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Scientists Suggest Moon Photos May Reveal Extraterrestrial Visitation

Posted: 12/28/11 05:04 PM ET

Scientists from Arizona State University are proposing that closely examining high resolution photographs of the moon, retrieved by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), may reveal "incontrovertible signatures of non-human technology." They argue that such a project is worthwhile and could be accomplished with a small budget.

ASU's Dr. Paul Davies and undergraduate student, Robert Wagner, submitted their paper, "Searching for alien artifacts on the moon", to Acta Astronautica, the official journal of the International Academy of Astronautics. In the abstract they state that the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) has a low probability of success, and should broaden their search from simply listening for extraterrestrial radio signals. They say, "Alien civilizations may have sent probes to our region of the galaxy."

To hunt for these tell-tale signs of alien visitation, they suggest that a project be set up to carefully scrutinize the high resolution pictures being captured by the LRO. In order to save money, they suggest the job could be outsourced to the general public, similar to the SETI@home and Galaxy Zoo projects. In other words, once the pictures are released to the public, citizens could report anomalies to scientists for examination. According to the Guardian, the LRO has already taken over 340,000 images and is expected to have taken one million by the time it is finished.

Another reason the scientists believe the moon is a good place to look for signs of alien technology is that "the lunar environment could preserve artifacts for millions of years." So if aliens stopped off at the moon and left behind debris or footprints, because of the environment on the moon, the remnants would still be visible even if that visit was hundreds of thousands of years ago.

A popular theory amongst those who believe aliens have already visited our solar system is that there is evidence of alien technology in ancient architecture, such as the pyramids in Egypt, the Nazca lines in Peru, or Stonehenge in England. This theory has been popularized recently on the History channel's television show, Ancient Aliens. Filmmaker Ridley Scott says he also suspects that extraterrestrials may be responsible for humankind's technological development. An idea he says he has added to the plot of his upcoming movie Prometheus. If these theories hold true, perhaps the best evidence awaits us on the moon.

The scientists write:

Although there is only a tiny probability that alien technology would have left traces on the moon in the form of an artifact or surface modification of lunar features, this location has the virtue of being close, and of preserving traces for an immense duration.

 

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03:15 PM on 02/12/2012
Want a scholarly apppraisal of the mascons on the moon? Try this:

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2012/pdf/2804.pdf

There are huge hollow areas under the surface of the moon, and gravitational anomalies have been documented for a long time now. our moon has vast evidences of past occupation and mining activities, and astronomers have for centuries been documenting events that defy explanation by the " dead moon" scammers at NASA/Malin/NSA etc. Here are a few:

http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/luna/esp_luna_16.htm

A bridge was observed by several noted astronomers and NASA has proof:

http://www.thelivingmoon.com/forum/index.php?topic=117.0

Go to :http://www.marsanomalyresearch.com/evidence-reports/2004/068/moon-objects.htm

This site has government photo's that show without any doubt the smudging and smearing applications NASA/Malin made to hide huge structures...anyone looking at these cannot deny it.

People, if you think that the government is made up of truthful and trustworthy people, you are wrong. They have an agenda to keep the truth hidden, which is impossible now that proof is plain and clear...it is the attitude of the people that needs to change. Finding evidence is easy, accepting the reality of what is means is another.
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critterzdad2
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
09:57 AM on 01/16/2012
I am reminded of the Twilight Zone episode, 'To Serve Man'. Turned out a book left by accident at the U.N. by the E.T.s had that as a title but by the time someone translated the text and found out it was a cookbook people were already boarding ships to distant galaxies!
Good episode! Good served on a bed of relish made from distant non carbon based veggies too, I bet. lol
08:33 AM on 01/05/2012
so far everything a scientist tried to explain has already failed...ha ha especially their crazy ancient um astronaut theory...gee and then the whole 2012 mayan doomsday stuff. go figure...not even evolution can be explained. they base it off a bunch of fossils they keep digging up...if you want to base theories off of a bunch of old dug up bones then go for it...oh and by the way, there is an explanation for ancient pyramids...if you look and learn, they started out as stepping pyramids, really small ones and worked their way up to being bigger, for their pharoah...and actually, even the egyptions mention that the hebrews were actually in their land...pictures show this clearly, one of the pictures being a disk shape, to represent people from a strange land, but i guess someone always thought it meant ufo, yea right LOL.
03:56 PM on 01/03/2012
The construction of the pyramids has already been explained!: The blocks were POURED into placed (as liquid) and allowed to harden. It's really all that simple. And it's been proven. Check out articles based on the scientific studies; they're on the internet.
08:35 AM on 01/05/2012
yep, they started out as stepping pyramids, built smaller as times went by and went on from there. I saw this before. they built them for their pharoahs I believe and I think they believed in the after life...
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R.W. Sanders
Numerous questions, too little expertise
05:10 PM on 01/02/2012
The fact is that no one can present absolute evidence on how any of the ancient structures were built. We have theories. Some say they used ramps, etc, while others say that aliens helped. No one knows, but why are some people so afraid to open their minds enough to even consider something. Instead, they immediately begin spouting denials of anything but what they believe.

