Brief
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
The claims the writer was given for NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in the order they were given.
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Jack Parsons went on to be one of the founders of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and of the Aerojet Corporation.
“went on to be one of the founders of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and of the Aerojet Corporation.”
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Jack Parsons, who founded the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is linked by Jacques Vallée to the same process of extraterrestrial-superiority belief as L. Ron Hubbard, who founded the Church of Scientology.
“The same links can be traced around people like Jack Parsons, who founded JPL, and Ron Hubbard, who founded Scientology.”
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Arthur C. Clarke considers photographs from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to be convincing proof of the existence of large forms of life on Mars.
“There are some incredible photographs from [the Jet Propulsion Laboratory], which to me are pretty convincing proof of the existence of large forms of life on Mars! Have a look at them. I don't see any other interpretation.”
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After the Apollo 11 crew's liftoff from the Moon in the Lunar Module Eagle and rendezvous with the Command Module Columbia in lunar orbit, Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)'s unit relocated to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena to cover the remainder of the flight.
“After the heady events of that unforgettable 32 hours... the successful liftoff of the Lunar Module "Eagle" and rendezvous with the Command Module "Columbia," still in lunar orbit—CBS moved our unit up the street, to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena.”
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The unidentified man handed reporters a mimeographed broadsheet dated 1969-07-22 claiming that NASA had faked the entire Apollo 11 lunar landing on a soundstage in Nevada, along with a small aluminised mylar American flag.
“The date was July 22, 1969... someone with an obvious "in" to JPL was handing out a mimeographed broadsheet to all the real reporters … claiming that "NASA has just faked the entire Apollo 11 Lunar Landing… on a soundstage in Nevada!"”
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Lynn Bondurant told Richard C. Hoagland that the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) had learned of the Hoagland's Mars series and had raised objections at NASA Headquarters about it.
“When Hoagland asked what had happened, Bondurant told him that JPL had somehow “got wind of the series,” and had absolutely “raised hell” back at Headquarters about it.”
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Richard C. Hoagland later confirmed from another long-term source within NASA Headquarters that the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) had objected to the Hoagland's Mars series.
“Later, Hoagland confirmed as much from another long-term source within NASA Headquarters itself.”
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Richard C. Hoagland considers the notion of Barbara Bush tacitly endorsing artificial ruins at Cydonia by her presence at his project to have been too much for people at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
“It seems that the notion of the First Lady of the United States, the wife of the President of the United States, tacitly endorsing the notion of artificial ruins at Cydonia by her mere presence at a Hoagland project, was just a bit too much for the folks at JPL.”
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Lynn Bondurant's proposed NASA-Lewis Mars series was reduced to a single half-hour programme of talking heads featuring Michael Carr and other Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) figures.
“In the end, Bondurant’s proposed NASA-Lewis Mars series was reduced to a single half-hour program of “talking heads,” featuring a “balanced response” from such unbiased figures as Michael Carr and his JPL cohorts”
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According to two inside NASA sources, Michael Carr and his Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) cohorts had killed the more extensive Hoagland's Mars series.
“featuring a “balanced response” from such unbiased figures as Michael Carr and his JPL cohorts (the same ones who, according to two “inside” NASA sources, had killed the much more extensive “Hoagland’s Mars” series)”
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Michael Malin, a former Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) employee, was the person who would build, point and control the Mars Observer camera.
“The man who would build, point and control the camera was a former JPL employee named Dr. Michael Malin.”
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Jim Dilettoso went to dozens of manufacturers of image processing equipment, including government contractors EG&G and TRW, government labs including the United States Geological Survey and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and universities including the University of Southern California (USC) and Arizona State University, to find scientists able to contribute to photo-testing projects for Wendelle Stevens.
“Dilettoso went to dozens of manufacturers of image processing equipment, including government contractors like EG&G and TRW, government labs like the United States Geological Survey and JPL, and certain universities that were known for their image processing and analysis capabilities; USC and Arizona State University among them.”
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During the Voyager flyby of Saturn, Jim Dilettoso was at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) as a contractor, where he met Richard C. Hoagland, who was also at the Lab working as a reporter covering the Voyager mission for American Airlines' American Way Magazine.
“During the Voyager fly-by of Saturn, Dilettoso was at JPL as a contractor and it was there he met Richard C. Hoagland—who was also at the Lab working as a reporter covering the Voyager mission for American Airlines’ American Way Magazine.”
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Jim Dilettoso visited Bob Nathan at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to have him analyse four purportedly legitimate Billy Meier photographs and two control pictures.
“Dilettoso had already visited Bob Nathan ... at JPL a few times to have him analyze four “legitimate” Meier photos and two “control pictures,” and it was Nathan that steered him to Malin.”
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Bob Nathan helped develop the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's (JPL) early VICAR image processing software.
“Bob Nathan (who had helped develop JPL’s early VICAR imaging processing software)”
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Michael Malin was working at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) at the time he was contacted by Jim Dilettoso, but was planning a move to Arizona to take a position as a professor and scientist in a Geology Department.
“Malin was working at JPL at the time, but was planning a move to Arizona soon thereafter to take a position as a professor and scientist in the Geology Department.”
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After consulting with mission planners at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and reviewing the technical specifications, Richard C. Hoagland and Stanley V. McDaniel found there would be more on the order of forty-plus chances to target the Face on Mars during the regular two-year science phase of Mars Observer.
“After consulting with Mission Planners at JPL and reviewing the technical specs, they found that there would be more on the order of *forty plus* chances to target the Face during the regular two-year science phase.”
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Michael Malin moved his private company, Malin Space Science Systems, which held the Mars Observer camera contract, from Arizona State University (ASU) in Arizona and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California to San Diego, over 480 kilometres south of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena.
“Malin even moved his entire private company, “Malin Space Science Systems” (which held the actual Mars Observer camera contract) away from ASU in Arizona and JPL in California to San Diego (over 300 miles south of JPL in Pasadena).”
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By 1992, McDaniel used political and academic contacts to pressure the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to explain on the record why Cydonia and the Face on Mars could not be specifically targeted, ahead of the September launch of Mars Observer.
“By 1992, with the September launch of Mars Observer approaching, McDaniel entered the fray. Using various political and academic contacts, he put pressure on NASA and JPL from several directions, forcing them to address, *on the record*, just why they were not able to target Cydonia or the Face specifically.”
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According to David Evans, since the Mars Observer camera was a sealed assembly, the contamination could only have been introduced during disassembly and check-out after it arrived assembled from Michael Malin's facility, in the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) clean room itself.
“According to Evans, since the camera was a sealed assembly, the mysterious contamination could only have been introduced into the camera in disassembly and check-out after it came assembled from Malin’s facility, in the *JPL clean room itself*.”
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The Jet Propulsion Laboratory's (JPL) Deep Space Network manager was insistent that engineers had not simply missed the data on the first two attempts, stating "There was no data on that tape the first two times!"
“The Deep Space Network (DSN) engineers were *insistent* that they hadn’t simply missed something the first two times around. “There was *no data* on that tape the first two times!” JPL’s Deep Space Network manager angrily declared.”
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Richard C. Hoagland and Stanley V. McDaniel considered the sudden lengthening of the Mars Observer calibration phase an obvious ruse, since extra calibration time would negate the advantage of the power-in manoeuvre.
“To Hoagland and McDaniel, the sudden lengthening of the unnecessary “calibration” phase was an obvious ruse. If JPL was going to take extra time to “calibrate” the instruments, effectively negating the advantage of the power-in maneuver, why bother “powering in” at all?”
