New Face on Mars
New images appear to be the infamous Cydonia Face
On February 26, JPL scientists released Sojourner to find and analyze
a rock of its own choice. Sojourner headed for a rock that the JPL staff
ironically named "Soufflé" because of the mystery that
rose from the analysis like a soufflé rises in the oven.
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NASA hasn't revealed to the public the fact that "Soufflé"
is a series of artificial structures, slightly eroded from the Martian
winds, that directly resemble the infamous "Martian
Face" photographed in the Martian Cydonia region by the
Viking Explorer more than twenty years before.
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After the images were subjected to photographic enhancement, it became
clear that both "SoufflÈ" and the "Martian Face"
may well be messages from the extra-terrestrial
intelligences who appear to be spying
on Pathfinder. (top)
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Don't
expect to see the real Soufflé (right) in any official NASA
releases (left). The real structure has been removed from official
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Photo enhancement brings out structural details
The original Soufflé images from Pathfinder suffered heavily
from wind erosion, making them unrecognizable as structures to JPL scientists
analyzing the photographs originally broadcast from Pathfinder. But Sojourner's
"find rock" algorithms automatically detected the presence of
the structures and redirected JPL scientists to the image.
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In addition to the famous Cydonia Face, JPL scientists discovered
two symbols. The two symbols, combined with the presence of the
Cydonia face, prove beyond a doubt that the structures are artificial.
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Cydonia and Pathfinder structures could be message
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As the details of the enhanced images emerged, JPL scientists
sent the images to NASA linguists who believe the two new symbols
resemble primitive aborigine symbols (left) found in some regions
of Australia and New Guinea.
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Further photo analysis led to even more surprises, however.
When JPL scientists reexamined the Cydonia images they realized
the Pathfinder symbols also matched those in the eroded Cydonia
"Turtle" structure.
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"No one was more surprised than us," said my source at NSAa51. "Pathfinder rediscovered
a message left for Viking twenty years before."
NASA linguists broke down the message as follows:
Symbol 1:
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That which can be touched. In English vernacular, "Hard,"
"Real," or "Truth."
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Symbol 2:
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Far. Beyond our immediate touch.
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Rephrased into modern English, NASA linguists believe the message reads:
”The truth is out there.”(Top)
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