CNN covered the live presentation of the very first Mars photos. This was several years ago, and it was a big deal as these were the first pictures. When they showed one pic, even Wolf Blitzer commented that there was a very reflective spire in the distance. It looked to be made of shiny metal. Then, after that one showing that was supposedly live, they showed the same pix but there was no spire. When Wolf followed up, he was told that it was part of the landing gear. I don't think the rovers were delivered in an obelisk. It was quite obvious that the obelisk was not a natural structure and it was equally as obvious that it was not part of the mission. I cannot be absolutely sure that this was not part of the mission, but if so why was it erased after the one showing?

Does anyone else remember this?
04:34 PM on 01/02/2012
I don't know if it be to wise to have someone come here that is smarter than us. Look what happen after 1492.
11:23 AM on 01/01/2012
88.23W
49.48N
Tiny crater ~ 2 miles across. Isn't there in 1968 Lunar Orbiter images.
Certainly is there in 1993 Clementine images.

Comparison is easy to do. Try it. 4188_med, 4182_med, 4190_med.
09:55 AM on 01/01/2012
There are two underground facilities I am presently aware of - on the moon that is.

The first, a large underground mining operation, is on the front side, quadrant 4, surface evidence is a small rectangular building on the floor of a large crater. If the Grail readings are sensitive enough, they should be able to detect a very large underground cavern, sealed by a very large iron door, connected by tunnel to the main testing and processing facility under the small surface building.

The second, on the backside, has served as a base of operations for earth-based activities for quite a while now. Most of it is set into a hillside, but there are still visible structures protruding including the doors of the hangar bay.

There's no reason to go looking all the way to the moon however...
http://www.upwardvectorpubs.com/61ufox.htm

The evidence is in plain sight - if you're willing to look that is.
03:04 PM on 01/02/2012
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10:01 PM on 01/02/2012
Thank you very much, I do indeed appreciate the offer. At the present, after completing this latest phase of my project, begun about two years ago to the day, I am temporarily stepping back a bit to see where things go from here, to see what people do with the data provided on the site thus far.

In the meantime, I'll be working on other things, and pressing ahead into uncharted territory, in-preparation for what's coming next.

David
12:34 AM on 01/01/2012
They'll be inside poring over SETI data while the landing motherships are crushing their Priuses.
10:55 PM on 12/29/2011
Um, the Mars orbiter and rover pix are full of suggestive images, so much so that it's hard to see how some of the objects could be anything but artificial. Nonetheless, NASA types continue to explain ALL of them away as "natural." I suspect anything of this nature spotted on the Moon would meet a similar fate....
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Nigel Goodnow
01:58 PM on 12/29/2011
If I were an alien, I think I would have better things to do with my time than land on a dead rock orbiting a minor planet circling an ordinary main-sequence star. Aren't the Borg a bigger priority?
On the other hand, I suppose it could be that our moon would make an excellent base to launch expeditions to visit our fascinating planet, to do fascinating things like building stuff out of rocks.

I can see the headlines on the aliens' home news site: "Consul Q-rtys!r suggests helping primitives build stone observatory: public service venture or taxpayer boondoggle?" Sort of a "Stargate to nowhere". I suppose it fits well with the aliens' earlier projects to examine human reproductive systems by kidnapping and (ahem) probing people instead of just consulting wikipedia.

