The face of a man on Mars. The famous "Face on Mars" detailed photos. The unique story of a Russian boy

And here we see that this is really the top of the plateau. This formation in the Cydonia region on Mars is most likely a lava dome, which is a separate hill or, in other words, a hill. Compare this image with the original 1976 Viking orbiter photo (below), which created an incredible furor, including a whole culture of new theories, books, talk shows and even feature-length documentaries. Alas, it's just a hill.

The face on Mars is already a well-known landform in the Cydonia region of Mars. (Photo: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona)

Original image of “Faces on Mars”, Viking orbiter 1976. (Photo: NASA)

Viking had lower spatial resolution than HiRISE and a different lighting geometry, resulting in a face-like structure. Indeed, she looks like the face in this photo. But things aren't always what they seem, especially in low resolution and poor lighting. These new, better images from the Mars Orbiter Camera aboard the Mars Global Surveyor (which photographed the Cydonia region in 1998 and 2001) and now HiRISE - which is revealing incredible detail 300km below the surface - certainly put all doubt to rest. Unfortunately, even this is not able to convince some people.

Viking 1 photo from 1976, Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) photo from 1998 and MGS photo from 2001. (Photo: NASA)

This is a 3D image of a Face on Mars, created from a MOC camera image, viewed from the side.

(Photo : NASA/Jim Garvin (NASA) and Jim Frawley (Herring Bay Geophysics)).

Black and white image from HiRISE camera.

Photo HiRISE 2007 of the year. (Photo : NASA /JPL/ University of Arizona).

And this is one of the best pictures. Jim Garvin, senior scientist in the SED division of the Space Flight Center. R. Goddard, NASA, has created a supposed "face" walking route map with a funny description. “The length of the route is approximately 5.5 km in one direction, the ascent height is about 300 meters. At the beginning of the route the slopes are gentle, but in the middle of the route there are very steep sections. Take plenty of water and oxygen with you.”

Proposed walking route map for the elevation formerly known as the Face on Mars. (Photo: NASA/Jim Garvin)

If you're still in doubt, watch a video created from real 'face' images taken by ESA's Mars Express spacecraft and take a full tour around the hill.

“In 1976, the Viking 1 spacecraft took a clear picture of the planet Mars near Cydonia. It was possible to see a mysterious object shaped like a human face - Martian face. Fans of conspiracy theories were in seventh heaven. Many of them stated that Martian face is nothing more than the work of the inhabitants of the Red Planet - Martians and the best proof of their existence is precisely Martian face. The government and NASA know this, but they hide the truth from ordinary mortals."

Martian face

In 2006, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter probe with high-resolution cameras took new photos faces on Mars. The picture was taken in the same part of the planet as in 1976. But in the high-resolution photograph, the “face” is no longer visible. This disappointed many enthusiasts. NASA believes that after this, speculation on this matter should stop.

However, not all ufologists and people who are interested in all kinds of information about extraterrestrial intelligence have calmed down.

When we look at Martian face, we see a monumental work - a Martian version of the Sphinx or the Great Wall of China.

A gloomy face looks into the sky, it seems that this is one of several wonders of the world, but not on Earth, but on Mars. Where are the other seven wonders of the Red Planet? They are, of course, waiting in the wings. That's what those who photographed the "face" in 1976 thought, at least.

People thought they had found traces civilization once flourishing very close by, but today hidden under a layer of reddish dust.

Cydonia

Cydonia is located in the Martian region of Arabia Terra, and forms a transition zone between the southern highlands and the plains located to the north. In the immediate vicinity of the “face” one can discern other structures that may well be the remains of monumental buildings, including pyramids, temples and even fortifications.

All this is reminiscent of the earth complex at Giza, or the “drawings” and pyramids in the Nazca Valley. But who created these buildings? Perhaps an intelligent civilization, since only it was capable of leaving a mark that in itself is not something practical, but has an effect on the observer. Cydonia looks into the sky - meets potential pilots and observers coming from behind the clouds.

The face that appeared in the photographs taken on July 25, 1976, was first called by one of the scientists responsible for the project, Jerry Soffena, a play of light and shadow, but after a while the same image appeared again.

On the last day of July 1976 NASA released a statement announcing the discovery of a formation “resembling a human head.”