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At exactly 11am Eastern Time, just moments after Richard C. Hoagland's Good Morning America appearance, Associated Press (AP) science reporter Lee Siegel received a call from a Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) spokesman.
“Then, at exactly 11 a.m. Eastern Time, just moments after Hoagland had creamed French on national television, AP science reporter Lee Siegel got a call from a JPL spokesman.”
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David Laverty helped organise a public demonstration against National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s potential censorship of Cydonia, held outside NASA's Mars Observer Control Center at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
“Through the overtime efforts of long-time friend, independent Mars investigation supporter and colleague on the West Coast, David Laverty, they managed to pull together a reasonable gathering right outside NASA’s Mars Observer Control Center—three thousand miles away from Washington, at JPL.”
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An anonymous caller claiming to work as a Jet Propulsion Laboratory employee, in a phone message left for Richard C. Hoagland a few days after the National Press Club briefing, said Mars Observer was still alive but had been taken black by a group operating inside the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
“A few days after returning from Washington and the Press Club briefing, Hoagland discovered several messages on his answering machine. There were four especially intriguing ones—from four separate individuals—each independently claiming to be “JPL employees.” Each had a similar story to tell: Mars Observer was “still alive,” but had been taken “black” by a cabal that was operating inside JPL.”
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An anonymous caller claiming to work as a Jet Propulsion Laboratory employee told Richard C. Hoagland, via voicemail, that he and Stanley V. McDaniel had placed too much pressure on the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and that NASA could not risk showing the real ground truth at Cydonia live without first previewing what it might reveal.
“The anonymous voices told Hoagland that he and McDaniel had placed “too much heat on JPL,” and they (NASA) could not risk showing the real ground truth at Cydonia “live,” without having a chance to preview what it might reveal first.”
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Richard C. Hoagland was never able to verify the identities of the four anonymous callers, but each appeared unaware of the others and each had technical expertise and inside knowledge of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) system and facilities.
“Hoagland was never able to verify their identities, but each of the men seemed to be unaware of the others and beyond that, each had the technical expertise and inside knowledge of the JPL system and facilities to be who they claimed to be.”
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An anonymous caller claiming to work as a Jet Propulsion Laboratory employee told Richard C. Hoagland, via voicemail, that because the Deep Space Network was being used to search for Mars Observer, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory could not risk sending the missing spacecraft's data back to Earth over the conventional Deep Space Network antenna network, and that alternative methods would be used instead.
“one of the men claimed that since the Deep Space Network was being used to look for Mars Observer, JPL could not risk sending the “missing” spacecraft data back to Earth over the conventional DSN antenna network. This source claimed that “they” would use “alternative methods” to get the data back to Earth, without elaborating.”
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Richard C. Hoagland observed first-hand at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) that NASA carefully planned, from the beginning, to give conspiracy-minded people a fake conspiracy to cover up the real one.
“as Hoagland observed *first-hand* at JPL all those years ago, NASA carefully planned, from the beginning, to give those folks a “conspiracy,” alright, but—a *fake* conspiracy … to cover up the *real* one.”
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The German rocket team launched the first successful United States satellite, Explorer 1, on 1958-01-31, in conjunction with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
“the German team launched the first successful U.S. satellite, Explorer 1, on January 31, 1958, in conjunction with JPL”
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The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) had deep Army ties via its initial Jet Assisted Take Off (JATO) contracts.
“(which had deep Army ties—via those initial JATO contracts)”
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) acquired the services of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which had previously been an Army contractor.
“the services of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, as noted, hitherto an Army contractor”
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The magick practised by Jack Parsons and L. Ron Hubbard in Southern California in the 1940s, as the Jet Propulsion Laboratory was born, had its roots in ancient Egypt and involved the invocation of Osiris, Horus, and the rest of the Egyptian pantheon.
“The magick being practiced by Parsons and Hubbard in Southern California in the 1940's, as JPL was born, also saw its roots in ancient Egypt, and ultimately involved the invocation of Osiris, Horus, and the rest of the *same* Egyptian pantheon.”
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A compass heading of 333 degrees from the southern base of the Great Pyramid at Giza leads to the location of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
“Interestingly, if you stood at the southern base of the Great Pyramid at Giza, and then set your compass heading to "333"you would eventually find yourself at the door step of … the modern Jet Propulsion Laboratory.”
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Surveyor 3 was the third in an unmanned lunar reconnaissance series designed and built by Hughes Aircraft and managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
“Surveyor 3 (third in an unmanned lunar reconnaissance series designed and built by Hughes Aircraft, and managed by JPL)”
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Discrepancies were repeatedly found between the original live Cable News Network (CNN) television transmissions of Mars Pathfinder's landing on 1997-07-04 and the later electronic image versions released across the web by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
“Unusual (and still unresolved) discrepancies were found repeatedly, between the original (paradoxically, much clearer) initial television transmissions from CNN's live Pathfinder coverage that July 4 afternoon, and the later electronic versions of those same images released across the web by JPL”
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The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)'s web-released versions of the Mars Pathfinder images contained amateurish compression artifacts, assembly errors, and colour registration problems.
“JPL's web versions were full of astonishingly amateurish compression artifacts, assembly errors and blatant color registration problems”
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The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) adjusted the colour of the Martian sky in the Mars Pathfinder images to the traditional pink seen in Viking imagery, rather than the natural Earth-like blue forecast by concurrent Hubble Space Telescope imagery.
“JPL even adjusted the color of the Martian sky to appear the traditional "Viking pink" instead of the forecast (from concurrent Hubble imagery)—natural Earth-like blue”
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Richard C. Hoagland considers the image discrepancies and colour manipulation in the Mars Pathfinder web images evidence that the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) was trying to hide something in the images.
“JPL was clearly trying to hide (and not too well, for some reason …) "something" in these images.”
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As Surveyor 3 soft-landed on the Moon at four minutes after midnight Greenwich Mean Time, the Moon was rising through 33 degrees directly over the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, which was controlling the mission.
“As it soft-landed on the Moon in Oceanus Procellarum at four minutes after midnight GMT, the Moon itself was rising through 33° directly over the Jet Propulsion Laboratory back in Pasadena—which was, of course, controlling the entire Mission.”
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory re-creates the 1936 Arroyo Seco rocket test as a nativity scene every Halloween, marking it as the birth of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
“(R) the “nativity scene” re-creation of the Arroyo Seca test, every Halloween at JPL ---marked as “the birth of JPL.””
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Richard C. Hoagland considers there to be evidence of deliberate cover-up of possible Martian artefacts on the official Mars Pathfinder NASA website.
“Fig. 5-40 - Evidence of *deliberate* cover-up of possible Martian artifacts—on official Mars Pathfinder NASA website . (JPL)”
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The Jet Propulsion Laboratory began in the 1920s as an aerodynamics testing facility under the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
“What eventually became NASA's "Jet Propulsion Laboratory"... actually began in the 1920s as an aerodynamics testing facility, under the fledgling "California Institute of Technology" in Pasadena.”
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By the mid-1930s, Jack Parsons and his associates were testing small home-made rockets in an area of Pasadena called Devil's Canyon, on land where the Jet Propulsion Laboratory now sits.
“By the mid-1930s, Parsons and his pals were testing their small "home-made rockets" in an area of Pasadena called "Devil's Canyon"; today, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory sits on that very land.”
