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SUBJECT: ANOMALOUS STRUCTURES ON THE MOON FILE: UFO2398
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revised to include previously blacked-out data 9 June 1004.
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From: Dr. Bruce Cornet
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geologist and paleontologist
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27 Tower Hill Ave.
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Red Bank, NJ 07701
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RE: Interpretation of anomalous structures on the moon, based on evidence shown
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to me by Richard C. Hoagland on 24 April, 28 April, 7 May, and 11 May, 1994,
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and discussions of said evidence with Hoagland.
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Areas of interest: Central area and southwestern area og Sinus Medii, center
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of moon disk; Mare Crisium, northwest area of moon disk.
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DATA: All photographs at same scale.
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Lunar Orbiter, February 1967
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Original negative from National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) at Goddard
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Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD: III-84M of "Shard" and "Tower" on
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southwest side of Sinus Medii from 30 miles altitude, taken by 3" camera
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objective (film developed on board satellite; scanned with 6.5 mu dot scanner;
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images transmitted, reconstructed, and reassembled at NASA). Horizon at 256
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miles; "Shard" and "Tower" about 230 and 200 miles distance from camera,
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respectively; resolution of Shard and Tower calculated at about 70 and 60
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meters, respectively. Orientation of this photograph 45 degrees south of
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Apollo 10; photographs AS10-32-4854, AS10-32-4855, and AS10-32-4856.
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Surveyor 6, November 1967
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One of seven photographs published in NASA Technical Report 32-1262 (NAS7-
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100), entitled: Surveyor 6 Mission Report, part III. television data;
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published by JPL at Cal. Tech., August 15, 1968. View angle of photograph west
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from western part of Sinus Medii, showing refraction of intense light from Sun
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(beads are image of photosphere) by surface material on horizon.
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Apollo 10, May 1969
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NASA catalog SP-232: AS10-32-4822, AS10-32-4854, AS10-32-4855, and AS10-32-4856
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of Sinus Medii from 70 miles in orbit, taken by hand held Hasselblad camera.
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Photographs 4854-56 looking west at terminator (lunar surface sunrise line)
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from above eastern side of Sinus Medii; photograph 4822 looking northeast
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across Ukert crater in the most intensively photographed northern edge of
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Sinus Medii (this photograph intentionally blacked out on catalog).
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The Lunar Orbiter photograph and the three sequential photographs AS10-32-
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4854 - 56 taken from the Apollo spacecraft all show the "Tower" (and "Shard")
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in the southwestern area of Sinus Medii from different angles and different
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perspectives. The Surveyor 6 photograph shows anomalous geometric structures
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above the ground, like those associated with the tower extending north of the
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"Tower" for about a hundred miles. The censored Apollo 10 photograph near
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Ukert crater shows anomalous geometric structures extending on the ground
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extending for tens of miles over an area the size of the Los Angeles basin.
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All of these unnatural structures appear to have sustained varying degrees of
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damage from meteorite and micrometeorite impact. Small impact craters (1-2
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miles), for example, exist within the anomalous area near Ukert, and clearly
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post-date the anomalies. Recognition of such damage is important in
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understanding and interpreting the nature and time sequence in the origin of
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these structures.
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Apollo 16, June 1972
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NASA photograph AS16-121-19438, looking northwest from above the eastern edge
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of Mare Crisium and across Mare Tranquilitatus form 70 miles altitude.
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UKERT
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Ukert is a crater-like feature that displays a circumscribed
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equilateral triangle at full Moon (Noon local time) in its center. I agree
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with Hoagland's interpretation that this triangle is not natural, because the
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sides of the "crater" are much brighter only opposite the sides of this
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triangle. The apices or angles of the triangle intersect the darkest three
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areas of the "crater" rim, while the brightest three areas of the rim are
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opposite the sides of the triangle. In addition, the brightest parts of the
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rim are midway between the apices of the triangle, and are at 120 degrees
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orientation from one another. If a line is drawn from the centers of each
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bright area across the triangle to the opposing angle, the lines will exactly
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bisect each angle. Such regular geometry is not a natural feature of any
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terrain, either on Earth or on the Moon. Furthermore, the symbolism of an
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equilateral triangle within a circle is a two dimensional representation of a
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tetrahedral pyramid within a sphere. Tetrahedral geometry is the primary
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message encoded in the geometry of the Cydonia complex on Mars (Hoagland,
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1992; McDaniel, 1993).
