March 16, 1998: Mars - Dr. Tom Van Flandern | HAARP - Linda Moulton Howe
Astronomer Tom Van Flandern then presents his hypothesis that Mars was once a moon of a larger planet that exploded, possibly 65 million years ago. He argues the blast stripped away Mars's atmosphere, cratered one entire hemisphere, and sent debris that contributed to the extinction of the dinosaurs. Van Flandern has conducted eight statistical tests on the Cydonia region and concludes the face and surrounding structures are likely artificial in origin.
Most remarkably, Van Flandern reveals that the face sits on Mars's ancient equator, before a pole shift tilted it to its current latitude. He suggests the builders lived on the parent planet and constructed the face to be visible from its surface, raising the possibility that those beings eventually migrated to Earth.
Key Moments
Cornell's Michael Kelly debunks HAARP weather-control fears: Howe interviews Cornell ionospheric physicist Michael Kelly, who points out that the natural aurora pumps far more energy into 200,000 square kilometers of Alaskan sky every night than HAARP could ever inject into a small spot. He calls weather-effect claims 'absolutely completely off-the-wall nonsense.'
Kelly explains HAARP's real purpose: ELF modulation for submarine comms: Kelly describes how HAARP heats ionospheric electrons to modulate naturally occurring currents at extremely low frequencies - replacing huge ground-based ELF transmitters in Michigan and Wisconsin used to signal submerged submarines (the system referenced in the film Crimson Tide).
Van Flandern: Mars was a moon of an exploded planet that killed the dinosaurs: Astronomer Tom Van Flandern lays out his exploded planet hypothesis - Mars was a moon of a larger planet that detonated 65 million years ago, pelting one Martian hemisphere with shoulder-to-shoulder craters and a 20-km-thicker crust, while raining six major impactors on Earth at the K-T boundary.
The Cydonia face was on Mars's old equator before the pole shift: Van Flandern reveals that geologist Peter Schultz independently identified an old Martian pole position - and when you apply that ancient orientation, the Cydonia face sits exactly on the original equator, right-side up, perfectly placed to be viewed from the parent planet it was a moon of.
Van Flandern: The face is human, and the missing link dates to 3.2 million years ago: Van Flandern notes the most recent planetary explosion dates to 3.2 million years ago - the same epoch as the origin of hominids on Earth. He suggests the face's human appearance, combined with the timing, raises the conjecture that humanity itself may descend from refugees of the destroyed parent planet.