Scan of the printed version of frame AS12-47-6890 that occurs on page 84 of Cosmos by Carl Sagan. This scanned version is noticeably different from the available digital Internet versions of the same frame.
“…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…”→
“The ruins of the past are a constant record, of the individual’s inhumanity to man and the failure to keep the basic principles of his own survival.”— Manly P. Hall Litt.D
The “Dandelion Seed” Dr. Sagan planted was well secured in a fertile soil. From the hints he delivered in Cosmos about the “Pyramids of Elysium” my sub-conscious memory of that inspiration drove me on in a quest for truth, spurred on by Richard Hoagland’s revolutionary observations of the Cydonia area. I had always thought that if there were possible artificial structures on Mars, why not the Moon? Continue reading Tricks of Light and Shadow; The Secrets of Carl Sagan Part 4—“The Persistence of Memory”→
“BETTER TO LIGHT A CANDLE, THAN TO SIT AND CURSE THE DARK” —JOHN F. KENNEDY 1)Old proverb
By February 1995, I still did not yet believe that Dr. Sagan would have known about a potential “cover-up” dealing with enigmatic landforms on Mars (or elsewhere in the solar system for that matter). I was certainly aware of Dr. Sagan’s skeptical frame of mind but was also aware of his potential open-mindedness on the subject in general. Continue reading Tricks of Light and Shadow; The Secrets of Carl Sagan part 3: A “Candle in the Dark”→
A seed for the future. The “Ship of the Imagination” begins it’s cosmic journey in “Cosmos: A Personal Voyage” from 1980 on PBS
The lost Library of Alexandria, pyramids on Mars1)For Sagan’s video discussion from 1980 on enigmatic landforms see Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, episode 5: “Blues for a Red Planet” at the 25-30 min mark, and pages 129-130 from the companion book Cosmos, by Carl Sagan, Random House, 1980 , alien life in the universe, astroengineering projects of immense scale, the sheer immensity of the “Cosmos” and the concept of multi-verses, were just some of the ideas from Cosmos that inspired and expanded my mind in the year 1980. Continue reading Tricks of Light and Shadow; The Secrets of Carl Sagan Part 2—“A Personal Voyage”→
For Sagan’s video discussion from 1980 on enigmatic landforms see Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, episode 5: “Blues for a Red Planet” at the 25-30 min mark, and pages 129-130 from the companion book Cosmos, by Carl Sagan, Random House, 1980
