“…it seems possible that the Earth has been visited by various Galactic civilizations many times…It is not out of the question that artifacts of these visits still exist…or even that some kind of base is maintained within the solar system to provide continuity for successive expeditions…forthcoming high-resolution photographic reconnaissance of the moon from space vehicles—particularly, of the back side,—might bear these possibilities in mind…”1)See chapter 33 of the 1966 book, Intelligent Life in the Universe .—Carl Sagan writing 36 months before the above picture was taken. [emphasis mine.]
“Please be informed, there is a Santa Claus…”—Words of Jim Lovell, crew member of Apollo 8, the first humans in recorded history to see Earthrise from the lunar limb after passing from the “back side” of the moon.2)For Jim Lovell’s explanation of this quotation, see here.
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As explained in our previous installments of this series, Dr. Sagan predicted the discovery of potential extra-terrestrial lunar artifacts. Given his having published an amazing picture of a potential “glass” dome in Cosmos, and also given the interesting suggestive way he mentions the enigmatic features of Mars years after his statements in the book Intelligent Life in the Universe, we now realize that Richard Hoagland was probably incorrect when he said Continue reading Tricks of Light and Shadow; The Secrets of Carl Sagan Part 5: An “Extraordinary Claim” or “…there is a Santa Claus…”