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Theodore von Karman was primarily responsible for the creation of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, founded literally on Halloween 1936 at a rocket test in the Arroyo Seco area of Devil's Canyon.
“He was primarily responsible for the creation of "JPL" (literally, on Halloween 1936, no less) at a rocket test in the Arroyo Seca area of the Devil's Canyon.”
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The Jet Propulsion Laboratory still refers to its 1936 Halloween rocket test as the birthplace of the Laboratory and holds a nativity scene every Halloween to celebrate the event.
“JPL still refers to this test as the "birthplace" of the Laboratory, and even trots out what they call a "nativity scene" every Halloween to celebrate the event [Fig. 5-21].”
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Jack Parsons was, along with Theodore von Karman, responsible for the founding of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
“there is no question he was massively influential in rocket technology development and, along with Von Karman, responsible for the founding of the most prestigious unmanned space exploration center on the planet: "The Jet Propulsion Laboratory."”
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By January 1945, the Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory, California Institute of Technology (GALCIT) had become the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
“By the time GALCIT became "JPL," in January 1945, Parsons' professional reputation had been sealed”
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No jet engine of any kind was ever tested or produced at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which was always strictly a rocket laboratory.
“It is also true that no "jet" engine of any kind was ever tested or produced at "JPL"—which was always strictly a rocket laboratory.”
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A selection committee run by Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) selected Michael Malin's camera for Mars Global Surveyor over the Clementine instrument.
“The decision was then abruptly assigned to a “selection committee” run by JPL, who selected Malin and his camera, basically the same 1993 technology that was on Mars Observer, over the more flexible Clementine instrument”
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At the time of the Cydonia image capture on orbit 220, Sirius/Isis hovered below the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) horizon at precisely the tetrahedral 19.5 degree altitude.
“However, when we checked the sky over JPL, from which the command to take the image was sent, we did find a significant alignment—Sirius/Isis hovered below the JPL horizon at precisely the tetrahedral 19.5° altitude when the image was taken.”
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There was no alignment over Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) at the time of the announced 1998-04-06 image release, but Orion's belt star Mintaka was at 33 degrees below the horizon at Cydonia and almost dead on the meridian.
“Although there was no alignment over JPL at that time, there was a significant alignment of Orion’s belt star Mintaka at 33° below the horizon at Cydonia. In addition, Mintaka was almost dead on the meridian, making this an extraordinary “double hit” in the ritual system.”
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A processed version of the 1998-04-06 Cydonia raw image came a few hours later from Jet Propulsion Laboratory's (JPL) Mission Image Processing Laboratory (MIPL).
“That “processed version” came a few hours later, from JPL’s Mission Image Processing Laboratory (MIPL).”
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In the 1998-04-06 processed image, Michael Malin and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) navigators positioned Mars Global Surveyor to capture the Face on Mars nearly perfectly dead centre on both the crosstrack and downtrack of the image swath.
“Contrary to his previous claims about “hitting the lottery,” Malin was able to nail the Face dead center in the image on his first official attempt. Rotating the spacecraft “off-nadir” as it approached Cydonia, Malin and the JPL navigators positioned the probe and its camera to capture the Face nearly perfectly. It was dead center on both the crosstrack and downtrack of the image swath.”
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Within an hour of the release of the 1998-04-06 MIPL image, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) employees speaking informally to news media pronounced the Face on Mars to be natural, while insisting they were not speaking for NASA or JPL.
“Within an hour of the release of an image that they surely knew was far below the quality of what could be obtained from the raw data, JPL spin doctors had spread out to the various news media pronouncing the Face to be natural. ... these spin doctors—employees of JPL mostly—insisted that even though they were NASA scientists (and by implication smarter than most of us) they were not speaking for NASA or JPL, but only for themselves.”
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) took no official position on the 1998-04-06 Face on Mars image.
“NASA and JPL pronounced that neither would take an official position on the image, thereby draping both organizations in a fallacious robe of objectivity.”
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Within three minutes of the last national six o'clock newscast sign-off on 1998-04-06, a second Timothy J. Parker enhancement image of the Face on Mars appeared without comment on National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Malin Space Science Systems and Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) web sites.
“Then, within three minutes of the last national six-o’clock newscast sign off, a second image suddenly appeared—again without comment—on the various NASA, MSSS and JPL web and mirror sites. The “TJP” (Timothy J. Parker) enhancement was a significant improvement over the earlier MIPL image.”
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Timothy J. Parker, a Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) geologist, produced the TJP enhancement of the Face on Mars image mostly using standard Photoshop tools and posted his processing steps on the web.
“Parker, a JPL geologist, had produced this second, vastly superior version of the “raw” data using mostly standard Photoshop tools, and posted his steps on the web.”
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Fred Hoddick compared the line-scan signature of a narrow-angle Mars Orbiter Camera image of Vallis Marineris with the pattern of faint lines in the raw version of the Mars Global Surveyor Cydonia image, and found that the spatial dimensions of the Mars Surveyor image of Cydonia released by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) were only half of what should have been acquired.
“In comparing the line-scan signature visible in narrow-angle image with the pattern of faint lines seen in the raw version of the MGS Cydonia image, Hoddick indeed made a major, startling discovery—the spatial dimensions of the Mars Surveyor image of Cydonia released by JPL were only half of what should have been acquired”
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The actual location of the Face on Mars in the image released by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) was almost dead centre of the downrange footprint and just left of the east/west cross-track line, demonstrating successful navigation targeting by the JPL team.
“the actual location of the Face in the image JPL released was almost dead center of the “downrange” footprint, and just left of the east/west “cross track.””
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A corrected caption appeared on the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) website for the Cydonia photo, stating that the image dimensions as originally posted on 1998-04-06 at 10:30 AM Pacific Daylight Time (1024 x 19200 pixels, 4.42 km x 82.94 km) were a typographical error, and that the actual image dimensions were 1024 x 9600 pixels, 4.42 km x 41.5 km.
““CYDONIA PHOTO CAPTION “as stated on: Mon 04/06/98 10:30 AM PDT Image dimensions: 1024 x 19200 pixels, 4.42 km x 82.94 km “This was a typographical error for which we appologize [sic]. “Actual image dimensions: 1024 x 9600 pixels, 4.42 km x 41.5 km.””
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Richard C. Hoagland argues it is hard to imagine JPL's typing pool mistakenly writing 19200 in place of 9600 pixels and 82.94 kilometres in place of 41.5 kilometres, since if the original transmitted imaging resolution from Michael Malin's camera was 2048 pixels across and was subsequently downsized on Earth to 1024, the corresponding down-track dimension would have been precisely 19200 pixels, matching the original NASA caption and consistent with the image being missing 400 percent of its expected resolution.
“Somehow, it’s hard to imagine anyone typing “19200” in place of “9600,” 82.94 km for 41.5 km—even in a government contracted typing pool at JPL—but if the original transmitted imaging resolution from Dr. Malin’s camera was 2048 pixels across, subsequently downsized on Earth to 1024, then the corresponding down track dimension would have been precisely 19200 pixels—exactly what the original NASA caption read, exactly consistent with Hoagland’s discovery that the image was somehow missing 400 percent of its expected resolution.”
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Lan Fleming concluded that after JPL removed most of the tonal variation from the original Cydonia image that gave observers visual cues to the real three-dimensional shape of the Face on Mars, they added false visual cues to give the object its rough, jumbled appearance, inadvertently falsifying the appearance of the surrounding terrain as well.
