By David Sadler http://www.david-sadler.org

We Told You So...

Story mast montage copyright by Astrobiology Magazine • Note the 'Crinoid' fossil candidate - 2nd image from the right. • This fossil candidate was discovered by Richard C. Hoagland. • No mention or attribution was made to Hoagland in the article...

On August 30, 2004, Astrobiology Magazine published a story about life on Mars. In the image montage that forms the masthead for this story is a fossil candidate first recognized and published by Richard C. Hoagland. At the time, Hoagland's find was not only totally ignored by the mainstream scientific press, but Hoagland came under intense personal attack from the likes of FOX, CNN and space.com, in an attempt to discredit him and his potential find. I detail this attack on Hoagland and explain the media's blackout of this potential historic find in my article, "Ignoring Fossils On Mars." Hoagland and I find it highly ironic now that Astrobiology Magazine should include this very same image in a very intriguing montage of other Mars Exploration Rover images for this article titled, "Life on Mars: A Definite Possibility," by Henry Bortman. Bortman quotes Benton Clark III, a Mars Exploration Rover (MER) science team member, regarding Clark's speculations of life on Mars. First, read the Bortman article. It's fascinating. Then, hop in the WayBack Machine and read about this first possible fossil discovered on another planet by a scientist being ignored for his hard science and attacked for his edgy science by the mainstream scientific press. -- David Sadler, 2004.08.31 --

Articles:     • 2004.08.30 • Life on Mars: A Definite Possibility // by Henry Bortman     • 2004.03.08 • The Curious Case of the NASA Crinoid Cover-Up // By Richard C. Hoagland     • 2004.03.19 • Ignoring Fossils On Mars // by David Sadler

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