Although the agency's scientists said that this was nothing more than an optical illusion arising from the characteristic lighting of a certain area, the legend began to take on a life of its own.

At its root lies the same desire of people to find one hundred percent proof of the existence of a secret, especially since in this case the evidence is so enormous. Many believe that Mars There once existed a civilization similar to ours, and the term "Martian" is widely used for it.

Among the ardent supporters of the artificial origin of the “Kidon face” there is a certain Richard Hoagland, whose profession is difficult to define, the most appropriate: “Creator of conspiracy theories.”

He claimed that NASA was hiding the fact that the "face" was actually part of a larger structure that was erected by an unknown, powerful civilization on the Red Planet.

There were also all sorts of correlations with theories of ancient astronauts, extraterrestrial origins of man, space gods and the like, but scientists found evidence that the “face” is actually ordinary rock. No matter how sincere these statements were, many people perceived them as an attempt to falsify the truth about the history of Mars.

Martians

Martians who once inhabited the planet Mars died as a result of a powerful apocalyptic event that changed the appearance of the Red Planet forever.

Possible versions of death Martians as civilizations: Eruption According to one version, it may have happened giant volcano eruption Olympus. Fall of a celestial body One hypothesis suggests that a huge heavenly body, the scar from which is still visible on the surface of the Red Planet. Technological disaster Perhaps the planet Mars was destroyed by some technological disaster of a global nature, leading to an environmental disaster. War It is believed that as a result of some large-scale war, the planet Mars was destroyed and all life on it also suffered a mass extinction.

New data refutes ufologists' assumptions

As the decades passed, the “Martian face” was photographed by cameras of better quality than those used in 1976.

In 2001, an ultra-high-resolution image (about six feet per pixel) was captured by the Mars Global Surveyor. The “face” turned out to be an unremarkable hill, with a lot of natural patterns on its surface, and the shapes were no longer so clear.

But it was still possible to see in the photograph the general contours that made up the features of the “face” in the original image. The new image showed that the "face" is not nearly as symmetrical and appears blurry.

A common belief is that this artificial formation would probably never have come into being if not for the writings of conspiracy theorist Richard Hoagland.

Having seen the original image, he immediately launched the hypothesis that it was an artificial structure, and wrote the book “ Monuments of Mars"claiming that Kidon face is just one of many artificial structures on the Red Planet, including pyramids and entire cities.

He claims that NASA has extensive photographic evidence of all these structures, but the agency is hiding it to avoid the mass panic that would inevitably arise if Richard Hoagland's theory was proven.

Terrestrial analogues, pareidolia

Geological reliefs that resemble a human face and other objects are not uncommon. In Canada in Alberta there is a figure called the Badland Guardian ( Wasteland Guardian), if you look at it from above, an amazing view opens up - as if it were an Indian in a headdress and listening to an IPod. It looks more human than even the first shots of Kydonia's "face".

Why didn't Richard Hoagland claim that someone carved this image? This would be much more plausible. He probably doesn't do this because the check is easy to do.

The Wasteland Guardian is not the only example. " Elder"mountain in New Hampshire looked like the profile of a man sticking out of a cliff until the mountain collapsed in 2003.

In North Carolina, a giant head is located on the cliffside ledge and is called the Devil's Head. In Sundance, Wyoming there is " Old Man of the Park" and in Absaroka in Montana near Livingston there is an amazing formation called " sleeping giant».

Although some of these faces are amazingly realistic, they are still an illusion. The human brain continues to draw a "face" even if the image is as blurry as the "face of Kydonia". This phenomenon is called perceptual pareidolia, that is, the brain’s desire to see order in chaos.

The famous Rorschach inkblot test is based specifically on pareidolia. She causes cryptozoologists to see a crouching Sasquatch in photos taken in the forest.

The same pareidolia causes us to see the face formed by the headlights and grille on the front of a train or truck, or the face of the Virgin Mary on a piece of toast. Pareidolia means that any two dots and lines, like those on the “face” of Cydonia, will be associated in our brain with eyes and mouth.

Carl Sagan proposed that the brain is predisposed to recognize faces. Without the phenomenon of pareidolia, a drawing smaller than Rembrandt's masterpiece would not be recognizable as a face.

But let's even leave pareidolia aside and just look at the original blurry photos of Kydonia's "face".

