April 6, 2000: Dallas Sightings - Peter Davenport | NASA and Cydonia - Richard C. Hoagland & Dr. Tom Van Flandern
The program shifts to the surprise release of eight new high-resolution photographs of the Cydonia region on Mars. Richard C. Hoagland reveals that camera operator Michael Malin had been quietly acquiring images on every pass over Cydonia for two years, despite an agreement to share them promptly. Hoagland and astronomer Tom Van Flandern analyze the new shots of the so-called fortress, noting rectangular structures, tunnel-like entranceways, and geometric features that strengthen the case for artificial origins.
Van Flandern reports that while no single feature constitutes a smoking gun, the cumulative evidence of sharp angles, parallel lines, and symmetric shapes far exceeds what occurs naturally on planetary surfaces. Both guests note that the critical photograph of the face is absent from the release.
Key Moments
Joe describes a silent craft sweeping spotlights over his car near Graham, Texas: Witness Joe recounts driving south on Highway 16 near Graham when an extremely bright object played huge spotlight beams across his vehicle in total silence - a chilling, sustained encounter Davenport flagged as among the strongest of the week.
Red pulsating bands directly above the vehicle: Joe describes the object as it passed overhead: a shape with glowing, pulsating red bands and a white light so intense it could not be looked at for more than half a second.
Sally hears a wall of reverberating sound over Fall River Mills: Sally, watering apple trees in remote northern California, describes a sound that came up from the west, did not behave like an aircraft, and held a steady reverberating volume like a wall extending for miles.
Bill: the sound was harmonic with my body: Bill, the husband and a former missile-research engineer, says the sound shifted from a low thunderous roar to a frequency that felt almost harmonic with his body - something he could physically feel resonating.
Van Flandern argues new Cydonia photos strengthen the artificiality case: Dr. Tom Van Flandern reviews the freshly released Mars Global Surveyor images of Cydonia and argues that, given what he considers proven artificiality at the Face, the surrounding regular and angular structures are most reasonably interpreted as artificial too.