My own photo analysis of Mars images of Cydonia and other areas suggest to me
that Mars was once inhabited and defended. The layered terrain on Mars show
a striking resemblance to sedimentary deposits that form underneath the water
on Earth. NASA is slowly revealing what has been known for a decade that
there was and still is water on Mars. These apparent lakes on indicate that
Mars likely harbored life in the distant past. Where there is water,
microbial life is likely to have thrived. Fossils giving proof of life
likely exist in the sediments. Rocks that blasted off Mars from some type of
explosions were eventually found on Earth. NASA scientists claim microbial
evidence essentially proves life once existed on Mars. I hypothesize that
intelligent life either visited or developed on Mars. One area on Mars where
there are strong indications of intelligent life is the area known as
Cydonia. The famous face on Mars is in the Cydonia area and can possibly be
explained away as a trick of nature, but new images show an eye socket, and a
well formed eye pupil, an eye brow, and even lips. The Cydonia area also has
structures that appear as a fort, a possible city mound, a dozen outpost
mounds, a pathway and pyramid like structures. These do not appear as
natural formations.

My hypothesis is we are looking at artifacts of an ancient civilization
probably defended against attacks. Excellent researchers such as Dr. Horace
W. Crater of the University of Tennessee Space Institute and Dr. Stanley V.
McDaniel, Dr. Mark Carlotto, both of Scientists for Planetary SETI Research
(SPSR)--Erol Torun, Vincent DiPietro and Gregory Molenaar and many others
have accomplished brilliant research pointing out the mathematical and
geometrical anomalies indicating artificial origin of the area. Dr. Stanley
V. McDaniel asks, "Does the mound geometry conform to some understandable
grid? Is the mound geometry unique? Is there any recognizable cultural or
symbolic quality in the patterns that might provide a clue to possible
meaning or utility?" See http://www.mcdanielreport.com/geometry.htm.

FORTIFICATIONS ON MARS - My answers to his questions are yes. While in
Vietnam as the 7th Air Force Intelligence, III Corps analyst, I spent a great
deal of time examining photographs looking for North Vietnamese and Viet Cong
rocket sites that were used for attacking Saigon nightly. The enemy would
launch the rockets from mounds leaving small burned marks showing the rockets
had been fired from that position. I felt the Communist 122 mm rockets were
personally aimed at me providing incentive to discover the enemy operations.
Eventually we were able to figure out the North Vietnamese movements and
construction patterns of the mounds. They brought the rockets to about ten
miles from Saigon using small boats on the various streams. They set up and
fired the rockets killing my neighbors nightly. The Communist movements,
their construction of small mounds or hills could be observed in our daily
photographic footage. Eventually we were able to attack the most likely
rocket movements and sites.

My analysis of Mars images picked up similar mounds arranged in a geometric
pattern indicating alien artifacts and possible intelligent life. The mounds
on Mars are not unlike fortifications used by the military on Earth for
centuries. They have built similar numbers, with precision, location and
geometry to establish over lapping fields of fire. Nature tends to do things
by chance, and these structures appear to be designed as either offensive or
defensive positions. The general arrangement is in variations of triangles.
In one of my favorite military books, "The Tools of War" written by James R.
Newman, he provides the reader with a series of drawings of fortifications
that were used by Europeans preparing defensive bastions throughout the
sixteenth to nineteenth centuries, I have visited some of these
fortifications with angled walls in Germany and France. The structures on
Mars remind me of these diagrams. Many of these fortifications are designed
using various triangles geometric variations, because they provide strong
defensive positions and fields for cross fire. Often the infantry and
ammunition were hidden underground. Only the cannon would be above ground
and these were often covered in various ways. I suggest we are looking at
ancient Martian fortifications placed in a triangular pattern with key points
about two miles apart. In Europe, many similar fortifications were still in
use during World War II. The French Maginot line comes to mind with some
ninety percent of its fortifications underground. On Mars, there are what
appears to be openings to underground facilities. It seems too much of a
chance for nature to have built twelve mound like fortifications in a roughly
geometric and isosceles triangular configuration at Cydonia.