“After JPL removed most of the tonal variation in the original image that gives the observer the visual cues to the real three-dimensional shape of the object, they added false visual cues to give the object its rough, jumbled appearance, inadvertently falsifying the appearance of the surrounding terrain as well”
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In producing the Catbox enhancement, NASA, JPL and Malin Space Science Systems reduced the resolution of the original 2048 x 19200 image strip of the Face on Mars to 1024 x 9600 some time after the image was acquired.
“Reduced the resolution of the original 2048 x 19200 image strip to 1024 x 9600, some time after acquisition of the image”
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In producing the Catbox enhancement of the Face on Mars, NASA, JPL and Malin Space Science Systems removed almost 85% of the tonal variations by using high-pass and low-pass filters on the raw data.
“Removed almost 85% of the tonal variations by using high-pass and low-pass filters on the “raw” data”
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In producing the Catbox enhancement of the Face on Mars, NASA, JPL and Malin Space Science Systems applied another high-pass filter after initial processing.
“After initial processing, applied another high-pass filter”
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In producing the Catbox enhancement of the Face on Mars, NASA, JPL and Malin Space Science Systems applied a noise filter to induce more noise into the image than had already been created by the previous processes.
“Applied a noise filter to induce more noise into the image than had already been created by the previous processes”
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In producing the Catbox enhancement of the Face on Mars, NASA, JPL and Malin Space Science Systems used an emboss filter to delete visual elevation cues and induce false visual cues into the image.
“Used an emboss filter to delete visual elevation cues and induce false visual cues into the image.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch13:30583-30675 opinion first hand
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On 1998-04-10, a few days after the release of the Catbox image, NASA and JPL released a document on their website announcing a second set of targeted imaging opportunities at Cydonia.
“On April 10, 1998, a few days after the release of the Catbox image, NASA/ JPL released a document on their website announcing the second set of “targeted imaging opportunities.””
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch13:34810-34973 administrative
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The NASA/JPL document announcing the second Cydonia imaging opportunity contained a map of Cydonia with a predicted image swath through the City, with the City Square as the primary target.
“It contained a map of Cydonia with a predicted image swath through the city, with the so-called “city square” as the primary target.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch13:34989-35114 administrative second hand
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The NASA/JPL document stated that results of the second Cydonia imaging would be posted on the internet in the same manner as the first observation attempt, at approximately mid-evening Pacific Time on Tuesday, 1998-04-14.
““Results of the Cydonia imaging will be posted on the internet, in the same manner as in the first observation attempt, at approximately mid-evening Pacific Time on Tuesday, April 14.””
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch13:35689-35868 administrative second hand
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Richard C. Hoagland and his team decided to look at the sky over the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), reasoning that JPL controlled the image release and hosted the servers providing the images, in order to use star positions via the Red Shift 2 astronomy software to pinpoint the timing of the second Cydonia image release.
“We decided to first look at the sky over JPL, since that was where the image release was being controlled and where the servers providing the images were almost certain to be located. It didn’t take us long, looking at the stars through Red Shift 2, to pin-point the timing for the image release.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch13:36344-36632 testimony first hand
73
Richard C. Hoagland's team calculated that at 6:55 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time on 1998-04-14, Sirius would be passing through 33 degrees altitude over the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, opening a ten-minute window in which the three belt stars of Orion would also pass through 33 degrees altitude.
“At 6:55 p.m. (PDT) on the anointed date, Sirius would be passing through 33º, right over JPL. This moment in turn would open up a “window” in which the three belt stars of Orion would all pass through that 33º altitude over the next ten minutes.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch13:36641-36878 observation first hand
74
Richard C. Hoagland's team decided against publishing their prediction of the Cydonia image release timing publicly, since a public prediction could alert JPL that they were being tracked and allow JPL to delay the release to scuttle the test.
“But we also realized that a public prediction could alter the conditions of the test, by providing a heads up to JPL that we were tracking them. We decided against a published prediction, since that would make it far too easy to delay the image release by a few minutes and scuttle our test.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch13:36960-37246 testimony first hand
75
Richard C. Hoagland's team e-mailed their prediction that the second Cydonia image would be released at 6:55 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time to specific researchers and members of the press, including Tom Van Flandern and Art Bell.
“Instead, we decided to e-mail our prediction to specific researchers and members of the press, including Tom Van Flandern and Art Bell. We predicted an image release at 6:55 p.m. PDT, when Sirius was at 33º above the JPL horizon.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch13:37252-37473 testimony first hand
76
Richard C. Hoagland and Mike Bara monitored the main JPL website and its primary mirror site respectively, and at exactly 6:55 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time on 1998-04-14, as predicted, the new Cydonia image link appeared on the JPL main web page.
“As we were watching the JPL websites, with Bara on the main JPL site and Hoagland watching the primary mirror site, we continued to refresh our browsers to insure we got the image at precisely the moment it was posted. Then at 6:55 p.m., exactly as we had predicted, the new image link appeared on the JPL main web page.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch13:37641-37956 testimony first hand
77
Ten minutes after the second Cydonia image appeared on the JPL main web page, a link to the image appeared at 7:05 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time on the JPL mirror site, meaning the image was released twice, once at the opening and once at the close of the predicted alignment window.
“Then, exactly ten minutes after the image had appeared on the JPL main page, a link to the new image appeared at 7:05 p.m. PDT on the JPL mirror site. So they had released the image twice, in effect, once at the opening of the “alignment window” and once at the close.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch13:38096-38359 observation first hand
78
Some months after the second Cydonia image release, when reorganising the Cydonia images under a single web page, NASA and JPL changed the release date and time stamp to show the second Cydonia image was posted at 6:30 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time, placing the release outside the predicted alignment window.
“As a side note, some months later, when reorganizing the Cydonia images under a single web page, NASA/JPL changed the release date and time stamp to show that the second Cydonia image was posted at 6:30 p.m., PDT, taking the release outside the alignment window.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch13:38437-38692 observation
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Richard C. Hoagland states that the second Cydonia image was in fact released at 6:55 p.m. and 7:05 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time, not at the later-stated 6:30 p.m., contradicting NASA and JPL's revised timestamp.
“The authors can categorically state that this was not the case. The images were released in just the manner described above, at 6:55 and 7:05 p.m.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch13:38700-38844 testimony first hand
80
When the third Cydonia Mars Global Surveyor image was taken, Sirius was directly on the horizon as viewed from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), matching the pattern seen in the earlier release ritual, although there were no significant alignments at the Viking or Pathfinder landing sites.
“although there were no significant alignments at any of the landing sites, once again the Cydonia image followed the ritual pattern with Sirius dead on the horizon from the vantage point of JPL when the image was taken.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch13:43910-44123 observation first hand
81
NASA image 22003, known as the Catbox version of the Face on Mars, was released by Mars Global Surveyor via the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Malin Space Science Systems.
“Fig. 6-2 - The infamous “Catbox” version of the Face on Mars, from NASA image 22003. (NASA\ JPL\MSSS)”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch13:45825-45921 administrative second hand
82
The Mars Surveyor Project agreed, in an agreement posted on the official Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) website, to announce Cydonia imaging opportunities in advance and post the resultant images on the internet shortly after receipt.
“In a prominent agreement, later posted on the official JPL website, the Mars Surveyor Project agreed to “announce these [Cydonia] imaging opportunities in advance…” and then “[shortly after receipt] to post the resultant images on the internet.””