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THE SHARD
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The Shard is an obvious structure which rises above the Moon's surface
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by more than a mile. Its overall irregular spindly shape (containing a regular
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geometric pattern) with constricted nodes and swollen internodes, if natural,
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has got to be a wonder of the Universe. No known natural process can explain
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such a structure. Computer enhancement with about 190 feet (60 meters)
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resolution shows an irregular outline with more reflective and less reflective
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surfaces. The amount of sunlight reflecting from parts of the Shard indicates
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a composition inconsistent with that of most natural substances. Only crystal
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facets and glass can reflect that much light (polished metallic surfaces are
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unnatural). Single crystals the size of city blocks are currently unknown. I
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concur with Hoagland that the Shard may be a highly eroded remnant of some
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sort of artificial structure made of glass-like material. Other larger
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structures and their reflectivity in the area support this theory.
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THE TOWER
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The Tower represents an enigma of the highest magnitude because it
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rises more than five miles above the surface of the Moon, and has been
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photographed from five different angles and two different altitudes (from 30
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miles altitude, and from 70 miles altitude at three different distances). In
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all four photographs the same structure is visible and can be viewed from two
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different sides. The Tower exists in front of and to the left of the Shard in
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the Lunar Orbiter III-84M photograph. The distance from the Tower and the
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camera is estimated at about 200 miles, while the distance of the Shard beyond
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the Tower is estimated at about 230 miles. The top of the Tower has a very
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ordered cubic geometry, and appears to be composed of regular cubes (similar
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in size) joined together to form a very large cube with an estimated width of
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over one mile! There is apparent damage to the outline and surface of this
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megacube, because many cubic spaces or indentations occur over its surface
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(these spaces are 50 to 60 times larger than pixel size, and their shapes are
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not controlled by the rectangular shape of the pixel). A narrow columnar
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structure connects this cube with the surface of the Moon. The columnar
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support is at least three miles tall, and tapers towards its base. The taper
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may be in part due to perspective, if the Tower is oriented at an angle and is
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leaning towards the camera. The leaning Tower may be part of a larger more
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transparent structure, which is also inclined.
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Surrounding the Tower are faint indications of additional light-
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reflecting material. The amount of light coming from this material is very
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small compared with the amount of light reflected off the lunar surface. In
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order to make it visible, the surface of the Moon has to be over-exposed on
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the photograph. The pattern that becomes visible above the moon's surface is
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not caused by the scan lines that make up the Lunar Orbiter photography. The
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scan lines can be seen clearly, and are oriented at different angles from the
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orientation of patterns in the sky. The regular cubic and/or rectangular
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nature of this pattern, and indications of radiating structures that connect
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the Tower with the surface indicate that material of low light reflectivity
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exists above the Moon's surface over a large area measured in hundreds of
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miles. The irregular splotchy reflection from some of this aerial material may
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be due to meteorite and projectile damage over millions of years. Its highly
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transparent nature (bright stars can be seen behind and through this material)
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indicates either an open grid with cubic spaces or glass-like material held
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together by some sort of structural grid or a combination of both. Other
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photographs described below confirm the size and extent of this grid-like
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construction.
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THE SKY GRID
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The Surveyor 6 photograph of the Sun's corona at the horizon
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(Photograph published in NASA Technical Report 32-1262) is a view just to the
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north of the Tower (less than 100 miles). Total image was recorded in primary
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data, and variations in image reproduction are due to processing differences.
