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strText(51) = "'Symbols': This image extracts and magnifies the white 'V'-shape and the black markings above it from the previous image. We can already begin to see that the dark markings have the appearance of symbols. This can be seen directly in the original strip image on the NASA/JPL site with the aid of a magnifying glass. (See previous link.)"
strText(52) = "'Symbols' with noise filter: A video camera pointed at a computer monitor showed the symbols much better. It was using an automatic noise filter to suppress randomness in the background of any image to improve overall appearance for video viewers. When we applied the same noise filter with Adobe Photoshop to the entire image (nothing special was done to the black markings), we get the result shown here. While individual symbols might appear by chance in random backgrounds, symbols laid out in horizontal strings with a larger one at the left end have negligible likelihood of arising by chance. Windblown sand may occasionally cover and uncover various parts of these apparent markings."
strText(53) = "Main conclusion: To determine the truth, high-resolution pictures to verify or refute artificiality are urgently needed during the short remaining lifetime of the MGS spacecraft."
strText(54) = "54. Speculations:
a. Much evidence indicates that Mars is an escaped former moon of a now-exploded parent planet. That fits with what we see in these images, which have the character of what humans will one day construct on our own Moon, rather than the character expected of the builders’ home world. It also hints at what happened to the builders.
b. Many of the images have a familiar humanoid or terrestrial appearance. The best available dating for the most recent major explosion event in the solar system is 3.2 million years ago, which may then mark the end of the builder’s home world. That is also the best dating we have for the first appearance of humanoids on Earth. The images on Mars therefore raise the possibility that humans are a transfer species.
c. This transfer-species speculation fits with the most ancient surviving legends in all cultures about a 'golden age' (the 'Garden of Eden' myth) and a 'global flood' (the 'Noah’s Ark' myth); and with our natural biorhythm cycle having a length (24.9 hours) close to that of the Martian day."
strText(55) = "55. Churchill quote: 'Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue.'"
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