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch13:8027-8264 administrative second hand
83
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) asked John Brandenberg, an old colleague of Richard C. Hoagland's from the early independent Mars investigations, to present the Clementine camera a second time to Jet Propulsion Laboratory's (JPL) open bidding process for the Mars Global Surveyor camera contract.
“So NASA asked Dr. John Brandenberg, an old colleague of Hoagland’s from the early independent Mars investigations, to present the camera a second time to JPL’s open bidding process.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch13:843-1016 observation
84
On 1999-09-23 at 09:06 UTC, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) lost contact with the 125-million-US-dollar Mars Climate Orbiter (MCO) as it passed behind Mars during its final orbit insertion burn.
“On September 23, 1999 at 9:06 a.m. UTC, JPL lost contact with the $125 million Mars Climate Orbiter (MCO) as it passed behind Mars on its final orbit insertion burn.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch14:10536-10696 administrative
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) scientists were unable to re-establish contact with Mars Climate Orbiter when it should have re-emerged from behind the Martian disk, and it was subsequently determined that a navigation error had likely caused the spacecraft to crash into the Martian atmosphere, similar to the loss of Mars Observer in 1993.
“As with the Mars Observer in 1993, these efforts failed when it was discovered that a navigation error had likely plunged the spacecraft into a terminal crash dive into the Martian atmosphere.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch14:11028-11209 administrative
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According to a terse National Aeronautics and Space Administration press release, Mars Climate Orbiter was thrown off course because a navigation team in Colorado and a team at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) used two different measurement systems - metric and imperial - in key navigational calculations.
“According to a terse press release, the spacecraft was thrown off course when one navigational team in Colorado and the other at JPL used two separate measurement systems (metric and imperial) in key navigational calculations.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch14:11575-11791 administrative second hand
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The Lockheed Martin navigation team transmitted acceleration data for Mars Climate Orbiter in the imperial (English) measurement system, while controllers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) assumed the data was in metric units.
“The Lockheed/Martin team transmitted acceleration data in the English system, and controllers at JPL assumed that it was metric.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch14:11805-11926 administrative
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Richard C. Hoagland observed that Alnilam, the centre belt star of Orion, associated with Osiris, the Egyptian god of death, resurrection and the afterlife, was positioned at a 19.5-degree tetrahedral altitude over the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) at the moment the fatal Mars Climate Orbiter burn was initiated.
“Alnilam, the center belt star of Orion/Osiris, the Egyptian god of death, resurrection and the afterlife was positioned at the ubiquitous 19.5° tetrahedral altitude as the engine was fired.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch14:14870-15053 opinion first hand
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Richard C. Hoagland observed that five minutes after the fatal burn, as Mars Climate Orbiter slipped from view behind the occultation of Mars, the star Mintaka had assumed the 19.5-degree ritual position over the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
“Five minutes later, as MCO slipped from view behind the occultation of Mars itself, Mintaka had assumed the 19.5° ritual position.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch14:15060-15181 opinion first hand
90
Richard C. Hoagland and Mike Bara consider it their position that the stellar alignments over the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) imply a deliberate, ritual "tetrahedral" act by Michael Malin or JPL, either to destroy Mars Climate Orbiter or to take it "black" for their own purposes.
“It is the authors’ position that this implies a deliberate, ritual “tetrahedral” act on the part of Malin/JPL, either to destroy MCO or to take it “black” for their own purposes.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch14:15578-15747 opinion first hand
91
Richard C. Hoagland observed that as with Mars Climate Orbiter, there was a significant stellar alignment over the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) fitting his ritual alignment system at the time of the Mars Polar Lander's disappearance, with Regulus, the heart of the lion in Leo, positioned dead on the horizon when the de-orbit burn command was sent.
“As with Mars Climate Orbiter, there was a significant alignment over JPL that fit the ritual system. This time, we saw Regulus, the heart of the lion in Leo, dead on the horizon when the command was sent to MCO to begin the de-orbit burn.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch14:18577-18810 opinion first hand
92
Following the loss of both Mars Climate Orbiter and Mars Polar Lander, National Aeronautics and Space Administration director Dan Goldin appointed a commission headed by Thomas Young, formerly of Lockheed Martin, to investigate the Mars Polar Lander disappearance and the entire Mars program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
“NASA director Dan Goldin appointed a commission headed by Thomas Young, formerly of Lockheed Martin, to investigate not only the MPL disappearance but also the entire Mars program at JPL.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch14:19068-19251 administrative
93
A few days before Thomas Young issued his report, former National Aeronautics and Space Administration chief debunker James Oberg published a story via United Press International (UPI) accusing Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) employees of knowing that the Mars Polar Lander was doomed, due to software problems related to the spacecraft's landing legs, from early in the mission.
“Then, just a few days before Young issued his report, former NASA chief debunker James Oberg published a story on UPI that accused JPL employees of knowing full well that the MPL was doomed (due to software problems related to the spacecraft’s landing legs) from very early on in the mission.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch14:19256-19540 testimony second hand
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) employees denied James Oberg's report about the Mars Polar Lander using terms such as "bunk," "complete nonsense," and "wacko."
“JPL employees rabidly denied the report, using words like “bunk,” “complete nonsense” and “wacko” to describe their reactions to Oberg’s charge.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch14:19549-19686 testimony second hand
95
The Young Report attributed shortfalls at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to Dan Goldin's decision to mandate the 'faster, better, cheaper' space management philosophy.
“The Report underscored that the underlying reason for these shortfalls was Goldin's own decision to mandate the, "faster, better, cheaper" space management philosophy.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch14:20017-20173 administrative second hand
96
In response to the Young Report, Dan Goldin appointed a new 'Mars Czar' at NASA Headquarters to oversee all future Mars exploration programmes, removing that management authority from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
“He not only appointed a new “Mars Czar” at NASA Headquarters to oversee all future Mars exploration programs (thus taking such management away from JPL)”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch14:20290-20438 administrative
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Richard C. Hoagland considers the appointment of Scott Hubbard as evidence of a possible power struggle between NASA Headquarters and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) over control of the Mars programme.
“we began to wonder if we were seeing the playing out of the scenario that Mark Carlotto had referred to after the initial SPSR meeting with Carl Pilcher in November 1998. Was there a growing friction between those at the agency that wanted the ground truth of Mars revealed (NASA headquarters) and those that still wanted to hold onto the idea of a cold, dead Mars (JPL)?”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch14:20766-21132 opinion first hand
98
On 2000-03-29, Dan Goldin flew to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to address its personnel following two damaging weeks that included James Oberg's initial United Press International (UPI) accusation and the release of the Young Report.
“Yet following NASA’s damaging previous two weeks, stretching from Oberg’s initial bizarre UPI accusation to the release of the Young Report, Dan Goldin flew on March 29, 2000 to JPL itself.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch14:21689-21871 administrative
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Dan Goldin's speech to Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) personnel on 2000-03-29 was titled 'When the Best Must Do Even Better'.
“Goldin’s speech was provocatively titled “When the Best Must Do Even Better.””
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch14:22143-22212 administrative second hand
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In the second paragraph of his prepared text, Dan Goldin acknowledged Admiral Bobby Inman, head of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Oversight Committee at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), noting he could not attend but that Goldin had spoken to him by phone.
