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Dr. Edward J. Weiler Associate Administrator for Space Science National Aeronautics and Space Administration Headquarters Washington DC 20546-0001

In 1958 Congress enacted section 2451 of the United States Code, Congressional declaration of policy and purpose, states in part: (c) Objectives of aeronautical and space activities: The aeronautical and space activities of the United States shall be conducted so as to contribute materially to one or more of the following objectives: (1) The expansion of human knowledge of the Earth and of phenomena in the atmosphere and space; (italics added)

In this context and pursuant to your letter dated May 11, 2001 in which you state: "NASA awaits a specific list of requests for targeting '…five additional areas of Mars from a list submitted by FACETS,'" I hereby submit such list.

Included in this list are 10 locations (5 primary and 5 secondary) which FACETS believes provide further evidence for the artificiality hypothesis based upon scientific analysis of previous MGS images.

As previously stated in my letter dated June 5th, FACETS requests that NASA: 1) pre-announce the date(s) of the re-imaging of the requested sites in a prominent place on a pre-announced public web site; 2) re-image the requested sites with the highest resolution possible (preferably 1.5 meters per pixel); and 3) promptly release any such images in uncompressed form (preferably .gif or .tif format) with their ancillary data in a prominent place on a pre-announced public web site.

Finally, FACETS looks forward to a continuing and expanding public participation in the NASA exploration of Mars.

Popular site name	Location	Latitude	Longitude	Description of land form(s)	Specific target(s)/resolution	Characteristics of interest for artificiality hypothesis
"DiPietro & Molenaar (D&M) Pyramid"	Cydonia	40.7°N	9.5°	Massif with triangular faces, "buttressing"; straight base, symmetrical sides, well-defined apex, facing nearly due south	Entire landform/1.5m per pixel	Linearity/rectilinearity/parallelism; anomalous surface smoothness; relative symmetry; mutual orientation with other anomalous features
"Tetrahedral Rim Pyramid"	Cydonia	~40.4°N	~8.9°	Small pyramidal mound on crater near "Cliff" feature previously imaged by MGS. Shape and position are of interest. No evidence of blast shadow, height one-third as tall as crater is deep.	Entire landform, surrounding ejecta blanket/1.5m per pixel	Lack of damage within blast radius of impact crater
"Crater Pyramid"	Southern edge of Acidalia Planitia	46.3°N	3.2°	Isolated massif adjacent to a crater and furrowed terrain; highest point for more than 100km in all directions, prior NASA interest in region; nearby non-fractal channels	Entire landform and nearby channels/1.5m per pixel	Linearity/rectilinearity/parallelism; lack of damage within blast radius of impact crater
"Tube-like landform"	West of Cydonia in AcidaliaPlanitia	39°N	27.1°	MGS image: http://barsoom.msss.com/moc_gallery/ab1_m04/images/M0400291.html	Tube structure and apparent specular reflection/1.5m per pixel	Linearity/rectilinearity/parallelism; anomalous surface smoothness
"Saucer shaped object"	North wall of East Ophir Chasma	4.46°S	70.32°	MGS image: http://barsoom.msss.com/moc_gallery/ab1_m04/images/AB108505.html	Entire saucer shaped feature/1.5m per pixel	Anomalous surface smoothness

If the MGS imaging team needs any further data, such as Viking context frame coordinates, they are available from FACETS upon request.

Peter A. Gersten Attorney at Law P.O. Box 2443 Sedona, Arizona 86339 520-203-0567

Edward J. Weiler Associate Administrator for Space Science National Aeronautics and Space Administration Headquarters Washington DC 20546-0001

Dear Dr. Weiler: On behalf of FACETS I want to thank you again for re-imaging the "face" on Mars and for posting the new images on the Internet. My client does have a few questions though. Can you please explain why your letter dated May 11th stated, in several places, that the images were posted on the Internet on April 19th when apparently they weren't posted until May 24th? Also, if this data was publicly accessible prior to May 24th, on which specific "multiple public web sites" were they? My client is hereby requesting the ancillary data, which normally accompanies these images, to properly analyze the probability of artificiality. Of particular interest is the time and date on which E03-00824 was obtained. I have attached a list of the data requested. FACETS is also requesting the data used for the MOLA false-color contour image of the "face" as published on the NASA Headquarters website May 24th, in an article entitled "Unmasking the Face on Mars."

Also in your letter dated May 11, you refer to an interpretation of the new image data by Dr. Malin, and state that "...the Scientific advisory committees that formally advise NASA have not interpreted the Cydonia feature as evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence." FACETS requests that NASA provide it with copies of, or references to, any dated, authored opinions, reports, memos or articles, preferably peer-reviewed, created by Dr. Malin or said "advisory committees" regarding the new "face" image.

Further, on May 26th, Jim Garvin, chief scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program, told MSNBC.com that another Cydonia fly-over is scheduled for this month. My client requests that NASA, pursuant to the JPL agreement in 1998: 1) pre-announce the date of the "fly-over" in a prominent place on a public web site; 2) re-image specific locations in the area with the highest resolution possible; and 3) promptly release any such images in uncompressed form (preferably .gif or .tif format) with their ancillary data in a prominent place on a public web site. In a few days FACETS will be forwarding a list of five to ten additional areas in Cydonia and elsewhere for new high-resolution re-imaging.

Finally, FACETS looks forward to an expanding public participation in the NASA exploration of Mars.