing
that water still exists on Mars.
Like all of the work that we have done on the Cydonia region, Dr.
Martin's work also has never been seen or heard from again since 1980.
When I went to Flagstaff, to the Lowell Observatory a few years ago,
the attendants at the visitor's center informed me that Dr. Martin was
still there, but none of them had ever heard of the water spout, and
of course, the pictures were NOT on display. It seems like almost a
conspiracy to cover up any evidence that Mars could have or still
contains the prime ingredients for life. You may also wish to refer to
our book, "Unusual Mars Surface Features" (pps. 60-66) which give the
details and frame numbers of this discovery by Dr. Martin.
The images in the Cydonia region reveal what appears to be a human
face complete with mouth, teeth, eye sockets, eyeball and pupil, and
hairline or headress, and the FACE appears to be bi-symmetrical.
Dr. Stan McDaniel published the McDaniel Report which emphasizes the
work of DiPietro and the image processing techniques. Excerpts of the
work can be seen at the following web pages:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com:80/homepages/mcdrpt/
Hartman's Model in the Journal of Geophysical Research, volume 78, no.
20, dated July 10, 1973, pages 4096-4116 suggest an age of the Cydonia
site at 0.6 billion years ago, not a half million as proposed by some
writers.
Brandenburg and DiPietro have published "The Cydonia Hypothesis" in
the Journal of Scientific Exploration, volume 5, no. 1, pages 1-25.
Brandenburg published "Mars as the Parent Body of the CI Carbonaceous
Chrondrites" in Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 23, no. 9, pages
961-964, May 1, 1996.
DiPietro published "Did the Lyot Impact end the Liquid Water Era on
Mars?": Mars Eos at the American Geophysical Union in Baltimore, June
2, 1995 76,17, p.197. The papers suggest that the meteorites examined
by Dr. Nagy with the fossils have come from Mars. The meteorites
exhibit water spots and mineral layers which suggest that their origin
is from a place with gravity such as a planet. The most likely planet
with water and gravity is Mars. The crater Lyott (pronounced LEO) may
have been responsible for the damage to the planet, and the extinction
of life there. Crater Lyott dates at 300 million to 900 million years
ago.
There have been numerous newspaper, magazine, television, and radio
coverage of articles on the Mars findings since 1979. Unfortunately,
there have been other writers who have used the research data which
DiPietro, Molenaar, and Brandenburg have worked with. These other
writers have invented speculative ideas about the findings without
supporting evidence or accepted refereed papers in any journal. The
researchers DiPietro, Molenaar, and Brandenburg do not support the
claims of those who have distorted the data as it was originally
presented.
We urge all those who are interested in our work on Mars to contact
his or her Congressional Representative and Senator to promote further
studies of the planet Mars. We endorse the Manned Mission to Mars by
the United States government, however unlikely it appears to be in
today's political arena. We welcome scientific study of our work, and
await new data from new spacecraft.
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