“I’d also like to acknowledge Admiral Inman, head of the JPL Oversight Committee at Caltech. He couldn’t be here today, but I talked to him by phone. His commitment to the team here is also unwavering. And I thank him for that...”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch14:22307-22528 administrative second hand
101
A Caltech spokesman revealed that Bobby Inman had been on the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Oversight Committee at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) for at least eight years, meaning since before Mars Observer disappeared.
“It was reinforced even more strongly when a Caltech spokesman revealed he’d been on the committee for “at least eight years”—in other words, since just before Mars Observer disappeared.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch14:24238-24413 testimony second hand
102
Michael Malin's exclusive rights contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) allowed him to withhold images for up to a one-year period, but Dan Goldin had specifically exempted Cydonia from that constraint.
“Although Malin’s “exclusive rights” contract with NASA/JPL gave him the right to withhold images for up to a one-year period, Administrator Goldin had specifically exempted Cydonia from that constriction.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch14:26360-26551 administrative
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To obtain an off-nadir image, Michael Malin would have had to submit a request through channels at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and obtain approval from project managers to spend money on commands transmitted to the spacecraft.
“In order for him to have even attempted to obtain many of the new images, he would have had to submit his request through channels at JPL and have the approval of project managers to spend the money to have the commands worked up and then transmitted to the spacecraft.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch14:29159-29417 observation
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An off-nadir image requires coordination between Michael Malin, mission planners at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and uplink dishes to send orders controlling the momentum wheels that reorient the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft.
“An off-nadir image of this sort involves a fairly convoluted dance between Malin, mission planners at JPL and the uplink dishes required to send the orders to control the “momentum wheels” which actually reorient the spacecraft.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch14:29429-29646 observation
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The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) would have been aware of several attempts by Michael Malin to re-image Cydonia.
“So, JPL would have been aware of several attempts by Malin to re-image Cydonia.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch14:29658-29729 opinion first hand
106
Vincent Dipietro and Whitley Strieber stated on Coast to Coast AM that Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) scientists told them Michael Malin had been taking so many pictures of the Face on Mars in the previous two years that other researchers could not get time on the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) for their own research.
“Anecdotally, both Vincent Dipietro and “Communion” author Whitley Strieber stated on Coast to Coast AM that JPL scientists told them that Malin had been taking so many pictures of the Face in the last two years that they could not get time on the MGS for their own research.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch14:30053-30320 hearsay second hand
107
Arthur C. Clarke said he was fairly convinced that life on Mars had been discovered, describing incredible photographs from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) as pretty convincing proof of the existence of large forms of life on Mars.
““I’m fairly convinced that we have discovered life on Mars. There are some incredible photographs from [the Jet Propulsion Laboratory], which to me are pretty convincing proof of the existence of large forms of life on Mars! Have a look at them. I don’t see any other interpretation.””
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch14:37998-38265 opinion first hand
108
Richard C. Hoagland discovered that the official position inside the Society for Planetary SETI Research was that the letter-like symbols on the D&M Pyramid were features embedded on the pyramid itself, rather than symbols placed onto the image at Michael Malin's laboratory or at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
“Hoagland discovered that the official position inside SPSR was that these symbols were features embedded on the D&M Pyramid itself. They steadfastly refused to consider the alternative—that someone placed these symbols on the image at Malin’s lab, or even JPL.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch14:8046-8302 opinion first hand
109
Richard C. Hoagland considers it far more plausible that somebody at Malin Space Science Systems or the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) placed the letter-like symbols onto the D&M Pyramid image as a message confirming the image had been altered, rather than the symbols being genuine ancient Martian markings.
“A far more plausible explanation is that somebody at MSSS or JPL simply put the letters there. These letters, which are obviously on the original image on the official NASA site, were put on the D&M, an object of obvious interest to us, as a message. They are clearly meant to confirm that the image has been altered.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch14:9023-9334 opinion first hand
110
Richard C. Hoagland, Peter Gersten and David Jinks formed the Formal Action Committee on Extraterrestrial Studies (FACETS) as a new public interest lobby seeking more from NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
“Along with the authors, Gersten and Jinks formed FACETS as a new public interest lobby for those of us that wanted more from NASA and JPL than we had been given to date.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch15:11288-11452 administrative first hand
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Richard C. Hoagland's team went back to scour all the public NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS) websites but could find no such Face on Mars image as Edward Weiler had described.
“Quickly, we went back to scour all the public NASA, JPL and MSSS websites, but could find no such Face image.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch15:15044-15147 observation first hand
112
Lan Fleming concluded his evaluation of Middle Butte by saying the time has come for science to search for a real explanation for the Face on Mars, and that the public's patience with the sophistry from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's (JPL) public relations office may eventually wear thin.
“I think the time has come for science to start searching for a real explanation for the Face on Mars. The public’s patience with the sophistry from JPL’s public relations office may eventually wear thin.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch15:20607-20805 opinion first hand
113
An unnamed Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) scientist said, after the 1998 Catbox release of the Face on Mars image, that the intent was to "scotch this thing for good".
“they were calculatingly designed to “scotch this thing for good,” as one unnamed JPL scientist put it after the 1998 Catbox fiasco”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch15:35888-36012 hearsay second hand
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The Society for Planetary SETI Research (SPSR) semi-official position was that the Catbox image was deliberately degraded by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in order to protect JPL's funding.
“SPSR’s semi-official position was that yes, the Catbox image *was* deliberately degraded, but it was only done by JPL to “protect their funding.””
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch15:4145-4281 opinion
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The Society for Planetary SETI Research (SPSR) reasoning held that admitting the truth about Cydonia would inevitably lead to a manned Mars mission that would leave the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) out of the funding loop.
“This dubious (if not ridiculous) position is based on the idea that admitting the truth about Cydonia would inevitably result in a manned mission to Mars, and in such a venture JPL would be out of the funding loop.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch15:4291-4501 opinion
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Richard C. Hoagland considers that a manned Mars program would give the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) more work than it could handle, mapping an area comparable to all of Earth's continents combined.
“In reality, a commitment to a manned Mars program would be the best thing that ever happened to JPL. They’d have more work than they could handle, sending probe after probe to map the Martian surface (as much land area as all the continents of Earth combined) to pave the way for the manned landings”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch15:5219-5510 opinion first hand
117
Richard C. Hoagland considers that the Society for Planetary SETI Research (SPSR) would do anything to avoid admitting that the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) was deliberately covering up evidence of artefacts on the surface of Mars.
“It was now obvious to us that the SPSR crowd would do *anything* to avoid admitting the truth—that JPL was deliberately covering up the evidence of artifacts on the surface of Mars.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch15:5567-5743 opinion first hand
118
Figure 8-1 shows the hominid and feline halves of the Face on Mars as folded-over symmetries from 1976 Viking Cydonia data, originally discovered and presented by Richard C. Hoagland at the United Nations in 1992.
“Fig. 8-1 - “Hominid” (L) and “Feline” (R) halves of the “Face on Mars’” -- folded over symmetries -- from 1976 Viking Cydonia data. Originally discovered and presented by Hoagland at the United Nations, 1992 (JPL/Hoagland)”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch15:57200-57413 observation first hand
119
A source inside the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) confirmed to Richard C. Hoagland that the eastern side of the Face on Mars possessed a feline aspect.
“a JPL source had recently confirmed to Hoagland that the eastern side of the Face *did* possess this puzzling “feline” aspect”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch15:7563-7682 hearsay second hand
120
Unlike Mars Global Surveyor, Michael Malin and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory would not control the THEMIS visible light camera on Mars Odyssey directly.