The area of ​​the image is approximately one square kilometer, and the entire surface of Mars is about 150 million square kilometers. Thus, if we accept that the “face” of Cydonia is a bizarre pattern, perhaps one per 1 million km², then there should be about 150 such faces on Mars.

Are the conspiracy theorists right that man-made sculpture is the best explanation for the "face" of Cydonia? But the evidence for this is rather weak. It is more believed that this is a natural formation, which, with appropriate lighting, resembles a human face.

Except Vikinga 1 And Mars Global Surveyor the “face” of Kydonia tried to photograph the devices Recconaissance Mars Orbiter And Mars Express.

From the images taken by these aircraft, it was possible to create a three-dimensional model of the “Martian face.” Despite significant progress in this area, the verdict of scientists has remained unchanged - the “face” is just a product of the human imagination, which sees what it wants in the geological formations on Mars.

Cydonia is of great interest to planetary geologists because it is located in a curious part of Mars, in the transition zone between the mountainous terrain dotted with craters in the south and the smooth plains in the north. Some scientists believe that the northern plains are all that remains of an ancient Martian ocean.

If so, Kydonia may have once been a large beach.

The habitability of planets in ancient and medieval times was considered almost obvious, and the great Isaac Newton admitted that even the Sun was inhabited. In 1897, the French popularizer of science K. Flammarion in the book “Pictorial Astronomy” in the chapter dedicated to the Red Planet, he wrote: “The human world of Mars was probably significantly ahead of us in everything and achieved great perfection... These brothers unknown to us are not disembodied souls, but not soulless bodies either; these are not supernatural, but also not grossly natural creatures; they act, think and reason, just as we do on Earth. They live in society, they consist of families and form nations; they built cities and learned all kinds of arts.”

For a long time it was believed that Martians were no different from humans. The Christian Church claimed that God created people in his own image and likeness. Therefore, man is the standard, and any other intelligent beings in the Universe should be like him.

It was believed that they were more elegant than earthlings: they were more beautiful, more intelligent, more handsome. They build not houses, but palaces, surrounding them with flowering gardens. They are also telepaths, because mind reading was considered an inevitable acquisition that evolution would one day give us all. Such “elegant” Martians can be found in a variety of novels. For example, in the novel “Through the Zodiac” (1880), written Percy Greg.

We meet the Martians in the classic “Aelita” Alexey Nikolaevich Tolstoy(1922), and in free continuations on the theme of this work - in the story Anatoly Andreeva“Stars last ray...” (1987) and in the novel Vasily Golovachev"Magacitlas" (2003).

Fragile humanoid Martians with telepathic abilities are described in the “Martian Chronicles” by the American writer Ray Bradbury. The heirs of the ancient civilization of canal builders live in an inexpressibly beautiful, but fading world. The history of Mars ends with the arrival of earthlings. Ordinary terrestrial chickenpox kills Martians more reliably than any war.

There were also “flying” Martians. Flammarion wrote that if the force of gravity on Mars is lower than that of Earth, and the atmosphere is denser, then, most likely, evolution will lead to the emergence of a diverse flying fauna, and intelligent creatures of the red planet will be winged.

Classic of French prose Guy de Maupassant in his story "The Martian" (1887), he describes creatures that float like "angels in pictures." Winged Martians can also be found in the four-volume saga Georges Le Fort and Henri de Graffigny“The Extraordinary Adventures of a Russian Scientist” (1889), which describes a scientific expedition to the planets of the solar system. Arriving on Mars, scientists find there a highly developed civilization, “which is far from us, the inhabitants of the Earth.”

In 1897 H.G. Wells published the story “The Crystal Egg,” which described winged Martians who had very little resemblance to humans. Despite their rather repulsive appearance (huge butterflies with grasping organs in the form of long tentacles), the inhabitants of the red planet managed to build beautiful palaces and plant blooming gardens, in no way inferior to the Martians from utopian novels.

In the same year, his novel “War of the Worlds” was published, which became a classic of science fiction. The novel describes the invasion of Earth by giant mechanical tripods armed with "heat rays". The tripods quickly occupy Britain, breaking the resistance of the strongest army in the world, but the Martians sitting in these terrible war machines suddenly die from an epidemic caused by terrestrial microorganisms.

