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May 21, 2001: NDEs - Dr. Jeffrey Long | NASA & Cydonia - Richard C. Hoagland & Peter Gersten
Published 1 year, 4 months ago
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Art Bell opens with Richard C. Hoagland and attorney Peter Gersten revealing that their organization FACETS wrote to NASA requesting high-resolution imagery of the Cydonia region on Mars. NASA responded with a three-page letter from Associate Administrator Ed Weiler stating that stereo images at 1.5 meters per pixel had been acquired and posted online. However, despite extensive searching by a dozen researchers, nobody can locate the images on any NASA or Malin Space Science Systems website.
The letter acknowledges Cydonia as an enigmatic landform and invites FACETS to submit additional imaging requests for five more Martian sites. Hoagland suspects an internal division between NASA headquarters and JPL, speculating that Malin may have withheld or hidden the images despite orders from above. Gersten confirms the letter is authentic through NASA's own records.
Later, Dr. Jeffrey Long presents a harrowing near-death experience from a man named Cougar, whose third NDE involved a descent into a hellish abyss. Stripped of all spiritual protection, Cougar encountered dark beings who presented an alternative creation story designed to recruit him. The account parallels ancient Sumerian writings about the goddess Inanna's descent to the underworld, discovered by Cougar 13 years after his experience.
The letter acknowledges Cydonia as an enigmatic landform and invites FACETS to submit additional imaging requests for five more Martian sites. Hoagland suspects an internal division between NASA headquarters and JPL, speculating that Malin may have withheld or hidden the images despite orders from above. Gersten confirms the letter is authentic through NASA's own records.
Later, Dr. Jeffrey Long presents a harrowing near-death experience from a man named Cougar, whose third NDE involved a descent into a hellish abyss. Stripped of all spiritual protection, Cougar encountered dark beings who presented an alternative creation story designed to recruit him. The account parallels ancient Sumerian writings about the goddess Inanna's descent to the underworld, discovered by Cougar 13 years after his experience.