What appears has a fort, pyramid, city mound, various fortifications all
suggest that intelligence at one time existed on Mars. I admit this is not
easy to see unless you make the assumption that intelligent life once existed
on Mars. Then the signs of their presence are suddenly apparent. The
structures appear to represent architecture designed to protect its occupants
from weapons fire, bombs or possibly meteorites. Many appear pyramidal in
shape with deliberately shaped sloping walls. These structures are similar
to Bastions designed for warfare where the slanted angles cause artillery
fire to glance off. In any case they seem deliberately shaped as opposed to
a natural formation and designed to deflect flying objects. In Vietnam, I
analyzed the effectiveness of our air strikes. I see evidence of similar
attacks and bombardment. This bombardment is likely from meteorites, but
they might be huge bomb craters from a war in the distant past. I count at
least a dozen bomb craters or meteorite strikes in the fortifications. Mars
has always been known throughout history as the planet of war, perhaps
mankind was provided this information by visitors. These images suggest that
life once existed on Mars, but this is not our only evidence.

SOVIET INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY FROM PHOBOS 2 -
In 1989, the Soviet Phobos 2 took infrared photos of a possible underground
city on Mars. Photos shown on Canadian TV, show an infrared scan radiometer
image of the Martian surface depicting clearly defined rectangular areas.
The film showed chess board like straight channels resembling city blocks.
The infrared film measures the heat radiated from a two hundred fifty square
miles of checker board square like parallel lines and rectangles. The
corresponding surface features taken by regular cameras provided no
indication of intelligent life. Dr. John Becklake of the London Science
Museum stated, "The city-like pattern is 60 kilometers wide and could be
easily be mistaken for an aerial view of Los Angeles."
It is my opinion that the data is too geometrically regular to be formed
naturally and that much of the Martian civilization moved underground. The
Soviets were then shocked when almost immediately after the infrared images
were taken by Phobos 2 that satellite stopped functioning. Embarrassed the
Soviets released most of the last taped television transmission sent back to
Earth by Phobos 2 before it fell silent forever. On March 25, 1989, Phobus
photographed a dark shape described as a "thin ellipse" showing what appears
to be a gigantic cylindrical spaceship or huge cigar-shaped 'mothership'.

In his careful words to 'Aviation Week and Space Technology', the chairman of
the Soviet equivalent of NASA, referred to the last frame, saying, "One image
appears to include an odd-shaped object between the spacecraft and Mars."
This "highly secret" photo was later given to the Western press by Colonel
Dr. Marina Popovich, a Russian astronaut and pilot who has long been
interested in UFO's. At a UFO conference in 1991, Popovich confirmed that
their satellite had been destroyed by the alien vehicle. These photos can be
seen at www.filersfiles.com

I might remind my readers that at this time our world was locked in the Cold
War. Soviet and American forces were prepared to destroy one another but now
Russia and Americans are together in space building a new space station. At
the time President Reagan understood the situation when he spoke at the 42nd
General Assembly of the United Nations. Sept. 21, 1987, and stated:
"In our obsession with antagonisms of the moment, we often forget how much
unites all the members of humanity. Perhaps we need some outside, universal
threat to make us realize this common bond. I occasionally think how quickly
our differences would vanish if we were facing an alien threat from outside
this world. And yet, I ask you, IS NOT AN ALIEN FORCE ALREADY AMONG US?"

