INGREDIENTS FOR LIFE ON MARS KNOWN FOR DECADES

September 1, 1996
Source: ISCNI
[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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