Wells took a responsible approach to reconstructing the appearance of the inhabitants of the red planet. Mars is older than Earth, and therefore its inhabitants have greatly advanced along the path of evolution: their torso and limbs have atrophied, and their brains have increased significantly. Due to the loss of major organs, Martians cannot eat normally, and therefore drink living blood. The gravity on Mars is less than that on Earth, which means that alien aggressors, lacking limbs, cannot move freely on the surface of our planet and they require powerful machines. Blood-sucking Martians on combat tripods quickly became part of world culture.

H.G. Wells offered the public another option for Martians. In his popular science article “The Creatures That Live on Mars” (1908), he pointed out that the living conditions on the red planet must have shaped the anatomy of intelligent beings in a certain way. Thanks to the discoveries of astronomers, Wells already knew that the atmosphere on Mars was less dense and drier - so he no longer described winged Martians. But he provided them with tall stature, thin limbs, large ears and a huge chest.

In a series of novels about the Martian adventures of the dashing cavalryman John Carter, written by an American Edgar Rice Burroughs Between 1912 and 1943, Barsoom, as Mars is called by its inhabitants, is inhabited by the most bizarre creatures. However, among the intelligent, humanoid races predominate, differing from each other in height and skin color: there are “white”, “black”, “red”, “green” and “yellow” races.

And yet, what might Martians look like from the point of view of available scientific data? Scientists from NASA discovered an interesting fact. After flying into space, astronauts grow up. Height increases approximately 2 inches. After a little more than a week, everything returns to normal again. After research, it turned out that this phenomenon is explained by the lack of gravity. In zero gravity, the human spine stretches, and the volume of fluid between the vertebrae increases. Space suits are now designed with this fact in mind.

It has long been proven that we grow in our sleep. By taking a horizontal position, the pressure on the vertebrae from top to bottom is relieved. The effect is approximately the same. Intervertebral and joint fluid expands. Many have had to watch how their child could grow significantly overnight, which is called “by leaps and bounds.”

We can guess how tall people will be if they grow up on a planet with less gravity than Earth. If we consider Mars, then its gravity is three times less than that of the Earth. The load on the legs and spine of Martians would be significantly less. This would save them from many diseases inherent in earthly inhabitants. How will you react to a two-meter (or maybe even taller) relative who decides to visit you?

However, the desire of the inhabitants of Mars to finally move to our planet would greatly affect their weight. One NASA scientist Al Globus believes that a person born on Mars, weighing 160 pounds, would after some time weigh 500 pounds upon moving to Earth. He would begin to have problems with the musculoskeletal system due to the unusually strong gravity. A Martian would spend a lot of time lying down and moving little, which would significantly affect his slimness. Therefore, people born on other planets with lower gravity will only be able to visit us for a short time.

In 2010, the world-famous British physicist, theorist and astronomer Stephen Hawking in collaboration with local animators presented an unusual project Into the Universe, in which the scientist tried to predict what aliens might look like from a scientific point of view. “Even from a simple mathematical point of view, the probability of the existence of life somewhere beyond the Earth is very high. The real question is when this life will be discovered and on what she will look like,” Hawking explained. Here's who we ended up with:

And also from the realm of completely unscientific speculation. In the picture, which was transmitted to Earth in February 2014 robot "Curiosity" (Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity), you can see half of the head carved from stone. Her head is turned towards the robot. Enthusiasts from among Waring's colleagues "restored" the head, mirroring the surviving half. And thus they got the whole face. It is most logical to assume that this is exactly what the Martians looked like, and not anyone else.

The Martian from the sculpture is not handsome, by our standards. Looks like he's elderly. Facial features are strong-willed. The skull is extended upward. It is crowned with a certain tall structure. But no one can guess what it means or symbolizes. The mouth is strange: it’s as if a Martian has four lips.

The sculpture of an elderly Martian is not the first to be photographed on the Red Planet. Even 8 years ago, the predecessor of “Curiosity”, the Martian robot “Spirit”, which was then in the Gusev crater, took an amazing panoramic photo. Soon, this photo, posted on the official NASA website, contained a detail that made it sensational. Namely, a female figure was discovered - a Martian, as she was quite logically immediately dubbed.