DNA REVEALS INTERVENTION BY OUTSIDE FORCE IN HUMANS

Red Setter writes that, "Already biologists have figured out that we were
formed suddenly by hybridization, rather than gradually by Darwinian means."
See American J. Human Genetics 2000, authors Royce and Baird from Leicester,
where they say that man came about "through hybridization of two widely
separated primate lines, which had not interbred previously for 1.9 million
years." How then could those two primate lines be naturally interfertile?
This result argues to some extent for Sitchin's hypothesis, of hybridization
between tall blond aliens (the "Anu" people) and a local primate, homo
erectus. Indeed, one of the two sequences is clearly African in origin.
However, we have not yet measured the DNA sequence (near telomeres) for a
blond alien, hence such a hypothesis cannot be formally proved. Also, the
new Human Genome sequence shows that almost half of our DNA comes from
invading elements; while over 200 of the 30,000 genes come from
bacterial-like sources by unknown means. Further scrutiny of these complex
data may show that our species was gene-engineered in the past. Some of
those CG-rich genes, e.g. HIC-1 as a tumor suppressor, reduce the risk of
cancer and thereby increase lifespan greatly. I expect that fewer and
fewer people will believe in Darwin as time proceeds. Best, Red Setter

Editor's Note: Darwinian Theory essentially explains that you and I are here
by chance. That once we were ape like creatures and before that worms or
cells in a primordial soup. But recent DNA discoveries indicate that Homo
Sapiens have had the same DNA for 200,000 years. Suddenly, a couple hundred
thousand years ago the brain size of primitive hominids jumped one-third in
size and our ancestors became relatively intelligent. I suggest this
happened by design, due to an outside force. The scriptures state it was
angels sent by God. Strangely that face on Mars looks human and more like my
ancestor than the apes. I think our view of history needs some rewriting.

PENNSYLVANIA TWO OVAL/EGG SHAPED OBJECTS SPOTTED OVERHEAD

STATE COLLEGE - The witness reports my grandfather and I were walking home
from church around dusk on February 3, 2001, when two bright oval objects
caught our attention above the tree line. We thought at first it was an
aircraft from the local airport. But, because of the tremendous acceleration
of the objects, we knew that it could not be an airplane. As the objects
passed almost directly above us, we heard no sound at all, even though they
were traveling at a high rate of speed. As they sped away, they seemed to
change direction very abruptly. The weather was overcast, so we could not
maintain visual contact for very long.
Thanks to Peter Davenport Director NUFORC www.ufocenter.com

GEORGIA UFO SIGHTING

BUFORD -- Brant Connolly says, " I am reporting on a sighting that occurred
on February 12, 2001 at 5:20 PM about 45 miles Northeast of Atlanta near the
tip of Lake Sydney Lanier." As I was leaving work that evening to go to the
gym, I noticed an aircraft coming from the East, traveling in a Westerly
direction. I was facing to the South at the time. The aircraft was putting
out a very thick double vapor trail which looked kind of odd, so I stood and
watched it. The aircraft was about maybe an eighth of an inch long at arm's
length, without much detail other than wings. But what caught my attention
next was NOT normal. Something else moving caught my eye and I saw two dark
"disk" shaped objects moving towards the southwest, at a very slow,
controlled speed. The disks were about the size of a pencil eraser at arm's
length and about 2" apart, one slightly above the other. There was NO sound,
no lights, no wings or other protuberances. The objects were in sight for
about 1-1/2 minutes until they were lost to view. Weather conditions were
mostly clear with a nice blue sky, and the sun was starting down. The damn
things flew practically right over my head and I didn't see them until I
noticed the movement against the sky. "The sun clearly reflected off of the
airplane, but these things were DARK-NO REFLECTION at all!" Thanks to Brant
Connolly

FLORIDA FLYING TRIANGLE

FT. LAUDERDALE - The witness was driving on I-595 when he saw a strange
flying triangle shaped object with 3-4 lights on it February 5, 2001, at 7:30
PM. I would guess that it was 75-100 feet in altitude, I thought it might be
a light pole top but as I got closer I could see that it was just hovering. I
slowed down and it stayed there even as I passed it. Then I saw another
closer to the airport in the distance and thought maybe they were planes but
neither was moving. I thought maybe they were helicopters hovering but they
usually have blinking lights and make a little noise but I didn't hear
anything.

