MARS ROVER STATUE OR PERSON?
Report #134
January 23, 2008 (updated 1/27/08, 2/4/08 & 1/20/09)
The above first image is an evidence
site that was brought to my attention by viewer Marcela Bravo on 1/10/2008.
In the above wider area view at the official image resolution, we see a small
figure pointed out with the red arrow that strongly suggests a person in a
sitting or kneeling position on Mars.
This scene was captured by the Spirit
Rover panoramic camera on Sol
1367 in the first four listed black and white raw science data images
with the evidence in question in the bottom area of each image. This scene
was then later incorporated as a part of a artificially colorized very wide
view West Valley Panorama NASA Photojournal PIA10216
presentation image. It was apparently in the latter image that Marcela Bravo
discovered this evidence on the left side or end of that wide panorama image
and then brought that to my attention. As it turns out, this may be a solid
and remarkable discovery.
In the above first image wider field
of view, note the long thin horizontal line the right portion of which is
pointed out by the green arrows. This demonstrates that this scene has been
extracted from the PIA10216 panorama images that is a mosaic of earlier smaller
science data images rather than the originating Sol 1367 raw data images.
The reason that I've done this is to demonstrate that there is other important
evidence at this site nearby to and germane to the presence of the upright
figure evidence.
One set of associative evidence
would be what appears to possibly be faintly seen graffiti letters and/or
numbers on the ground pointed out by the blue arrows. Of particular note is
the number "5" that the right blue arrow is pointing to. When considered
alone, this evidence might be dismissed as chance configurations of light
and darker tones on the ground but when considered as part of the larger site
evidence, the chance factor tends to diminish and the evidence tends to become
more significant and telling.
Yet more associative evidence is
what appears to be a purposefully placed rock strewn path leading up to the
figure object as pointed out and bracketed by the black arrows. This path
is a little too directionally straight along its parallel sides and very uniform
in its width leading right up to the figure object with the figure too dead
centered to be a chance configuration and particularly when the figure evidence
is taken into consideration.
The human tendency is to focus only on the more dramatic figure evidence but that would be wrong because it allows more closed minds to dismiss the figure evidence itself as an aberrant chance configuration of geological forms. However, the figure exists in a context of other supportive evidence, none of which should not be ignored, and it is the whole context of evidence that is important and telling.
The above second image provides
an increased 150% zoom factor on the field of evidence. Unfortunately, the
figure evidence is darker while the other associative evidence is much lighter.
So, in order to maintain the definition on the important figure evidence,
the other context evidence tends to be washed out with too light color lessening
its detail. However, you can still make out the number "5" and the
path reasonably clear enough.
In this view, unimpeded by any labeling
that I might add into the scene, I want you to pay particular attention to
the rock strewn path evidence. Note how it from left to right crosses relatively
level ground with more or less straight parallel sides but then drops down
a short slope going between large rock surfaces to the side while still maintaining
its straight parallel sides and then slopes back up to the figure. Note that
the figure is on the very edge of a slightly elevated rock face.
Someone went to some trouble to scratch out this straight path to this spot and layer it with small rocks. This suggests that this place is important to someone and likely intended as a place of repeat visits. Further, the path and graffiti are the kind of evidence that would not likely last long in the elements before being covered over and yet is easily visible to us here. This brings up the question of whether this evidence is of recent origin or not?
The above third image provides a
200% zoom factor on the evidence just before too much deterioration of the
image quality begins to be a factor. Again the need to maintain the detail
on the darker figure comes at the expense of washing out the detail on the
lighter color evidence. Even so, the number "5" is still fairly
clear as is the rocky path. Here I've bracketed the path with some thin red
lines to try and help define it and its elevations between the rocks better.
I believe that the up slope right
at the base of the figure has been subjected to some smudge treatments obscuring
detail there and that this has also visually effected the very bottom of the
figure. On the other hand, the figure is still relatively clear. As you can
see, the figure is anatomically correct for a squatting, kneeling, sitting
human or humanoid figure. Note that one side (the left) is facing the camera
and slightly turned away to its left away from the camera looking and gesturing
with its left arm/hand crossing over its body to its left into the depression
area just beyond it. A faint light reflection on the body just under the left
arm but above the hip/leg area suggests a full breast or perhaps just a lumpy
fold in the clothing.
The total evidence suggests that
this figure is either a statue or a person but the visual evidence alone cannot
tell us which that might be. The defined path suggests that this spot is repeatedly
visited. That tends to lean in favor of this being a statue or figurine commemorating
this place as important to someone. On the other hand, it could just mean
that this spot is important and some may come here to commune and this may
be a real person here doing that at the time the image was taken just as others
may do from time to time.
On the other hand, if this is a
biological figure, it is a very small one, smaller even than the small human
midget sizes we are familiar with here on Earth. That tends to lean Earth
human perception towards this being a statue or figurine representing a more
"full size" humanoid life form similar to us. However, that is an
Earth perception based on Earth experience and this is a different world with
different evolutionary paths and factors. Many factors enter into what determines
size of any organic life form and we want to be careful about trying to impose
any Earth based experience or assumptions of on a different world and its
life forms.
