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ASU Researchers Propose Looking for Ancient Alien Artifacts on the Moon

Two researchers at Arizona State University (ASU) have made a rather controversial proposal: have the public and other researchers study the high-resolution photographs of the Moon already being taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), to look for anomalies that may possibly be evidence of artifacts leftover from previous alien visitation. The theory is that if our solar system had been visited in the past, the Moon would have made an ideal base from which to study the Earth. The paper has just been recently published in the journal Acta Astronautica.

Professor Paul Davies and research technician Robert Wagner admit that the chances of success are very small, but argue that the endeavour would be worth the minimal investment required. The photographs are already being taken on a regular basis by LRO. Any interesting finds could be examined by others including imaging professionals. Shape-recognizing software could also be used to help discern any possible artificial artifacts from natural ones.

From the abstract:
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) has a low probability of success, but it would have a high impact if successful. Therefore it makes sense to widen the search as much as possible within the confines of the modest budget and limited resources currently available. To date, SETI has been dominated by the paradigm of seeking deliberately beamed radio messages.

However, indirect evidence for extraterrestrial intelligence could come from any incontrovertible signatures of non-human technology. Existing searchable databases from astronomy, biology, earth and planetary sciences all offer low-cost opportunities to seek a footprint of extraterrestrial technology. In this paper we take as a case study one particular new and rapidly-expanding database: the photographic mapping of the Moon’s surface by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) to 0.5 m resolution. Although there is only a tiny probability that alien technology would have left traces on the moon in the form of an artifact or surface modification of lunar features, this location has the virtue of being close, and of preserving traces for an immense duration.

Systematic scrutiny of the LRO photographic images is being routinely conducted anyway for planetary science purposes, and this program could readily be expanded and outsourced at little extra cost to accommodate SETI goals, after the fashion of the SETI@home and Galaxy Zoo projects.

Of course, it has been said by some that such artifacts have already been found and known about for decades but hidden from the public by NASA, et al. An entire cottage industry has grown around this idea. There are actually a handful of anomalies from various missions that would be interesting to see at much higher resolution via LRO, such as the well-known “Blair Cuspids” photographed by Lunar Orbiter 2 in 1966, although by far most unusual-looking objects are easily explained. It’s the same problem as with Mars; so many anomalies found by amateur observers are the product of pareidolia, lighting effects, image defects or even geology. Separating out any genuine anomalies from all of the noise would be a tedious and time-consuming task. On the other hand, we now have much better cameras in orbit around the Moon (and Mars) and more advanced photographic analysis techniques available.

Yes, the chances of finding anything are very small, maybe even nonexistent in the opinion of some, but if we have the images being taken anyway, and the willingness of some to study them, then why not? If nothing is found, no harm done. It something was found, well that’s another story entirely…

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Op woensdag 4 april 2012 15:11 schreef huupia het volgende:

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helemaal mee eens ! alleen zijn er veel aademici die hun handen niet willen branden aan dit onderwerp ... zie de discussie over prof . coen vermeeren die het ufo vraagstuk behandelde op de Tu .
waarna de hel losbarste en het gedebunk en spelen op de persoon ( iets wat sceptics graag doen )
begon.

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Op woensdag 4 april 2012 15:16 schreef WeerWachtwoordVergeten het volgende:

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het is juist precies andersom. De UFO believers en zo uiten zelfs doodsbedreigingen als hun geliefde onderwerp onderuit wordt gehaald. Wij proberen gewoon op een normale manier met jullie in discussie te gaan maar dat is hier zelfs al onmogelijk.

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Op woensdag 4 april 2012 15:20 schreef WeerWachtwoordVergeten het volgende:

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Je bent niet goed bij je hoofd. Eerst sprak je over 1000'den mensen, toen werden het er opeens 10.000'den en nu is het al een hele staat

Zal ik je een geheimpje verklappen. Het gaat waarschijnlijk over enkele honderden mensen die iets zagen. En ja met een paar heliumballonen met daaronder verkeersflares (en probeer zelf maar eens uit te zoeken wat dat is) kun je aardig wat mensen voor de gek houden.

Maar wees gewoon eerlijk. Je bent bang om te kijken want stel je toch eens voor dat je hele sprookje ontkracht wordt door iets simpels.

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Op woensdag 4 april 2012 15:32 schreef WeerWachtwoordVergeten het volgende:

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Ah de selectieve mod is er ook weer. Je zou eens moeten zien waar huupia mij allemaal voor heeft uitgemaakt. Maar dat is blijkbaar allemaal ok.

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'Alien' artifact pipe fragments
Although the pipes' purpose is offically classified as unknown, some of the Chinese scientists are leaning towards the idea that the structure truly is the remains of some advanced outpost or starbase.
The pyramid complex stretches out much farther than what is visible and evidence suggests a highly technological network of pressurized pipes supplying water and possibly fuels.

Since the ancient site dates from at least 10,000 BCE—and is perhaps twice as old as that—no humans could have engineered it as no serious human culture existed that long ago.
Qin Jianwen, the head of the publicity department of the Delingha government, says fragments of some of the pipe material were taken for analysis. The pieces were found to be mostly silicon dioxide and calcium oxide, although more than eight percent of the metal could not be identified.
"The large content of silicon dioxide and calcium oxide is a result of long interaction between iron and sandstone, which means the pipes must be very old," Liu Shaolin an engineer who did the analysis explained.
How old? Some are guessing 12,000 years…maybe much, much older.

Enigma wrapped in a mystery
That such structures exist fits neatly into the unofficial history of China—a history most scholars choose to ignore.

Some historians have called the early Chinese culture an "enigma wrapped in a mystery."
Tales of China's ancient days are crammed with stories about the "sky people" and the "god-men" who came from the stars using the Earth as a base for exploration. Along the way these beings taught some of the primitive peoples they met the basics of technology, engineering, farming, and the complex structure of the universe.

In the early years of the Twentieth Century two merchants from Australia crossed central China. Upon the vast plains they found more than 100 pyramids. Locals told the two men that the pyramids were very old—some much older than China.

Other younger pyramids dated to the reigns of the oldest emperors. Those rulers often spoke of extraterrestrials and civilizations on other planets like Earth. Some of the emperors even wrote that they were the progeny “of the sons of the sky, who had landed upon Earth in iron dragons.”
The "skymen"—some still claim—built the oldest pyramids.