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is the magnificent 100 times greater Loa in Hawaii—a solar system. The tegion at the edge ice and not frozen Mars would take | more, and probabl; sunset. And, if that was Mars, it would stil human scientific a story is not the full THE FACE ON M Several private j nections, have dow dence that suggest way station activit ment-type features 1976, the year of tl “~ Enlargement of NASA Vik AUGUST-SEPTEM is the magnificent volcano Olympus Mons, which is about 75- on the enigmatic Face on Mars’, a massive face-like object 100 times greater than the biggest volcano on Earth—Mauna (imagine Ayers Rock with a face carved on it), was by an Loa in Hawaii—and the largest mountain yet observed in our obscure Vienna-based Austrian computer scientist, Walter Hain, solar system. There are also great ice cliffs in the north polar whose 1979 book in the German language has recently been region at the edge of the polar ice cap, which consists of water published in English under the title We, From Mars (available ice and not frozen carbon dioxide. Any conventional tour of from the author c/- Mars Findings, PO Box 1218, Vienna 1070, Mars would take one through these mentioned wonders and Austria), Hain’s conclusions, like those of Hurtak, were for the more, and probably end with a view of the spectacular Martian most part ignored by establishment scientists who, it seems, sim- sunset. ply did not want to believe the possibility of former life on Mars. And, if that was all there was to see of the Viking images of The first comprehensive scientific appraisal of the unusual Mars, it would still indicate a most remarkable achievement in Mars surface features was done by two former NASA contrac- human scientific and engineering endeavour. But the official tors, computer scientists Vincent DiPietro and Gregory story is not the full story! Molenaar, whose monograph entitled Unusual Mars Surface Features was first published in 1982 (now running into several THE FACE ON MARS editions and available from Mars Research, PO Box 284, Glenn Several private investigators, some with former NASA con- Dale, Maryland, USA). DiPietro and Molenaar, initially nections, have down the years provided the most compelling evi- _ intrigued by the already-known image of the Mars face, devel- dence that suggests either a former’civilisation or some sort of oped their unique Starburst Pixel Interleaving Technique (SPIT) way Station activity that has left a legacy of intriguing monu- 0 enhance NASA pictures that showed strange features. With ment-type features scattered on the enigmatic planet. Prior to new additions to their investigative team in the forms of plasrha 1976, the year of the Viking Mission, Dr James J. Hurtak of the physicist Dr John Brandenburg and Dr Mark J. Carlotto of The Academy for Future Science, California, published a series of Analytic Science Corporation, their more recent research has articles highlighting NASA photographs from the previous thrown up the possibility of at least one other face-like monu- Mariner 9 expedition of 1971 that showed distinct pyramid- ment staring out into space from the dusty plains of Mars, shaped ‘mountains’ in the Elysium quadrangle region that defied In 1986, with still no official recognition that there was any rational explanation as natural formations. Almost prophetical- sort of Mars mystery to be cleared up, Macmillan Australia pub- ly, Hurtak even postulated that if there were pyramids on Mars, lished the first book-length examination of the subject in the somewhere we may even find a Sphinx! Then came Viking, and English language, written by the already mentioned J. J. Hurtak thousands more pictures; and the first published work to centre —_and the writer of this article (The Face on Mars: Evidence of a Enlargement of NASA Viking frame 35A72, showing the Face feature. Estimated dimensions of the ‘Face of Cydonia’ are: 2.Skm long, 2 km wide, and between 500 and 800m high. is the magnificent volcano Olympus Mons, which is about 75- 100 times greater than the biggest volcano on Earth—Mauna Loa in Hawaii—and the largest mountain yet observed in our solar system. There are also great ice cliffs in the north polar region at the edge of the polar ice cap, which consists of water ice and not frozen carbon dioxide. Any conventional tour of Mars would take one through these mentioned wonders and more, and probably end with a view of the spectacular Martian sunset. And, if that was all there was to see of the Viking images of Mars, it would still indicate a most remarkable achievement in human scientific and engineering endeavour. But the official story is not the full story! NEXUSe13 OE Se | THE FACE ON MARS AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1993