This TV special aired on National Geographic on November 2, 2008. When it was announced that it would be aired I pondered sending the network a copy of my book. But I knew that at that point the entire show was already edited and “in the can” ready to air. Sending the National Geographic a copy of the book which details when and where amazing artifacts were found would be pointless. The show would not be re-edited for the public benefit. No one would want to cloud the Mars mission with unwanted facts.

Nothing was mentioned in the one hour special about artifacts. The Spirit rover at Gusev Crater labeled “a major disappointment” by Steve Squyres. After reviewing tens of thousands of images I discovered dozens of objects were right there, both of natural and artificial were imaged by Spirit at Gusev Crater. These images were found on publicly available on NASA computers and littered the ground everywhere.

Many of the artifacts, fossils, blocks, cubes and building materials were found in the first 50 days of the mission – the very same part of Spirit’s mission labeled as a “major disappointment” by the principle investigator. There is absolutely no doubt that intelligent life was once present on this planet.

Most of the TV special described the two rover missions in general terms. Some full color imagery not previously known to be on the NASA website was shown, mainly regarding rock mineral content.

Mr. Squyres claimed they went to Gusev crater to look for signs of water. But based on the results of my research, somehow NASA knew something else was there. After about 50 days

It was claimed a “random gust of wind” cleaned the solar panels. Two images were shown taken just minutes apart. In the first image, the entire surface was a dull, dusty brown. The next image showed almost pristine solar panels as though they were just manufactured with the characteristic deep blue of silicon and very shiny. But no one mentioned NASA repeated claims in the past that Mars’ atmosphere is just ONE PERCENT that of Earth. So how could there be sufficient atmospheric density on Mars to blow off the dust - which is largely made of ROCK content? No mention was made of this fact either.

To the credit of the JPL team, they were able to have program a rover to slowly “dig” its way out using only its wheels when it became stuck in fine sand. It took about two weeks of spinning the vehicle’s wheels to get out of the sand trap.

What the TV special mainly focused on were the technical problems and issues with the rovers, rather than showing even one of the numerous breathtaking artifacts the Spirit rover imaged with its cameras. If just ONE artifact was shown like those shown below, perhaps the program’s focus might have been quite different.

The following images from my book include the Mars mission day (“SOL”) on which they were images. A SOL varies in length from an Earth day by 38 minutes.

Fig. 1 - SOL 105. Note the lettering or symbols on the block shown in the lower left corner. Who did this lettering if no man has ever set foot on Mars?

Fig.2 – Enlargement of lettered block. Could this be a clue to an extinct Martian language? Or a human predecessor?

The above startling image is just one of several hundred found in the book “What NASA Isn’t Telling You About Mars.” This image was never once mentioned. This is yet another sad commentary about the two rover missions, especially considering this television special was about all the highlights of the lives of the two rovers.

Fig. 3 – SOL 233 complete image. Black circle highlights artifact discovered

Fig. 4 - This object from Fig. 3 is enlarged here as much as possible. Vertical disk-like object on the back appears to have an axle and bearing. It was found by the rover on SOL (day) 233. Smaller image on right is slightly enlarged excerpt from the larger image (Fig 3.) Wouldn’t you expect this discovery to be mentioned on the television special? But that didn’t happen either.

The objects shown in this report were found in 2005 by this author. Despite 3 years having passed since these discoveries, NASA continues to remain silent about these incredible objects. The clearly show life was present on Mars.

© 2008 Ted Twietmeyer

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