KENTUCKY - FLYING TRIANGLES

ADAIRVILLE -- I saw a total of three triangular shaped craft over open farm
fields on February 5, 2001. Two remained at a distance of about a half a
mile away from the roadway. One was about 300 yards from my vehicle and was
triangular in shape. It had a dome top with a yellow light on in the dome.
It was perfectly still hovering 50 feet above the ground. It did not have
any engine noise and was perfectly quite. On the tips of the triangular ends
was a red light on one side and a blue light on the other. It appeared to be
as large as a medium sized aircraft but not the shape of any aircraft that I
have ever seen including the Stealth. The lights began dimming and the craft
began crossing the road and headed west silently and then flew away very
fast. I have seen these several nights while driving home from work.

BOWLING GREEN - Another witness reports, I was outside looking at the moon
February 7, 2001, when my kids asked if they could stay out and watch the
stars. I looked to the right of the Moon and saw a cigar shaped object in
the sky moving east. It turned left towards the Moon and flew in front and
just above it. It turned to the west, and changed from a cigar shape to a
triangle shape craft. The lights were red and yellow, and then changed to
blue and back again. As it flew just above the Moon it looked a little bit
silver as the light may have reflected off it. The craft stopped for two
seconds and the moved again. It seem to jump forward for a foot and in just
a flash it was gone. The craft made no sound, I know it was not a plane
since they fly over all the time. The object was 4 inches long with my arm
fully extended. Peter Davenport spoke via telephone with this witness, and
found him to be quite precise in his description of the object observed by
him and his children. He was quite convincing. Thanks to Peter Davenport
Director National UFO Reporting Center www.ufocenter.com

OHIO UFO SIGHTING

CHILLICOTHE -- "Philip E. Diehl" wrote to Dave Vetterick stating, I was in
my backyard in Chillicothe Ohio at 6:41 PM on Dec. 24, 2000, looking at the
stars when I heard a faint 60 cycle hum overhead." I looked over in time to
see a triangular shaped craft move quickly from due north to due south. I
have seen many aircraft in my 53 years, but none that could move so fast or
that low that quietly. It was triangular shape with rounded points. It had
three large, but very dim lights on the underside that could have been
exhaust ports. One in the nose and one on each (for lack of better word)
wing. This could have been some secret government craft? I don't know, but I
only know what I saw
Thanks to Dave Vetterick

ILLINOIS REPORTS OF LIGHTS IN THE NIGHT SKY SHOW INCREASE

ROCKFORD --Lightfate reports scores more residents contacted the Rockford
Register Star Tuesday with personal accounts of having seen strange lights in
skies on February 10, 2001. Photographs in Tuesday's paper by the Register
Star's Gary Carlson showed orange-gold lights making curious patterns in the
Northeast sky. On February 14, Mark Bonne wrote in the Rockford Register
Star that. " The odd visions continue to baffle many, but a new theory has
begun to gel in response to the latest reports of bright lights in the night
sky. Several sources speculated that orange and gold glowing orbs spotted
Saturday night were helium balloons carrying flares or candles, likely
launched from someone's back yard as a novelty or prank. More than 40 people
some from as far as Byron and Caledonia contacted the Rockford Register Star
to relate accounts of a phenomenon that started New Year's Eve 1999 and
returned twice in as many months. Lee Carlson said four amber-colored lights
floated past his Hillcrest Road home. I heard them pop as they went by and
saw them slowly burn out," said Carlson, who suspects the balloons landed on
Harrison Avenue. Duane Ingram, a physics and astronomy professor at Rock
Valley College, said he doubts from descriptions he's heard that people are
mistaking stars, constellations or planets as the phantom lights. Ingram
said juvenile hijinks seems a more plausible explanation.