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Two major anomalies are apparent in this photograph: 1) sunlight at the
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surface of the Moon is refracted towards the camera and appears as elongate
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beads of bright light on top of the horizon (JPL measurements indicate light
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saturation for the camera was reached in these beads); 2) a regular cubic
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pattern of horizontal benches appears above the surface, and extends nearly as
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high as the view in the photograph to an altitude of several miles. Due to the
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angle of incidence of backlit sunlight from the Sun, which was located below
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the horizon, the visibility of the pattern above the surface decreases with
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increasing angular reflection from the center of the Sun. This means that
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whatever was causing the reflection and refraction above the Moon's surface is
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geometrically dependent on the Sun's position below the Moon's horizon, and is
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therefore not likely an artifact of imaging, reproduction, or processing. Six
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additional pictures of this horizon were taken within 90 minutes, and if
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available (obtainable) will provide additional data for further analysis.
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The bright beads of light on the surface decrease or become non-
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continuous laterally along the horizon. This anomalous beading was explained
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by NASA as diffraction by fine dust suspended above the surface. No such
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suspended dust was found by the Apollo astronauts, and an alternative
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hypothesis is warranted. I agree with Hoagland's interpretation that:
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a) the light is refraction, and b) the intense concentration of light is
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likely caused by glass imaging the Sun from beyond the horizon. It is unlikely
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that the material causing this phenomenon is natural dust or glass tectites on
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the surface, which are largely opaque to only partly transparent. The glass
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refracting the light has to be nearly transparent to transmit so much light to
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such a height above the surface, particularly if the refracting material has
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any depth to it. It may represent the basal more intact part of a
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superstructure that is apparent above the surface. Because of less damage, and
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more massive glass support structures at the base (visible in some photographs
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as a hierarchy of stacked glass arches, each with expanded bases), more light
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is conducted and focussed there as a series of glass lenses. Simple reflection
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can be ruled out as an explanation for the beads because of the position of
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the Sun below the horizon.
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The three Apollo 10 photographs showing the Tower in the distance also
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show the grid structure from above. These photographs were taken at three
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different distances from the Tower as the Apollo spacecraft moved towards the
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Tower. Within the sky above the horizon and around the Tower a regular grid
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pattern emerges with proper contrast control. This grid pattern appears to be
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three-dimensional, and is expressed as dark lines with random points of
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reflection around those lines. The grid appears to be some sort of support
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structure, perhaps formed from a metallic rebar. The reflective material
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associated with it is cubic and hexagonal in design, but incomplete. With
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different attitudes or angles of sight, different areas of the grid structure
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become illuminated or reflective, implying that angle of incidence is
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important. I agree with Hoagland's interpretation of this material as remnant
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portions of the glass structure, which still remains attached and suspended
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above the Moon's surface on a metallic cross support structure. The Tower, by
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contrast, is visible in all three photographs, because there is much more
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glass remaining than on the suspended grid structure around the Tower. Even
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from different angles and distances in these photographs, the top of the Tower
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appears as a giant cube made up of smaller cubic and hexagonal objects.
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There is no way to get around this evidence once it becomes apparent.
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Altering the contrast of the Moon's surface can make this faint structure
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disappear, but such photographic manipulation (of NASA catalogs) will not
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invalidate it. The evidence that Hoagland has brought to light may assail
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one's sensibilities because of its magnitude and artificial implication, but
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it cannot be dismissed or ignored. It is there and it must be explained.
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THE CITY COMPLEX NEAR UKERT
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Photograph AS10-32-4822 in NASA catalog SP-232 is blacked out, along
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with several other photographs. When it was ordered, the image was of high
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quality, contrary to what was implied by it being blacked out in the catalog.
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Instead of a poor photograph, the image shows features near Ukert crater that
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defy conventional explanation. A linear dome-shaped hill runs diagonally
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across the photograph. To the north of that hill a large area exists with
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regularly aligned rows of structure. Within this anomalous area more than a
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dozen small craters can be seen that modify the landscape. From a distance
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the regular rows appear like benches. On Earth such a feature would be
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interpreted as the pattern produced by the eroded edges of layered rocks that
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dip below the surface. But on the Moon there have been no physical processes
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that can account for such a regular geologic structure. Furthermore, rills and
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wrinkles on the surface of a cooling magma outflow do not form such a regular
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pattern, as is evident in so many mare on the Moon. And this anomalous pattern
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has definite boundaries beyond which it is absent.