Also, the fact that this figure
is generally the same color as the surroundings might tend to lean some in
favor of perceiving this being a statue or figurine. If so, this is not a
legitimate evidence factor. This image has been subjected to artificial color
blanketing the entire image. This makes for a visually more comfortable appearing
image with better albeit imperfect realism relative to black and white imaging.
Color tends to bring out more detail and is good from that point of view.
However, just remember that the figure is also covered by this "artificial"
color meaning that the color on the figure cannot be trusted.
Neither the evidence nor I can guarantee
that this is either a person or a statue/figurine on Mars as opposed to natural
geology. Even so, all of the evidence and its associative features along with
some common sense very strongly suggests that this represents intelligent
life of some kind on Mars as opposed to geology. However, you must decide
for yourself.
ADDENDUM (added 1/20/2009)
The image below is some interesting image work done on the object in question
by Rolf G. Varga of Zimbabwe. I toned down the strong orange color on the
image but did nothing else to it. Rolf indicates that this interpretation
happened using the "Dodge tool" working from the colorized version
of the image. As you can see, this provides better detail of the body but
note the eyes and now a face with a snout?
Now understand
that this Dodge tool is making interpretive decisions as to the object's details
and may or may not represent any kind of reality. I suspect the face does
not represent reality but perhaps the eye areas do? Could it be wearing a
mask? Regardless, how would you like to surprise meet up with that above face
alone in the dark of night?
ADDENDUM...(added
1/27/2008)
Courtesy
of John Huhtala
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_hieroglyphs
(scroll down below mid point for the specific symbol))
The above image was brought to my attention by viewer John Huhtala. It is a Egyptian hieroglyph determinative symbol indicating the meaning "babies and children." Notice the general posture of the human appearing figure and the bent right arm. Now imagine the view of such a symbol from the opposite side and then the similarity of that with the Mars upright figure. It may be nothing but could there be a connection? If the upright figure is a statue, as is mostly likely the case, could the Mars figure be a personal memorial 3-dimensional object approximating this 2-dimensional Earth symbol but on a different world? It's something to think about.
Courtesy
of Salvatore Valentin Carta
at: www.ufopampa.blogspot.com
(no English, Spanish only)
The above very nice graphics work
came to me via Salvatore Valentin Carta of Argentina demonstrating new evidence
objects in the terrain to the right of the upright figure. In my opinion the
top (#2) object is especially anomalous because it obviously cannot be explained
very readily by natural geology. It looks very much like an old weathered
artificially made object of either a slightly raised shield on brackets or
purposefully bent compression clip attached to base material. It is obviously
strongly suggestive of artificiality with all the implications. Salvatore
does not speak English and I do not speak Spanish but the discovery speaks
for itself.
ADDENDUM #2.. (added 2/4/2008)
http://www.rickrichards.com/ac/ac3e.html
http://home.earthlink.net/~larryorcutt/fawcett.html
The above graphic is of a hieroglyph
set of undeciphered symbols copied by expedition members from the portico
of a magnificent very ancient native city Temple inscription in Brazil in
1753. As you can see the symbol "5"
highlighted in blue and pointed out by two red arrows is one of the eleven
symbols and it is also one of the symbols on the ground seen in each of this
report's first three Mars images. The information on this ancient symbol comes
from John M. Persijn in England, a superb data miner and researcher.
This is a large ancient uninhabited
and likely antediluvian city (dating back before the Mayans, Incas, and Olmec
known civilizations) named "Z." It was first discovered in 1753
in search for ancient Indian silver mines thought to be in the area. This
very large rich city was apparently very sophisticated and made out of huge
megalithic blocks but destroyed by an earthquake and abandoned in very ancient
times long before it was discovered in 1753. Nearby great ancient pits were
also found suggesting mine or tomb sites and one had a huge inscribed stone
sealing its entrance. However, the location of the site was once again lost
and has yet to be found again. The area seems to swallow up expeditions large
and small never to be heard from again.
The presence of these symbols appearing
in South America (Brazil) once again brings up the question of a African/Egyptian
connection as well as a Mediterranean connection that predates the consensus
perception of the earliest civilizations in all of these places. The symbol
"5" appearing
in these places as well as on Mars brings up the question of a possible connection
there as well. Any such connection is questionable but worth the consideration.
One thing is for sure, the Brazilian story of the search for this lost City
"Z" is a fascinating one at the two links above.
DOCUMENTATION
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA10216:
This link takes you to the NASA Photojournal location of the PIA10216
presentation wide panorama mosaic image. Note that there are two images available
there. The first is a high resolution TIFF image of 133.4 MB and the second
is JPEG image of 5.224 MB. Despite the tremendous difference in files sizes,
the much smaller file size quicker loading JPEG image is just about as good
as the TIFF image when it comes to this evidence. Note that the subject evidence
presented here is all the way over on the left side of the image.
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/2/p/1367/2P247720343EFFAWCCP2415L7M1.HTML:
This link takes you to one of four Sol 1367 official science data available
original panoramic camera images. However, remember that here the associative
graffiti and full path evidence are insufficiently present in these images.
, Investigator