“Unlike the Mars Global Surveyor, Michael Malin or JPL would not control the THEMIS visible light camera directly”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch16:13406-13510 administrative
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A 2000 Enterprise Mission press release announced the Enterprise Mission's discovery of liquid water flowing across the surface of Mars, using Mars Orbiter Camera image SP2-33806 as prime evidence.
“Fig. 9-1 - MGS image SP2-33806. Prime evidence in a 2000 Enterprise Mission press release announcing the Enterprise discovery of *liquid water* -- flowing across the surface of Mars (JPL/Enterprise Mission)”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch16:65470-65668 administrative second hand
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A comparison between Mars Odyssey Thermal Emission Imaging System daytime infrared reflectance data and nighttime thermal infrared emission data shows bright nighttime emission at a mesa edge at Cydonia, indicating that daytime sun-angle warming of this feature does not match the seasonal date claimed by the Mars Odyssey 2001 Project and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
“Fig. 10-4 - Comparison between Mars Odyssey THEMIS daytime IR reflectance data (L) and nighttime thermal IR emission data (R) - showing, via bright nighttime emission at mesa edge, that daytime sun-angle warming this Cydonia feature does NOT match the seasonal date claimed by the Mars Odyssey 2001 Project and JPL (ASU/Enterprise Mission)”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch17:102100-102431 observation
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An anonymous private source with connections to the Bush White House and NASA, known as "Deep Space", warned Richard C. Hoagland's team that after viewing the initial data from Cydonia, "the lawyers" had taken over inside the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
“Deep Space had also issued a disquieting warning: After viewing the initial data from Cydonia, “the lawyers” had taken over inside JPL.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch17:1104-1235 hearsay second hand
124
The JPL document on THEMIS thermal accuracy was removed from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) website after Richard C. Hoagland's team had downloaded it.
“According to a JPL document (which was subsequently removed from the JPL website after we downloaded it)”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch17:30380-30484 observation first hand
125
A JPL document indicated the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) instrument is accurate to plus or minus 0.001 Kelvin (one thousandth of a degree) in temperature measurement.
“According to a JPL document (which was subsequently removed from the JPL website after we downloaded it), the THEMIS instrument is accurate to plus or minus 0.001K (one thousandth of a degree Kelvin) temperature measurement.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch17:30380-30595 measurement second hand
126
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Arizona State University and Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) had maintained for months that there was only one version of the 2002-07-24 Cydonia infrared image, before the 2002-10-31 release revealed two demonstrably different footprints.
“Two verifiably different image “footprints,” for what had been categorically maintained by NASA, ASU and JPL for months as only one July 24 image.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch17:72343-72483 opinion first hand
127
In the newest NASA/JPL/Arizona State University release, the Face on Mars almost completely disappears when comparing the daytime infrared image from July 24 with the nighttime October 31 counterpart.
“The most striking "Cydonia anomaly" in the newest NASA/JPL/ASU release is the almost complete "disappearance" of the Face. In a side-by-side presentation, the Face—as seen in the July 24 daytime IR image (left), compared with its nighttime "October 31" counterpart (right), is almost completely missing”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch17:84783-85078 observation first hand
128
Within a few hours of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's historic publication of the first colour photograph from the surface of Mars, a hurriedly revised version of the image was produced, supposedly correcting initial colour engineering problems.
“Within a few hours of that historic publication of the first color photograph from the surface of Mars, another hurriedly revised version of this first color surface image was suddenly produced, supposedly correcting the initial “color engineering problems” in the first image.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch18:15023-15294 administrative
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In the summer of 1976, when Viking landed on 1976-07-20, Ron Levin was a newly graduated high school student assisting his father, Gilbert Levin, at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
“In the summer of 1976 (when Viking landed on that oh-so-familiar “ritual date” of July 20), Ron was a newly-graduated high school student, assisting his father at JPL during that incomparable Viking Summer.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch18:15655-15854 administrative
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Richard C. Hoagland was present at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the summer of 1976, covering the Viking story for millions of readers of a major magazine and a couple of broadcast television networks.
“Hoagland was also present, covering the extraordinary Viking story for millions of readers of a major magazine and a couple of broadcast television networks.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch18:15862-16010 administrative first hand
131
According to Barry DiGregorio's book, at about 2:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time on 1976-07-20, the first colour image from the surface of Mars began to emerge on JPL colour video monitors set up for JPL employees and media personnel.
“At about 2:00 p.m. PDT, the first color image from the surface of another planet, Mars, began to emerge on the JPL color video monitors located in many of the surrounding buildings, specifically set up for JPL employees and media personnel to view the Viking images.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch18:16406-16665 hearsay second hand
132
According to Barry DiGregorio's book, two hours after the first colour image appeared on the JPL monitors, a technician changed the image from a light-blue sky and Arizona-like landscape to a uniform orange-red sky and landscape, going from monitor to monitor to make the change.
“Two hours after the first color image appeared on the monitors, a technician abruptly changed the image from the light-blue sky and Arizona-like landscape to a uniform orange-red sky and landscape.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch18:17270-17457 hearsay second hand
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According to Barry DiGregorio's book, Ron Levin followed the technician and reset the colour monitors to their original appearance, and was chastised by Viking project director James S. Martin, Jr., who warned that Ron Levin would be thrown out of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for good if he tried it again.
“Ron Levin looked in disbelief as the technician went from monitor to monitor making the change. Minutes later, Ron followed him, resetting the colors to their original appearance... It was Ron Levin being chewed out by the Viking project director himself, James S. Martin, Jr. ... He warned Ron that if he tried something like that again, *he’d be thrown out of JPL for good.*”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch18:17468-17961 hearsay second hand
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According to Barry DiGregorio's book, Gilbert Levin later sought out the JPL Viking imaging team technician who made the colour changes, and the technician said he had instructions from the Viking imaging team that the Mars sky and landscape should be red.
“Months later, Gil Levin sought out the JPL Viking imaging team technician who actually made the changes and asked why it was done. The technician responded that he had instructions from the Viking imaging team that the Mars sky and landscape should be red and went around to all the monitors, “tweaking” them to make it so.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch18:18413-18733 hearsay second hand
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Richard C. Hoagland was present at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the afternoon of 1976-07-20, and recalls a similar shock when the initial "Arizona, Mars" image flashed on JPL monitors was suddenly transformed into a red-toned Martian scene.
“Hoagland had been at JPL that same afternoon, and vividly remembers a similar shock when the “Arizona, Mars” image initially flashed on the JPL monitors was suddenly transformed into a Martian “Red Light District.””
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch18:18946-19150 testimony first hand
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Gilbert Levin questioned the physics behind the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's abrupt colour alterations to the Viking images, arguing that if atmospheric dust were scattering red light rather than blue, the surface would appear more blue than red in direct sunlight reflection because less red light would be left to reflect.
“If atmospheric dust were scattering red light and not blue, the sky would appear red, but since the red would be at least partially removed by the time the light hit the surface, its [the direct sunlight’s] reflection from the surface would make the surface appear more* blue *than red. There would be less red light [in the direct sunlight illumination] left to reflect.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch18:19464-19827 opinion second hand
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When Mars Pathfinder actually landed, the official Jet Propulsion Laboratory Lander image releases showed skies that appeared redder and more dusty than the Viking images from twenty years earlier.