For some reason, NASA released a photograph of the Martian woman several months after it received it. It became publicly available in January 2008. And since then, people have been arguing: is the figurine man-made, or is it a weird stone.

Another photograph taken by Spirit in the same Gusev Crater demonstrates more monumental creativity. Again the head is visible. Here you don’t even need imagination to notice it. Here it is lying on Mars, as if it had fallen off some architectural structure. And it bears a vague portrait resemblance to the sculptural images of the Mayan Indians. The Martian photographed by “Curiosity” has clearly different facial features. Maybe humanoids of different species lived on Mars?

Statue of Martian Maya discovered Marcus Johansen from Hamburg (Germany). And nearby I also saw half of a Martian dinner plate. The plate is for main courses. The bottom is flat, along the edge there is a rim. And what did they eat there? And when..?

Children remembering their past lives is not a new phenomenon in science. They have met before, only today the study of reincarnation is increasingly captivating representatives of the scientific community. American astronomer and astrobiologist Carl Sagan recognized the fact that the reincarnation of the soul in a new guise deserves close attention. According to the scientist, children sometimes report details of a past life that turn out to be absolutely accurate. They could not learn about some features, for example, those that happened many centuries ago, from anywhere except from their own experience. Only reincarnation makes it possible for young children to talk about the details and details of their past existence.

Illustrative examples

University of Virginia psychiatrist Jim Tucker is perhaps the most well-known specialist working in this area. From his professional experience, several significant examples can be identified that lead us to think about the reality of reincarnation. In 2008, an American scientist published a case review that described typical cases of reincarnation. It is curious that in 100 percent of cases children are not mistaken when recalling details of their past life.

The average age at which children begin to experience visions is 2 years and 11 months. Children describe all the events and experiences associated with their past life in amazing detail. They remember things that, because of their age, they would not be able to learn about the person they claim to have once been. For example, children indicated exact addresses, names of members of their “former” families, profession, and much more, which could be easily verified.

Reincarnation as an option for soul travel

Many people tend to believe in the reality of reincarnation. At least in the fact that after the death of the physical shell the soul continues to exist. She can live in the other world, but she can choose a different path for herself: to penetrate inside the baby that is about to be born. Assuming that all the stories detailed by Jim Tucker are indeed plausible, we have good reason to believe that rebirth is indeed possible.

Some progressive-minded people believe that the possibilities of the soul are limitless. After the death of the physical body, she can freely penetrate to other planets and move into foreign beings. In addition, in addition to reincarnation, the soul is subject to travel to other dimensions, and at the same time the experience of life outside the physical shell. Perhaps reincarnations will be real until a certain lesson is learned or a certain destiny is fulfilled.

The unique story of a Russian boy

Here is the story of Boris, a boy from the city of Volzhsky (Volgograd region), who, according to his mother, had outstanding abilities from early childhood. His story is different from others like it, because Boriska is convinced that his previous life took place not just anywhere, but on distant Mars. His first word was spoken at four months, and his first phrase three months later. At two years old, he read newspaper publications fluently and became a local celebrity thanks to his kindergarten teachers. He was so smart that from an early age he told others about the structure of the Solar System, as well as distant Galaxies. Adults were amazed at where information came into the brain of this little boy that could not be learned even from high school textbooks? He knew so much about astronomy that any university student could easily envy him.

Stories about the design of alien aircraft

But most of all, adults were amazed by the accuracy with which Boriska described the structure of Martian flying ships and what the ancient Martians did. Scientists from around the world instantly became interested in this case. Here are some excerpts from the boy’s stories: “Martians could travel in many galaxies and planetary systems. Some aircraft resembled airplanes, others were triangular in shape, and others were teardrop-shaped. Gasoline engines were used only for short distance flights. For longer journeys, the Martians used the power of ion plasma.”

Tales of teleportation

Another surprising confession from Boriska was a story about teleportation through time. He spoke of a portal that could slow down time, and in turn open doors to another portal that could speed up events. However, the boy vaguely remembers this feature from his past life: “I can’t say for sure... I don’t remember well. The portal opens on one side, and after a few seconds or even minutes it opens up another area of ​​space."