CALIFORNIA CREATES VAPOR TRAIL INVISIBLE AIRCRAFT

Kevin McClellan writes, "I was shocked to read about your report about
invisible aircraft." It parallels my experience so closely, I could have
written that account. I've never seen an invisible aircraft before (ha ha).
Last week, I saw a northbound vapor trail being formed. I've had a lifetime
fascination (obsession) with aircraft, so I stopped to notice it. Like your
experience, the aircraft was invisible, yet the vapor trail still formed.
When I first saw the trail forming in the distance, I got my wife's camera
and 500 mm telephoto lens. Looking through, I still saw no plane, just the
vapor trail. I then called my wife, who came outside just in time to see the
plane appear right in front of our eyes. I took a couple of pictures. The
plane had four engines, and was a white, standard jetliner/tanker/commercial
aircraft. When I thought about why I didn't see the plane, I wondered if the
atmosphere could've somehow naturally masked the plane from my sight. I
considered it doubtful, since it remained invisible from the horizon until it
was straight over my head, and because of the immediate transition from
invisible to visible. So active camouflage is a possibility. I first read
about that several years ago, in a cover story of 'Popular Mechanics'
magazine. But why would (presumably) the military want to conceal an
aircraft over a big city?

Someone with access to lots of white tanker aircraft has been systematically
spraying over densely populated areas, for the past few years. I didn't
believe it at first, until one year ago, when I looked up to find an "X" in
the sky that turned into a grid of white lines. Unlike other contrails, this
grid of vapor trails increased in size, until they spread into a wispy cloud
cover, with a nice 'rainbow ring' around the sun. For 28 years, I have lived
near three international airports (OAK, SFO, San Jose), and Moffet Field
(Navy Aviation, NASA Ames). With my lifelong fascination for aircraft, I
think I'm qualified to say that these vapor trails were not created along the
usual flight routes. After about a month, they stopped spraying in the San
Francisco Bay area. Then last November, they began again, usually 2 or 3
days a week. I've taken several photos of them as they turn the spray on and
off. After a while, it became like sport, trying to catch them 'in the act'.
That's why I grabbed the camera for this latest plane. Normal vapor
contrails don't "turn on or off." By the way, the day of my "invisible plane
sighting" was yet another "spray day." A couple of hours afterward, the sky
was again covered with a grid of vapor trails. After reading and observing,
I've come up with a theory. I think it's merely a secret SDI program to
place a catalyst in the air, to enhance the effectiveness of an
electromagnetic 'boundary layer' in the upper atmosphere. China and Russia
would be upset if they knew we had an operational Star Wars system.
Solution? Keep it secret, even from American citizens. And that, my friend,
explains the invisible aircraft. Thanks to Kevin McClellan
http://www.rense.com/general3/anex.htm

UNITED KINGDOM SIGHTINGS CONTINUE

NORTH DEVON, ENGLAND -- Farshores reports, The sighting of strange lights
spinning through the night sky was caught on video camera by an amateur
photographer. Jo Sherlock has described her close encounter with the UFO,
which happened on Tuesday, January 23, as a strange experience that left her
feeling "really weird" and her camera batteries low. There were lots of very
bright green and blue lights in the dark sky. I had my camera around my neck
and the flash went off three times, without me touching it. "I felt really
weird and I thought, 'where am I?', even though I was standing in my garden.
"The object came closer and it started to spin like a Catherine wheel,
standing up vertically, not spinning around flat like you see in movies. It
then went away from me, stopped spinning, and went really small." Jo claimed
that when she went back outside after briefly going into her house, the wind
was blowing heavily when previously it had been quite calm. The feeling she
received from seeing the lights, which she filmed all the while, disturbed
her most of all. She said: "I just did not feel myself, I thought it was
getting at me." Thanks to Farshores.

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NEW NASA SHUTTLE VIDEO OF UFOs IN SPACE

Jeff Challender has prepared a new tape of various UFOs that were caught on
recent Shuttle video footage. Jeff has over an hour long tape of UFOs shot
in space. Jeff spends hundreds of hours watching the shuttle broadcasts from
space and is now an expert on NASA missions and even those onboard the
shuttle are unlikely to see what Jeff does. Using Jeff's directions you will
be able to learn the difference between space junk, ice crystals and real
UFOs. One segment has 24 UFOs watching the shuttle from space. I feel
confident we could go into a court of law and convince any jury that there
are UFOs moving at high speed around the Earth. Send $25 to: Jeff Challender
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