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Upon magnification, this anomalous pattern begins to take on a
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different character: Rectangular features exist along the rows, with many
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having gaps between them. In addition, thin spires project up from the surface
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in several places along some rows. Upon further magnification some of the
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rectangular structures take on a form like buildings and skyscrapers.
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Resolution at high magnification (for the image I saw) is not good enough to
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resolve more than the outlines of possible buildings. The whole area resembles
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what one might expect for a city the size of Los Angeles that had been
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abandoned and left to decay for centuries. The crater impacts and constant
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barrage from micrometeorites over millions of years would have provided an
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abrasive force as damaging as our weather and earthquakes on Earth over
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centuries or even decades.
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I agree with Hoagland that someone or some group within NASA
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deliberately concealed this picture in the catalog because of its content, and
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that this area may contain one of several city complexes that were built under
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an enormous glass dome within Sinus Medi. The sheer implications of such
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massive structures on the Moon, if verified by an open and honest visit by
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astronauts to the Moon, would cause man to rethink many ideas and question
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many beliefs about other intelligent life in the Universe. Clearly, such
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structures are well beyond our current technologies, and rank with the
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Pyramids and Sphinx on Earth, and with the Cydonia complex and its humanoid
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face on Mars, as major mysteries of our Solar System.
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THE DOME OVER MARE CRISIUM
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Further evidence for such massive constructs on the Moon can be found
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in Mare Crisium. The photograph that Hoagland showed me of that area (NASA
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photograph 1) has a strange set of large, concentric, circular light
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patterns within the mare. To one side an enormous spire or tower rises from
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the surface within the perimeter of these light circles. Magnification of the
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area around this spire shows cubic patterns like those around the Tower in
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Sinus Medii. Numerous holes of various size can be detected within this cubic
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pattern, probably caused by meteorites. Around the edges of these holes I can
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see layers of light-reflecting cubic glass-like material and suggestions of
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strands of rebar support. Below this cover on the ground there is more
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structure, which can be detected under some of the larger holes. There is an
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unusual interference pattern below the cubic pattern as well. None of these
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patterns can be explained as normal or natural. I interpret the major cubic
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pattern as reflections off rebar and micrometeorite-frosted glass of the dome
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that covers most of Mare Crisium. I interpret the pattern below the dome as
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possibly caused by artificial structures on the surface of the Moon, such as
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the city-like construct near Ukert, and the concentric circles of light over
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the surface of Mare Crisium as light reflection and refraction through the
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remaining portions of the glass dome.
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I support Hoagland's interpretation that the anomalous patterns in
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photographs from Sinus Medii and Mare Crisium cannot be explained as natural.
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I further support his interpretation that these patterns above the surface are
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caused by enormous structures of artificial origin, structures that may
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represent the remains of glass domes that were built to cover, protect, and
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provide a life-support environment for habitable structures on the surface.
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Clearly, further independent investigation and analysis by experts is
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warranted. There is also a relevant need to press the Pentagon into releasing
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all 1.5 million Clementine photographs immediately and without censorship.
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Dr. Bruce Cornet
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May 15, 1994
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Dr. Bruce Cornet has a B.A. in biology, M.S. in botany, and Ph.D. in geology
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and palynology. He has 17 referred publications in international journals and
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two coauthored books on Mesozoic plant evolution and geology. He has over 15
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years experience in the oil industry, which includes basin analysis from
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geologic, gravity, magnetic, and topographic maps and aerial photographs, and
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extensive experience in structural analysis and subsurface mapping using
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seismic data and well logs; and 22 years experience in analyzing the relative
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age and geothermal maturity of palynomorphs and kerogen extracted from rocks.
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In 1981-1982 as president of Geminoil, Inc. he lead the first exploration
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effort to find commercial hydrocarbons in rift basins of Virginia and
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Maryland. He is also an integral part of a geologic team at Lamont-Doherty
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Earth Observatory (Columbia Univ.) which has recovered and analyzed for
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Milankovich cyclicity over 22,000 feet of core from the Newark basin of new
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Jersey.
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