Brief
Lan Fleming
The claims the writer was given for Lan Fleming, in the order they were given.
1
Lan Fleming has argued that telemetry data does not support the claim that the flash in the STS-48 video was from a thruster firing.
“However, Lan Fleming⁷ has argued that telemetry data does not support this claim.”
Anomalous Phenomena in Space Shuttle Mission STS-80 Video 2005 char:3715-3790 opinion second hand
2
Lan Fleming, a member of the Society for Planetary SETI Research (SPSR), was also a NASA contractor by day.
“One researcher, Lan Fleming of SPSR, was also a NASA contractor by day.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch13:27314-27381 administrative
3
Lan Fleming spent weeks trying to recreate the Mission Image Processing Laboratory's Catbox image of the Face on Mars using standard software processing tools, without success, and was unable to reproduce the flat, featureless look of the enhancement.
“He spent weeks trying to recreate the Catbox image with standard software processing tools, to no avail. No matter how hard he tried, he was unable to reproduce the flat, featureless look of the “enhancement.””
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch13:27386-27582 testimony first hand
4
Lan Fleming got close to reproducing the Catbox look by first applying a high-pass filter, which removes high-frequency data from an image, and then a low-pass filter, which removes low-frequency data.
“By first applying a high-pass filter (which removes high frequency data from an image) and then a low-pass filter (which removes low frequency data), he got very close to the Catbox look.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch13:27653-27835 testimony first hand
5
Lan Fleming applied a noise filter to the Catbox reproduction, which introduced more noise into the image to reproduce the graininess prominent in the Catbox enhancement.
“He then applied a noise filter, which introduced more noise into the image, to reproduce the “graininess” that was so prominent in the Catbox enhancement.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch13:27945-28087 testimony first hand
6
Lan Fleming noted that a boulder near the Face on Mars in the Catbox image was producing a shadow pointing almost due north, the twelve o'clock position in the image, implying the light was coming from the six o'clock position, which he identified as a false shadow since the actual light source was from the four o'clock position when the image was taken.
“Fleming had noted that a boulder near the Face in the Catbox image was producing a shadow that pointed almost due north, essentially the twelve o’clock position in the image, implying that the light was coming from the six o’clock position. He knew this had to be a false shadow, since the light was coming from below the Face, in the four o’clock position, when the image was taken.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch13:28149-28526 observation first hand
7
Lan Fleming used an emboss filter, a software tool that turns lines and edges into a relief, creating illusory ridges and depressions depending on the chosen direction of false lighting, to reproduce the missing shadow effect in the Catbox image.
“Eventually, he tried an emboss filter, a software tool that works by turning lines and edges into a relief. These edges then become illusory ridges and depressions, depending on the direction that is chosen for the false lighting.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch13:28620-28842 testimony first hand
8
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”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch13:29095-29403 opinion first hand
9
Lan Fleming considers the Catbox enhancement not a poor enhancement but a crude, very effective fraud perpetrated by employees or contractors of the United States government, and states that even if the Face on Mars proves entirely natural, this was inexcusable misconduct and a gross abuse of power.
“the Catbox is not a ‘poor’ enhancement, as it is often called; it is a crude but very effective fraud perpetrated by employees or contractors to the United States government. Even if the Face is proven to be completely natural, this is inexcusable misconduct and a gross abuse of power.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch13:29409-29689 opinion first hand
10
Lan Fleming believes that if the Face on Mars is ultimately proven artificial, the Catbox image will come to be regarded as the greatest, most malicious and most destructive scientific hoax since the Piltdown Man, and perhaps of all time.
“If the Face ultimately is proven to be artificial, the Catbox will certainly come to be regarded as the greatest, most malicious and most destructive scientific hoax since the Piltdown Man, and perhaps of all time.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch13:29696-29905 opinion first hand
11
Lan Fleming's analysis found that the Catbox image was deliberately degraded and modified to make it appear like a natural pile of rocks.
“Fig. 6-5 - The “Catbox” enhancement (L) and Lan Fleming’s recreation (R). Fleming’s analysis proved that the Catbox image was deliberately degraded and modified to make it appear like a natural “pile of rocks.””
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch13:46510-46713 opinion second hand
12
Middle Butte Mesa is, in Lan Fleming's assessment, just a common cinder cone bearing little or no resemblance to the Face on Mars.
“Middle Butte was just a common cinder cone.”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch15:20508-20546 opinion first hand
13
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