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appear highly regular, are seen in the much clearer MGS image to be non-uniform in shape and non-symmetrical in placement. Similarly, the large Main Pyramid has the appearance of a small mountain, not a large building. Many voices echoed this assessment. Typical was a statement issued by David Watanabe of exoScience UFO (exosci.com/ufo/), who wrote: "I think all can agree that the images returned by MGS show no signs of artificiality. These for- mations are, as far as we can tell through visual observation, quite natural." McDaniel, however, noted several odd, smaller features on the Pyramid that seem more angular and symmetrical than expect- ed of natural formations. "There is a pecu- liar feature at the NE corner of the [Pyramid] that should demand geological investigation. This is a cluster of two or perhaps three nearly rectangular outlines that may be enclosures of some sort," McDaniel stated. Another nearby object has the distinct appearance of a nearly perfect square inside a very circular crater. Meanwhile, other Cydonia researchers were not at all ready to admit disappoint- ment. Richard Hoagland, who had earlier accused NASA of withholding data when the space agency released the first MGS image of the Face, now says that the struc- tures in the third image offer impressive evidence of artificiality. "Early enhancement of MGS image 25803 reveals multi-layered 'room-sized' cells underneath the long-eroded surface of the 'Main Pyramid'," Hoagland states at his Internet website (enterprisemission.com/ images/mars). Furthermore, he theorises that "The latest MGS image reveals the center of the Cydonia complex—the 'City Square'—to be a series of four high-tech, glass-like pyramids...heavily in ruins". While no other Cydonia researcher seems ready to join Hoagland in this degree of enthusiastic speculation on the City features, physicist Dr Tom Van Flandern issued a statement last week in which he stated that the new MGS image of the Face—disappointing to many—has convinced him beyond reasonable doubt that that structure is artificial. Thus, the debate goes on. Certainly the MGS images did not deliver the kind of evidence that Cydonia researchers had hoped for and that many had expected. On the other hand, neither did those images entirely dismiss the theory of artificial structures at Cydonia. Indeed, further scrutiny may tend to bol- ster the hopes of the more cautious researchers such as Professor Stanley McDaniel and Dr Mark Carlotto. That, and whatever new evidence may come in 1999, remains to be seen. (Source: CNI News, vol. 4, no. 5, Part 1, 1 May 1998; e-mail, CNINews1 @aol.com) the Catholic Church has historically demonised many new phenomena that were poorly understood, his proclaiming the Vatican's non-censure of these encoun- ters is all the more remarkable. Balducci revealed to a visiting American clinical professional from the Academy of Clinical Close Encounter Therapists that the Vatican is closely following this phe- nomenon. Parallel information from MJ-12 scien- tist Dr Michael Wolf suggests that the Vatican is concerned that it will have a major doctrinal updating situation on its hands when extraterrestrial contact becomes authoritatively announced by world governments over the next several years. (Source: Forwarded by Richard Boylan, PhD, LLC, 2826 O Street, Suite 2, Sacramento, CA 95816, USA; telephone (916) 455 0120; e-mail, rich.boylan@24 stex.com) VATICAN INTEREST IN EXTRATERRESTRIAL CONTACT onsignor Corrado Balducci, a Vatican theologian and insider close to the Pope, has gone on Italian national television five times in recent months to proclaim that extraterres- trial contact is a real phenomenon. The prelate announced that the Vatican is receiving much information about extraterrestrials and their contacts with humans from its nuncios (papal ambas- sadors) in various countries such as Chile, Mexico and Venezuela. Monsignor Balducci said that he is on a Vatican commission look- ing into extraterres- trial encounters and how to cope with the emerging gen- eral awareness of the reality of extraterrestrial con- ——— Facuury of (ASTRONOMY tact. | | ™~ Eee] : u Balducci provid- =P] | See ed the Catholic Se SS ' . NL Church's analysis of extraterrestrials, emphasising that extraterrestrial 7 ne Soot ben encounters "are not a demonic, they are ke \pacouy = not due to psycho- ~ possibly logical impairment, A | | JASTeowomy J i they are not a case of entity attach- ment, but these encounters deserve to be studied care- fully". Since Monsignor Balducci is a Vatican expert exorcist, and since JUNE - JULY 1998 NEXUS - 65