Maybe they're already here, slowly infiltrating the ranks of Congress to bring the country to a standstill preparatory to an invasion so they can enslave and/or eat us.
10:57 PM on 12/29/2011
The Republican Presidential candidates are definitely Reptilians all. It explains a lot....
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special38x2
Live, Love, & Laugh
12:59 AM on 12/30/2011
Bravo!
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White Raven
Eyeballs are tasty
11:43 PM on 12/28/2011
One problem with this project, as good an idea as it is, is that NASA has a disturbing habit of altering the photos they get from their probes before releasing them to the public. How do we know the images that make it to this project are raw data?
11:00 PM on 12/29/2011
NASA also has a disturbing habit of explaining EVERYTHING in those pictures away as being "natual" in origin....
10:53 PM on 12/28/2011
If one spends a few minutes, or hours, examining the governments photo's , including older crude obfuscation attempts and more modern computer generated eliminating systems, it is beyond question that vast evdidence exists that proves the moon in particulra has civilization evidence that cannot be denied.

Go to: http://www.marsanomalyresearch.com/ and check out the moon articles, all of which are from the governments photo's. Many are obvious and some not as distinct, but there are more than needed to convince the open mind. the ONE time the Hubble was allowed to view the moon a massive pyramid was filmed and that killed any chance of a repeat...they do not want crystal clear pic's because of the wealth of proof.

If one researches the evdience, it is not a matter of If there is proof, but how the science crowd can look in the mirror in the morning knowing that they have to ignore obvious and documented proof of the moons incredible reality. Most anomalies are on the dark side of the moon but once one sees the efforts they go to to smudge and obscure obvious structures and artifacts it becomes clear: they have an agenda that does not include admitting decades long coverups and lies.

Don't bother with stupid jokes or naysaying...go to the site above and STUDY the official pic's and then comment...only deep denial will keep the scam of a dead and barren moon alive.
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special38x2
Live, Love, & Laugh
01:02 AM on 12/30/2011
Ok, I went there...and am going there too....lol
10:52 PM on 12/28/2011
Dead planet or living planet - which would you choose to spend your vacation on?
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maineman152
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12:35 AM on 01/01/2012
When you consider that the moon is older than the Earth, it follows that "someone(s)" may be responsible for putting in orbit around the Earth,"someone(s)" that may still be using it as an Earth observatory, watching the course of their experiment as it evolves,.. or maybe it's just all rubbish,.. just saying that if we all stick our heads in our proverbial arses we will never understand anything about the moon or anything else.
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Robin Edgar
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07:28 PM on 12/28/2011
There is virtually no reason to believe that extra-terrestrials had anything to do with creating "the pyramids in Egypt, the Nazca lines in Peru, or Stonehenge in England." All of these ancient sites have been all but conclusively proven to have been built by human beings for religious purposes.
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White Raven
Eyeballs are tasty
11:41 PM on 12/28/2011
I agree that all of the above mentioned sites were developed and built by humans, but there are mysteries as regards just how they were built. In particular the massive pyramids at Giza defy rational explanation. The fact that they could not be duplicated by us today using modern technology is pretty telling. I believe it simply points to the probability that human civilization in the distant past possessed techniques and technologies which are lost in the modern era.
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Eric N Davis
If a button needs pushing, I'll be there.
03:56 AM on 12/29/2011
Actually, the fact that numerous science and history channel specials, detailing the construction of the pyramids, have been aired repeatedly, demonstrates that we easily have the kind of technology that can duplicate that type of project. The reason why humans today DON'T duplicate such a feat as the pyramids, is NOT because we don't know how. It's because there's no point in doing it. Building them would be enormously expensive, in labor and building materials, and the pay-off would pale in comparison to the cost. Bottom line: building the pyramids is not a cost-effective project. The Kings who commissioned them, did so to satisfy their enormous egos, nothing more.

Human beings built the Burj Dubai, using human technology, and you think we are completely baffled by the concept of Egyptian pyramids? Please, get real.
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Ars longa, vita brevis
06:04 AM on 12/29/2011
I agree. No evidence of ET's but I understand why some go that route: it is hard to fathom how some of these sites were constructed. For example, imo, Pumapunku is the engineering marvel of the ages, even more difficult to construct than the pyramid at Giza. Pumapunku is 2 miles above sea level & was made with stones weighing up to 131 metric tons. The stones were quarried near Lake Titicaca roughly 10 km away & transported up a steep incline. The stones were finely cut to interlock with surrounding stones and the blocks were fit together like a puzzle to form a wall. The precision of the angles utilized to create flush joints "is indicative of a highly sophisticated knowledge of stone-cutting and a thorough understanding of descriptive geometry.
Many of the joints are so precise that not even a razor blade will fit between the stones."
Mind boggling for sure, eh? Read for yourself:

Pumapunku
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumapunku

Once Called The Baalbek of The New World
http://www.atlantisquest.com/prehistcity.html