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April 12, 2000: End Times Prophecy - Kathleen Keating
Published 1 year, 6 months ago
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Art Bell welcomes back Richard C. Hoagland and astronomer Tom Van Flandern for a deeper examination of newly released high-resolution photographs of Mars' Cydonia region. Hoagland reports that his Enterprise Mission website crashed under listener traffic after the initial broadcast, and the team has spent days analyzing the wealth of detail contained in the image strips.
The discussion focuses on the Tholus, a mile-wide raised oval structure whose summit now reveals what Hoagland identifies as a ruined tetrahedron positioned at a 19.5-degree angle to another tetrahedral feature on a nearby crater rim. Van Flandern describes features resembling collapsed entrance ways with structural supports visible within the debris. Hoagland points to dome-like objects north of the Tholus that appear highly polished, uniformly sized, and supported by regular arches, though Van Flandern urges caution, noting that large-scale features remain ambiguous without the proven artificiality of the face as a foundation.
The conversation turns political as Hoagland connects the photo release to infighting between NASA and JPL, the revelation that former NSA head Admiral Bobby Inman sat on a JPL oversight committee, and a Time Magazine cover featuring NASA administrator Dan Golden in a spacesuit. Art announces that Mike Siegel will succeed him as host upon his retirement later that month.
The discussion focuses on the Tholus, a mile-wide raised oval structure whose summit now reveals what Hoagland identifies as a ruined tetrahedron positioned at a 19.5-degree angle to another tetrahedral feature on a nearby crater rim. Van Flandern describes features resembling collapsed entrance ways with structural supports visible within the debris. Hoagland points to dome-like objects north of the Tholus that appear highly polished, uniformly sized, and supported by regular arches, though Van Flandern urges caution, noting that large-scale features remain ambiguous without the proven artificiality of the face as a foundation.
The conversation turns political as Hoagland connects the photo release to infighting between NASA and JPL, the revelation that former NSA head Admiral Bobby Inman sat on a JPL oversight committee, and a Time Magazine cover featuring NASA administrator Dan Golden in a spacesuit. Art announces that Mike Siegel will succeed him as host upon his retirement later that month.