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The Pyres Amid Later Viking photographs (and other The Pyres Amid Mariner shots) confirm the presence of the objects. Many shots show the formations | Near the face are two tetrahedral pyra under radically different light conditions. | mids - one of these is in perfect condition, with ALL sides showing equal length, ca- 1 1 pable of being inscribed within a perfect The Martian Sphinx circle. This pyramid sits in the centre of a complex of larger and smaller objects The Sphinx, major pyramids and a right- | showing distinctly non-random arrange- angle walled ‘fortress’ are in the Cydonia | ment - but all are in apparent ruin. region of Mars, along the shore of whatap- The ‘pyramid city’ is a collection of pears to be an ancient sea or lake. The | large and small features spread over a 'Sphinx' is more than 1,500 metres long, | rectangle of 5 by 8 miles. The ‘city’ in- with a height reaching about 550 metres. | cludes a monumental formation showing Early arguments suggested that the | perfect cutaway right-angle walls. Within facial symmetry was due to wind forma- | the pyramid complex is an unusual area tions. But a startling perfection of geomet- | showing a regular room-like honeycomb tic balance subsequently emerged; par- | stretching for a mile. Its relationship to the ticularly human features and facia! propor- | nearby (8 miles) ‘Sphinx’ is a geometric tions, architectural symmetry and ‘artifi- | crescent arrangement and the face appears . cial’ relation to surrounding structures. in perfect profile from the ‘city’. They lie in . The perfection of symmetry is not vis- | a narrow band at 41° North, 9.5° West. » 2 ible to the unaided eye or in these photo- Many unusual objects are arrayed in | Martian surface, extending far outside graphs (which were taken from altitudes of | perfectly straight lines at regular intervals | polar latitudes. Water ice at the poles is ex- between 1,000 and5,000 km), butemerge | extending for miles. Running from the | posed each summer when its surface layer only after computer enhancement. The | ‘fortress’ in a perfectly straight line are | of CO, evaporates; the north pole is now Face's brow ridges and nose show detailed | four near-identical pyramid-shaped ob- | known to be comprised almost entirely of alignments with human structure and per- | jects spaced exactly six miles apart. water. Clays and minerals found in the fect mouth, teeth, chin and eyes are The tetrahedral pyramids range inbase | Martian soilby Viking Lander 1‘s Inorganic formed. An iris and lens-like effect resem- | diameter from 3 to 6 kms and are up to | Chemical analysis could only have formed bling a pupil was found in the convexeyes. | 1,000 metres in height, showing a precise | in the presence of liquid water. The sides of the face show only 2% vari- | symmetry too unique to be natural. Several There is also evidence of a geologically ance across the entire structure. of the pyramids are on the lips of large | recent Martian ‘climate catastrophe’ in the Under the face is what appears to be a | craters. Martian soil's chemical composition. One supporting platform. If the face wasn’t “If we can simply prove that one stone | of NASA’s Ames group suggested that a there we'd still see four sets of parallel | was placed next to another stone inanon- | large object collided with Mars and blew lines circumscribing four sloped areas of | natural way - the whole game of life is | much of the atmosphere into space, creat- equal sides. These four equal sides are at | changed,” says Dr James Hurtak, author of | ing the immense Argyre basin. perfect right angles to each other, forming | a book on the Martian artifacts. a symmetrical rectangle. These features 1 H alone indicate a piece of purposefully The tests for life on the Martian surface Riddle of th e Sphi nx designed architecture. performed by Viking Landers 1 & 2 did not According to Nobel Prize winner Jac- rule out the possibility of earlier life, ac- “The challenge of the face on Mars is not ques Counard in his book Chance and | cording to many scientists. None of the | unlike the riddle of the ancient Sphinx,” Necessity: “Natural objects never present | biological experiments - the labeled re- | accord|ng to Dr Rafael Pozos. “What is it edges, right angles and exact symmetries; | lease experiments, the gas-exchange ex- | thal crawls on four legs in the morning, whereas man-made formalities will ordi- | periment or the prolytic-release experi- | walks on two at midday, and walks on narily show such features.” ment - proved conclusively that life does | three in the evening?’... To answer the Other artifacts revealed by the probes | not exist on Mars even today! riddle correctly a basic knowledge of our form perfectly straight walls and right- We now know that the reddish colour | species is necessary. Humans crawl on all angles, including three major and one | of Mars is due to large concentrations of | fours before they learn to walk on two legs minor pyramid formations near the Face. iron oxides in the soil- which shows there | and often need the support of a cane or According to (Col) Jim Shannen, a | must once have been fairly high levels of | third leg in old age. Pentagon artist with anthropological train oxygen in the Martian atmosphere. “The ancient hero answers the riddle of ing, there “is overwhelming evidence that According toa 1985 reportby 83 scien- | the sphinx with one word, anthropos, the structure revealed in the photographs... | tists gathered at NASA’s Ames Research | humanity... is a consciously created monument typical Centre, there is satellite evidence that ice, “In many ways the face on Mars is a of the archaeology left to us by our prede- _ snow, flowing rivers and vast lakes played | present day Sphinx... The only problem is cessors.” a major role in shaping the Martianclimate | that this face is on our neighbouring and surface. Large areas of flooding indi- | planet,” Dr Pozos writes in his book The cated geologically-recent flowing fresh | Face On Mars - Evidence for a Lost Civili- water near the equator. There is evidence | zation? (1986) that water ice exists half a mile below