Stories about ships and innovations

According to Boriska, not all Martian aircraft had the same principle. For example, ships equipped with plasma engines were able to travel only within the solar system, and at high speed. But teardrop-shaped devices were carriers for other aircraft. Why were the Martians able to construct different types of technology? The boy answers this question this way: “Each race brought something of its own to innovation. Some could design devices equipped with ion engines, while others - with plasma engines.” He talked a lot about creatures from other planets, friendship with them and wars. Boris admitted that Martians still live on the red planet, they were just forced to leave the surface deep inside. According to the boy, his past brothers do not need oxygen, and they need carbon dioxide to breathe.

Important NASA Announcement

Perhaps some of you will see behind Boriska’s stories a wild imagination or a desire to become famous. Undoubtedly, his story should be studied by professionals working with indigo children. But here's what's interesting. Not long ago, NASA called a special press conference at which it made an important announcement: apparently, there really is life on Mars. During the briefing, new details about the red planet were revealed to journalists. In fact, water rivers flow on the surface of Martian rock formations. This became known thanks to images from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter satellite. Once upon a time, people imagined their closest neighbor in the solar system to be completely lifeless, with a surface consisting entirely of arid rocky deserts. But now we are sure that there is water on Mars. This means that one of the conditions for the origin of life on the planet is met.

Is there life on Mars?

If earlier such a question sounded rhetorical, now it is becoming relevant. Indeed, mountain water streams clearly indicate that life must be somewhere nearby. Among other things, NASA scientists provided reporters with a full report on the atmosphere of the red planet, as well as the state of its surface. Experts who study outer space are confident that once upon a time there was a civilization on Mars. Here's what Alfred McEwen, the principal investigator of the HiRISE project, said: “The possibility of life on Mars has always been potentially very high. There is water somewhere in the planet's crust. And it is very likely that life can flow inside, in its various forms.” The scientist gives several explanations for how the climate on the red planet has changed, noting that the more NASA specialists observe Mars, the more information they receive, the more they become sympathetic to it.

Now, thanks to detailed images from the Curiosity Rover satellite, it has become clear that once upon a time our closest neighbor was very similar to Earth. There were vast salt seas, freshwater lakes and mountain ranges whose peaks were covered with snow. There were clouds and a water cycle that led to the changing seasons. But something happened and the planet lost its water. Now scientists are hard at work identifying the causes of climate change.

Conclusion

Let's return to our hero. Perhaps the soul of a distant Martian was reborn in Boriska in order to warn earthlings about a potential threat. We are closer than ever to global climate change, which means we are doing something wrong. In an interview given by Kerry Cassidy, the boy mentions this.

John Brandenburg, a nuclear physicist and Ph.D., argues that life on Mars could have been eliminated by massive nuclear fallout resulting from a nuclear war between several intelligent civilizations of ancient history.

It is no coincidence that the planet Mars is the object of close attention of leading states. It is no secret that projects of manned expeditions have long moved from the category of hypothetical to the level of practical implementation. It is no coincidence that the Red Planet attracts such close attention. Mars has many similarities with our native Earth. The discovered dry riverbeds indicated that water must have once flowed through them, and water implies possible life. Subsequently, with the help of the Mars rover, water itself was found in the form of ice. Mars is undoubtedly a planet of mysteries, and its main mystery is: was there life on Mars? The facts discussed here have puzzled researchers. We are talking about amazing photographs demonstrating “ face on Mars" These photographs sparked lively discussions that have continued for more than two decades.

This story began in 1975, when NASA launched two automatic probes, Viking 1 and Viking 2, to Mars. Both ships were equipped with landers, and the Vikings took pictures of the surface of Mars to select suitable landing sites. And on July 25, 1976, while studying these images, one of the NASA employees came across frame number 35A72, depicting an area called Sidonia. It was stunning a photograph containing a rock formation that clearly resembled a giant human face looking up into the sky. The size of the face on Mars was approximately one and a half kilometers wide and three kilometers long. The picture spoke of the clearly artificial origin of this object; in addition, pyramid-like objects were located at some distance from it. Of course, news of the amazing discovery spread quickly, but at a press conference held that same day, NASA officials said that the unusual “face on Mars” was a “bizarre play of light and shadow.” They assured that the photograph taken a few hours later did not show anything similar in this area. Independent researchers noted that “a few hours later” there was night and absolute darkness over Sidonia, and it was really impossible to see anything there, and the Viking was already passing over a completely different region. Moreover, despite the searches undertaken in the archives, it was not possible to find other photographs of Sidonia taken shortly after frame 35A72. And 17 years later, in 1993, NASA admitted that similar the photo does not exist. That is, the statement about the “play of light and shadow” was a lie, which for many years was referred to as the main argument.

