Alien Lore No. 397: Marine Officer says he spent 17 years on MARS protecting five human colonies from Martians

By Jack Brummet, Alien Lore Editor

NASA artist's concept of the Mars Excursion Module in a 1963 NASA manned mission to Mars study

A now retired US Marine claims that he spent 17 years on MARS protecting five human colonies from Martians.  The retired officer, known only as Captain Kaye, also claims to have served in a secret 'space fleet' run by a multinational organisation called the Earth Defense Force.

The ex-naval infantryman, who uses the pseudonym Captain Kaye, says he was posted to the Red Planet to protect five human colonies from indigenous Martian life forms.


He claims he then spent nearly three years serving in a secret 'space fleet' run by a multinational organisation called the Earth Defense Force, which recruits military personnel from countries including the US, Russia and China.

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Alien Lore No. 219 — Did young Barack Obama visit Mars?

By Jack Brummet, Alien Lore Editor

photograph of Mars' surface courtesy of JPL/NASA

“Simply put, your task is to be seen and not eaten,” retired astronaut Army Maj. Ed Dames, told a young Barack Obama as he was sent on a mission to Mars.  Wired's Danger Room recently told of  a claim by Andrew D. Basiago and William Stilling (who say they were time-traveling government agents) that the CIA organized missions to explore Mars during the 1980's.  More than one of these missions included the 19 year old future President. 

Basiago and Stilling say that BHO was one of a group of young people selected to teleport and from Mars.  Mr. Obama is said to have visited Mars twice between 1981 and 1983 via a "jump room."

The CIA wished to “establish a defense regime protecting the Earth from threats from space” as well as a legal claim to “territorial sovereignty.”  "Obama’s CIA handlers needed him to 'acclimate Martian humanoids and animals to their presence' in order to secure the U.S.-Martian alliance."  

Tommy Vietor, a National Security Council spokesperson says that The President never went to Mars, unless you count "watching Marvin the Martian."

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Daybreak on Mars, at Gale Crater

Image Credit: NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory - click to enlarge

This image shows Mars between darkness and daylight, and includes a glimpse of the Gale Crater. Gale is the crater with a mound inside it near the center of the image. Gale Crater will be the landing site for Curiosity, the Mars Science Laboratory. The mission's rover will be placed on the ground in Gale Crater in August 2012.   Gale Crater is 96 miles in diameter with a mountain rising about 3 miles (higher than Mt. Rainier) above the crater floor. This image was captured from the Mars Orbiter.

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It's snowing, it's snowing. On Mars. Pioneer Lander sees snowflakes.

In a mindf***er of all mindf***ers, the Phoenix Mars Lander has detected snow falling from clouds over Mars, NASA scientists said Tuesday. Coupled with other recent discoveries on Mars, we now know that life on Mars is at least a remote possibility. Klaatu is possible.

According to NASA, a laser-driven instrument collecting data on the interaction between the atmosphere and surface of Mars detected snow from clouds two and a half miles above the Lander's landing site. The snow vaporized before reaching the ground. . .not so surprising considering the climate.

"Nothing like this view has ever been seen on Mars," said Jim Whiteway, of York University, Toronto, lead scientist for the Canadian-supplied Meteorological Station on Phoenix. "We'll be looking for signs that the snow may even reach the ground."

Spacecraft soil experiments also have provided startling proof that minerals and liquid water have interacted in Mars (processes that routinely occur on Earth).

The Phoenix Lander touched down in the Martian arctic on May 25 this year. The data suggests the presence of calcium carbonate (e.g., chalk), and particles of what might be clay. Carbonates and clays on Earth form only with water in the mix.

"We have found carbonate," said William Boynton of the University of Arizona, lead scientist for the Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer (TEGA). "This points toward episodes of interaction with water in the past." "We are still collecting data and have lots of analysis ahead, but we are making good progress on the big questions we set out for ourselves," said a Phoenix investigator, Peter Smith of the University of Arizona.

"The Phoenix lander started digging trenches into Martian soil after touching down near the planet's north pole on May 25, revealing a white substance that scientists said was ice in June. Scientists now want to examine whether that ice ever thaws to assess whether the environment has been favorable for life, a key aim of the mission."

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Alien Lore No. 136::::::Water found!::::::Is there/was there life on Mars?

In a release yesterday by Dwayne Brown (NASA HQ), Guy Webster (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), and Sara Hammond (University of Arizona), NASA has confirmed finding water on the Planet Mars. The full release follows below.

July 31, 2008 - NASA Spacecraft Confirms Martian Water, Mission Extended

TUCSON, Ariz. -- Laboratory tests aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander have identified water in a soil sample. The lander's robotic arm delivered the sample Wednesday to an instrument that identifies vapors produced by the heating of samples.

"We have water," said William Boynton of the University of Arizona, lead scientist for the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer, or TEGA. "We've seen evidence for this water ice before in observations by the Mars Odyssey orbiter and in disappearing chunks observed by Phoenix last month, but this is the first time Martian water has been touched and tasted."

With enticing results so far and the spacecraft in good shape, NASA also announced operational funding for the mission will extend through Sept. 30. The original prime mission of three months ends in late August. The mission extension adds five weeks to the 90 days of the prime mission.

"Phoenix is healthy and the projections for solar power look good, so we want to take full advantage of having this resource in one of the most interesting locations on Mars," said Michael Meyer, chief scientist for the Mars Exploration Program at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

The soil sample came from a trench approximately 2 inches deep. When the robotic arm first reached that depth, it hit a hard layer of frozen soil. Two attempts to deliver samples of icy soil on days when fresh material was exposed were foiled when the samples became stuck inside the scoop. Most of the material in Wednesday's sample had been exposed to the air for two days, letting some of the water in the sample vaporize away and making the soil easier to handle.

"Mars is giving us some surprises," said Phoenix principal investigator Peter Smith of the University of Arizona. "We're excited because surprises are where discoveries come from. One surprise is how the soil is behaving. The ice-rich layers stick to the scoop when poised in the sun above the deck, different from what we expected from all the Mars simulation testing we've done. That has presented challenges for delivering samples, but we're finding ways to work with it and we're gathering lots of information to help us understand this soil."

Since landing on May 25, Phoenix has been studying soil with a chemistry lab, TEGA, a microscope, a conductivity probe and cameras. Besides confirming the 2002 finding from orbit of water ice near the surface and deciphering the newly observed stickiness, the science team is trying to determine whether the water ice ever thaws enough to be available for biology and if carbon-containing chemicals and other raw materials for life are present.

The mission is examining the sky as well as the ground. A Canadian instrument is using a laser beam to study dust and clouds overhead.

"It's a 30-watt light bulb giving us a laser show on Mars," said Victoria Hipkin of the Canadian Space Agency.

A full-circle, color panorama of Phoenix's surroundings also has been completed by the spacecraft.

"The details and patterns we see in the ground show an ice-dominated terrain as far as the eye can see," said Mark Lemmon of Texas A&M University, lead scientist for Phoenix's Surface Stereo Imager camera. "They help us plan measurements we're making within reach of the robotic arm and interpret those measurements on a wider scale."

The Phoenix mission is led by Smith at the University of Arizona with project management at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., and development partnership at Lockheed Martin in Denver. International contributions come from the Canadian Space Agency; the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland; the universities of Copenhagen and Aarhus in Denmark; the Max Planck Institute in Germany; and the Finnish Meteorological Institute.

For more about Phoenix, click here.
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