the Continued Next Page Tile ahists) colssficen the Ce Ta ine ryres Amida Mariner shots) confirm the presence of the objects. Many shots show the formations | Near the face are two tetrahedral pyra under radically different light conditions. mids - one of these is in perfect condition, with ALL sides showing equal length, ca- 1 1 pable of being inscribed within a perfect The Martian Sphinx circle. This pyramid sits in the centre of a complex of larger and smaller objects The Sphinx, major pyramids and a right- | showing distinctly non-random arrange- angle walled ‘fortress’ are in the Cydonia | ment - but all are in apparent ruin. region of Mars, along the shore of whatap- The ‘pyramid city’ is a collection of pears to be an ancient sea or lake. The | large and small features spread over a 'Sphinx' is more than 1,500 metres long, | rectangle of 5 by 8 miles. The ‘city’ in- with a height reaching about 550 metres. | cludes a monumental formation showing Early arguments suggested that the | perfect cutaway right-angle walls. Within facial symmetry was due to wind forma- | the pyramid complex is an unusual area tions. But a startling perfection of geomet- | showing a regular room-like honeycomb tic balance subsequently emerged; par- | stretching for a mile. Its relationship to the ticularly human features and facia! propor- | nearby (8 miles) ‘Sphinx’ is a geometric tions, architectural symmetry and ‘artifi- | crescent arrangement and the face appears cial’ relation to surrounding structures. in perfect profile from the ‘city’. They lie in The perfection of symmetry is not vis- | a narrow band at 41° North, 9.5° West. » ible to the unaided eye or in these photo- Many unusual objects are arrayed in | Martian surface, extending far outside graphs (which were taken from altitudes of | perfectly straight lines at regular intervals | polar latitudes. Water ice at the poles is ex- between 1,000 and5,000 km), butemerge | extending for miles. Running from the | posed each summer when its surface layer only after computer enhancement. The | ‘fortress’ in a perfectly straight line are | of CO, evaporates; the north pole is now Face's brow ridges and nose show detailed | four near-identical pyramid-shaped ob- | known to be comprised almost entirely of alignments with human structure and per- | jects spaced exactly six miles apart. water. Clays and minerals found in the fect mouth, teeth, chin and eyes are The tetrahedral pyramids range inbase | Martian soilby Viking Lander 1‘s Inorganic formed. An iris and lens-like effect resem- | diameter from 3 to 6 kms and are up to | Chemical analysis could only have formed bling a pupil was found in the convexeyes. | 1,000 metres in height, showing a precise | in the presence of liquid water. The sides of the face show only 2% vari- | symmetry too unique to be natural. Several There is also evidence of a geologically ance across the entire structure. of the pyramids are on the lips of large | recent Martian ‘climate catastrophe’ in the Under the face is what appears to be a | craters. Martian soil's chemical composition. One supporting platform. If the face wasn’t “If we can simply prove that one stone | of NASA’s Ames group suggested that a there we'd still see four sets of parallel | was placed next to another stone inanon- | large object collided with Mars and blew lines circumscribing four sloped areas of | natural way - the whole game of life is | much of the atmosphere into space, creat- equal sides. These four equal sides are at | changed,” says Dr James Hurtak, author of | ing the immense Argyre basin. perfect right angles to each other, forming | a book on the Martian artifacts. a symmetrical rectangle. These features 1 H alone indicate a piece of purposefully The tests for life on the Martian surface Riddle of th e Sphi nx designed architecture. performed by Viking Landers 1 & 2 did not According to Nobel Prize winner Jac- rule out the possibility of earlier life, ac- “The challenge of the face on Mars is not ques Counard in his book Chance and | cording to many scientists. None of the | unlike the riddle of the ancient Sphinx,” Necessity: “Natural objects never present | biological experiments - the labeled re- | accord|ng to Dr Rafael Pozos. “What is it edges, right angles and exact symmetries; | lease experiments, the gas-exchange ex- | thal crawls on four legs in the morning, whereas man-made formalities will ordi- | periment or the prolytic-release experi- | walks on two at midday, and walks on narily show such features.” ment - proved conclusively that life does | three in the evening?’... To answer the Other artifacts revealed by the probes | not exist on Mars even today! riddle correctly a basic knowledge of our form perfectly straight walls and right- We now know that the reddish colour | species is necessary. Humans crawl on all angles, including three major and one | of Mars is due to large concentrations of | fours before they learn to walk on two legs minor pyramid formations near the Face. iron oxides in the soil- which shows there | and often need the support of a cane or According to (Col) Jim Shannen, a | must once have been fairly high levels of | third leg in old age. Pentagon artist with anthropological train oxygen in the Martian atmosphere. “The ancient hero answers the riddle of ing, there “is overwhelming evidence that According toa 1985 reportby 83 scien- | the sphinx with one word, anthropos, the structure revealed in the photographs... | tists gathered at NASA’s Ames Research | humanity... is a consciously created monument typical Centre, there is satellite evidence that ice, “In many ways the face on Mars is a of the archaeology left to us by our prede- _ snow, flowing rivers and vast lakes played | present day Sphinx... The only problem is cessors.” a major role in shaping the Martianclimate | that this face is on our neighbouring and surface. Large areas of flooding indi- | planet,” Dr Pozos writes in his book The cated geologically-recent flowing fresh | Face On Mars - Evidence for a Lost Civili- water near the equator. There is evidence | zation? (1986) that water ice exists half a mile below the Continued Next Page sXUS New Times Six - Spring 1988