Several years passed after the discovery, and in 1979 another frame was discovered (incorrectly registered and located in a completely different section) of the same area under number 70A13. It was taken not “a few hours later,” but 35 days after the first photograph from a different angle and under different lighting... If there had been a “play of light and shadow” here, the image should have instantly disappeared as soon as the lighting angle changed. However, like the previous one, the subsequent image just as clearly showed a face on Mars. However, they tried not to advertise this fact, and the strange shot was successfully hidden in the archives. However, in 1985, Mark Carlotto, an expert at Analytic Sciences Corporation in the field of cleaning and restoring images from X-rays, remote sensing frames and satellite photographs, got involved in the matter. Carlotto has developed image analysis methods that allow reconstruction based on original images to obtain a three-dimensional model. These methods, which have repeatedly proven their effectiveness in a variety of applications, have convincingly confirmed the highest degree of anomalousness and “unnaturalness” of the “face on Mars”, as well as other objects of Cydonia. But NASA leaders did not give up, they stubbornly stood their ground - all this is a play of light and shadow, and mysterious objects do not deserve the attention of serious scientists. It is interesting that such a reputable organization as NASA was not shy about outright fraud. In 1985, an active NASA supporter, scientist Carl Sagan, published an article in Parade magazine with devastating criticism of Cydonia researchers. As evidence, Sagan included in his article a photograph received from the agency, falsified using color filters and retouching, which was supposed to prove that the “face on Mars” is nothing more than an ordinary rock. The forgery was soon revealed, but Sagan could no longer reveal the reason for his participation in anti-scientific manipulations to anyone - he died...

In 1996, the Mars Global Surveyor orbital station with high-resolution cameras was launched to Mars. The public managed to insist on new photographs of Sidonia, and in April 1998 this ship took a new, supposedly higher quality, photograph of the anomalous object. On
The next day, a new image of the “face on Mars” was posted on the Internet, but the image that was presented indicated that the “face” was clearly a natural formation. This publication was a victory for NASA’s “healthy skepticism,” and supporters of the “pyramids and the Martian Sphinx” theory were defeated and ashamed. The disappointment was so great that almost no one asked why, apart from the “face on Mars,” NASA did not provide any new photographs of Cydonia. The problem, however, was that the height of more than 300 meters (which is reliably known) began to look like a cluster of small hills. The 1998 image made NASA suspect that it had erased the Martian face, which was later proven by independent experts. The JPL-NASA space center was forced to officially acknowledge this fact. To find out what this photograph could actually look like, specialists professionally involved in computer graphics and improving the quality of photographs took on this work. Boris Starosta, Mark Carlotto and Mark Kelly independently used special reconstruction programs to calculate what the same image looks like under different intensities and lighting angles. Experts used different programs, which made it possible to obtain a more convincing result, showing the obviously artificial origin of the “face of Mars.”

Since 2000, the Malina MSSS company has posted on its website more than 60 thousand photographs of Mars taken by the MGS spacecraft over all the years of operation. In January 2001, a new series of photographs of Cydonia appeared on the MSSS website, in particular a large-scale fragment of the right side of the face on Mars (photo M1600184). When this fragment was applied to scale to the previously restored image, an eye clearly appeared in the previously blind eye socket... However, the leadership of NASA, JPL and MSSS continue to stubbornly adhere to their position that all the research of independent researchers is a figment of their fevered imagination. Therefore, the subsequent photograph on April 8, 2001, which for some reason took a month and a half to prepare for publication (?), was also presented as proof of the “naturalness” of the objects of Sidonia. Like, “a face on Mars” is an ordinary hill, and it doesn’t matter that it has symmetrical regular outlines, which are not found in natural hills on Earth...

Why are official representatives behaving so strangely? Why do they resort to outright forgery? The story is the same as with unidentified objects and with the Philadelphia experiment, and the motives are apparently the same. The truth remains beyond the visible...

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Shopaholism is an addiction in which there is thoughtless shopping. We all go shopping, buy some things, products, because we need something...