“when the Pathfinder did arrive, the skies, according to the official JPL Lander image releases, if anything, seemed redder and more “dusty” than on the Viking images from twenty years before”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch18:21831-22015 observation
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Ron Levin's account that the NASA administrator was behind the monitor-changing incident was confirmed by former Jet Propulsion Laboratory public affairs officer Jurrie J. Van der Woude.
“DiGregorio’s statement that the NASA administrator was behind the monitor changing incident was based on a confirmation of this from an *official* source—former JPL public affairs officer Jurrie J. Van der Woude”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch18:22652-22858 testimony second hand
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Ron Wichelman of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Image Processing Laboratory and Jurrie J. Van der Woude were responsible for the colour quality control of the Viking Lander photographs.
“Both Ron Wichelman [of JPL’s Image Processing laboratory (IPL)] and I were responsible for the color quality control of the Viking Lander photographs”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch18:23018-23156 testimony first hand
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Within a day of the Spirit rover's landing, NASA/JPL released the first official full-colour image of the landing site, which had Technicolor-red skies and distorted, red-shifted colour calibration.
“Within a day of the landing, NASA/JPL released the first official full-color image of the landing site, and it once again had the Technicolor red skies and distorted, “red-shifted” color calibration.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch18:30174-30361 observation
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NASA/JPL altered images of the Mars Exploration Rover airbag tests, distorting the bag colour to look reddish as in the Technicolor red press release images.
“NASA/JPL even *altered* images of the rover airbag tests, distorting the bag color to look as they do in the Technicolor Red polluted press release images.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch18:35086-35234 opinion first hand
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The Mars Odyssey image release used in Fig. 11-1 is officially designated MRO/Odyssey image V0 3814003.
“The Odyssey image release is officially designated JPL/ASU V0 3814003.”
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The rocky outcrop at Opportunity's landing crater was only a few centimetres high but spans approximately 180 degrees of the crater's interior, and was named "Opportunity Ledge" by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Rover Team.
“The outcrop, only a few inches high but which spans approximately 180º of the crater’s interior, had been dubbed by the JPL Rover Team “Opportunity Ledge.””
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A combined map of the two Mars Exploration Rover landing sites and the Mars Odyssey Gamma Ray Spectrometer's orbital determination of water abundance in the upper one metre of Martian soil shows the rovers exploring the shallows of two proposed equatorial Martian tidal oceans.
“If you look at a combined map of where JPL landed its two rovers and the Odyssey Gamma Ray Spectrometer orbital determination of water abundance in the upper one meter of Martian soil, a glance will suffice to show the rovers are indeed exploring none other than the shallows of our two proposed equatorial Martian tidal oceans, almost as if that had been planned.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch18:50673-51029 opinion first hand
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Geoffrey A. Landis is a member of the current Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Rover Science Team, specifically the "atmospheric group."
“Geoffrey Landis is also now a member of the current JPL Rover Science Team, a member of the “atmospheric group.””
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Richard C. Hoagland considers NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to have acted duplicitously with the Catbox image and the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) infrared data regarding the Face on Mars.
“We have demonstrated their duplicitous behavior with the Catbox image and the THEMIS infrared data.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch20:46735-46829 opinion first hand
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James Oberg's intervention led to Ken Johnston's dismissal from his unpaid position as a JPL Solar System Ambassador.
“Even Oberg’s direct intervention in getting Dr. Johnston dismissed from his unpaid position as a JPL Solar System Ambassador failed to ignite any interest among the media elite.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch5:1246-1417 testimony first hand
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Members of the Church of Scientology sought to correct what they viewed as mischaracterisations in Dark Mission (ebook)'s section on L. Ron Hubbard and Jack Parsons of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
“They sought to set the record straight on what they viewed as mischaracterizations in the section dealing with Hubbard and Jack Parsons of JPL.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch5:17847-17986 testimony second hand
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Richard C. Hoagland arrived at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) on the afternoon of 1969-07-22 to prepare for coverage of the Mariner 6 fly-by, his first in-person tour covering a live mission, at the age of 23.
“Our arrival at JPL on the afternoon of July 22, in preparation for this Mariner 6 fly-by was heady stuff for a 23-year-old network science consultant, as this was my first "in-person" tour to cover an actual live mission.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch7:25852-26065 testimony first hand
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Close to a thousand print reporters, television correspondents, technicians, VIPs, and Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) staff attempted to register for limited seating in the Von Karman Auditorium ahead of the Mariner 6 Mars flyby coverage.
“Close to a thousand print reporters, television correspondents, technicians, special VIPs, as well as half the staff at JPL itself, were all attempting to register for the limited seating in the (relatively) small Von Karman Auditorium...”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch7:26930-27155 testimony first hand
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Explorer 1 was placed in orbit by an Army/Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) team one January night in 1958.
“...ever since Explorer 1 had been placed in orbit by an Army/JPL team one January night in 1958.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch7:27252-27340 administrative first hand
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Richard C. Hoagland observed that the unidentified man distributing material in the Von Karman Auditorium was accompanied by Frank Bristow, the head of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) press office.
“As he got closer, I suddenly realized he was accompanied by a more conventionally dressed representative from JPL itself... the second figure was, in fact, none other than the head of the JPL press office, Frank Bristow.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch7:28199-28448 observation first hand
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Frank Bristow, head of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) press office, personally escorted the unidentified man into the press room, where reporters including Walter Sullivan of the New York Times, Frank Pearlman of the San Francisco Chronicle, Jules Bergmann of American Broadcasting Company (ABC), and Bill Stout of Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) were introduced to him.
“There, in an office where space correspondents, like Walter Sullivan (New York Times), Frank Pearlman (San Francisco Chronicle), Jules Bergmann (ABC), and Bill Stout (our local guy from CBS) hung out... a handful of reporters were now being introduced, again by Bristow, to "great coat guy."”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch7:28796-29148 observation first hand
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On 1976-07-25, Toby Owen, a project scientist at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), examined Viking Orbiter 1 frame 35A72 with a magnifying glass and exclaimed "Hey, look at this!"
“The possible existence of alien artifacts didn’t get its initial push into mass consciousness until July 25, 1976, when a project scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory named Toby Owen put a magnifying glass over Viking Orbiter 1 frame 35A72 and exclaimed “Hey, look at this!””
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch8:376-653 observation second hand
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Richard C. Hoagland considers that the choice of Utopia Planitia over Cydonia, despite contradicting the stated reasons for rejecting Cydonia, suggests someone at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) was nervous about the Face on Mars and wanted Viking kept away from it.
“Nobody thought much of the venue change at the time, but since their new choice for a landing site contradicted their reasons for scuttling Cydonia, it seemed that somebody at JPL was nervous enough about the Face to make sure Viking stayed well away from it.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch8:3885-4141 opinion first hand
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In 1982, a front-page article in the Washington Post included an interview with Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) astronomer Gerry Neugebauer about an object spotted in the constellation Orion by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS), estimated at approximately 80 billion kilometres from Earth.
“In 1982, a front-page article appeared in the *Washington Post*,40 including an interview with JPL’s Dr. Gerry Neugebauer about an object spotted in Orion by the IR AS infrared satellite, at an estimated 50 billion miles from Earth.”
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Qian Xuesen helped establish Jack Parsons's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
“Qian Xuesen, a Chinese engineer who helped establish Parsons’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and China’s ballistic missile program, also believed in an energetic force that imparted information, Qi (Chi).”
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